Crawford v. Duke.

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 21, 31 July 1886, Page 2

Crawford v. Duke.

:/ ArcEiAupJJulj 28L- :.;;.. The tiondoa correspondents of th» j' Australian papers send fuUer details ,' of the Crawford-Dilko case than we '"* have already received. A despatch.: of the 20th to the MelbcHTue Agtf sajs:— "Eridenc© is still being taken "; in the divorce suit Crawford y. Crair- ; ( :. ford and Diike Yesterday the re^ v •pondent, Mrs Crawford, was in thef j witness box, and swore that the ad^ '.^ missions she had made to her .husband, the petitioner, as to her hiring visite4:v^ Sir Charles Mike at his- hoaa».lot^. * improper purposes were quite true, :•■,. aind in support of her statement she ■ gare a minute desenptien of Sir- ; Gharles ihlke's hedrdbm. : The respondent admitted that, she was aware : Sir Charles had previously been im- ' properly intimate with her mether.'* : Another despatch t» the Sydney Daily Telegraph says :— " The respondent, > . •: Mrs Crawford, swore that Sir Charles* : Dilke admitted t>> her that^ Eanny, ■ 1&VB Bogerson, and Mrs Smith' were* ' all his former, mistresses. Mrs Aston - v Dilke, sister t» Mrs Crawford, also Save evidence. She deposed thai -Sir . harles Dilke offered the respondent ' an annuity: provided she retracted the> . charges she had brought against him, . Among other witnesses examined were • some ' of the lodgers in the house ' ' where Mrs Crawford stated she com- " •; mitted adultery with Sir Charles. ■.': They all confirmed her statement^: ■ which were likewise corroborated byal;'' former servant of Sir Charles.*' ; tfcablsgmm of the 21st to the Sydney Morning Herald says :-it" The eyi- .. of Mrs Aston Dilke is the divorce case Crawford v. Crawford and .Dilke) confirms that given by/ 1 her sister. The case is developing stroagly against Sir Charles Dilke, who is accused' of immoral relations .with several of his servants, and maintaining a house <>f :. assignation. The Judge is. trying to .' prevent publicity of the disgustdn^ v details." . v '..d ..''l'k , ;