The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-22
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fhlrioallv that she ever went walking
alone with Grant. tho correspondent She
bad teen with him on walka. hut only when
o'hefa wore In tho party. She denied that
Grant had ever taken liberties with her and
aid he had never kissed her.
wa there ever q time when you and
Grant AT or q trunk together and Ora ne
Aid he would not go to he'd until he kissed
you1"
Newer Said the witness.
Mr. Lovett denied that Grant had ever
teen In her room with her alone. He had
been there with others when they played
caris Then her counsel asked her about
her relations with Mrs. Hastings. who testi-
fed a gainst her. She said that Mrs. Hastings
visited her in kar room, hat they pla yed
cards together. had drinks together, but
never went into a place alone to get the
drinks. that she had lent Mrs. Hastings her
rings and that Mrs, Hastings's daughter had
frequently slept with her.
Did you ever go around with young
men in Jacksonville who were known as
the town boys'?"
4 never knew any Of the men | met to
he called town boys replied the witness.
Mrs. Lovett was then asked about her
friendship with Mrs. Courtenay. She said
she had known Mrs. Courtenay for thirteen
years and that they had quarrelled, and
that she had ordered Mrs. Courtenay out
of her house. She denied that she had
ever called Mrs. Courtenay - damned
liar"
On Characterization counsel for the
plaintiff asked Mrs. Lovett to write the
name Of Mrs. C~ourtenay. She did so. Then
he asked her to print it. She said she
never printed. At the suggestion OF her
counsel however, she printed the nam and
address.
Was your personal appearance while in
Florida somewhat like it is now?' asked
Lawyer Baldwin.
About. l suppose" she replied. Il
know that / did not like to look at myself
in the glass;
Were your cheeks as hollow and were
you no more attractive in personal appear
ance than at PRESENT.
i looked about the same"
Isn't it a fact that while you we're in
Florida you had fully recovered and was
looking fine and feeling ine?'
Il was feeling miserable, she said. my
health was wretched.'
Mr.. Baldwin then introduced a letter
written by Mrs. Lovett to her husband
while in Florida. She signed it. Your
pumpkin" In this she wrote;
Letters are no good, anyhow. What
you want is me and what l van is you.
and we will have each other soon"
Didn't you write your husband that you
were feeling fine?'
Il was not. / did it to encourage him.
she said.
DO you wish this jury &c believe that
They will believe it," she said. partly
rising from the chair.
Then Lawyer Baldwin tried to get some
thing from Mrs. lovett about taking NOR
phine. She at first tried not to admit 1t,
but subsequently said she did take morphine
when it was necessary and under orders.
She was asked If she ever took alcoholic
liquors and she said she had. She was asked
II she knew the difference between brandy,
whiskey and other liquors.
4 know the taste of them all, y she replied.
She was then asked about Hugh Chrystie,
but her counsel put in a strenuous objec-
ton, which was sustained.
Il want TO show, said Lawyer Baldwin,
that Mrs. Lovett was the flame that drew
the moths"
In response to questions she acknowl-
edged having received a letter from Grant
and was surprised at getting it. She did not
know why she kept it. Then she was asked
about the clipping of the poem Forbidden
Speech" written by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
DO you not know" asked counsel, tina
mount Of passionate poems throughout the
country?"
The witness said she had never read any
Of her poems until she had found the one
referred to-. She said she had been under
treatment for years for morphine. She
denied that she had a habit Of profanity.
She acknowledged that she took hypo-
dermic injections Of morphine, but had
never been overcome by the drug.
On redirect examination Lawyer Ketcham
asked the defendant if she had written a
letter to her husband dated april "a, 1908.
She looked at the letter and said she had
written It. II was put in evidence. 1t was
dated on board the steamship 1roquois,
April 20, 1903.
My DEAR OLD SWEETHEART: From the
above YOU will see I am on the steamship
bound for the north and your little runaway
monkey is indeed glad and lon ging to see her
trio again. When ! think OF my dear old
hubby and my little girls, | am glad beyond
expression TO get back to them. ! cannot
Nrlte more tonight. as il is late and I am
tired would like to jump into the envelope
and get 10 YOU as quick as | can. ! hope you
viii have a large supply of kisses on hand
Tor me. Your sweetheart, GRACE.
Patrick J. Mcclure, chief steward OF the
lroQuois, testified that he had seen Mrs.
Loyett on the steamship and that she &C.
cnpled an upper berth, a Mrs. Kip occupy
ing the lower one. He said he had seen a
gentleman in the stateToom, and when he
asked him if he belonged to the party and
he said he didn't he ordered him out. The
witness testified that Capt. John Lanyou
Of the steamship had asked him If he knew
anything against Mrs. Lovett. The witness
sad ne did not. and the captain said that if