The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-19
THEY. KNEW ALL ABOUT 1T,
BUT THEIR STORIES DfDA'rCOUNr FOR
MUCH ON THE WITNESS STAND

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The Testimony Given by Mrs. F-nrken
buvs'. N-ishbsr- Ent~rtnine their An
ssenee. hat Failed to Convince Ju.,=e His
~hoE that the Pis,ptid was Entiued TO 9
Iimited Divorce from Mr.. Frank enbur9
When the Frank cnburgs lived in Pitt street
husband and wife Ind many 1uarrels At tbs
first motto Of dscord every window in the neigh
borhood would be thrown open and nli III,
nsiahbors would see aud hear everything that
went on. Everybody in the Common Pleas
Court room yesterday conceded that the,
mado splendid witnesses
TIRE Sun told yesterday how Mrs. Franken.
burg and her friends, firing oftheir sulrcrnss
fell upon Mr.. Frankcnburg on Wednesday in
tho court house corridor. when the ASSEMBLING
forces gathered In the court room yesterday
each had copy 81 THE SuS and was trying "a
discover herself in the Illustration OF tho fight
Mrs. Frankenburg was there with her eight
children. Rosa, Frnnccs, Nina. Elsa. Jemina.
Nnchhel. Itebecca. md otto. otto ia the young
est. and his seven sisters took .urns In holding
him on their laps.
Mrs. frank.nburR wanted n limited divorce.
Hhe didn't wait To give hrr husband Aaron
tho chance Of marrying Carrie Marks. who.
she said had brok EN- III their family. Carrio
wasn't In court. but MI. Frrnkenburg's LAWYER
said she was clos" by and could hc produced
within two minutes Tho plaintiff took tho
stand and told how brutaI- her husband had
sreated her four years ago.
I'VE wero married twenty years ago." She
said. and we have eight children. Since that
Carrie Marks met my husband clio has ruined
Never mind TINT" snid her husbands law
yer. Where wore you living fonr. years ago Z"
In Delaney street. but l cant remember
.,Hgnl ysd ssevcnty;;iour Pauline Hundred
rcnEsd Silence" WA
when complained, to my husband about
.-,ho hit me with MS I!st and Knocked nc,iown.
When We lived in 10 Pitt street lie came home
%sh Finn and TEen Ss on sr Ise, hut sht
and all ths ehIiirss had to get gu. Of "t the
l and thsS "na he TE%' % sn& G I'D
Hese the eight young fiankrn bnrss logan
70 sob, and some Of the witnesses did the same
eye J Isss9 h 1 n
drAn into the corridor und told the rest to stop
hosa. Frankcnhure. the eldest daughter. was
DO you know Carrie Marks tho lawyer
DO know her? Gott in hin,mc. you bet l
do, Shea regular devil. She ="
lhat II 40. the hWycrbrokc In. Did YOU
sEsG s ses ,p o. father 't'ike your mother"
!, Rosa's sister. Frances. repeated the story OF
. recess. during which Mr. Franksnnuis dis.
appeared. In the afternoon Mrs. esther Eisrn-
S Ssis vino n ts s sssty oS % hS h
street stree and ssid TINT she had taken Mrs. Frank
tS ns1ss s9G tho tho rstt a int her where
Then Mrs Soiia itoilsky was called. There
was breezy air about this Witness that made
bo yoS know Mrs .> Fr""krnCurs ?" the law
5 nn~ Yer don ais %%at r nrr
husband says--'
"NWG IiSd on. now" the lawyer cried
This last was to the defendant. and caused IL
:. Di% yoa sss H. the night he
ives see ON the "H hr an" on
! heard q noise: and got out Of bed and rant
s sne~ window 1t WIs r1n Y min and Frank
:. Very late in the ovsning WASH, IT,"
1t, was no evening. 1t Was in tile night |
J :; that merrimcnt Is repeated" the Judge |
said b. VII. clear The court room"
ana c Mrs No. hexy vsps
q water ta W when he was rolling il the mud gut
pouring rain. and-and-nnd / know Mrs.
Frankenburg twenty years. mister. and |
Hold on. How do you know that he struck
why. l was looking through tho window.
just as l am looking you in the face"
There was nm OUT nrst OF laughter at this.
and the lawyer turned red.
Excus" me. the witness said earnestly, Il
didn't mean to say you look lik" Il house.
. This only made matters worse. and tho
Judge. who could hardly rorain from laughing
said: You are talking altogether too much"
Tho lawyer for the defendant then made a
Frnnken burg was sending his Wife money
every week: that the charges Of cruelty were
obviously false. and that since the action wa,
Tor limited divorce on the ground OF abandon
mont evidence OF adultery was not material
or relevant. The Judge granted the motion
and tho case WAS dismissed.
Mrs. Frankenhnrg and her witnesses waited
down stat RI long time, hut Mr. Frankenulrg,
Fronting by experience. skipped out through
tho Side entrance.