The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-25
DEAR CHARLEY TESTIFIES
AVID TELLS WITH GREAT ENJOYMENT
ALL AMOUR kNNET1R

Has spent All 81. Money snd .. Toying
10 Live and Fay HI. Debt. on ss5 n weeL.
The case Of Bates. beior. Judge Freedman.
did not move on very smoothly yesterday.
The relatives and friends OF Miss Annette Mo-
Grath, the plaintiff testified that Mr.. Charles
7. Bates, the plump defendant. had introd ced
her as his wife Mr. Bates testified that that
was not true.
George II. scbutey. the first witness. was
boarder in the McGrath household. He said
he was informed that Bates and Miss McGrath
were married. whereupon he offered them his
room-the best In the house-but they did not
accept It
IL met Bates one day." he testified. land he
said to me. Mr.. Schutsy. Isn't IL about time
that you congratulated us on our marriageP
Isaid a few formal words, and after that We
spoke about other things Upon another occa-
zion he called at the house and asked in q
loud voice. Is Mrs. Bates homer Then he
changed It and asked rs Mana homer"
Mr. Schutey said that BAtes's conduct toward
the plaintiff was "unpleasantly uxorious,"
and that he called her mamma" At this
Bates's face rippled all over with happy
smile. and he puckered up his mouth until IL
was only little red dot In the centre Of his
face.
Eugene Mcorath, brother Of the plaintiff.
was the next witness.
I'm January. $780," he said. "Mr Bates took
me up to Claremont In his trap He told me
he was engaged to my sister. I often saw the
diamond enEagem ent ring he gave her"
The alleged marriage contract was produced.
and the witness declared that he had seen It
On July IL. 1890.
II congratulated Mr.. Bates on It." he said.
and he answered. 'Thankee. Have q Ha-
pnr took the cigar"
Oscar Carlson. . woman's tailor who was
next examined. produced this letter:
NEW Yonx. April IL 1898.
ss Fi.,:s sG.r..a Mr. .., ssra u:
B.. nay gsdsr The ,u sSdrss: Hyss. HOTEL Old
Lawyer Peckham then suggested that the
case should have gone to q referee. and Judge
Freedman agreed with him on the ground that
the plaintiffs character had been asssiled.
Il know better" exclaimed Lawyer Hor-
witz In loud voice. II know something
about referees. Door plaintiff can do
nothing before Q referee against Q rich de-
fendant"
Mr.. Horwitz pointed scornfully to Mr.. Bates.
who smiled with great complacency. Judge
freedman raped loudly for order. and said:
Il have grown gray on the bench. and
tnow something about Referees
And have grown gray at the bar" retort-
ID Lawyer Horwitz angrily. and I know
something about referees. too"
Della Keyley, q former servant OF the No
Graths. testified that when Bates called he al
ways asked for Mrs Bates MIRA McGrath. the
plaintifrs mother. swore that Bates had told
her he would have q marriage ceremony per-
formed By q priest or . minister as soon as
his mother. who was then dying Of cancer.
was dead.
did you ever get any presents from him p
she was asked. -.--.
Yes, He sent me half a pig and pot OF
,s0 gon nj. 9r asked
hSs Mi B1tss and the
sSe q until mt the eo next Il n %ornins. when my
daughter told me-. She showed me the mar
Se sSore tStS %S
mother and make his father dislnherit him.
Afterward Mr.. Bates told me that the marriage
was as binding as If a hundred priests had
The sviasnss for the defence opspsd With
aSd fo ifsss sas Msse
set in phaeton in central Park she said that
she was Ferggsons wife: and while he was
unconscious demanded that his effects bs
Charles Norlsnder: who said he was
Swedish journalist was the next witness.
yssntins Introduced her to hs vile at Niagara
WHO I. fred y.lsntinsi A.on. he's dead Il;
mss si% M a.. psIt At ssars ana
Odd Ihs pla intin then have veil on Al DO not
o-ws.s. tha, that III. lady has on her fac. now,
Bates leaned toward his :! e9Su gun and with
testified:
s's' s: a.sa
street ysry aht,:n. ~ DID Tue place ad = 6Gddsh
III wasn't noie.. :, all L wasn't '''
At last Mr. Peckham said In a loud voicsi
Nh BstSs smiled and soSdisd forSasd With
unexpected alacTity. When he got to the
ss .. Ps ASKED H1S % %Ssa
he had first met the plaintiff With cheerful
smile he answered; a..
10 or ~ In the year eighteen hundred and
rs. 81" HE is labor saving in his pro-
Where did the meeting take placer"
We'll. she was drlypg up and down Central
goes BY both names. y Enow-and was in a
mail phaston. with my groom. behind; they
that they'd come up with me. to the Mount
MD they s;,s e with with hyT you
ss "a ar Thsy dd And shS TrSts her her
wrote Il !Nsnnstts. and not 'Annstts.' the Way
Aud what happened at the Mt St. Vim
%oh. We had seven or eight drinks of whis-
key and she asked me at g esl At to1 her house
She wanted to know IL would come up that
night and take her out; but told her had an
engagement with another woman down town"
There was a burst OF laughter at the COM
plAesnt andcheeTful way in which bates said
this. and the Judge had to rap for order. Bates
looked surprised,
told her" he went on. that was going
TO BinghamIon the next day. but that ia see
her when / got back. When / got back. alter
four or 1--WE days. went to her house she
Was not feeling well that night and wanted 10
take a ride. took her to the Mount st. Vim
cent, bought her several drinks. and then sent
her home; The next evening we went To hos-
ter 4 BlAl's. and after that We went 70 house
on Lexington avenue and were mere TIL
o'elosk the next morning.
With great good humoI and nonehalance
Bates went into details. Two women IN the
back Of the court room got uP and Departed
She told me that night" Bates rippled on,
that the man she irst went with gave her
big pair OF earrings. which she hooked, And
under which which she had got The pane In the
How treQuently did you meet her after
"oh, pretty often. UNI Pretty often.
think Il was the next day that We had dinner
at the Casino In the Park. and drove from there
10 tina lul8tte' a Mace uu-LOWn When We