The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-17
MISS MARTINEZ'S LAWSUIT.
sENOR DFL VILLE's ACCOUNT OF An
INTERENTTNG INTIMACY.


a Chance Acquaintance Made In the street
and Riprucd In u Kc-iaurant-A ~pan- I
iard- Lessons In the English i"nsunrc
MARRIAGE Not Talked of 4 secret Conhde"'
greater throng than on any OF the
preceding days Of the trial Of Miss Marines
brcrch OF promise suit against senior del Na"e
gathered yesterday morning In tue nc" 'oui'
House, on the stars, and In the haliwaN reau'nE
20 the Supreme Court. These folks apparently
belonged in the main TO respee'"pie C'"ss
There were no pnlpablc rouehs among them'
This was perhaps Que to the excellent police
arr ,ngemenis At half pist O'Clock there was
"A sotid mass fore the door Of tue court ROOM
hut the court officers, carving OUT sttlc'V
Judge Do nohue's orders. admitted, untll tue
opening, only the principals, the win sses tue
Jury counsel, and such others as "ere direoly
interested in the case. After that' as many
spectators were given entrance as could be COM
fortaby seated.
Ten minutes before the time for opening Miss
Martinez took her seat, accompanied hy her
mother and sister, all heavily yelled. Then Mr..
beach came In. and saluted the women. then
came his associate. Mr. Brown. few minutes
afterward Mr.. de vulle, the defendant. arrived.
lie was accompanied by several friends, and
seemed little more nervous than ON tue pre-
vious day. Then came Gen. A j. Gonziies' oil
Cuban fame. who was to act as Interpreter
tall, digniHed gentleman. with IN olive Spanish
face. gray hair, and block moust .chc. Next
entered Mr. Choate. counsel fJr the defend nj.
At half past ten o'clock TO the second jude
Donohue took his place on the beach. There
was a delay Of several minutes on account OF
late Juror. during which time the other mem
bers Of the jury oiattod. lnside the bar were
many leauing LAWYERS lhe assembly was COM
posed to large extent OF Spani4lds and Cuoaus
The first called as witness " s. james Dooley'
who did rot respond. aud his default was noted
The next was Mrs. Ella beth sidney, the woman
from whose house Miss Martinez 'roK ner trunk
to the Hotel Royal. III re wa rustic OF ex-
citement Us she took the stand She testified as
follows;
reside at loo second avenue. Mis- Martinez and
called on me IN 1875. an assed rs.ni,'ion TO hay.
TLc irun4 Wa IN ~ house a6oui two wees sac
ing TO BE- marri d ina dS. i W. very rany day.
.cd her !. ws na9sky 20 os marie IN RAM Jay
men called on her after she left.
Albert J. swift" called the crier, and In obe-
dience to the summons a plump. bald black
moustached man took the stand. lie testified
that In 1915 ne was clerk In The Hotel Royal and
that Miss Martinez registered there on Auril IS
1878, a. Miss Livingston.
Gen. Gonz lies tnen took the interpreters
oath, ana tue defendant. Air. del Nhlr, occupied
the witness chair lie was neat IN Appearance,
bb hair and beard being IN admirable ORDER nnu
his dress unexceptionaoe. lie seemed iittie
nervous. buA 81 ~ an NlkilHtuf ne Hhln
was corn in SPAN. cannot be prccst as TO tbs
year ot'my urtlh I sm nov anu. idrt,-aye cafs Of
lawyer in Madrid and / seat TO CSoa wear Ut, =
,snlis from isSS to isC and Scn; TEXT 10 Sana aa
sS ihe5r 9n. tso yeaIs AZ m r 1oS r,sSs az
IN 1857 one Of the wea,hesl AIDES IN ia" codntry
!al,e AND esf ar, $50, an e'laIs rorlh ron
nv can ~ sSpoVo H1i S SsT hayS
four eaiidren. The 9aest 4 Aaei., ~ year.
~ yel,; aaa la., ets years. NJ, ,viic
IA her %as living IA ais~lss s' va. Ds1rie A..
erns ss. and nb, ~ "a" sag poiih se u.
meats from .ns s Ge.erame ,,, OF spain orre
n. hsysIa nraeG1s ss ma Ma 80. sy
and rresiden ned these positions bout Two ears
%cmSsr q The BoSrG Of sduesiiSa can TO SeS
YORK bee was IN delicate nealtn ana also TO lsse
mere 9u, changed n, mind | have bought D as
IN country ~ Nay Or i'm, isli r il.at
IG5 West TNeaiy.esnt- street.
MIR. Beach here objected to having MIR. DEF
vae ss1iTe ,ai wel 'tssy Ja se p9nSe1s
neither OF on Object, sail let you nave 're'ty
And L. responded Mr.. Choate "have I'm.
shsd WITH TIA 4 class Of TESTIMONY
The witness then resumed;
pm the I4in OF January. 1873, N rwrno.mnih i -c,
intended Sons Go NET 5a va acsra ; 4aG
earned psst ny s'Tse ! did not ienow yer 'rou
npe We 10 BroadWA,, anit 'efr s,@ tue young
e eI, A ana i1 .Ha& r sr a sss H.
ana maas an Sppoa.iq,d Tor one os DC tsc eA, "y
e9nd hardly nnderstAna her, iii No. a.. ca, s'rri ~
n S sa Se A''S,e nsp r RON % ~ 1yn. 81
aud ,he s-d Yes" She sd n grateful 10 ne
und. r-tuOd h,r IN .uOstauce 10 90, 90 10 hu
uc-her mother wisntd 10 THANH int, ad sue ~rhes
Dor liz out w'6ed to Give her .oaSear ., he ne
ing and acqualnsnoe spoke IA s.aLisa' using sucl
English words as | could.
Mr. Beach questioned the accuracy Of som" OF
this testimony. nd critic sed Mr.. Vlle'- mau
ner. He turned on the lawyer in rage. liz eve
uashItg and his frame trembling with suppress
ed passion. la broken Englisl he said. "
come mere TO tell 70 trui, suir and shall tcil Z
"Ohw said Mr.. Beach, Then you can s. eai
English. Well, thought 30 from the hrst au,
that an interpreter ", : unneceslry"
rhe auditors laughed, aud MIR. del Vale seemed
for moment confused, bur mis- prs-i nd No
subside Miss Martinez suited ne Jude 81
lowed the INTERPRETER To continue his duty.
We walked from stewart to l!y,rs,y place a.
pact two We walked tnen 20 Meek T., I.ve ~ sore Il
tola her e se II an tnis pleased leg We sere
cupioi about haf hout SNe ltAtd PAR of ditu ua
earring. worth t5OO dld moi Wish 10 pay 70 Inuru.
Miss Martlurz moved nearer 70 the bar. within
Ave or six leet Of Alr. d I'd Naiie and turned be
char 80 that she could oOk hi'H IA The face.
Finally she toos the ameilNsi rng. alrc .dy descrp q
Cor whie1 pail $50 1t N@' TOO Ia &C. qua ~as le g.
ne iolo"ius lur,dA' anu net 10 iuev ~ l' o.d ~
Tnf'w Won, ~ .plu.tS tr"i" ST. es,r'- a., ~.
went to he ar. sna vent NE. wac taseh ~ 49,
foioeits day 'ent or ty a listucl me-sei eer b,
The ( ! .uMIi. mfn,Ise.
"DFAn fRIlspi c,nno, see you until tomorrow
aui very sorry OI II, 1ut -Ai., uuW,u. ilu
sincerely, JIAh VALE
MS ID not translation oi the uos-.,' a. ,A nam
ful copy. in de r. Dy the AID 90 -gi.4u.tf. AIft
wara, about THURSDAY went n the il ,cry store 400
found IN. adv naG aken the rug .As tie ceIN W.
sold me the ring, ana he gave carl. ttru 90
TINS l. tho same card h.ve zen n,e p,lut ~rift
Am familiar with her nan ~ lliihs tna .
be her, aud size haA !reqlen y auAlltcdl IT,
The message was written on the b Oh Of a Wis
ting card, aud Is as follows:
TUEApAY-I Won % day, hone
zee Ou FRIDAY, AZ Onr O'clOck.
did no. meet her On that Jay because The he
WA very stormy, and received a letter fiuil h
making apl olutm, ~ for the 2Gtl Shown tuNrlOp
aud letter. lnis b. the letters
FRIDAY MoEAIAG
MIR JUAN MI VALE DeGr Frl-in'; ffI- non.
weather Wi preclude the possibility o. nay .,rh,
again loduy am N"rA rorryJ O. ha,' 50 mA.