The evening world., 1893-11-23
LAST EDITION
DIDN'T WRITE WIFE.
Charles F. Bates's Defense in
Annette F. McGrath's Suit.
oIntimation that the Fat Defendants
ChiroJraphy Was Initiated.
The Pretty Plaintiffs Character At
tackled ON Cross

Annette F. McGrath-Bates continued
her story before Judge Freedman in the
Superior Court, Special Term, to-day, as
witness in her suit for 2 limited divorce
= from Charles f. Bates, the fat and fancy
horseman, who denies that he is her hus-
band.
lnasmuch as Bates says that he has
no property. he might permit this case
TO so by default. But there is a here
after. and among the assured events OF
the hereafter is the trial of another suit
brought by the fair Annette against
Charles papa, Caleb Francis Bates, fur
dealer, at II Washington place, for 800,
900 :or the alienation of her husband $
"A affections and the present trial is pri-
marily to establish the proposition that
the round bodied Charlie Bates is really
and truly her husband.
Common-law marriages are quite the
fashion in these fin de steele times, and
contrary to common supposition Abe
Hummel has no patent on the idea. Otto
Horwitz, counsel for Mrs. McGrath Bates.
4 presents at least prima facie evidence of
| the existence of a common-law marriage
10 Mana McGrath r the form OF a written
declaration of their marital relations pur-
porting to bear the signatures of Charles
!, Bates and Annette +. McGrath, and
The defense has been indicated in a
Isguest by Mr. Peckfam counsel Tor
!ody of several letters addressed by
Peckham that the My Dears'' were
written BY one hand in one shade of ink hx
another hand in another shade of ink,
and the presence In court under sub
poena of David N Carvalho, the famous
expert in chirography.
IN short, the defense will he that Char
lie Batess fat hand has been initiated
by another in the interest Of Mana:
gqsh addressed to Mamma" by her
Papa" to be explained away.
There were, no less than ninc women
Old, lovely, ugly, black. white, elegantly
dressed and dressed with painful sim
hliciN. There were also chappies wear,
ing Immense chrysanthemums, "horsey''
follows in surtouts old men and young
ones. In short, the court chamber was
full and standing room only" was the
order ten minutes before the curtain went
Nine. Mana kept the cxpectant gath
ertng waiting down to the very last
moment, and then the widest eXpecta-
tions We're realized in her, She was a
vision Of tailor-made .oyellness in a
gown of small check in white and nlack.
" tttod like the raper, on the wall. re-
nannish waist with lanels revealing a
'N'' OF plated linen shirt front. Bye
fonic collar and clarct-colored four-in-
hand tie.
There were some linen cuffs exposed
at tn" wrists and fair hands beyond.
over the, suit she wore a fawn-colqred
ranying male friend. In the witness
chair she retained on her brown
thatched head a great hat Of hack with
ostrich plumeS. and those p'umeS nod
hOh nj wit he
emphasis of her testimony.
The rosy checked and plump beauty
sfidr s3id in answer to the rst ImTst,9,n that
Indian Harbor she told him: =,
III you will treat me as well as your
i iatner treats your mother l will be
Nov, Vow, Mrs, Bates have you any
A"Not-one-,.penny," replied the witness,
The plumes bobbing Violently: ,,,s,,,s
Who is the President. and Secretary. and
CCGesfnrsr; CGsnh and syerythinS else Of the
makes at least ca $1,000 5000 a a ?| Year. ali Ills busi-
ness is the. sale of fancy horses"
way nat hs ,Cb1 did your husband own in the
oh; he had at least a dozen. He pre-
scented to me during our three years Of
Ena1,e EErdn1ed life dog cart, brougham, an
rnyd EmsliSh hordrg drag and q mail cart He also
Wheeler II. Peckham. counsel for
Bates, examined The lady, where
Sd%r Spp9 she got nervous anG iiirtCd her
turha:ion
Mr., Peckham led tho young woman on
tthe ground Of her courtshlp She said
that she lived with her. mother in a FIAT
al III West One Hundred and Thirty
sseTonth street, when she first met
charlie at tho restaurant in Central
idrk in November. 1889.
Did You father him there" asked
MI; Peckham.
business. lie is Hugh McGrath ana he
kkeepn q mems furnishing goods store at
o. sixth avenue
siS there trouble between your mother
hAt father"
do@,Me4 an; that's a private affair
demanded the witness turning tC
yyuid1Se Freedman, beseechinGly. o.
She naiy iiy sati that her .rSTs father and
iiSSS'her iSsH' had lived apart since September
Where do you live?" asked Mr.. Peck,
,%rAt e eWst sixty-Hrst street" ..
bonr3 other questions, the plaintiff saio
ner n brother, Dr. John McGrath, had sup
serted9 te9 her since her husband had de
~ was introduced to Mr.. Bates at the
Staurant by u lady" replied Mistress
NaMa TO the next question.
,rMho was that iady?'
points, and she fought to conceal The
~ haIia,nHi nHi., put at iaSt TtpllSi
Grover"
o,hWas she ever known to you by any
n 'tTer hame-say Mrs. Kidder?"
me witness flushed to the roots oi
~, Drown hair. Hers nappy black eyes
tiurDly tiDly flashed as she replied In the mega
What was her business?"
;aiore ftre, more flashes and them
MI didn't know that she ever had any
eness. e"nan ! supposed she had an In
forI pa "A you ever speak to Mr.. Bates be