New-York tribune., 1876-11-22
THE DEL VALLE SUIT.
WITNESSES FOR THE DEFENSE.

WITNESSES FOX The DEF ENSE'
CLOSE or THE DEFENDANTS CRoss-EXAMINArioN-
OTHER TESTIMONY FOR THE DEFENDANT.
The trial of the suit of Eugene MARTINEZ
against juan del Vale Tor breach Of promise OF mar
rlare was continued yesterday The courtroom had no
seats unified and outside there long line OF peo-
nile s.eking admission. When the adjournment came,
the stars which gave vantage ground for seeing the
plaintiff and the defendant seized by crowd con-
sisting mainly OF gray headed men and Young boys
At the opening OF the the defendant was recalled
TO the stand to be crosse xaned. lie testified IN sub
stance as follows:
sent $50 70 the plaintiff at the Hotel Royal April
% thr day when she there. sent me note on
that day. but have msiaid H. sent money 10 hgr
her about her horseback rides about June 20 cant
say when she began them At irst she concealed mem
Af,cr demonstrated with her about those morning fues
don't know that she pursued them while l was IN
Poughkeepsie bat she did while was ~ safat2ga' @ AT
least 80 have understood do rot recoeet tna1 any
one was present when | demonstrated win nef ABOUT
There were such cOnYersatons AT the rst possibly
a servant present at the other thlnk no one
@ l3d fr thev HaI Mcre desabe that her stepather
was not named llenrqnes ana was hEans nar
and ON returning to the parlor found her writing letter.
which when she saw me she tore up or nd ! said
bur the answer must - sent O my house, On 10 her
rayc me- at SolaIiss At Poughkeepsie she did not
behave properly. Her postnres were NOT proper.
did AL the iufOpflclca, Dul ncfuu VI
from the servants / an no. comedian, to exhibit
then the door OF her room open, ana
demonstrated with her. She answered that II seemed
To- Mr Choate-r never kissed her. There never was
any ovetlk between When they took the census at
Poughkeepsc she gave her age as AZ. lLiughterI
william Gennan, formerly elevator boy at the Hotel
Royal testified that he saw a man named Hammond
ttiu on the plaintiffs while she living there
He had talked the matter with the defendant and
bis counsel His diary made this occurrence as OF April
Al and he was confused when the fact that April had 80
davs was called his attention He had found Del Valles
address through advertisement, and had sought him.
John Manning, formerly halboy in the same hotel,
testified to almost the same facts. He went to seek
Mr. Hammond In the plaintiffs room. and saw him sitting
on her bed He had impression that she was trying 10
conceal Mr.. Hammond.
Celia Rainbow the servant who lived with the parties
TO the suit ut Pougkeepsie testified that the defendant
introduced the plaintiff to her at Poughkeepsie his
bousekeeper On the first Sunday there she waited at
fable Miss Henriques the PLAINTIFF was at table. She
went to plaintiffs and joined by her there and
they chatted till late in the afternoon. The plaintiff
bought sdesaddc, and told the witness TO tell Mr. Del
Vale he asked about It, that her mother sent II up TO
her. In June the witness sent by the piaintif
10 ask the defendant for money, as she was
going down to New-York. He sent Tor her
and came out OF his room, and saa sne
her mothers she begged him not to do so as her laler
would kill her, and he said, "Well well; go 10 your
room Mr. Del Vale sent the witness from saratoga III
September Poughkeepse with 1900 10 give the pali-
td with directions 800 for her salary and pay
exnepses with rest the paintln sent SlOO 10 er
family and said she had often done SO before; Mr. Del
Vale accustomed to speak " the paihtn very re-
The court was then adjourned for the day.