The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-29
WOMAN RENDERED
AID TO MINISTER
REV. HUNTS LETTER TELLING OF
HER POLITICAL ASSISTANCE,
IS READ.
CASE NEARING A CLOSE
Celebrated Divorce Case Involving
Members Of Congress and People
OF the Highest Social Stand
ing in Gotham.

BaSSett-lIunt divorce proceeding hero
are coming to a close, and as the case
has progressed ii has proved to be
one of unusual interst in the plot and
counterpot in which members of CON
gress and eX-members of congress
were alleged to be involved; the use
of the festive dinner to congressman
10 secure private legislation, charges
Of kidnapping, flights of the wife
aero the continent and dramatic
scenes in which the alleged lovers
were accused of making the most sen
salional rendezvous behind doors in
private lodging houses, hotels ana hos
pitals.
ePople of the highest social stand
.ng in New York and elsewhere have
been mentioned in the testimony as
the intimate friends of Mrs. Bassett,
who was the daughter of former Sen
ator Rice of Arkansas Most Of those
intimate social relations have been
denied, and in fact the testimony from
one end 10 the other is a case Of You
did" and You did not"
| II is expected that the depos ticn
of Mrs. Bassett will be read in the
court tomorrow. After that there will
be some testimony in rcbuttal ana
the case will probably be closed cn
Monday next.
In the case of one of the witnesses
the evidence was so palpably rank
that the Judge himself declared il was
untrustworthy. That was the witness
who averred that Mr.. Bassctt went
home suddenly one day while Mrs. |
Bassett and the Rev. Mr.. Hunt were
In the parlnr The maid servant saw
the situation at a glance. She engi- |
neered things in such fashion that |
the visiting minister slipped behind
the parlor door while Mr.. Bassett and
Mrs Bassett calmly went through the
room into the bedroom and the minis !
ter made his escape.
The testimony of Charles F. Hast. |
ings of New York was interesting
from the political point of view. In
his testimony Mr.. e. c. Dendict is de-
scribed as the great uncle of Mrs.
Hastings. Mr.. Hunt, il appears from
Hastings testimony, called on him 70
secure a position in the consular SER
vice. 1t is not 80 stated, but the infer
ence is that Mr. Hunt wanted Mr..
Hastings TO use whatever influence he
had to get Hunt place in the service.
Mr. Hastings testified also that
Hunt mentioned the case of the Bas-
sets and that their affairs were go
ing from bad to worse. Hastings was
the witness who said. as already re-
ported that Hunt said he was to see
Mrs. Bassett through this thing if It
took him through hell"
Whipped Mrs, 5sssett7
He also first gave the statement
that Mr. Bassett had struck Mrs. Bas
sett with "blacksnake." but at the
same time saying that he loved
every inch of her
Mrs Georgia Robinson and Mrs.
Elizabeth NJ. Rutherford are in the
record as stating that Mrs. Bassett
told thcm In the latter part of last
year that she. Mrs. Bassett. had only
four children.
What about the baby" the ladies
asked
Il haven't any baby" said Mrs. Bas-
gct-.
Mrs. Rutherford asked. We'll. then
what were you doing in the hospital
at BaIimcrc?"
Heart trouble replied Mrs. Bas.
set'. Is
Mrs. Bassett appears as a first class ,
politician in letter written by Nj.
Hunt 10 Mrs Jennie Stone. He says Z
In part:
when the chapaincy Of the Senate
seemed a possibility (for him. HuuO.
Mrs. y worked so strenuously and de- !
.otcdly. my gratitude was very great c
/. ON more than one occasion. after {
seeing how much more Mrs. p. was S
loing than expected or desired her }
10 do. explicitly told Mr.. r. ! did not I
wish her 10 do SO much and he en- I
repeated that he heartily '
ppruyed Of all he was doing in the
natter
In this letter MIR. Hunt tes'ifies as
o tho efforts Of Mr. Bassett and form
r Representative Fsirchild Of New
'ork. on a visit 10 Atlantic City. 70
kidnap Chester" ono of the children.
ir. Hunt said:
Il saw the chief Of police. the judge
nd PRESBYTERIAN minis er and when
ir B. and Fairchild called in the :
ncrning they we're refused admittance !,
0 the house"
Wife, Flight Described.
The fight Of Mrs. Bassett from
Wash 'ngton is thus described by her :
eli.