The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

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plaintiff.
Mrs. Elizabeth Miller Green told of
the plaintiffs stay in the home and
said the members of the family tried to
make Miss Dalrymple one of them. She
told going on shopping expedition
| the morning of the day the plaintiff re-
| turned to Chicago.
Miss Dalrymple was unusually hap
| py that day and we all remarked what
| a pleasant time we had. We went shop
ping and stopped at Mills store, going
to the second floor to match some hair
| for Miss Dalrymple. While with us,
she often talked about her exception
| ally good health"
Ibid she ever complain to you of her
| treatment?"
mo. Never"
Did she ever mention a marriage
relation with Mr.. Green?"
mo"
did you ever hear a noise in her
room after she retired?''
mo"
Witness then described the sliding
door between rooms occupied by plain
tiff and defendant as being quite heavy
and noisy.
Treated as Member of Family.
Mrs. Bert Green testified that she
was mistress of the Green home and
that while there Miss Dalrymple had
the privilege of the home and was
treated as a member of the family She
said her room was eight or ten feet dis
tant from Miss Dalrymple's and that
she never heard a noise in the latter's
room. She said that when the plaintiff
prepared to return to Chicago, she at
tempted to kiss Bert in the Green
store, but that he would not kiss any
one, even his wife. in the store. Mrs.
| Green said she never heard Miss Dali
rymple complain of her treatment. At
the depot, the witness said the defend
ant kissed the plaintiff goodbye.
| ''Who told you to make her a mem
ber of the family " asked McKeever on
cross examination.
mo one told me-"
Did either of them take you into
their confidence as to their relations ?"
NO.
Did you know she wrote to father
| Green?"
Yes, I frequently read the letters
myself
when she left the store, did you
think she expected to stay indefnitely?"
81 didn't know. She never said how
! long she expected to stay"
Introduced to Mr.. Coburn
''Who was at the depot when you took
Miss Dalrymple to her train?' said
Judge Hazen.
Mr.. Coburn''
did you introduce him to his niece?"
| He aid.'
Where did Mr.. Coburn say he was
going?"
ITO Chicago"
"On the same tramp
| Yes"
For what purpose ?"
| He said he was going there to de-
liver a Kansas Day banquet lecture
When Miss Dalrymple left, did faith
er Green kiss her?''
He did,
Did she appear happy?"
quite happy
1t is probable that the defendant will
testify late this afternoon.
Coburn Afraid of Women.
f. D. Coburn, secretary of the Kan
| sas state board of agriculture, who
writes songs of Kansas in the way of
statistics showing the wheat and other
crops of the state, is afraid of women.
This is according to his own testimony
at the Dalrymple-Green breach of
promise suit this afternoon.
on the stand Mr.. Coburn told how
he had gone to Chicago on the same
Pullman with Miss Dalrymple, in
January, 1910. However, he said in
reply to questions from McKeever, at
torney for the plaintiff, that he did
not observe the condition of Miss Dali
rymple.
zone reason is" stated the secre-
tary, "is that I am afraid of women
A ripple of laughter went over the
crowded court room. Besides" con-
tinued Mr.. Coburn, my mind was on
other things, the speech 1 was to de-
liver at the Kansas club of Chicago
that evening, and then there was the
confusion incidental in a Pullman
when a train arrives at terminal. I
wanted to get off at Englewood, few
miles from the terminal
Previous Mr.. Coburn answering the
attorneys questions, told of Miss Dali
rymple's being introduced to him by
William Green, defendant. as his
niece, at the Rock Island depot here,
inst hafnTa the witness Gf9rfQ6
Chicago.
Mr.. Coburn, who has held his office
for a number of years, gave his occu-
patton as temporary secretary of the
state board of agriculture" He said
that upon meeting her at the train he
paid no more attention to her than to
pass the time of day he would to
any casual acquaintance and didn't
observe her condition or whether she
was sorrowful or not.
Mr.. McKeever, attorney for the
plaintiff. had asked him if he noticed
any indication of her carrying a
! secret burden of sorrow" Mr.. Coburn
said he did not.
Mrs. Bert Green this afternoon testi-
fed that Mr.. Green had told her of
arrangements for Miss Dalrymple to
stay at the Green home. This was con-
trary to her statement this morning
| that Father Green had never mention
ed the subject
| When Mr. McKeever asked her why
she spoke otherwise this morning, the
| witness said she intended to do so and
that her testimony this afternoon was
the correct one.
In reply to questions from Mr.. Hazen
she said:
! 'One Sunday in my room she asked
me: What about the arrangements for
my staying here?' / asked her if she
hadn't received letter from father
Green stating that she could stay until
a suitable place was found for her. She
replied Yes but looked so down heart
ed that as far as 1 was concerned she
could make her home here
Mr.. McKeever asked: How do you
know she got letter from Mr.. Green?'
Father Green told me- was the wit
ness reply.
Then in response to Mr.. McKeever's
cross-questioning, she admitted thai
her testimony this morning was tha.