The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-07-03
MRS. O'BRIEN THSTIFIBS.
The Fair Defendant Denies
Her Husbands Grave
Accusations.
FATHER HlcKIE AGAIN ACCUSED.
Prosecutor Gourley Intimated BE
Was the Father of Kate
Barlow's Child.
FATHER HlCKIE AGAIN ACCUSED,

Liquor dealer Thomas O'Brien was on
hand early in Chancery Chambers today
for another hearing in his sensational
suit for divorce against his handsome
wife, Margaret O'Brien. VINO lives in
Passaic.
The chief correspondents named by the
plaintiff were the Rev. Father Michael
Joseph Hickie. formerly of Passaic, and
now engaged in religious literary work
at washington, and Base Ball Player
Oakley Woods. The fair defendant was
also on hand, as were also the half score Of
ladies who have testified or attended from
interest in the case, Ex-senator Griggs,
her counsel. and Prosecutor Gormley
and Oakley Woods from Passaic. The
defendant looked cool and neat in a
purple gown with white three leafed
clover figures aud purple hat to match.
and white lace about her shoulders.
THE FAIR DEFENDANT TEsTIFIEs
She testified that her husband left her
three years ago. He had often threatened
to get divorce. Her sister. Annie Morris
and Mary Ryan were with her most of
the time after her hutbaud's departure.
She brought a suit against him for
maintenance. When Annie Matthew's
came to her house Annie said she would
live with Mrs. O'Brien for almost moth
ing. Her uncle Tom. the plaintiff. want
ed her to stay. She had known Oakley
Woods year and a half. She considered
him boy and didn't think his calls were
meant for her. She saw Father Hickey
the first time IN 1892, in July, at ner
house. He had often called there
before he went west. He came late one
evening in July and stayed over night at
hor hoy hor In yj fuf N
back parlor and she In the dining room
down stairs, on lounge. Joseph SUlli-
van, a correspondent, called on her first
in 1892. She had visited Sullivan's wife
in Plainfield. Sullivan came to her
house one night in July under the
influence OF liquor. She considered
him friend and, therefore, asked him
to stay over night. He slept In back
parlor She emphaticall denied that she
mad ever been guilty of adultery with
Father Hickey, OAKLEY Wood or Joseph
Sullivan. She went with Mary Ryan in
last August to visit her young daughter
at Portland, Pa. From there they went
TO Washington. N. N. wheres Miss Ryan
received two letters.
A verbal statement of the le ters was
was OBJ jected to and excluded. The let
tiers were not produced
They went from Washington to the
Mountain Hotel and the Delaware
Water Gap. She denied that she told
the hotel officials that her husband was
coming. She and Mary Ryan occupied
Room 4, and Simons and Oakley Woods
were in Room z, q larger room. They
visited in the mems room. She
locked the door OF their bedroom
when she aud Mary Ryan retired. and
the door was not opened until morning.
She did nothing improper at the hotel.
She saw letters for Annie Matthews at
oyU,0 lQaf VC "a
from her husband and contained SlU. She
had her husband arrested twice for as
salt and batsery, but he was not pun
ished.
On cross examination Mrs. O'Brien
denied receiving letter from Father
Hickey In which ne said II will send you
money as soon as | can pull the leg OF
INV congregation" She never called on
him at No. 1856 Fast Forty-eighth street.
She called on him once on his Invitation
at Fo. 120 Eust Fifty-seventh street. She
didn't know that Father Hickey had
lived With one Kate Bailow and was the
fathea OF child.
BOTH sTAvIG DRUNK.
Don't you remember Sullivan and
Simons going from your house one night
at one A. M. staving drunk" asked
Prosecutor Gormley?
~ DON'T remember that. They went
out once drunk at nine O'Clock. Oakley
Woods stayed over night. and when |
was at home, and once understand
while I was visiting Mrs. Sullivan in
Plainfield. got acquainted with Oakley
Woods when he came to my house
with Miss Annie Lyons. He called
AZ often as one week, and sometimes
TWO or three times week. always in The
evening. When Woods stayed over
night it was because he missed his train.
Prosecutor Gornley :-"Although he
>txr- Ia saf md
the road was brightly lighted by cleo
tricity. aud your husband was away, you
didn't think 1t wrong for WOODS to stay
in the house over night {"
mo, did not"
"Was he under the influence of IL
quor?"
sic was not that time"
"Was he the other time ne calleds"
II understand he was. I think they
drugged him that time"
Mrs, O'Brien told ABOUT the death of
Mary Ryan and others in collision of a
sleigh riding party wi th an Erie train at
Passaic one night in January last.
DIDN'T THINK 1T WRONG.
She thought there was nothing wrong
in her setting in bed room at the Noun
tain House with Mary Ryan. Oakley
Woods and William B. Simons. They
did nothing wrong. She didn'5 expect
Slmons 10 pay her bill She heard
Simons tell Wood he had registered for
him. She didn't register or look at the
register.
The witness denied that once when she
and Oakley Woods went TO see friend
off on the City of Paris, Woods paid for
their expenses out Of her rocketbook and
put the pocketbook in his pocket. She
never said to Mrs. Simons that she won
dered that Oakley Woods cared nothing
for young girls aud was dead stuck on
her."
She went riding once to Paterson with
Miss Ryan, Oakley Woods, William b.
Simops and another gentleman, Thay
had some whiskey, but didn't drink as
much as gallon. She never went riding
with Oakley Woods alone.
THE BASEBALL PLAYERS STORY.
Oakley Wood said he was twenIy-one
years old and had lived with his aunt,
mus' haa known s Mrs. o'Brien since e
october, 1891, when he wen,
her house with Mary Ryan and some
friends. He paid atten tion to Mary Ryan
at Mrs. O'Brien's. Sometimes he called
every night in week.
The first night he stayed over night
at Mrs. O'Brisn's house he had drink
of wniskey at William B. Simons, that
knocked him out when he got to
O'Brien's. He slept all night on lounge
with his cloth on. On another night he
slept in back parlor of Mrs. O'Brien's
house. He was never guilty OF impro-
priety with Mrs. O'Brien.
He went TO the Mountain House on
Miss Ryan's invitation and registered as
Jack Gregory" After L registered,
said Wood, eSim0n's looked at the book
and safd why yCsAdidn,t write yorir