Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-15

ing that Mrs. Bassett was in Atlantic
City. OF her husbands arrival there,
Mrs. Bassett said yesterday:
He came there with Ben Fairchild and
he wanted me to come back with all the
children and live with him. He said DE
never meant anything wrong toward me,
but was urged on by others. told him
could never do Il after the way he
had treated us told him he had killed
Catherine by running her nervous system
and now he was trying TO kill Chester.
He didn't take the boy"
The hearing adjourned at 5 O'Clock and
will proceed this morning. The court
room was crowded all day. Mrs. Bassett
was alone and bore up wonderfully well
under the ordeal In the afternoon Rev.
Edwin Hart jerks, pastor Of the First
Presbyterian church, sat with Rev. r.
Lawrence Hunt on the plaintiffs side OF
the table.
Mr.. Bassett will arrive in Omaha next
week.
witness Hears Dispositions.
Sending her two little boys out Of the
court room in charge Of her maid Mrs.
/ Bassett remained alone Thursday morning
IN Judge Reddieks court and listened to
the reading Of the dispositions that re-
counted the last few unhappy years Of her
life in Washington. d. C, Of the entry Of
Rev. T. Lawrence Hunt into her, life and
OF the breaking up OF her home. The
dispositions were those Of Morton Bradford,
a detective, and Of Mrs. P. S. Huut-mother
OF the Rev. z. Lawrence Hunt, stRr witness
/ in the present case.
Rev. Mr.. Hunt sat behind the attorneys
for Mrs. Bassett during the day, while
Mrs. Bassett. with her two boys and maid,
sat just inside the railing. The court room
! was filled with spectators. including Dean
Beecher Of Trinity cathedral and others OF
prominence.
Supplemental Answer Read.
/ The supplemental answer of Mrs. Bas-
sett In the case here was read. setting
forth that she has lived in Omaha since
July 81. 1896; that she left Washington be-
cause Of violation OF the marriage rela-
tions by her husband; that no service Of
summons was had upon her In the Wash
ington divorce case in which Mr.. Bassett
was plaintiff and in which he was awarded
4 decree Of absolute divorce. She alleged.
further. that his suit was instituted after
service was had upon him in her suit.
The rest Of the morning was given TO
reading the dispositions. That Of Morton
Bradford. head Of the Bradford Detective
agency in Washington. was taken first
lHdA NV l. bdhfNHNt
had hired him to shadow Mr.. Bassett;
that he had detailed one Of his employees,
j George Curran. to DO So that Curran fol-
lowed Bassett and saw him enter house
at a street. S. w; that Curran then
summoned Bradford; that the latter went
to the place and learned that II was a
house Of known bad repdte; that Mr.. Bas-
sett came out in about an hour and that
Bradford followed, but lost track Of him
in the crowd.
Collected Money for II.
On cross-examination Bradford stated
that Rev. Mr.. Hunt had paid him SS5 for
"shadowing' Mr. Basse:t about two weeks
and that in that time they had found moth
ing against him except his entering the
house on street The deposition Of Cur
ran was to the same effect except In q
description of Bassett. Bradford said he
was FIVE feet eight inches tall and Curran
thought he was six feet.
The night when the detectives followed
Bassett was April l5. 1895. II was raining
and II seems the man supposed to be Bas-
sett carried an umbrella and had his hat
pulled down over his face, that the OPP
portunities Of the detectives to see him
closely were not good
. II was the testimony of Mrs. r. S. Hunt
that affected Mrs. Bassett most deeply.
1t detailed their meeting in Washington.
at Rev. Mr.. Hunts church. their later
J growing intimacy. the apparent arousing of
jealousy in Mr.. Bassett, his growing gruff-
ness and the final breaking up of the
home. Mrs. Bassett broke down and cried
during part of the deposition which re-
ferred 20 her father, ex-United States Sen
ator Rice
Origin of FriendshIp.
she first met the Bassetts in 1903. when
they came to her sons church. Shortly
afterward their smallest child was taken
sick and Mr.. Bassett came TO get Rev.
Mr.. Hunt TO baptize IL. Mrs. Hunt visited
at the Bassett home while the child was
sick and when 1t had recovered they were
intimate friends. In the summer Mr.. Bas-
sett was away from Washington a great
, deal, doing geological survey work for the
government.
The apartments of the Bassetts and the
, Hunts were in the same house, The Abe
/, marie In his absence Mr.. Bassett fire.
quently asked Rev. Mr.. Hunt to come out
and be with him for time. but Mr. Hunt
} refused the invitations In the fall of that
! year Mrs. Hunt said. she began to noece
a grurness and surliness on the part of
Mr. Rassett. He tried 20 get bis wife to
her 20 another church in the afternoon He
tried TO get her TO take their children out
of Sunday school But there, said the dep
osition. Mrs Bassett stood upon her dig
nifty and refused.
Takes Too Much Medicine.
Mrs. Bassett had been taking medicine
for heart trouble, and one day. becomine
, tired Of life, according to the deposition
she took an overdose and nearly died
While her life hung in the balance Mr.
Bassett was extremely solicitous and hur-
ried around for doctors and help, but when
Il was over he again became grun when
. Mrs. Hunt or her son was present
Decree ON the Way Here.
WASHINGTON, Feb A-Justice Gould
today signed a decree OF absolute divorces
! In favor OF Charles c. Bassett against his
wife. Fannie Rice Bassett The decree pro
y vidSs that Bassett. who gave bond for IN,
costs of the suit, shall have the opssOr
E | tunity TO recover the costs either fros0 hii
former wife or the cOdefendant Rev. Z
Lawrence Hunt A certified copy of tn,
! deereee has been forwarded TO the cour
In Omaha. in which is pending the suit o
Mrs. Bassett against her husband for al