The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-12-13
-"e :, 'ilowman's Daughter Take,
tic Stand and Tell, of Her
Mothers Intrigues
'ul' 10 VlSDIcATE her OWN NAME.
ArS' Sells Vas Affected and :, D..
S"'rea All Her Strength to Re.
tain Her CaInlness
/ w., :'r' Finished the Mother
so'b'ns softly, n.. a..
spared Florence IN. ora.
OF cross-Ens mina,ion

: resumed the stand Friday r,or,
ing 80 far she has told .to -. n-oi
me sne intimacy of her mother with y.
r,a r than her husband since 100
ths nc; eace mas been fully cognizant q
~ ."e 'htr1gues of her mother w;,h ~.
oOnnson' oua S,', Ned Raymour, Harry Lvon
or", piny Bott. but had kept the 90
- noplng that her mother worI,
~ oetter and the scandal neve, -.
.o'ne known. At last she wos tou.". oo
Al Elndication of her own good n,u'
.bo ~ axe The stand and tell the Who'll.
e"aine1ui story. She was in noo,
,o'ce and had recovered from 49,
.i'ousness -, Of Thursday eve,;na
d;" olehce told of presents of perfumes
... '"."ond rings, wines and liouors
wn4ch Bott had given her motbsr
cue knew OF these because her motber
nau told her about receiving 4hon,
.7ne mad seen her mother fix the side
poor so that Bott could enter viii
ou1 cur ringing the bell. Bott sent Mr.
nels green liquors in fancy bottIss
'orehce had seen her mother en,n~
tne bunson block and 90 up the stairs
70 Bott's rooms.
tiorehce said that she and ber
'nother stopped at the West Dadoa
motel West Baden, Ind. in Nav $500
Nilnam Bott was there, and she fro.
quehtiy saw him in her motber,s
room at night. Her father wos NJ,
=. ' west Baden. Bott was also win
MIS- Sells at the Thousand Is,onJa
. .ne same summer. Her mother and
'o'' mad taken long trips about the
STANDS together, sometimes heinz
way all day. Florence said bor
a'ner was very kind to her mother
hd she had never seen him under ,
ne influence of liquor. ACCORDING IN
ne testimony Of Florence, Bott Ind
cen warned over the telenbone H..
'me unknown woman, who told him ,
put MS property out Of his hand,
soon as possible, as he was oo;no
De IN serious trouble. Florence
'id OF the last day at home and OF
e last hours she spent with her 4,
other' She told Of how on one 90. y,
sion that her mother had promised o-
II She would never receive Rott i.
ain' and then on the next night he 6,
IS IN her mothers room. Florence fr
ID OF leaving home and going to en-
aunts, where for the first time r
E told her father of her mothers n
lme. ~ ~
Is Florence told this story she was of
'rcome by her emotion and was p
npelled to pause. Tears came into ,
eyes as she told Of how she had I'm,
'ged and pleaded with her mother W,
forbid Bott the house and how en-,
mother had broken the prom. 81,
she had made. Even the Judge inc
the bench was affected and the c;D
nen in the lobby had their hand IN
'hiefs to their eyes. For the first
Mrs. Sells was affected, and il
ned to require all her strength to
in her ealmness. TIL,
hen the direct examination OF
ence Sells was concluded there
expectation. Every one was ex.
Ing that no mercy would be "
vi the girl in the cross-exqmina- Cha
O", Noi' ioi'hes' counsel for eral
Sells, arose and said: Miss und
your mother has requested mo 1890
to cross-examine her daughter. for
will only ask you six questions. lang
hich you can return short an. Mile
'' beef
'' oeiis nau orokeh oo"n and was duty
ny soi.iy' Out her daughter was crwa
yed and answered the questions of II
firm tone. They were in regard
: love for her mother and grand.
,r and why she had not visited Loi
II was the most sensational ment
ever seen in n court room In opent
,ity. When Florence was dis. went
! from the stand the plaintiff most
. Florence was conducted from spoke
'urt room by her father, while ity
other sat sobbing in her chair. scarce
ldge on the bench turned his coedir
way and the counsel for both
e and plaintiff sat silent in -
chairs. There had been dra- Ne"
- uo,aar+s IN .bo oose hatoro T.; chang
IT this was the climax. Forget Weun'
le fact that the daughter had '"'
fror, her in her ,rouh,e for grams
her appearance OH the stand sen.
: testimony she had given. the oiuoih
bowed her head and waived caiiers
-, ., cross-exam;nation and him.
story Of Florence go to the w
A., en- Berli
natter her sins. her follies or - ~
s, she rose superior 10 them -
spared her child the ordeal OF .e"o'
The plaintiff Aa'
one more witness to call, but ''Ne ie'
II and could not come. so, with ieeei'e'
erstanding that he might be .ei'a'"
he stand at some future time, o"e W
of the plaintiff was then 9
- The /
r Removed From the Pope. tended
Dec. THE Messagero mornia,