The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-12-22
DUNNING OUT 7
I OF JAIL.
Counsel For the Defense
Agrees to Withdraw
Questions.

San Francisco Dec. 2i--John p Dun
ming was purged Of contempt to-day by q
compromise. Counsel for Mrs. Botkin
withdrew the demand for tho names Of
women ether than the client with whom
tho witness had had improper relations.
In answer to further cross.examination
the witness admitted that no had feeling
| Of hostility to Mrs. Boz kin, which dated
| from tho hour he heard OF the circum-
stnnces OF his w.fe's dontn.
After Dlnnlng's, examination the. pros-
ecutien closed Its case, and the. defense
stated that its casc would probably be con.
cuded on Friday After Duanipn was
| parged OF contempt he was asked: n z
Now Mr.. Duuning. did you correspond
with Mrs. Botkin after you!aft for Cubas'
y did: lwrote her twice, once on Che
train before got ia Tampa"
did you ever write to hor suggesting
thai she should come to New York;"
u have no recollection of SO doing"
sop" ''' ''''NN Wv
1T may have BEEN"
"Now when you took leave of Mrs. Bot
Kin, there was no rupture between you
there was no Goodbye forever, was
| there?"
mo, there was no rupture. l under
stoodin my own mind that was not go
ing to return to San Francisco, but I did
not tell M-s Botkiu So"
H"Rid you ever tell her SO, in letters9"
Not In SO many words"
Dunning admitted writing tho follow.
Ing letter o Mrs. Botkin while acting as
war correspondent in Porto Rico:
Ponce, Porto Rico. !.
Saturday, August H. 1893.
Dear Ada: Lave been about dead to the
world for two or three weeks, without any
= n NA fiptF, n /, Han
chance OF sending any away. Just before Z.
l!eft kingston, l1Irote yoh assing you to !.
address me at 81 Thonlus. but + have
never b,en there Yet, having. come Shere /
direct, and Ihaye received no mail.r We %
got the news To-day that peace bad been
declared, and SUPPOSE will DO going to
New York soon. But l know nothing
positive aboutlt Twill hayo to send you
an address when get there, and you had
botter not ssnd any more mail to St.9
Thomas as will probably not go there
now. This is the most beautiful island
have ever seen, and have been constantly
In the saddle since have been here, wear
Ing holes in my anatomy. lam really sor-
ry the war Is over, for have certainly en-.
joyed It, aud nm in considerable uncer-
ta!nty about the kind of work | will do
when 1reach New York l am perfectly
we'll but 1t L. hot as blue blazes here.
hope everything has continued to DO well
with you.
With my love,
Later In the day on which this letter was
mailed, Dunning got a telegram announce
Ing his wite's death by poison.
DID Mrs Botliin ever express q desire
TO lhJufe yonr wife, OF suggest that you
get divorct?"
she never expressed such a desire or
made suchn suggestion" was the distinct
repy
rs 1t not fact that she divided her last
morsel of bread with you when you were
at NO, w Geary stseel?"
ut is"
Several ether letters from Dunnjnp to
Mrs. Boikin wore introduced to show that
ne mad kept, up u regular correspondence
with her while he was at Havana and San.
tla2o. they did not differ in tone from
the ono already given. When Dunning first
heard from his wife of tho anonymous let
ters ne wrote to her thai possibly they had
been written by Miss Cala,nbertie of
their acquaintance. Relative to this con-
lecture he was asked:
"HoW did you come TO oxpres; an Opir.
ion that Miss Ca!alnbprtic had written tho
anonymous letters?"
well, thought 1t might have been
Miss Calhmbertie," said Cunning. "She
had made general statements about me-
saying that was drinking myself to death
But suspected Mrs. Seeley more than
did her."
why did you not say so to your wife?"
'Because my wife had never heard of
Mrs Scelay."
"Now, this Miss Calambsrtie YOU did
not really believe that 1t was she who had
written the anonymous lettcrsf"
Il did not"
Yet yvu so wrote to your wifep You
deceived your witeS' =
"And you wilfully injured an innocent
women thereby and know that you were
doing so!'
Eyes SIR" -
Why2"
"Becauso I knew she felt i'll towards
"How and why?" --@
"Four months before that Mrs, Bo.kin
had written Mrs Sceley most insulting
letter. Mrs Seeley knew Of my intimacy
with Mrs. Botkln and did not feel kindly
towards me-"
You did not wish to ,al attention to
Mrs Scoley because Of the past relation
between Mrs Seeley, Mrs. Bolkin and
No"
between Mrs. Bo,kin ind Mrs. Sselsy?"
II was not to my knowledge"
Don you know that Mrs. Arbo2ast was
the main promoter Of the trouble between
MIS-. Seeley and Mrs. Botkn?"
II do not know"
did no ono tell you?'
Yes Mrs botkin told me-"
Now you have spoken of your intimacy
with Mrs Botkin, "said McGnwan impress.
siyely, "oi what nature do you dcsire this
jury to understand that intimacy was?"
Dunning did not wish to answer the
question. Under pressure he stated tn at
the intimacy was Of al improper nature.
'Havo you feeling Of hostility toward
Mrs, Botkin?" pursued McGuwan,
We'll don't feel as kindly to her asI
"You have hostile feeling:" :.
"Yss"
"And with that feeling you have testified
In this case?
"Yes, Sir"