Evening star., 1905-08-29

the Hurd Hotel in orrville?' mo. Not
that l know Of
Did you know of Billy's sending his
clothes to the wash with yours?" Not un-
til here lately
''D:d Billy ever stay at your house over
night while you were there?' No, sir"
What money did you ever give Billy?'
Il never gave him any except for work he
did around the house,
Did you send him a suit of clothes from
Californian" Yes l sent him suit OF
clothes from Mllvalley in June 1901"
Mrs. Taggart, did you ever commit any
wrong with William Taggart?' mo, sir;
never did
Ibid he in any way ever embrace or fon-
die your? mo. sir; he never did.
Were you ever caught by Culver and the
little Everly girl holding hands with WILL
iam?" Il never knew of such an occur
renee"
Did Billy hire the children to go out in
the yard and play, saying that he did Hot
have a quarter. but would give thrrl a
n:ckel?" Il don't remember of any such an
occurrence"
Scenes in Manila.
The story was then transferred to Ma
rila, and Mrs. Taggart told of acquaint-
ances made there, among whom were Major
Newberry and Capt. Bash. She and Capt.
Taegart went to attend a meeting of off,
GERS. but finding no other ladies present
Mrs Taggart stated her desire to return
home, and Bash offered to drive her home
which he did. They took drive on the
lunetta, and when they reached home found
Taggart already there. Mrs. Taggart then
described the events of the drive on the
evening when they all stopped at the Off
GERS Club and she rode home with Capt.
Bash, followed by Capt. Taggart. She told
of the wordy scene between Taggart and
Bash, and how after entering the house
Taggart accused her of humilating him be-
fore junior officer and slapped her.
What was his condition at the time he
Slipped you and swore at your He was
nervous and excited and think he was un-
der the influence of liquor"
Were you intimate with Capt
Bash?" NO; 1 always regarded him as
distant friend"
rs there any truth in this deposition of
Augustine de la Cruz charging you with i'm
proper conduct with Capt. Bash?" NO.
sir, there is no truth in it
Captain Slapped Her.
did the captain slap you on any other
occasion in Manila?" "Yes. 1t was the
evening of the bal poudre when he came
home and found an officer at the house en-
gaging dances ahead of time with me for
the ball that evening. He accused me Of
entertaining a drunken officer"
"On your way back to the United States
from Manila what occurred between you
and the captain?" He remarked about my
lack of interest in things, and wanted to
know the reason. told him I was trying
hard to forget the events in Manila. but l
never could forget his slapping me-"
Did anything occur between you and the
captain at Nagaski?" He came back to
the ship under the influence of liquor and
swore at me for going ashore"
What truth is there In the story of your
getting Howard Taggart drunk at Fort
Tkomas?" Howard asked me for some
thing to make him drunk day and for
fun l made a mixture of everything
found on the sideboard and gave it to him.
l did not expect him to drink it, and l don't
think he did"
How was the captains treatment of the
children? Did he caress and fondle them
much?' HE always took a great interest
in their welfare. He was very proud OF
them. but was never very demonstratve."
'"The fact is you and the captain both
had the same concern and desire for the
cEildrens welfare, and each of you did all
YOU could for them?'' YES sir