The evening world., 1905-10-03

tecuve. lie SAID nYe sleuths shade ed
the young woman for six months.
When the detectiva left the stand
the plaintiffs case closed
Mrs, Powers on the Stand.
Cyl. D.,-y Iuyn called Mrs Powers
Y, Mrs. ,Owers did you do wrong
with Mr. Campbell or anybody else'
A, No, ! Id Tot
q When did YOU meet Mr Campbell?
A, Three years ago. He was an inV-
mate friend Il .Av husband and took
LIN out In his automobile.
q Did Mr.. Campbell spend the even
ings with your husband? A, Yes, they
Mere together lots OF evenings
Q What would they do? A. Why
they mostly played poker.
u How long did they remain friends
A. Until my husband accused me OF all
sorts OF things and ! refused TO live
with him any more, When the break
came between me and my husband the
friendship between Mr. Campbell and
l 3. Did yyur nusSand threaten to kill
himself when you and he separated?
A. Yes he told me he was tired OF me
aad tired of himself He had a pistol
in is hand, ald | tired to get II away
from him When found ! couldn't ret
II rom him ! went into my room. /
lHpuBnl IT ne Ndnleu 10 CpalNll suClue
might as well let him do II. ! hadn't
been In my room long when he came in
and asked for some writing paper He
said he wanted to write a farewell let
ter to his mother. gave him the
paper and he went out About three
O'clock In the morning he came to me
and said he had changed his mind and
Lad decided to live q lI;,le longer
Shortly after this, Mrs Powers said,
she and her husband separated They
mad continually quarrelled about money
matters
The defendants lawyer then put in
evidence a separation agreement, which
MI. and Mrs Powers had signed in
October 1904 BY this agreement hus-
band and wife were o have their
chlldren's custody alternately for six
months.
Mrs. Powers said she had given IN
the children TO he. husband for the
first six months, but when II came her
turn TO get them, she was served with
papers In a divorce action,
The defendan, seid rat private
detective had broken into her apart
meat at Klamesha Lake after the
divorce action was begun.
The defendant declared that the en-
dearing lSt'ers she had written to MI.
Campbell had never been sent,
Not Proper, She Says.
"When | read them over" said Mrs
Powers, 81 saw that they were hardly
proper for me to send"
Did YOU ever send him any similr
letters" asked the defendants lawyer;
q bid you call Mr.. Campbell "BIlly2"
A. Yes, j called him Billy" Every.
body called him billy called my
"'tSoiid 8 pid Mr.. Campbell ever smooth
your head? A, Yes, but always In the
presence Of my husband"
In closing his direct examination Mr..
Bacon brought out that Mr., Campbell
tad been the handy man about the
POwers's home" as Mrs, Powers put
/. That Is, he would help hang pic:
lures, pun corks out Of bottles and
10 other like services.
Mr., Yonge, Mr. Powerss lawyer, then
begun to cr0ss-eXamlne
g. Dh Mr.. Powers object TO Mr
smoothing your hair7 A.
No, he was very good natured about H.
o When Mr. Powers said I've wanted |
10 shoot hlmse did he say he was
tired OF the way YOU were living7 A. |
Yes; he said ! was spending 100 much |
o hid you think there was anything |
lIlNOU 1lSltU III Wllll Allt uuNl'o VI hiiN /
In going automoblling with Mr. Camp |
bell and running around with him? A. |
No for never neglected my home and |
1
q, Don't you think II was very liberal |
IN the part OF your husband to allow !
YOU to run around with Mr.. Campbell |
he way you did? A. No; for | think |
4 was all conspiracy.
q, When your husband forbade Mr.. |
Campbell to come TO the house what |
explanation did he make OF his atti- |
ude7 A. He said he had been inform |
"a that Mr., Campbell was a dangerous
nan
Q Did you go out yachting with Mr.. |
,ampbell after your husband had for |
,ade him the house7 A. Yes: my |
husband was then away on an automo- |
,ile trip. met Mr.. Campbell at the
'acht club.
The witness considered the word
sweetheart" used IN her letter to |
'ampbell, as merely an expression OF
iis,erly tenderness
Loved Him as q Brother.
Il loved Mr., Campbell as II he were
aH own brother, said the defendant,