Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-20

/ covered several trips to different polHts,
/ but developed nothing of great import
ance or especially sensational. She said
| Morse treated her like child in the
/ matter of her allowance, which was
| 500 per month; that when thru sick
| ness or nervousness she felt indisposed
or refused to respond to his desires, he
stopped her allowance. When she was
/ good and admitted him to her room as
| he liked, the allowance began and was
| paid regularly. Said he was usually
| kind in money matters and very liberal.
Asked on cross-eXamination If She ever
told Morse that she loved him, she SAID
she had told him that she liked him and
respected him very much. She said
there We're times when she was very
fond of him. This continued until he
alienated her affections and respect by
charging her with criminal relations
with his hired man, a fellow called,
Sam. The cross-examination was d.
rected at her trips when Mr.. Morse did
not accompany her The amount of
money she spent was inquired into and
her whereabouts traced from place to
place and day by day. She was asked
and denied that she ever entertained
with her friend Mrs Whelihan couple
of young men during Mr.. Morse's alb
sence. Denied that Morse had come
back in the morning and found table
set for four and the remains of an orgie
in which beer was one of the concom-
infants; denied that he found beer bot
ties scatterd about the room She adj
mitted that the sofa pillows in certain
window seat and ON couch i'll Mr.
Morse's private room were crushed and
crumpled. Denied ever entertaining
young men In Mr.. Morse's absence and
denied that Morse found the door open
when he entered in the morning IF the
above mentioned occasion.
She said she told Morse of her en-
gagement to Bromley and the reason
that che broke the engagement was be-
cause she did not love Bromley. Dur
ing stay in Chicago at the Auditorium
she did not tell Morse that Bromley
lived under the same roof at that hotel.
She said Morse knew it. She admitted
that she saw Bromley at his office
Chicago during the time she was Will
her husband In Chicago. This finished
the examination
The second witness was Cora Young
Bogart, of Grinnell. She had been
servant in the Morse HOUSEHOLD. She
swore to have seen Morse shake and
abuse Mrs Morse Afterwards saw
black and blue marks on Mrs. Morse's !
arm. During II row when Clara Hib-
bard was there heard Morse say that |
Mrs. Morse had stayed with men at |
Chicago at houses of i'll fame where
men could come and go at their pleas
ure. Mrs Morse was sick after this. |
Said that Morse said Mrs Morse went |
to Des Moines to meet men. That |
Morse had patted witness on the cheek |
and called her their blackeyed girl. She
said she had heard Morse call Mrs.
Morse an old D..
Cross-examination developed that /
the witness had a child three years
old and that she had been married |
only since 1899. She said Bogar.. her
husband, was the father of her child. /
She admitted that Mrs. Morse had CIV
en- her a waist.
Mrs. Johnson. mother of Mrs. Morse,
occupied greater part of the after
noon in her testimony. She testified
to having heard Morse accuse his wife
of adultery. Said he charged her with
relations with DIR. Hedges.
Said Mrs Morse's mental and physical
were most pitiable. Her
testimony covered the ground already
gone over.
Haaf, the detective mentioned as
having been employed by Mrs. Morse
and Mr.. Ennis to watch Morse's move
ments. is here to testify and sensation
Al. Developments are expected when he
lakes the stand.