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Show fault of which he Wat committed to the custody of the marshal. A Habeas Corpus Case, Lawyer Newton litis tuken steps to secure the release of Chris Peterson alius Ilnlhiday, on u halwu rorpm. the application setting up that the prisoner is u minor, and uo relative of mature years was notified of his entanglement. entan-glement. That the i omuilltiug judge failed to inform the defendant tti it he was entitled to the benefit of counsel at all stages of Ihe examination, etc. Counsel was notified to appear for the argument tomorrow afternoon after-noon at '2 o'clock. The scandal is one in which Peterson is charged with baring com-ii'itted com-ii'itted an assault upon Katriua Jaiiseu, the particulars of the atfaii having already appeared ap-peared In these columns. Court Notes. In the ease of .Smith ueainst .Smith, Attorney At-torney Murphy undertook to secure a commission com-mission to take depositions this morning, hut was instructed td appear at the opening of court tomorrow morning. In the ease, of Mellissa D, Clinton vs. Win. ( ilassman et al., the demurrer was this morning morn-ing overruled. (iriint II. .Smith, ihe rising young barrister who achieved the acquittal of Tollivar in the counterfeiter cases, scored a point tnat will always remain prominent in his career. A SCANDAL IN COOT THE TRIBULATIONS OF THE RASMUS-SENS RASMUS-SENS UNDER FIRE. He Peeped Through the Window Until He Whs "Froze Out" Smith Sentenced for Assault-- A la 's Digest of the Dockets. The life of the criminal calendar was to day lodged in the case of the United States against Frank Meldrum, charged with having hav-ing run against the bus saw in the leading Mrs. Mary A. Kasmussen from the paths of chastity. The prosecution opened its case I with Neils Kasmussen the avenging husband I of the co-respondent, on the witness stand. I He testified that he had been married to the B co-respondent about eleven years ago and H hail seen her and the defendant at the rosi-H rosi-H denee of Mrs. Morris, his mother-in-law. W)u May 1 7th, last, he started for Deep Creek jpeaving his wife with every provision for jRiercoinfort, an open account and $1I!S in "old ooln of the realm. He left for the wilds of Deep Creek and wrote that be would return on duly oth. lie returned on July4th and found his wife preparing to go up on the bench with Meldrum. He joined them and the pari) moved together for the bench. "Tliey had loaded op on beer," continued the witness, "and on reaching the house where the levee wii- to take place found it desolate and untenanted." Tiie inotlier-iulaw. was too drunk to get down, and witness at the solicitation went back in search of the merry old gal. When he returned to the mother-in-law's house he found his wife and Meldrum issuing from the house the baby carriage with its slutn-h slutn-h ring occupant standing without. Witness s.in them "cooing together frequently after tllHt. "When did you see them lastV" demanded the district attorner. "When the marshal arrested him." "When did you see him and your wife together V" "I saw him go to my wife's window about 2 o'clock on a January morning. He rapped on it, she let him iu and then the light went out." "How Ioul' did vou watch that proceed-lug?" proceed-lug?" " 'liout an hour until I was froze out." "Where was this r" "At my mother-in-law's house." "Why was she there?" "She had abandoned inc." Cross-examined by Mr. Riley "Your wife is slicing for divorce?" "Yes, sir." "What for?" Objected to. In support of the question Mr. Ttlley stated that he would show that this action hud all grown out of the suit for divorce-that divorce-that it WaS a matter ulfectiug the question of i alimony. Objection sustained. "Did you present a paper to your wife Saying that she was not your wife, and but simply your mistress, ami ask her to Bigu it?" Objected to objection sustained. Mr. Riley We deny that this woman is his wife. The Court This is not a proper examination. examina-tion. Counsel submitted the paper in question, which the Witness said had been dictated to fio., --.-.lier. ' The paper was offered in evidence, objected ob-jected to und objection sustained. Another specimen of Rasmussen's penmanship pen-manship was tired ut him. This specimen bora the following legend of love; "Do, please, el m home. Do not let your tetnoer stay up a( longer; you know that 'when your love s conquered pride and snger you will can U; back again.' " "Referring to thi Iglit you say you saw the liirht in to' yV How," continued Mr. Rilcv, wherjrJl.re VoV" ht "Behind Kilg board fence." A "How iuwu. r "rUJjr live step- from her room." r 'lejsyj mi not looking for material to set Up iiioiir answer to ihe divorce suitr" "No, sir." "How long did you watch the 1101130?'' "1 began in November." 1 "Have you told tho jury all you've evur k 'T don't know ; iiiiut might have occurred I lots of times when I wasn't there." ft A loiter was Introduced in Impeachment I of the witnesses, Mr. Riley Stating that they H were prepared to show that he had beat bis. H Wile with a nun' and that It was not a mat- W tor of adultery thai bad lured her frotu him. K Tho correspondence was ruled out, the I rourt ncinonishing counsel that it would lie permitted to go no further into the divor. e B yroceediugs, hut tliat it would have to cou- W flue itself to the scandal at issue. . H Went lo Jail. Jr A beatintf April eliowor without and a Scandal within had the effect of tilling ul- tnost every "cut in the courtroom when the criminal calendar was reopened this saorn-Sn; saorn-Sn; with Judge Anderson on the beach. The iday's proceedings opened with the arraign ineutof J. C. Smith for sentence. Smith is fe young uiftii who had loat his job on the Bio Grande Western and in the absence of employment joined the moths about the tin mills. He engaged In un altercation Villi home fellow and in the ab ence of a howitzer fired a seltzer bottle ut his heud. It landed with demoralizing effect and Smith woke Up in the bowels of the bastile. Ho was aubscqui ntly indicted for assault with u deadly weapon, and on Saturday bis lawyer, Mr. Armstrong, signified his client's wil Ungues to enter a plea of guilty to plain assault. This w'aa cousented to and the dc. I Jendaiit wur,;,liis morning lined $1U0 in dc |