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Show ! FE DEFENDS GOVERNOR ACCUSED BY GIRL I MRS. RUSSELL SAYS MARRIED LIFE IS HAPPY I Former Governor Sought as Witness Reported In Hiding GIRL TAKES STAND Stenographer Suing for $1CC,0C0 Denies She Was Drunk f'XFORD, Miss.. Dec. 9. (By International Inter-national News Service.) A statewide search for former Governor Theodore G. Ellbo, who yesterday was cited for contempt of court when he failed to appear as a witness in the Ulrkhcad-Husacll Ulrkhcad-Husacll damage suit, tonight was ordered or-dered by United States Judge Holmes when It was learned that Lllbo had not reporjipd. The former governor is considered Ian Important witness In the suit of Miss Frances Blrkhead. former stenographer steno-grapher to Governor Russell, for 100,-ooo 100,-ooo for alleged betrayal and breach of promise. Adjournment came late this afternoon after-noon after a number of unimportant and rebuttal witnesses had been plai ad on ith stand. WIFE GOOD W W l '.83. Today h sensation was produced by Mrs. Uussell. who on the stand defended de-fended her husband and declared th- lr married life is an example of the perfection per-fection of love. Mrs. Russell was calm throughout even smiling at the attempts of counsel coun-sel to wring from her lips a confession of the appearance of evil on tho part of Governor Uussell. Parrying every effort to produce testimony that could bi" the wildest stretch of imarlmitiou be considered damaging to her accused ac-cused husband, the wife clearly and without apparent emotion poured out 'a story of married honor and fidelity I that obviously was convincing to the I usual large crowd that Jammed every I inch of the courtroom". Reports that Mrs. Russell "broke i down" on tho stand were unfounded. GIRL N STAND. Miss Blrkhead took the stand Into todav to deny charges of "Immorality" made by witnesses for the defense. She emphatically denied having been Intoxicated In-toxicated at a dance near homo, which one of tho defense witnesses had alleged. al-leged. V.'h. n r.h took the- stand. Mis Blrkhead Blrk-head was cool and collected She spoke in low ton. but distinctly and her replies were of a positive nature Tho girl's testimony started with a denial that she had ever owned a pistol. pis-tol. This was in answer to charges that flw had threatened the governor's gover-nor's life. She denied she over drank intoxicating liquor at nny time. Efforts wero made by Governor Rus-'sel's Rus-'sel's attorneys to have tho court order the case closed, but attorneys for MliS Blrkhead objected on the ground that I they were very desirous of getting tes tltnony from former Governor Bilbo. IIo apparently has been in hiding for B( .-r.il days, for deputy marshals have met wlfh failure on every hand to serve him with attachments and subpoenas sub-poenas for his appearance On these representations Judge Holmes ordered .the case continued until Monday. |