Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-04

in misfortune to the usual fate Of the
weman in such cases.
MT Fulton held up to scorn the actions
OF MIS- Bassett with Hunt Immediately
after Mr. Bassett's departure from the
city. and Immediately after Mrs. Bassett
had promised her husband that she would
respect his wishes about seeing Hunt no
more.
Our friend on the other side would have
US believe that the Witness Belle Mitchell.
as applying to the statement that Mrs.
BaEsett was I'D the act Of putting on
gauze undershirt in Hunts presence. told
he Mr.. Fulton Continued. Hunt eat
there and heard this evidence and would
not give Mrs. Bassett the benefit of his
sworn statement to the contrary. yet he
says In his letters that he was going about
the country to protect Mrs. Bassett.
IF this be protection. may our woman
kind be spared from the like again"
Mr.. Fulton probably will finish his argu-
ment at this afternoons session of the
court. and Justice Gould will then have the
complete case before him.
Introductory Remarks
After The Stars report closed yesterday
Attorney Henry f. Davis, for the core
spondent Rev. E. Lawrence Hunt. con-
tinued the Introductory remarks to his ar
gument, with the expressed intention to
clear away much of the CLOUD OF inmate
rial evidence which has numbered the case"
Mr.. Bassett did not file his application for
divorce until AFTER lie udu TeCcfNcu ifoeCc
that his wife had begun similar proceedings
In Omaha, Mr.. Davis declared.
How long afterward, Mr.. Davis-I think
you will find that it was only two dayS?
interpoSed Mr.. Coladay Of counsel for Mr..
Bassett-
II do not care how long it was" NJ. Da-
Wis replied ut Is evident that the COM
plainant in the present case knew about
the Omaha case in ample time to get all
this matter together
II was retained by Mr.. Bassett ten days
before this suit was entered" replied Mr..
Colladay.
sons former servants of the Bassetts and
from employees of the AIbemarle apart
ments where the family lived when many
of the acts alleged in this bill are claimed
to have been committed, shows that the
witnesses were asked leading questions, il
not coached as to the nature of their re-
plies" Mr.. Davis said, land before l have
finished 1 intend to nail this testimony and
ming to end.
Queries Propounded.
who importuned these creatures to tell
these lies? Who schooled them into telling
falsehoods for the purpose of blasting a
woman's reputation and character"
Attorney Davis mentioned one instance
from his cross-examinatiOn of a witness In
which the latter admitted that Mr.. Bassett
had not asked the plain questions whether
ne had seen anything remiSs in Mrs. BaS-
setts actions In the Albemarle apartment
after he (Mr. BassetD had gone away for
the summer, but had used leading interrog
atories in which his desire to connect the
correspondent. Hunt, and Mrs. Bassett in a
way damaging to both.
After defining what the law requires in
the way of c.rcumstantial evidence to con-
Wet of adultery, MIR. Davis declared that
mutual opportunity and inclination had not
been shown on the part of the codefendants.
but that the whole mass of testimony re-
volved round IAN opportunity for an oppor-
tunity, and the further calculation of this
point Mr.. Davis deferred until the session
of the court beginning at II O'Clock this
morning