The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-07
THE TRUMPY DIVORCE SUIT.
REBUTTTyG THE TESTIMONY AGAINST
MRS. TRUMPY's SPOUSE
A Number OF Witnesses Swearing that they
Never Saw Him Drunk-Trumpy Denying
that he had sought TO Iniure Hannah Maria.

GREENWICH, Conn, July 6.-The hearing
OF the Trumpy divorce suit. before Judge Car
penter, has gone on all the week. with the ex-
ception OF the Fourth. and the testimony was
closed this afternoon. The cross-examination
OF Mrs. Bailey. Trumpy's sister. by Mr.. Wat
rous. was searching one. II came out that
when Mrs. Trumpy left her husband she was
about TO become mother. Shortly afterward
he advertised in tho newspapers. forbidding
anybody to trust her on his account. although
her means were so ample and her family 80
wealthy TINT there could have been no reason
able grounds for such stop. Mrs. Bal
Icy having produced n diary containing
what purportod to be record OF the occur
ronccs ut tho visits made by Mrs. Trumpy at
the Bailey house to see her eldest boy. whose
custody had been intrusted by the Court to his
father and having testified In contradiction to
Mrs. Trumpy's averment that she had had tho
free access to him enjoined by the Court. she
admitted that she was not in the habit OF keep
ing n diary. but said she had thought II best to
put those things down. She denied having
used toward Mrs. Trumpy on one OF those
visits the words imputed to her. Mary Lib.
You liel you know you lieV
:, Trumpy denied that he was responsible for
the publication OF an advertisement rejecting
upon Mrs. Trumpys sister. Hannah Maria II
suit. In 1878. he wv was 1 charged W with attempting
undue liberties with Hannah Maria. and in tho
testimony. which was taken u the Judges pri-
parel was referred to. shortly afterward
an advertisement appeared In New
York newsp"per for SsnyHssers for patent
was Conn %'r @ Al HeaSnaer as aGS Mead has s Soi
houses. In the testimony OF a former witness.
also. II WIS said that there was n caricature OF
Hannah Maria drawn on the cover OF q box In
%w B6S rrsmpy nnd " Mr. B
nied all knowledge Of the caricature, Miss
Mead left the court room in distress when the
say that he had not shown the advertisement to
persons In his store. and admitted that he had
female dog in his store that he had named
Trumpy denied that he had said he would
make II cost Mary Lib $1,000 and the language
attributed to him by his wife at the death OF the
an occasion for advertising his business. At
the time Of the funeral he was in his room. cry
ing. He could not remember whstlng while
they were in their collins. althoug' he gener-
ally whistled when ANYTHING troubled b. i'm. The
point had been sought TO be made against Mrs.
Trpmpy by showing ,hat she deserted S franxy; M Ky
advice Of the physician. he was sent 70 her
brothers house. she being in failing health.
cember is7I ssv he w@s hound 10 use nm
Alexander Mead II II cost him $4,000; that
Trumpy should have oil the money he wanted
charges Tor him TO. bring Mead before the
church-to church him" as he called IT, No
matter what kind OF charges were put in the
He said that Hannah Maria was devil. and
Mrs. Mead, her mother. could lie as fast as a
Beverly Mead had conversation with Trum-
| py. In which Trumpy said that Mead had one
barn burned since they had had trouble be-
tween them. and It served him right and that
II he was not careful he would have more
| trouble still.