The Saint Paul globe., 1903-07-26
and at once instituted legal procedure
for appeal.
Appeal Court Agrees With Her.


In the new trial, concluded June 13,
Lady Cook was. fully vindicated by the
judges, who took occasion to severely
score the plaintiff. The master of the
rolls. in dealing with him. said: "They
have given a verdict of $500 ($2,500)
to a gentleman who in the true view of
the case, it seems to me. was con-
fessedly blackmailer."
Lord Justice Mathew. one of the pro-
foundest thinkers of the English bar,
said: The jury did not think much
of Wallace; that is clear. They dis
carded nineteen -twentieths of his evil
dence. They ought to have given him
farthing. The action was black
mailing action
Lord Justice Cozens-H Hardy stated
emphatically: Knowing what we do
now, and considering the proceedings
in the action, / have come. without
moments hesitation, to the conclusion
that it is a blackmailing action
Welded Life Was Happy.
In discussing the case after the sec
ond trial Lady Cook gave an outline of
her married life, which shows how un-
founded such charges could be In fact.
She said:
Sir Francis and I were married on
Oct /, 1885. Three years later 1t oc-
ter go through another marriage cere-
mony, describing me as a divorced
woman. This was done to make assur-
ance doubly sure
What an absurd and preposterous
thing it was for Wallace to bring up
my double marriage to Sir Francis
when it was the baronet himself who
had suggested the second marriage so
as to straighten out any legal difficulty
that might possibly arise.
"Sir Francis and were deeply at
tached to each other from the day of
our wedding until his death. He
espoused my cause, and from that
time until his death we worked to-
gether.
Husband Aids Her Charities.
He became so interested in chari-
table work that he built home-the
Alexandra home-for the childen of
professional persons in moderate or
reduced circumstances who were striv-
ing to obtain an education for artistic
careers.
"The Alexandra home was patron
lied by the Princess of Wales, now
queen, and Queen Victoria made Sir
Francis Cook a baronet for his phil
anthropy. He was one of the most
kindly, charitable men who ever lived,
ctIAQ III luG SEVENTEEN YEARS VI our IfctT-
ried life there was not one note of dis
cord.
"Sir Francis had a beautiful estate
in Portugal, near Cintra. When l
first went thereon my wedding trip
Il began to take an interest in the
surrounding people.
1--WE found that they were ignorant,
and it was not long before Sir Francis
and l had established number of
schools on the estate.
when we were leaving Portugal
Dowager Queen Maria telegraphed us,
"A thousand blessings on you and
yours and Queen Amelia also tele-
graphel, Thank you so much for the
interest you have taken in Portugal
Care for Children in Portugal.
1--WE had thousands of children un-
der our care. feeding. clothing and ed
sucating them; and now around Mont
serret--Slr Francis Cooks place-ev-
cry one can read and write and the
benefits OF education are manifest.
you can obtain an idea Of how we
were regarded in Portugal by the fact
that about ten years ago, when Eng
land and Portugal were disputing over
certain territory. myself ana Sir Fran