The evening world., 1893-09-28
THE WORLD: THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER %, 1898.

that not only he but his wife and daush:
ter. Mrs. Neame. are in much fear OF
Ellison, and all wanted protection from
him. Ellison says In this letter, II can
believe this of them, but hardly OF YOU,
Leila! Tell me II 1t IL true SC.
After obtaining several %dcnials from
Mrs. \eainp of her intimacy with Eli
son, MIR. Brooke asked In cross.eNamina-
ton:
You had a considerable correspond
enre with Ellison, didn't you?'
~ wrote a few notes III answer to
notes from him.
Your correspondence extended down
To a time a it'll. beyond Feb. q. the day
~ your fathers VISIT To Supt BNrncS
and the night of thu scene in which Eli
son threw YOU on the sofa, didn't IT,"
NO, sir. | think not"
Sh" Identified several notes as having
been written 10y her. She used letter
paper with u crest and tts motto IN
latin. II love and | hate hut she
denied the authorship of other notes pur,
said she had given some Of her paper
To Ellison at his request. ShN sati that
her father went to Supt. ny rnes at her
, Branch. Newport. Atlantic city ana
other places with Ellison. in his behalf,
In the matter of his alleged assault upon
Hugh s1rvin?" began NJ. brooke.
Yes. sir; unfortunately for me | was
with him when the assault occurred III
from, OF the Madison sauare Garden !
~ w - w ~ -. t'l'N - "''' ~
wife t. ask them to let Mr.. Ellison off.
for Ellison insisted that If | didn't !
must =" to court and periure myself
by telling the Court that MIR. Slevin had
insuited me. There was no insult. Mr.
Ellison never thought there was. lie
!"id m" that he had int.nisl for, Il long
The prosecution has brought out that
when YOU sued your husband for
dirocc he made answer naming MI.
Ellison correspondent began Mr..
Sroul:"
Expectation was on tiptoe, but Mr..
Rrooke's inquiry went no further than
as to Mrs. Neame's sacrifice Of s%elt-es-
teen by dining, brcakfastins and suffer
ing with Ellison for months after that.
Your crest is "a lion rampant. is it
not
That is the crest of my father; the
What is the Ellison ~crest?'
81 don't know, without its chande-
~licrs."
The witness laughed historically at
this sally of wit.
We'll. you have some articles, haven't
you. with the Ellison crest
- have an umbrella with a silver
head which Mr.. Ellison purchased in
Gorham's. and | afterw ards had to
pay for"
A a matter of fact, was 1t not COM
monty understood and a matter of fam.
lily talk that you We're to marry Ellison
when you got your divorce" asked Mr..
Brooke.
Never. lie WOulul I work. lie Salu
he was an old dog and 1t was hard to
learn new tricks. y snapped the lady witt
the henna-colored hair.
ON redirect examination Mr.. Wellman
asked:
"Hav YOU ever seen Mr.. Ellison imi-
tate your hand writing"
81 ave He could initiate my hand,
or my aunts, so closely as almost To
defy detection. He did initiate my hand
writing notes as If they came from me,
and showing them about among his club
friends, Dragging about them and black
cnine my name
Now explain to the jury how it hap
pened that you received Ellison at youi
table and in you psrlor after YOU hat
been accused with him by your hus'
band"
because he threatened to go against
me and testify against me in my hus
hands suit for divorce, He was neve,
allowed to dine with us after Jan. 20. al
though he came and ate up the crumbs
after We had finished eating
Mr.. Brooke asked mildly why, II Eli
son knew nothing against her, she wa
afraid.
Because said the pretty tragedi
enne: because ] was afraid he wouiC
~perjuro himself against me; as he wished
me to do for him in the Slevin matter
Mr.. Brooke asked about several visits
Of Mrs. Neame to Ellison's room, anC
about her connection with an amateur
theatrical organization.
Mrs. Neame denied her dramatic as
pirations, but the audience caught on
and there was a murmur as the dram
attic witness left the stand n tn
room.
fed to seeing Ellison in the neighbor
rood of the Henriques home daily TO
two months before the assault.
Or. ,Wynkoop, of y Madison avenue
as the result of the encounter with Eli
son.