The herald., 1898-01-21
THE LE0NIS DECREE IS FILED
THE SUPREME COURT GIVES NO
RELIEF TO DOLE
E. I. Bryant Will Have to Stand Trial
in the Hoxie Transaction-The
Young Decree Vacated

the contract-will come to an end. Yes
terday the evidence put in was of a
scrappy, disjointed character. 1t began
by DR.. E. A. Bryant's giving expert
opinion as to Mrs. Creedes mental con-
dition. Assuming that she took the daily
doses of morphine she said she had to,
still he failed to understand her labor
ing under any mental unsoundness on
January 2, 1897. In giving his testimony
he formed the opinion that she was
quite sound. DR.. Bryant denies that
morphine ever prompts to benevolence,
but he conceded that it always affects
the moral and emotional character OF
the user. Sometimes morphine takers
are affected more easily than at others
and are very capricious. On cross-eX-
animation Dr. Bryant stated that NOR
phine habitues are physically ana men,
tally weakened in every case.
DIR. d. C. Barber, superintendent of the
county hospital, testified along the same
line, and made the somewhat curious
statement that the county patients are
sometimes morphine habitues when they
enter the hospital, and others become
habitues after they enter. He held that
during a period of twenty years per-
son might go on increasing the doses of
morphine until from twenty to thirty
grains a day might be taken with abso-
lutely no effect. The mind might be
impaired and it might not. If the body
was not affected the mind would not be
much impaired.
That ended the expert testimony for
the defense, and H. j. Fleishman of the
90 ho
upon the stand to prove the amount of
money that Mrs. Creede had had on de-
posit there. The sum he testified to was
S4500. This amount. with the $4,000
shown to have been deposited at the
First National and the $1,000 which
Mrs. Creede says she received at Pueblo,
COL, was all received by her between
1893 and January 2, 1897, and, as the de-
fense contends, was a very fair slice of
Creede's property.
THE DOUBLE-S E-STRINGED AGENT
Cal Hunter the real estate man, who
apparently posed as the friend of Mrs.
Creede and Mr.. Creede during the troub-
lous times of the separation and divorce,
was recalled to the stand by Mr.. Finlay-
son, in order that he might identify
certain letters. Letters had been put in
by the defense that were written by Mr..
Creede to witness, and contestant desired
to put in Hunters letters, in order that
the court might know just how the cor
respondence came about
An extract from the first letter writ
ten by Cal Hunter to Mrs. Creede ex
poses the origin of the standing on his
head episode, which has caused the de-
fapco eor,oa op,,car,o ont d,,ripp the trial
This extract reads as follows:
I wished to keep you ad-
vised as to what was going on here in Los
Angeles. Judge Lamme was standing on
his head as you say, when he learned you
had gone, and admitted he was beaten at
his own game. Lamme also went so far as
TO try and find if you had left anything be-
hind that he might attach and recover
himself In the way of attorneys fees.
I'm the matter of the bank stock. think
to wait until a dividend is in sight, when
all stock sells better. l will watch it
and sell as soon as l can get you out o. X.
We do not want to lose on it, If possible.
Should l get any offers l will wire them
if I think they are worthy of considera-
tion. Let me hear from you often. :"
The next letter is of interest, inasmuch
as it has been generally understood that
Mrs. Creede cared nothing for the child
Dorothy. In the light of later events,
indeed, it might almost be inferred that
Mr.. Hunter was using whatever influ-
ence he may have had with Mrs. Creede,
and using her affections for Dorothy to
get her to keep quiet and let the divorce
slide through. This letter ran as fol-
lows:
April IA, 81.
Dear Mrs. Creede: This will advise you
that Mr.. Creede has filed his suit for di-
vorce, and I expect before many days you
will have received a copy OF the complaint
and its allegations. l asked that in the
event he brought a suit to make it as mild
as possible which he has done.
had a talk with him in regard to letting
you have the baby Dorothy. While he is
strongly attached to the little one don t
think he wants TO give her up, but am of
the opinion that | can persuade him to
let you have her in a short time. At least
! will use my influence, what little have.
and by and by arrange for you to have
Dollie, and he can hear from her through
me whenever he wishes. Mr.. Creede is dis
posed to take my advice in this matter.
but, as you know, he changes his mind so
often that it is hard to keep track with
him.
/ am almost satisfied that l can prevail
on him to let you have Dolie, and he well
kHoWS tUat tDeTe Is no one that is more
capable of taking care of her than vou
You can love her as only a mother can.
You will notice that in his complaint he
asks for the sole custody of the child. this
is customary in all similar suits. but is
oftentimes diverted from in the regular
routine of affairs such as are involved in
this case.
] would advise that you LEI him have his
long sought after divorce and grant him
every wish so that he will have no desire
to deprive you OF the pleasure of seeing
the baby, which you want. I assure Won
again that will use my best endeavors to
have him send Dollie TO you. on the terms
and conditions you mention in your letter
There is no use of making long drawn
out hight when things can be conducted on
quiet basis. and avoid that you are most
desirous OF, that is notoriety. I know fun
we'll you do not want to be paradcd before
the public in newspapers. So far there is
nothing said and it is my intention to sun
press 1t, so far as l am able
l would say that to let this suit 90 by,
default is the best thing to do: then there
is no one to say that you were MOI as any.
1ous to have divorce as Creede was to
l think your chances are better for the
care OF Dollie if no attention is paid TO his
desire for separation, and as | wrote Won
before, you both have decided TO live
npart, and there is no reason why the