New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-25
MR. BATES HAS HIS INNING.
TIL DENIES THAT HE EVER MARRIED MISS
MERATII.
AN uoRw1rz. HER LAWYER. HAS TWO SHARP
ENCOUNTERS WITH JUDGE FSEEDMAN-THE

An HoRwIrz HER LAWYER. HAS TWO SHARP
rwoorNrrRs WITH JUDGE FHEEDM,N-THE
DEFENDANT CoMPLAcENT WITNESS.
The third act of the sero-comic Drama DAYS
.ua,nst Rates" which has been running as
.. ,,.v does for several days, was per-
,o-r,ed IN the Superior Court yesterday Inc
49, rsd,e,ne Annette r. McGrath. who Is tryihs
q, terrible earnest TO prove that she Is inc WIZ
NJ the defendant. did not have so prominent d
mart as she had on the previous days. o'' |
loading comedian Charles +. Bates. 1urhlSne'
abundant amusement to the audience ana was 'e
centre Of some exciting incidents. Ihe pay III
narts out Frenched the French In the moral Vone
ord substance Of the dialogue. Mr. Bates was |.e
nrincipal witness of the day, ana MS SUI
nossession under trying circumstances was every
ubit as perfect as that of the alleged Mrs. bates
had been Indeed neither could have peeh d
better witness If he or she had carefuiiy re'ea''
In nrivate what was to take place In court.
The shapely plaintiff has had new gown LOT
each act Yesterday she wore q dark green Hh'''
with waist of changeable green and red trimmed
handsomely with jet passementerie large oi"ON
hat with many ostrich plumes helped ne' ~
present an exceedingly jaunty appearance She I'd.
AT the elbow of her counsel. otto Hor"lZ' anu
frequently made suggestions to him. Mr. Horwit1
said that as Mrs. McGrath-Bates was about 10
enter an elevated train at the Chaihpeis-s" 90"
ton on Thursday evening some one threw Il
bottle of red ink at her and completely rui'eu '"e
gray-checked dress which she wore lie though'
1t done through spite
The defendant, fat and smiling, sat behinu MS
lawyer, Wheeler II. Peckham wlthln lew leei
Of the plaintiff and frequently looked her over
admiringly He evidently thought that her appear
ance did credit his taste in selecting an acquah
ance II not a wife. Mr. Bates has given the I'M
preston to bystanders throughout the trial that
no regarded the whole affair huge joke and
that its principal result would be to establish Tor
him firm and unquestionabe reputation as
"b,pb flyer" His own testimony corroborated this
idea when he told with astonishing frankness. of
his relations with the plaintiff, ana remarked WIN
an air of pride that he well-known young
man about town. Mrs Bates did not look so pleas
antly at him-but she was playing tragedy not
comedy.
AN ENCOUNTER WITH TIE JUDGE.
Aside from the sensational testimony given. the
features of the day were several sharp encounters
between Mr. Horwtz and Judge Freedman The
case for the plaintiff consumed the entire morning
session. The first witness called was George H.
Scheutte Editor of the United States Tobacco
Journal" who used to be boarder In Mrs
McCiraths house. He said that he had congratu-
lated Mr. Bates upon his marriage to the plaintiff
and had heard Mr. Bates speak or the piaintn
as Mrs Bates Oscar Carlson, tailor. in Fifth
ave said that he had created" several dresses
for Mrs. Bates and he identified letter In which
Mr. Bates directed him to send dresses to Mrs
Rates for which he said he would be responsible.
At this point the first legal squabble arose. Mr.
Peckham complained that the case should have