The herald., 1898-01-15

"he was standing on his head" In 6
later letter Mrs. Creede again referred
to Judge Lamme by saying: 81 am no
one bit afraid of Judge Lamme."
This Lamme is the one you spoke tC
about the agreement, is it not?" in
quired Mr.. Gage.
There is only one Lamme, Mr.. Gage,
interjected the court.
WELL" responded Mr.. Gage, laugh
ingly, 'ff the court takes judicial notice
of that, it is all right"
| All of these letters were written by
Mrs. Creede from Iuka, Mississippi, and
referred almost entirely to the divorce
suit which her husband instituted
against her, but which apparently fiz-
zled out
THE DIVORCE SUIT THAT FAILED
| The following are extracts from the
most important letter of the series. and
while Mrs. Creede appears to have been
short in spelling and long in capitals,
the sense Is easy to be made out:
IUKA, Miss. April 49, 1897.
| Mr.. Cal +. Hunter-Dear Sir: ! am just
| in receipt of yours of the 14th, and must
say that I am surprised at your saying
that Creede Made his plea on as mild
crowns as posiable l would like to know
how Mutch worse he could Make it for it
is a lie from Beginning to ending and More
Is to the point l can prove it and that Is
what counts law the idea of him Max
ing a great Blow about Nee a taking
Morphine Why him and l both took it
Before wee were Married and he and his
Nephew both new It for l never made
pretense of hiding 1t now that l can prove
& can prove that the largest amount that
bought in Los Angeles l Bought for
him for ] can't take Morphine In Tablets
form as ! can prove BY Doc Aipsworth &
l can also prove BY him that 1 was so
uneasy about Creede taking so Mutch In
Tablets that l got him to send some of
them to San Francisco 10 see If their was
anathing In them that could harm him..
L think even Creede as cunning as he
thinks he is will see a point & l hardly
think he can get everybody to swear to
lie even for Mr. Creede for everone are not
Infldels now Creede has told me that he
would not scruple TO swear to lie for a
friend & so you see it would not stop him
from swearing lies on Nee & 1 will make
him prove them if he goes to far.
.......................N Now l won't beg any
longer for the Baby to Bee given to Nee
on the terms that 1 have already Men
toned to you Just as soon as you get this
| won't wait one day after the time for
you to answer I will that very day if I
In Ny Deposition long Before the 80 days
are up as for notoriety is concerned l
dont care straw now If there is any more
of my faults that Creede wants to show up
tell him to show them up l don't think it
will help him any I am ready now for any
thing that will help to show us Both up
tell Creede that he knows l never of My
own free will went Back on him & l wont
commence now so let him tell what few
truths he has held back & and all together
with the lies he has already told if it don't
Make a Beautiful Laughing Stock of us
Both then | am Mutch Mistaken & as for
My coming Back then l have nothing to
fear for have got nothing that any one
can take, nothing but my home here and
it aint worth as Mutch as the law allows
Mee......
AS to the Baby l admit that at first
did not want us to take her But after wee
did take her got to Love the Little Moth
erless child IL feel that | am in great Meas
ure responsible for her welfare & no Man
can take care of her that l will nor ne-
ther Will hierd Person love and care like
Both can & will & l know that what
ask is reasonable for God knows that a
child is a great care on anyone But l
Love the little Darling & won't mind the
trouble Mr.. Hunter.
(SignedD LOUISA CREEDE.
After the letters had been submitted
Mrs. Creede left the witness stand in a
nervous and apparently hysterical con-
dition. Mr. Cages questioning was
ended, however, and Mrs. Creede, ac-
companied by her maid. left the court
room.
E. C. Robinson, clerk in Trout's drug
store, was recalled by the contestant,
and testified that prior to January 2, |
ha hoI nj AL
Creede morphine many times in guam
titles valued at from s. to s15. These |
were wholesale packages, and no record |
was kept Of them. Only small quanti- |
ties In broken packages We're registered |
in compliance with the law. In max
ing purchases Mrs. Creede would get
from three to eight bottles of the powder |
and four or five bottles of the tablets.
A PUZZLED EXPRESSMAN
The next witness was Morris ]. Fitz-
gerald, an eXpressman, and his testl- |
mony was Of particular Importance as
casting light upon Mrs. Creede's mental |
condition about the time when the con-
tract was signed, and when she left her
home.
Il was around to the back door" said |
the witness, ito move her trunks. and |
after / had loaded about half up Mrs. |
Creede came and asked me what I was
going to do with the things. I told her |
| was going to take them to West Sew |
enth street, and then she said had bet
ter take them off or she'd have me ar
rested l unloaded, and when l had |
done that she bade me load up again. |
She inquired where Ritchey. the hack |
driver, was, and asked me to go to the |
drug store and ring him up. l did so.
and. upon returning, told her that |
was not at the stand. She then
sent me back to find out when he would |
return. Just then we saw a hack ap- |
preaching, and it proved to be the one
she was waiting for l started to drive
off when she ordered me to stop. again |
me with arrest. In little |
while she told me to drive on, she in the |
hack driving alongside. When half way
70 Seventh street she ordered me to drive /.
Down to the Hollenbeck hotel. Mrs |
Creede appeared to be very nervous,
and at times was crying, for I saw her
the tears from her eyes,
THE EXPERT TESTIMONY
At this point G. Gibson Vance, another
If Trouts clerks, was put upon the
stand to corroborate the statement that
Mrs. Creede purchased morphine in
Wholesale packages of which no record
was kept, the law not demanding it.
Then began the taking of expert testi- |
nony. DIR. II. G.. Brainerd was first |
;ummOned TO the witness stand Hav- |