The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-03
MR.. CONHY HAD TO PAY.
The Adjournment of the Di-
Yorce Case Cost Him
Twelve Dollars.
THE HEARING is RESUMED.
Mrs. Coney Dresses Appropriately
in the Role Of the Destitute
Wife.

in the Role Of the Destitute
Wife.
The proceedings in the Coney divorce
case this morning before Advisory Master
Randolph in the Court of Chancery were
enliyened by breezy little legal scrap be-
tween Counsellors NJ T. Newbold and
John Linn.
AT the opening of the Court Counsellor
Newhold called attention to the
| fact that the order which
was made at the last hearing
/ directing Mr.. Coney to pay Mrs. Coney s12
to meet her expenses caused by the adj
journment last week, had not been COM
piled with Mr.. Linn read the
order, and said that he was
to blame for the adjournment
and if any one was to pay the money he
would do it. Mr.. Newbold said that he
did not understand the order to be PEN
atty upon counsel, but he thought ht1s-
band should support his wife under the
! circumstances.
MR.. CoNEY HAD TO SETTLE.
/ Mr. Linn replied that the order was an
| eD pnrte one, and when Mr.. Coney was
brought up for contempt for not comply
ing with it, he thought he could show
that the order ought never to have been
made.
After some further argument Master
Randolph insisted upon the money being
paid, and Mr.. Linn handed the amount
over to Mr.. Newbold.
Mrs. Coney came into court with
heightened color, which materially added
to her attractiveness. She has
1 discarded
wrap for plain brown ulster
which completely enveloped her graceful
figure and at the same time gave her more
the appearance of poverty stricken wife
in need of alimony
MR.. HARNEY's DELICATE ATTENTIONS.
The first witness, Mrs Clara Whitman,
of No. 12S East 125th street, New York,
said that she lived at No. "a Wayne street,
where she became acquainted with Mrs.
Coney
Mrs. Coney told her that she had
frequently been out with Mr..
Harney. She often met him on
the road and went driving with
him. Mrs. Coney told witness that MI.
Harney had given her diamond ring, a
nail brush bouquets and sponges.
Mrs. Coney made Mr.. Harvey present
of q silver match box, for which she paid
So. On one occasion Mrs. Coney told the
witness of the great trouble she had had
that day in escaping Mr.. Harney's wife
who followed her about New York while
she was on her way to meet Mr.. Harney.
Mrs. Coney often received letters which
she told the witness were from Mr.. Har-
ney, and were full of love. One day she
started to read one of these letters to Mrs.
Whitman, but at that moment she heard
Mr.. Coney'S brother coming down stairs
and she threw the letter into the stove.
THE WITNESS DIDN'T SCARE WELL.
Mr. Newbold undertook to impeach tina
witness character by asking her soma
questions concerning the gentleman for
whom she is now keeping house.
This brought Mr. Linn to his feet with
an earnest protest, and after some legal
sparring the Master came to Mrs. Whit
mans rescue by ruling the questions out.
But Mrs. Whitman needed no assistance.
Throwing back the loose, pale blue wrap
she wore, she firmly grasped the arms OF
the witness chair, and, giving the black
ostrich plume which waved from her
Gainsboro' hat q decided shake, she reso-
lutely faced the cunning counsellor.
She answered all his questions in 9
sharp, crisp manner, which disconnected
Mr.. NewbOld so that he soon let her go.
HOW ABOUT MIR. CoNEY.
Mrs. Mcdowell was recalled and testi-
fed that on one occasion when Harney
was visiting Mrs. Coney, he said that Mrs.
Harney had rheumatism.
1T has gotten into her left shoulder" /" he
said, .'and it might go to her heart and
kill her, and if it does we will get mar
ried.
Mr.. Coney testified to having met Mr.
Harney in New York with his wife, and
then Mr.. Linn rested.
After some medical testimony had been
taken Mr.. Newbold called Mrs. Coney,
who took the stand Mr.. Harney, who
had been sitting beside her during the
proceedings, helped her to arrange her
wrap and gave her smile of encourage
ment as she seated herself in the witness
chair She told her story in demure,
confiding manner, greatly calculated to
impress the Master with her innocence.
She told of her marriage and subsequent
life. When she discovered her husbands s
baseness she resolved to leave him. She
had no one with whom to talk upon the
subject; and so she consulted Mr.. Harney.
She went from her home to Taylor's
Hotel with Mrs. Gertrude Mcdowell.
Mrs Mcdowell met Harney on the street
one day and she sent him to Samuel
Anness' store, where she received 500.
She looked upon this money as a loan,
which she thought she might repay out OF
the alimony the Court would allow her.
While at Taylor's she had no timepiece,
and she and Mrs. Mcdowell both caught
cold looking out of the window at the Full
ler building clock When Mr.. Harney
heard of this he kindly sent her a gold
watch.
THE BLIZZARD STORY AGAIN.
From Taylor's the ladies went to the
Lafayette Hotel, Philadelphia. Mr. Har-
ney visited her there on the Sunday pre-
ceding the blizzard. On the next day he
started for home but on the following
Wednesday he came back in a terrible
condition"
81 went to the door in reply to his
Knock said Mrs Coney, "and he said,
For goodness sake let me lie down We
put him on the sofa and gave him beef,
iron and wine"
MShe denied all testimony concerning the
J subsequent proceedings, which was given
on former hearing by Mrs. Mcdowell
Harney, she said, slept that night on the
sofa, covered with blanket and his over
| coat, which she put over him.
From the Lafayette they went to the
| West End Hotel, because the Lafayette,
Mr.. Harvey thought, was too expensive.
Mr.. Harvey visited her there three or four
times, but always when Mrs Mcdowell
was present.
They went from Philadelphia to the St.
George Hotel, Brooklyn. Here Mrs.
Coney could not stand the steam heat and
, they went to the Mansion House, where
, she and Mrs Mcdowell had rooms on the
opposite side of the hall. At all these
places she was visited by Mr. Harney, but
always in the presence of Mrs. Mcdowell.
At this point the Court took a recess