THE DENNISTOUN CASE.

Wairarapa Age, 19 March 1925, Page 5

THE DENNISTOUN CASE.

FOUNTAINS OF TRUTH. PLAINTIFF AND A MAID. LONDON, Mar. 17.—The defendant Colonel Dennistoun, in evidence, said he married plaintiff in 1910. Their respective ages were 31 and 21. When he was 17, he ran away from Eton and wont to Africa. His father bought him out of the Cape Police. Plaintiff admitted misconduct with Senhouse during 1911. The Judge: Why didn’t you take a strong stand?

Witness: Because I didn’t want a scandal. I could have divorced her in 1911, but I had a certain amount of pride and didn’t wish my father to know.

General Manning gave him a letter to Sir John Cowans, who appointed him to Home duty till 1915. It was untrue that his wife told him that the general would arrange the appointment, but it would mean that she and witness would not be living together. She wrote from Paris blaming him, and saying that she did it for his sake. Up to that time he was unaware there was anything between her and Cowans. ■

“I loved her,’’ said witness, “and continued forgiving her, and probably would now. I gave way to her on everything. ’ ’ He had never suggested breaking off relations with Cowans. He might just as well have talked to the wall. It was not true that he sold her to Cowans. The French Maid.

Marguerite Pyrronnene, formerly tho plaintiff’s French maid, said plaintiff often described Bolin as her lover. He visited her at the bungalow in Boxhill. Once at plaintiff’s flat in London Cowans arrived unexpectedly, when Bolin was there, and witness took Bolin to the basement till Cowans was “got out of the way.” Plaintiff explained the dirtiness of her dressing gown by saying that she put it on the floor so the caretaker would not hear Bolin when he was going out late at night. Witness considered that plaintiff and Bolin were living as man and wife in Barcelona in 1921. While there Cowans telegraphed that he was ill and would like to see her, but she did not go because she did not like to hurt Belin’s feelings. Cowans later angrily telegraphed, cursing plaintiff, adding that he was going to the other world, and that she had been a heartless deceiver.

The remainder of the day was occupied with the testimony of maids and Cowans.’ chaff our as to plaintiff’s associations with Senhouse, Bolin and Prince Odescalohi.