Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-21
NURSE HEARD DR.. HUNT HISS
Hospital Attendant Says Correspondent
Manifested Love for Mrs. Bsssstt
ASSERTS WOMAN CALLED HIN DEAR
ProIonEed Hearing Necessitates
Three Court Reporters. who
work in Relays on the
Mass OF Evidence.


Mrs Fanny Rice Bassett's fcr--a LAY on
the witness stand in her divo-ce case
opened wednesday morning with a third
stenogrsphic reporter to take the proceed
ings The reporters now work in relays
in order to get the voluminous testimony
transcribed as fast as Il Is saken. Mrs.
Bassett appeared somewhat worn by the
strain which she has undergone upon the
witness stand.
The morning would have been rather dun
had it not been for some fireworks on
the part OF the attorneys and the witness.
Mr. Baxter. attorney for Mrs Bassctt. in
pleading to be allowed to ask question.
said he wanted to show that Rev. Mr..
Hunt had not interre1ed "unduly' in the
Bassetts domestic affairs.
I'D like to know where the lLne is drawn
between a preacher interfering duly and
interfering unduly in a famny's domestic
affairs" demanded Mr. Stout.
At another time Mr.. Stout was objecting
to a question because he alleged Mrs. Bas
sett had already testified she had not heard
OF her attorneys Baxter & Van DUsen,
before coming to Omaha
NO." interjected the witness caustically.
II said I had never heard of the firm of
Hail & Stout"
The reporter will see that these vol,
unteered remarks of the witness go into
the record. said Mr.. Stout.
Nurse Heard the Kiss.
The deposition of Miss Eliza White. a
trained nurse to the original copy Of which
the prosecution had objected on the ground
| that II had not been legally taken, was
received from the east. Miss White was
/ a nurse at Johns Hopkins hospital in Bal
| timore at the time Mrs Bassett was IN
/ there. She says:
zone day l was In Mrs. Bassett's room
behind a screen when Hunt came in and
rushed to Mrs. Bassett and kissed her
1 distinctly heard the kiss She says Mrs
| Bassett kept only Dr.. Hunts photograph
on her bedside table and that she had seer
DR.. Hunt sitting on the side of her bed
She says Mrs. Bassett addressed Dr.. Hum
| as dear"
Mayor Dahlman was an interested spec
tator at the trial during most Of the morn
ing He sat beside DR.. Hunt to whom h
was introduced. The mayor did not deny
that he was there in his capacity as 1
conservator Of the public morals. He ex
pressed himself as satisfied that those at
tending the trial would not be injured b!
the testimony.
It's like the prize fights" said tn
mayor. Il went down TO one Of them an'
when 1 saw the bunch around the ring
decided they were well on there a.
wandering around the streets. l don
think these peoples morals will be in
Jured.
And the mayor waved a hand smilingl!
u toward the bunch crowded outside th'
railing Of the room.
The New York Sun Of Sunday contains al
interview with an official Of Dr. Hunti
church in Brooklyn. in which the officia
says they had intended. II DIT. Hunt wal
INDICATED in the Bassett case. to give hin
an unanimous call to their church. Blu
matters had not come out right and. thu
Official said he thought DR. Hunt wous'
not appear in their church again Or
Hunts aged mother is stin living in th'
church parsonage in Brooklyn.