The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-26
AN INTERESTING DIVORCE
MRS. RICE TRACED 10 A PHILA-
DELPHIA HOTEL I r. A
STRANGE MAN.

STRANGE MAN.
Ehe Wife of a Well Known Trenton
Physician the Defendant-The Anus
ing Misapprehension of a Burlington
School Justice-Other State News.
The taking of testimony in the
suit for divorce from his wife, brought
by DR.. William Rice, was begun yes
terday morning before Levi Hannum,
Master in Chancery, at his Office on
East State street, Trenton.
Mrs. Rice appeared in the court
by the side of her counsel, Mr..
H. N. Barton and Judge William M.
LaninG, attired in a rich black silk
dress. Over her shoulders was a dark
brown wrap, and a neat black bonnet,
in which quivered a gay yellow
plume, adorned her head. She looked
Wuch younger than she really is.
he upper portion of her face was
partially concealed by a veil.
~ The first witness called was Samuel
: Weber, who resides at No. 40 North
Broad street, Philadelphia. He was
night clerk at the Hotel Peabody, ON
South Ninth street, for two years. He
occupied the position between Janu-
airy l and May 1, 1889. The witness
was asked if he recognized Mrs. Rice,
and he replied that he did. He had
seen her at the Hotel Peabody on the
nights of February 1 and March ~
yhst. She was in company with Ed
a ward H.. Apologize, of Trenton. The
witness produced the hotel register,
and showed where the gentleman
named had registered as Joseph G..
Hayes and wife, Trenton, N. j." on
lie night of February /. He said the
and woman came about seven
Rck in the evening and they were
kned a room together. They re-
Jed until about eleven o'clock the
night. When they came on the
of March %, they registered as
Fry G. Neal and wife, Trenton, N.
fThey were again assigned a room
Remained until about four o'clock
kmorning.
En- cross-examined by Mr.. Bar
Ethe witness said he had never
Apologize or Mrs. Rice before
first visit to the hotel. Apple
registered, and Mrs. Rice stood
me distance away. They came
bwn on the morning of the second
visit by the servants stairway, but
this was not strictly private. though
not SO public as the other. The wit
ness admitted that he was engaged by
Detective Speedy to look after the
Rice matter, and that he had called
upon Mr.. Rice in Trenton subse-
quentlyin order to identify her. This
was at the request of Speedy, who met
him here and paid his expenses. He
came again to see Apologize. He did
mot know Dir Rice He did NOT know
that the man was Apologize until
he came to Trenton. Witness de-
scribed some portions of Mrs. Rice's
attire, and Mr.. Barton questioned him
closely.
The next witness was Mrs. Edward
ii. Applegate, who resides on Pen
nington avenue. She idetified two
letters received by her at her home.
The letters were not read but merely
identified. She was then shown the
names on the hotel register, and said
that the handwriting was that of her
husband. Her husband, she said, was
absent from home ON the evenings of
February LIST and March 9th. He
told her that he was going to Phila-
delphia on business.
On cross examination by Judge Lam
ing, Mrs. Applegate said she was not
living with her husband. In reference
to the two letters she said she had
sent one of them to Mr.. Macpherson
and the other Detective Speedy came
after. She knew that her husband
had gone away On the two nights
named, because she made a memo
Tandum of it at the time.
The case was then adjourned until
nextssTuesday.