The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-22


gether frequently, and with her two
or three times, but only once without
her husbands consent; that when he
found that Gordon had complained at
her going out alone, he spoke to him
about it, and obtained his consent to
go again provided they would not stay
late.
Q.-When you returned to Columbia
did you not write defendants wife
nearly every day, and did you not use
endearing and affectionate terms?
Al wrote to her frequently, and
affectionately.
! Odd you not write to her advis-
ing her to leave him and come to you?
Al advised her to leave him un-
less they could get along better, but
did not ask her to come to me-
Odd you not write her to meet
you in Nashville and you would take
care of her?
Al did not.
Odd you not say that If he had
not been a coward he would have kill
ed you while you were in st. Louis?
Al did not.
Odd you not say that If he had
not been coward he WOULD have kill
ed you at that boarding house in st.
Louis?
Al did not.
Odd you not write her that If
she would leave him and come to you
you would take care of her and the
baby?
Al did not.
Odd he not show you a letter to
her containing that proposal, and
charge you with it, and knock you
down for it?
Ale never did. 1 never wrote
any such letter and he never showed
me letter of any kind. When he
struck me did not know that he knew
of any letter 1 had written, and I was
not expecting any difficulty. l was
going towards my office and met him,
and the first thing I knew he struck
me and knocked me senseless, and I
did not know at the time what for.
Q.-Before defendant was divorced
from his wife were you not engaged
to marry her.
Al was not.
Q.-Had you not proposed it to her?
Al had made such a suggestion,
but we were not engaged.
Q-Was not there an agreement
and the date fixed to be Immediately
after the divorce?
A-There was no such agreement
or understanding.
Q.-Before she went to ST. Louis
did you not meet her frequently and
clandestinely, day and night, and drive
with her?
Al did not meet her clandestinely
or frequently. l met her one time at
night, and walked with her and anoth-
err young lady well known, and whose
name / will not mention because of an |
agreement not to do so. We walked |
together from down town to opposite |
the young lady's residence. The young |
lady's mother called her, and she went |
across the street ard spoke to her
mother She was not gone two min
utes, when she returned and said she |
could not go any further with us.
left them then, and the ladies went on
to their own homes.
Odd you not meet her down
town somewhere the night before her
child died?
Al did not
Odd you not take her out driv-
ing, day and night. frequently?
Al never took her out driving at
night at all, and only twice in the day
time.
Odd you not drive out on the
Santa Fee pike with her to the Bill
Morgan drove?
Ayes, we did. l met her on
North Garden street and we got in
our surrey and drove out that pike;
and when we reached Morgan's grove
we saw a party coming we did not
care to meet, and drove in there to
avoid him. We did not stay in there
two minutes We simply drove in,
turning the back of the buggy to the
party passing and then turned right
around and came out of the grove and
drove back to town.
Asked who the party was they did !
not wish to meet, Mr.. fowler said they
thought it was her father.
Witness detailed another time he
met her at the bridge by appointment,
when she was returning from her
fathers, and took walk with her. 1t
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