The Crawford Divorce Case.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1672, 31 March 1886, Page 2

The Crawford Divorce Case.

$' - ?TP«r3iail Steamwr.J §>,"•£,_• ASSOCIATION) . xl^gKM^^awford v. Crawford and Dilke was commenced m tha Diyorce Division on February 12, b»f or* MrJattice Butt, without a jury. Th* petition was that of Donald Crawford, M.P., for dissolution of marriage by reason of leged adultery of his wife, Mrs Virginia Mary Crawford, with the co respondgnt

Sir -Uhartos' -Wentwortti- JbHiicer -JJaitf <M;] P.* Answer* jyere filed; denying th« "charge. * Mr_lnde'rVtf fck, -ts££ 'm opening married onJjVth July, IRBI, m London. > while tne pe&fioneiT was* vbhsidlrably olden They Hvejfetogethef Until the separation, whieh;s« plJee m July last I y^T^ttoMK^tfa AyWene*. intended to bf broS^p^y^iiT^ <sbW eluded by rfayiflg tfflt, as regarded Si* Charles Dilk«, he Wfßfcnind to say theYi was no direct evide^ce/but Atr Ofawfbra oDuldT notnayrtbere \f as-none. and by the> Set he tf is bound idmajse hfoi § fb.Mj sppiidbnt .jaqless he_ .(DflEe) wa»Mi foreign^ MdWftfffHrfssrfrißdJtsion of the. f&oti % Mr^.qnald- iCra^wf ord, M.P., examined by Mr_\Vrigh% «dtt.T'*" Jsam--petitioner in.this case," and wat married to. respondent in' ! I^Bl. Sir ? Gl^fli pilke/aave uV a 1 wMditig present. $Tpe reipbtfdenfis^iiod^e^tiat ybu^er} .^an I 4&T-"S» tne^ivjitnmiKdf 188*kl • lived . nj •Youn*-»trtet, and after, that, m George^ «fe^9rj;ni^^re.\ 'JW [ rival m town I used to go oecaaiomulrto the Home Orace, and there Inicaisi^ aQ,'an.onymouß letfef. 'On one occasion my'wife * askeH me if : - I wefediy^ircei frbinlier. would she be able to keepjli«r owti mbtieyi ■ IMd; hei"; that ] >'; 'woora not touch it. t noticed thai she 'wMs lets affectionate- toward, me, Her manner w,a;s cold ;and reserredV. She !; ask»&im« tq u S9nd.{ her away, and *aiaV :S tha'ti?s&i cojild only drowi herself i- -/tn r^jgfodpip I the'aMbnVnious-lefct'erVitiwai yrnttejb.jnji disguigtf67 a ßanav-"but the^addrejb-^ to* enrelope was ia the hand* writing fit an ilUtefet^perion.^ I^eg.Kn by waminf meif andrspoke. of aj^erlain 'liar wnbfthi 'Wrjter^aaidi- was, a ve'ifyiJaaTWnlipaiWßii ioi} nwr wife, anOia ! 6"*he¥ w^ffeVcajfi-finfe on nirtetfong^wiaij'the^ndint^iats^ George's Hospital. This lady *•§£#& tending a relation-of- her's there*. Tnklast paragraph-of itheflgUer was as -toU.. ! lows ?oj -jne uaember for ,!ob,eWa:' A >% l *o%ecP it. W hfg) Sfi» looked at ty fora veßjtlong i tji^e 0 Ma t bti 15alfi^?Biry^aler--tt-ga < Te^me_ : an imcdln^ f ortable fcelingj^misgiTing. . I. siloV to her. "Is there^^fching m tiie letter? 1 * said^^^rafdor.iTouTbelieye thWgj|. a scrap^fnrutn m that ?" I kaio^ffoTM you telV-uie flUtf »&>&'*■ *{fte\ then put her arms^pond my neck and kissed me. I told nwine letter had madegne very unb^l)y?4§te bM feneVSfemnst. ( Slie askedwmfi if she. : cpuld d«wtroythe letter^and Ipu^ it m the fi^e^^bjarer'e her. She^spoke to^cr. iisjteW'about it. After thai>J-spftk%tb^r^^cliaifing manner about the member iorClrolSea, and on one occaßion,l observed she rather winced. I discovered Wte^^niS'sW had received a letter trom Captain Forster. It was ?afte« ithe^ WAitsontidej holidays m 48^4' -MO th^ >J^ij jirrHf]! ]w(^ tain Forster first -made the acquaintance of Mrs Crawford *tJt fancy ball m 1884,' I also «ceivedUftalßoiiyin>u| letter. 'It was to the following, effect :-—"The firs.t person who ruiOTffi your wife " Sir Charles Dilke. Sheis well known to bis 1 '" L^%ta>wedb-theresnoiideni thf Jetted i f She cblored np^ and sajctj^^Thsi'i) irqm iac(t)isr. a *hkt ; woman tfet aJfMU'i .She, afterward said, '*-I> murt-iwrifc &JM*j':< t said sK^u%htr*o>&,oiio so. She aga'insaid,' '• I' cannot? see/ihina after this." I said, "You don*t^feij«p» as it is." She, said. Mlf bis carriage came to the door, mother would be snr«

iuoh an infamous thing, ahcr flin -Araihout good evidence. JShe said her mother hated everyoiK&wWjiied Sir 0. Dilke. I met Sir G. Dilke after that m the lobby of the House -of—Lords. Mr Justie* y ßuttg : " That wag after you received th» ;4eftery^fPhe : PefitiQ«er,; A'J^a J' _ Hii ;f ace' wa*l^rfectly3li»id J/neys£gay a .majClob'k's^g^tlyi 7Th«dEw^owwe v d»y TWas c'6^in^ out'Sf^yio^fctifa^a'JLfjkW him coming out of his carnage. .f.?i£|p| ing to apeak to hinvabout tome buaineai he again starred; jyiojenfly, and got very rpale< andjivid^biit not so bad at the first 'timeT' 1 wnen l we'nli'hiinft Isaiil torjmy wife,. " Di^i^ou 7 'wrkeTto Sir Charles JJilke^ottt^hafrnthaV-Mon/mouß, letter ?c" She said, " No, IdidnotrThta I said to her, " Did y6iffbll"»w=»o#Br. Mn/'andsbeßaid^.VX^." She farthet said, f'l neyer saiw: .^man look so ghastl^- .^looufetli9jloi& of July I re. ceived Q^ ( ? tt f- lett « r « n was as f pfloWr*r^ Xo nr \BJ^ e WM M#tt atjheJMCiti^^^t^b^Mfei Forater oaMonda^ i&e^ol^a «§i?" I asked her if it vi^al%ae, c^a'Sh«'aenied it. On $bexnight;.o.f Fyiday;; the 17th of, July, I Crawfordr liad ->XQne to bedr "^Wlien I wentfpla^^lnt'fiell^rake. Sbe s^d7)o|DrdJ^ou;:get t^&JeUer waiting 'foT.yon^^ laidPfefcS^.6fdm« ! ifi%ould tell^herHylial wu i m it. I told her the substance of the 1 Ut«s?.'*he ;.got ut»j Wuci alijfht^^ahdi «^>od by th« Wfifl f *^i^^* "ginia, isit tr^ Ib&t thsl yon.hWQ6Ma unfaithf vl r r J A I 4K*K*e>sja faithful hoi • band to you. IL -§he said, "Yes, it to 1 5^0% gb^pW^ know th« truth ; y«alibAT^alwaVrJbe«S w oiiAth« wrong track suj.peot.idg tneinnocent, ana iyottjhftve,; never, suspected the person who was re'aMyjjj«i!liyi did -she say ?**' ST&'said it |was nor Cap^ tain Forster. "^Tke man who ruined m» w'asV'fcnaVle* Ui&e.yrrogns^jia^^ «H« seducM'n^.iliti-jfMka^a^rjniarriag*, thre*!jear« ;ja£dft W d fM«"?^ akaT * been bis mistreai^yer afterlFl'«liWWiaß--storiiihed,.|uid*?fti d i ;, t AThree years ago?" and she repired^'Vthrelß^ejWrsflHld a half." She'furttief iraid that he oalled on Berirßailey's HotoU^^hejrhad rehad made' love'^-'herOuSi (Jlifip^^her, bul^^hifffiwo^ 60 - \ Sh * alnosaid wac ne"flad ? 4aalnSher to ft {Soj&ejjfi-^ottenhamlCourt-roati, and had seSuced her*. **I sam^)at.l'4fO:tAd!B9 r * >a wWp«himV' anasheif epliedg " You will have ample revenge upon him. If h% .caineiipfo; the>rppm jßh&added ( "I believe he could aoVhirtfe pleased with me, and thtre-he would like to ehoot me jfto g ooald»^XapJgkttabpAt corroborative e,yidenc<|^Euad shel^^^we could giv* me tKa^'nieanßJmip'rO'giiß^ i w She refer 1 * red to fit* , s!erTal^>^ra tjoth houses. v Youfcdj|)Bni».tt-M jMß^tf' hw &** ? " Tes, j I^k^^a}uSißyh<V«i »■ *«• charrt a^ainatlatoJißn^Crafcr was not pioveti. SK^S^jinpW understand thatihejiaa^|^f£sCT» r o£ ulir , l3r while we were~f n -LonaODT _; She also said that he^Jiad A«njK*>t her all she knew. Sb»-toU me^thatheiaid he took a fancy mother. .1 asked her if she naa been 'guilty'wi'th ahy'oth'er-raa^aiiihMiid, f No: I. have been too familiar with ciMr m«n, btit •ifothinpAworii^ I pressed her to know if she had not been gmUf wMi^M^oAtti.dtn^* denied it solemnly. . * con- _ tinued; She. further told me she had '^ift Sir ehafreß''orfy.^h^Bevtim:ea m 1885. I reminded her of the anonymous tettift'of ?lßß5 > '{oii my return U Scotland. I ceaifihed for papers, and I found, four diaries. In one for 1882 th^rVlß'an'efitryi'en'frebiiiaih, "Goto London; 1 ' onJEftb 20th, "Go to BydnevJPiace:" on the 23rd there is an erftrjTinH&M J jiencJl, »iUCMsDt? Mr Wright ; In r wlws« writing are theM entries?" "lainywift'i. lath* diary

tor 188&.4btre was an entry, on Feb 12th " I go tb^Londoq." £lie went .up- to the residence we Xkf fiMf) btiforf iSid, on the Utb. Tjfflrs*wH 1 alPentry; "D. comes to London": I oame to I<ond©n by the night mail by tWfireat Northern Railway. When I arrived at home I Siw m/ jpif e» said she ■k ntti; where she had been. I did not nOw until she told me on the 17th of rards spoke about, she asked me if I the beginning of the session of l§^;%#.saUa '^htf t^^hfe-barfi fore you came I passed with Sir CL_ tnrZdho&fti4iii>iM- %ortain& Hmd the second about half-past 7. I went *obb^£m hf* bedroTJm" I v after that fcadttotfilW con*er«ati6tf *wlth tier? Aldr^' *n^?)iJ,tJ!?Skhichisha aaid^^ 11 Whew you ** a #^^jb*Jiif»fien.4 my. time ip 'put'Koff^raii cftn^W, on ; your <y i?rave." I ■■'^ffi^JA* r .irie.imuch t .j[opd." •sW#lftr i ftoW s *Mt oipW& "Forster. Bh«M^|B6!Kad ? al^ays^refiiell H^^sa ladjr^b'ut h«:wai nd( K@r IbTer^'r afted . herft h\) r «y«r Vat VO- Shiistiidi'o"No." She iiid she., supposed; ftbe/ -shoaldr not &3ffify.foJtoß®*Wl»---. I>id I wbtfl* j tattferl|f or, into a French .convent. :. bu?»; tesar -Mfc* k that" 1 i •ske^hel: if ■ . v she wlis*, ; prepared tohftlr^ttefi statement Written down: She i£jfd t tfaatlwould 'depend upon who tooj}^fjdc^wu k , I -aid Ste>f«rt would be myja^yer. She said sho would, not like to d^-|tr mt|i JaJLm;; She . hoover. ; said • h l?^ >li l^ s* -,*•*<?* W «M»i? H'vaVctheprdpeF..;tinfe; 1 I asked her -for 'my nidthft's : iring, and die i T &tdrned :'iF to nio s tjul : ia*k*dih ! er abdtit ' the' stiteriient, an^iVtjjiaid -thVtJahe • would > adhere? to •*Wt:.Sir..€U Dilke^only one4 ? Viliited my bouse. Mr Lbokwood, TnTT2Uiorney.General,; f " For, : r.*.aapnß wh^m^^Wsbliwii'la'ppWia^ I wiml^yW^oraship's to poetpolie /tßy'sc^-eiirriinatio'D. ' ' :i rhe •ti^a^ten^dr;aVe''ewdenoe r against thaJa^jl^.but, a»ot<»g»in«t Sir C. Dilke." Mr^s^osjßut^: J$i 4.oinofi recollect at thirMO»nt ajb^pf-Midenqe v aga)nst Sir^lMtke. I thinic it is a i reasonable appJipatiOß." Mr, justice <; sutV"*daed thatthrbaMWaß' one where the Conrt ; w^-aak-^'to^fihdi-esporident. guilty of adjiifi^iy f c6^rekp6tid6Bt^tfi'd at th|^|ifej{ih)ie;t{) dismiss -.the easel as •gJ»<W^|^ »Phr?fi»P99dßnt. / f That course buc s < fpeje f wak notumg inconsistent. In thlK^rte ftcf«i wik A' gre«t;deir of crideuce'igainstthe responded! beyond' her ow'tflU^fflinVß ahd iamistioni, wecfe o^i\' distinct,' (<nd F circumsttfti^ial. Tb^Jfeise#o, heiwould grant a decree, fo %MMj?& #«w*}3fWcto Mc.iOrjiwlord BirCtn4e#l)nke. The law^was^.^ear , on^^Objectthat th'e unsworr's&te. wen^lffrV^rMw^fttH^ TciiW^nlftled tobtf^ecdived bricorieidbred agtinst ll^ Eenon: withx whom: she Was; alleged to aT^C-ftininitfcea adultery. -Itj would be m ™m&&* »j i VKVW i* oSir Di^f^poajtiopshfi^jdbe convicted, on chargetloi that nature on the stateiaent of>tf|Wr nbt dn! : oatbV the 'truW of whoa* Btory^b c baa il^o. i 'op'poriu'rVityVof, t«itin^by.'ibross;fexarninati(a(n. < T GrflhsjordJhacir oome»-into ' the '< wittiestbo^a'oii.Hwor^! to f£h'« I statement; icih at ' wojrftf bm »b»,en v gswd i{^vid. ? nc^ ag.^nst baye 4 'baa.an opportunity of f testing +ber BtS^o^d w¥^;tfi^llek4nk%re m«ift; " ® b.fght b^'accuimg ; liiHi to shi«l*;«6meolie elfej* He^lik'd rio brbitatioi^lAtwreciin:dißmißs£lg thY petition asaajQiMir; Gharlps f DHke, owjth' uaists. H f iWpfo V&£\ Mjc Crajißford,