New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-30

OF that rsdi A.-No sir. your life
Odd you have trouble while stewart OF '"e
Lotos Clubt A.-Ncvcr SIR. on your Ire
Odd you not have difficulty with the chei OF
the Press Club rair in this ciyi A-No ''F not o"
your life NJ.
You used to ~ head waite. at the Manhattan Beach
Iiotc? Al there head waiter ala rose 70 DC
the manager.
o-were YOU not discharged hom thefel A-No. ST.
your life
THE RECORDER DID NOT REMEMBER HIM
Mr. Prokosky then applied 10 the Recofder
for q statement as to his character. You know
m. YOUR Honor you knew me at Manhattan
Beach"
az am sorry TO say / don't remember YOU ie-
piled the Recorder MI Wcllman went on:
OAnd are you sur. You dld not swindls the che' OF
the Iotos Club. A-No; why, Heaven and earth the
chef is godfather my child. That Is not hgh'' u
YOU can prove that I'll go u JAIL AT once
AT this point Mr. wellman's insinuations were
too much for the witness and he burst into tears.
After he had Gained himself he went on 10 tel
when haven't got any money don't eat.
how he had happened TO come over from New
Haven TO testify I'm Eson's behalf III was OF
account OF my conscience that came. sa" me
accounts In the paper. and saw 'ha' E''soh was
being unjustly accused
Were you not telesraphed ior py the couhse'
for the defence?' asked.
NO SIR the witness replied
"You never had any communication with them
in regard to the trial.:
"No. sir"
Frank Ellison was then called to the stand He
seemed rather relieved that the time rad come for
him to tell his story. and he walked with quick
step from his seat to the witness stand He talked
In a slow and pleasant voice. He displayed no
nervousness but at times became trihe excited
He spoke with considerable emphasis when he told
of his relations with Mrs. Nesme. and he branded
all her statements Of the day before as malicious
lies
ELLISON IN THE WITNESS CHAIR
Mr.. Brooke began the direct examination
o.-Do you know Mr.. Henrqucsl Al do
Q.-when did you himl A.-ADout twelve years
ago.
Q-Do you know Mrs. Noamel Ayes.
o.-where did you meet her AT her fathers house
GLOW did You happen TO go there! Al was
invited by her father TO dine.
Q.-Wben did you meet her again Al met her on
he street and she asked 10 come 10 tel.
Odd you GO? A.-No; mad another engagement.
Q-lid you call again. Ayes, twice
o-was that before she was Mrs Douglas NeaHe'
Ayes
o-who told you OF her marriage, A.-Her fOthcr, at
the Manhattan Club one night.
Q.-when did you her sgainl AIN London in
February. 1890.
CID she ask you to CALI A.-shc did.
Odd you go? A.-No. because l had another en-
o.-when did yon see her sgainl AT the Victoria
Hotel. In the following November.
C.
Ellison then went on to say that in the following
July he saw them again at the Victoria Hotel, and
that shortly after that MIR. Neame returned 10 Lon
don.
o-why did not Mrs Neane got A-she did not
o.-was she not all ready to so' Yes. but on the
morning steamer sailed she told me she did not
want 10 live with Mr.. Ntane
Odd you tell her she had better with her husband!
Al did and pleaded with her, and so did her family.
o-where did Mrs so them A-She and
her mother ard Mrs Walker, her sister went TO Nara
r.u..,, Pier went there week later Mrs. Nealnes
request.
HE DINED OFTEN AT THE HENRIoUEs HOUSE
Ellison then said that Mrs. Henriaucs and Mrs
Walker went home because M a S MaI said
Il STAYED at the pier with her for week Then
we came home She lived at the victoria hotei
q Md Won see the IIcnriauc.es often they lived
In Forty -hfth-st! A-FreQuently
CHOW of,.n did you dine tbere9 A.-Probably
three times a vseE.
O who invited youq Airs. Neame and Mrs. Hen
rlqucs. -
c-wos Mr. HcnrQues home to dinner often A.
Very seldom. NJ Han
r,ou.s and Mr., Nes,mc? AIRS. Neanc did she
soId that her father had made her He unhappy anu
that he had forced her TO m'rry Neame'
ODo you remember gong 10 SeaOrigh,f A'-he,
n MD YOU ACCOMPANY Nj. Hrnrqucsl Al dld
- IN YOU remember anything about July II, ls'@ Z
Al do 1 drove Mr. snd Mrs hehf'que7 au w.,
Neame TO the The horses were slnfeu anu .
"a NJ. Uonr,oues came home in hack MIS-
%.ro was hound TO ride with 1 told her not to ;
but would
Ellison then told of the Hugh sevin trouble when
MIS- T,s Nea nrn,nr after the assault" said Ellison
Mrs Neame said to me: Frank f,llson II So ga
had not knocked that man oo"h s"ou'u nav ~
no respect for you
owby IL you were justified in assau'ting slev'n dio
you plead sultyi Al did it to save Mr.. Neamc rom
.ppearnc as a witness in court 49,, ..,
a But did not Neame swear yesterday 'ha' you
,n,od her 10 70 on the stand and perjurc herself A.
ycs she said 90 but il a d1mnaoe. malicious lie.
o-when tho subject OF divorce nis' '''Neu 0, "
Won and Mrs Neane7 Al do not remember 'le uae'
hut rc were talking Of one evening and she asked me
., 80, ,od her she must get her father 10 help
No, ss I did no. want be mixed up in the mat" r.
~ aid her father would help her because he thoueh'
he could get money out OF Ncane' one "1"''' -" "
% N Sc. MIR Hurnmel. and finally consehteu,
wa. &. understood between YOU and MIS- Nes'ne
tia, YOU were 10 be married If she cot n'ofcel
Between ourselves we had en- Understanding '""' "" ~
get married day
As TO THE CONSuLSNiP.
Ellison said that Mrs. Neame had asked MI NC NC,
c,rrdy 10 get him consulship ana mat ne nau
,,o,,,..d 70 do so: that Mr. McCurdy had asked her
what relationship existed between her ana 'he oe
fendant and that she had replied mat they were
going TO get married Mr.. McCurdy sara 'hal nc
might be able to get Ellison tho consulship to Que
bee but Mrs. Neame refused 10 90 t'e'e' ""e
wanted to go abroad
Ellison then told how he had gone to the House
Of All Nations to get witnesses for Mrs Neame
divorce suit He said he helped her because her
father would not. "Henrqucs knows that. SAID
Ellison Mr.. Henriques was sitting in front OF him.
hut he showed no sign of worry at Elson's re-
mark The witness then identified a number OF
letters as having been written TO him by Mrs
Neams which she declared the day before were
forgeries Mr.. Welman objected to the admission
Of these in evidence. The Recorder sustained him
ON the grounds that they were collateral evidence.
- ELLIsoN.s OPINION OF Mis- NFAME.
O. When was the last tine you saw Mrs Ncsme' A.
On February 25.
O-What occurred at your meeting? Al told hc