The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-14
LOVERS HOLD HANDS.
There Is Nothing Out of Way, Says
Witness.

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MED he had offered to send daughter
of the plaintiff to school at Blooming
ton. The witnesses denied that he
cried when he and the plaintiff parted
for the last time in this city. He de-
MED he ever talked to plaintiff or 9th
ers in regard TO his promise of mar
riage. He said he did not recollect
ever kissing the daughter. He said
he never spoke TO the plaintiffs broth
er or sister as his brother or sister. In
answer to the question, Did you ever
love herr" the witness said he thought
not.
Lovers Can Hold Hands.
1t matters not when lovers hold
hands. whether it be the right or left
one, or if it be under or above a card
table. At least that is what Miss Ber-
tina Nixon of Muncie declared through
her deposition. According TO the same
authority, it is nobody elses business
when two kindred souls sit and spoon
and give other indication of the affec-
ton in which they regard each other.
Miss Nixon is a pretty young woman,
just twenty-five years old. She was
not that old when John D. Vaughan
was a regular visitor at the home of
her aunt, Mrs. Smith, during the lat
ter's residence in this city. She did
not appear in the court room yesterday
to tell what she knew about Naughan's
visit and it was necessary to read her
deposition to the jury.
Miss Nixon stated she had seen the
defendant at the home of her aunt a
number of times in 1904. She was &C
customed to spend Saturdays and Sun
days at the home of Mrs. Smith. Wit
ness stated Mr.. Vaughan and Mrs.
Smith were together a number OF
times. She said on one occasion Mr.
Vaughan pulled Mrs. Smith down upon
his lap and said she was not as heavy
as the scales might indicate. Caress
ing and endearment were frequent &C
cording to the witness. One Sunday
afternoon he gave me 81 and told me
to take Mamma and go on street car
ride. We took the hint and left" said
the witness. "A number Of times,
when at the house playing cards, Mr..
Vaughan held my aunt's hand or sat
with his arm around her waist. l saw
him kiss her so often l don't remember
every occasion. Very often he gave
us girls money and told us to go buy
something. When Mrs. Smiths
younger daughter graduated, a box of
flowers was sent with Mr.. Vaughan's
compliments He kissed me frequent
ly and called me his little niece. We
went to his home to telephone once and
he showed us the house and took my
aunt to one part by herself
Daughter Was Angry.
"One time Mildred came to the room
in which l was and seemed very indig
pant. She said Mr.. Vaughan objected
to her going to a dance and said she
wouldn't when she was under his con-
troll. Mildred was real angry and |
told her not to talk too loud as he
would hear her.
One time we went to the hospital
to see a sick friend of Mr.. Vaughan
and every time We came into the
shade he Rugged and kissed her. He
used to come to the house and give
my cousin and l money to go to shows
so as to get rid of us Mr.. Vaughan
used to kiss my aunt goodby when
leaving"
Kissed Before Family.
Tho witness said the first hugging
and kissing she had seen was in June,
1904 Going to the st. Stephens hos
pital in 1905 he had his arm around
Mrs. Smiths waist and she submitted
to his embrace right on the street"
said the witness. He made no bones
at kissing her before the family. He
kissed her very frequently in our pre-
sence. Mr.. Owens used to come up
and play cards. Mr. Boone brought
him up and introduced him. He came
up to write insurance.
Mr.. Durham of indianapolis used
to come up. Mr. Taylor used to come
up to see Mrs. Smiths older daugh-
! ter.
Mr.. Lacey of Fountain City, used
to come uD.
1T was Major Lacey.
mo, Mr.. Vaughan didn't sleep up
there. He waited until we were up
before he came He took every oppor-
tunity to come, though. He made all
kinds of excuses to come up to talk
to Mrs. Smith.
Il don't see that the relations of
Mr.. Vaughan and Mrs. Smith were i'm
proper.
Il don't know which hand he held
That makes no difference. If you
want to hold hands you just take the
nearest one"
She Received Letters.
In regard to the subject to letters
from defendant to plaintiff, the wit
ness said she had gone to the postof
flee for them a number of times She
said she did not make any attempt &c
! read the letters as the writing was SC
bad. She had several opportunities tc
read them had she seen fit
The witness stated Mrs. Ryde Alex
ander was one of those who had been
at the house and probably saw the
hand holding. She also said Mr.