The evening world., 1893-11-23
ou were a wife in me sight of God?

yS% S'%.. were a wife in me sight of Cod
Because Mr.. Bates had denied that l
am his wife, and said that l was only IA
"He has had the face and nerve 10
laugh in my face. long and loudly. and
declare that had no claim upon him.;
/ "Why, Mr.. Peckham. l was labelled
by that man as his mistress, instead Of
his lawful wife. True. did consent 10
keeping the marriage secret, but not a
sen seet quite R efTny it, RSd ddy 2@y Ndw ~ his RSse, RSy
little sister She is sixteen years old.
Just beginning to so out and II Is
/ disgrace TO her TO have her sister IN
! the position Of n mans mistress ! de-
manded my rights under his promise.
What do you mean In your reference
in this letter to the abuses & you & sunereh mere
1T would take at least half an hour
to tell you" gasped the witness.
Tell me-, laconlcally, ,.o, =,
had accepted the invitation OF Willard
Watson to go TO Long Branch. 1t was
the only way he could get away from
his dear papa.
was registered there as Mrs. e. F. bates.
maids, ,coachman and li footman; MI VIZ:
out that ] was registered under his
. name, l objected. but finally registered
as Mrs. +. Belts I wanted to be as
near bates as possible.
The very. first night was there Mr
Bates and Mr.. Watson drove out with
women OF bad character In his carriage.
an English public coach. He lived at
Mr.. Watson's cottage with these women.
He begged me TO be introduced to them.
and | IinaIly compromised with him by
going to the races with him and Mr.
Watson.
I'VE hadn't been there five minutes
before there was IA whole line Of Mamies
and Blanches, Ninas and Maudes around
us, and | got sick OF II. | got sick hav-
ing people come up to me at the How
land House and say, II see Cholly has
got a new girl and all that"
Were you not expelled from the How
land House?' asked Mr.. Peckham.
NO. sir. Twas not
Bates and his friends exchanged mean
ing smiles at this
Concerning the marriage contract bear
ing her name and that OF Charles Bates
the witness said.
MIR. Bates wrote the certificate, and
signed 1t. Then signed my name under
the evening OF Jlly l6 1889. He. seldom
stayed on his calls later than the hour
the family retired; Thus night he re-
mained hod until ocl%Gk In the morning
and my little baby brothers, my brother
Eugene and my little sister in the break
fast room in.s, next morning Mr.. Bates
times Week ane er that He
always left early to be at breakfast
with his papa-say l, or 3 o'clock In
then the morning. His papa -oH, would I'd, never eyer
or dinner.
A check of June Is. 1891. for $50. signed
by Bates; was offered 70 ,;g sho% that 1aI.as as
the check "A. F. McGrath."
That was simply 10 carry out Mr.;
Bates's wishes and keep the secret of
our marriage" said the lady:
Yet, you say that shortly after, this
alleged marriage you went to the house
Of MIR. Bates's father at Newport. and, to
keep the secret Mr. Ra.es Bat ,fs Introduced
NO, sir: he did not introduce me TO
his servants. He told them to take Their
orders from me- as was, Mrs. Bates
house In West Thirty-second street call.
cd THE Pallet" She and Bates kept
houes in a fat in ins, sisty:third 81 street ,s
furniture He paid for 1t.
Did you live In the SiXty,thlr rd street
fiat in the manner that other husbands
snd Wives ye asked n ,Sn Mr. henkh1m
and under, the dissccting knife this is
what resulted:
MIR. Bates used to. come up every
night
o'clock in the morning-and he came and
dined with me Just as often as he could
get away from his papa ..
were as regular in their visiting habits
as that. only none of her gentlemen
Mr pecfham ayfa drew 70 out te the story of
how Frank Ferguson, the Forty second
street stableman, was driving her home
through the Park last June when they
collided with carriage and we're thrown
out. Ferguson was taken TO New York
Hospital. and Mrs. Bates landed there.
too. but she didn't know how she got
that she did not know that Ferguson
had wife. Now she told him that she
asked the hospital people to take good
care OF him, as he had a wife and fam
But you Just testified that you didn't
know he was married.!
Well, didn't only said that to
promptly replied the witness.
Turning to Bates's love letter to Mana
Mr.. Peckham asked the witness II she
was in the same ink as the rest Of the en-
No sir. noticed the discrepancy
when first got the letter. II you look
To the second one she said: 81 think
the INK .s the same and the hand the
You didn't write that word wife,
No, sir; emphatically no. .. ..
Nor have 1t written.
Nor you don't know who wrote it?"
Yes, sir: believe my husband wrote
it."
Another letter full of penitence from
Mana to Cholly said Mama and Brother
John had forgiven her She explained
that she took morphine powders for pain
on IA physicians order; they made her
hysterlcal at a time when Cholly wanted
her to go TO the horse show, and he and
her folks thought II was from drinking
SO she went to church and took the
never drank except with Choly.
The day had been nearly expended
with this plucky little sHoman on the
rack, when John McGrath, brother OF
Annette, was called to the stand.