Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-28
DYKEs--vAN EVERY.
What the Cr0ss-ExaminatiOn
Disclosed.
THE SANTA MONICA TROUBLE
The Plaintiff Tells How She Was
Treated in Kansas City
and Elsewhere.

The case of Miss Frances Dykes
against George F. Van Every to recover
s2O. 900 damages for breach of promise is
still on trial before Judge Wade and a
jury. The fair plaintiff was on the wit
ness stand all day yesterday and the
cross-examination was not concluded
until late in the afternoon. Before she
went on the stand in the morning she
appeared to be much agitated and could
not repress her tears. Once on the
stand, however, she answered all of the
questions clearly and the long cross-ex-
animation did not confuse her in the
least. At several points she had to be
given time to recover her self-possession,
but these occurrences were not very
frequent.
The cross-examination commenced
with questions relative to the names of
parties with whom she had lived in
Sprin gfeld, Mo-, but this line of examin-
alton was ruled out OF order, and deten-
fendant's attorney asked her if she had
not told Van Every that her brother was
in the County Jail for horse-stealing.
This departure from the issues of the
case was also ruled out after she bad in
dignantly denied that such thing had
ever happened.
After this the examination went on
smoothly for while. Miss Dykes said,
in answer to questions s'The next morn
ing after met Mr.. Van Every the frat
time went to Mrs. Mcintyre's. Several
days afterwards, when l was at my
parents home, he came out to see me" "
The defendants attorney here
branched off on the subject of Van
Every's letter to her, and sne said: ~
don't think burned his letters to me,
and don't remember of having, on the
26th OF April, 1886, stated that l had
burned them. All 1 recollect about the
some manner"
A deposition, purporting to have been
taken in Kansas City, was offered in
evidence for the alleged purpose of inn
peaching her testimony. 1t was OBJ
jected to on the ground that the docu-
met was not properly authenticated, and
the objection was sustained.
Continuing, Miss Dykes said: "Mr.
Van Every proposed that l should learn
dressmaking, about the time we were
engaged. He did not like me to be
working out, and proposed that | should
either go to school or learn dressmaking.
/ thought it was better to learn dress
making before.I was married, for l could
study under teacher afterwards. He
asked me to be his wife, and we became
engaged about the last of May or the
LIST OF June, 1884. There was no time
fixed for the marriage to take place. He
said
HE LOVED ME,
And that should give up Mr.. Johns,
who was not worthy of me. He pro-
missed that he would always be kind to
me, and said he was a wealthy man, and
loved me. l met him in March, and in
June there had been something else said
about his loving me. had only been to
one place with him before that to dinner.
] had driven with him to my sisters. In
Kansas City we went out walking after
evening. I asked him once to take me
out driving, as / wasn't able to walk
much. He told me he would like to but
he was not able. He did not take me out
much in the daytime, for he was sleeping
most of the time. l took dinner with
him once at restaurant, when We came
from my sisters. l was very particular
in Springfield about going out. The peo-
pie were likely to talk. / was working
girl and was afraid that remarks might
be made if l went out walking with a
gentleman like MIR. Van Every. He was
stranger in the neighborhood and it
would be natuI al for them to make re-
marks. l allowed him to go home with
me from the train the first time l met
him, for it was only short distance and
he seemed to be gentleman. 1t was IL
O'Clock at night when Mr.. Van Every
drove me back to Springfield, when he
said my mother was sick. We saw some
few people when we went to the restau-
rant that night. The next morning after
staid at his office he got his carriage
and drove me home. / had walked down
the street and he drove his buggy and
met me, and got in. l went home
then. l was at my sisters when
he came and told me my
mother was sick. He didn't take
me home as he promised to do when we
started. We didn't go nearer to my
home than three or four miles. When
we we're on the road aud found he was
not driving me home he said that mother
was not seriously i'll. and he wanted me
to go to Springfield. Mrs. Mcintyre
made some effort to find out Mr.. Van
Every's reputation. She said that some
thing should be done to find out about
him. 1 worked fer Mrs. Mcintyre q
short time alter stopped that night at
his Office.
| supposed that when the 5000 contract
was signed that it WAS simply receipt.
A part Of it only was read to me. Mr..
John Van Every told me that the money
was given me to aid me. They told me
that Mr. Van Every was sick in Florida.
and probably | would never see him
again; that he would send me $500, and
that could return the 5000 when got
it. Afterwards l found out that their
statements were net true, and | brought
suit in Kansas City. Mr.. Van Every
promised me an engagement ring and
gold watch. He spoke of it on the day
we we're engaged. He also made me
present of bible, which l have now.
On the way from my sisters he told me
q number OF nice bible stories, one of
which was
THE STORY OF JOSEPH,
I don't remember whether he told me
the story of Potiphar's wife. l am not
member of any church. In Kansas City
he went under the name of Mr.. Jones,
and went under the name of Mrs.
brown. He introduced me to the land
lady by that name. went under that
name because in the condition in which
Il -, 7 ,raa ofraid 7 cnnld not oct a place