The evening world., 1894-04-27
TELLING ON GANTz.
Neighbors in the Next Flat Tes-
tify in the Divorce Case.
Katie Cook Looked Down an Air.
Shaft Into Gantz's Parlor.
Her Testimony Makes Even tho De.
PENDANT Smile.

Judge Dugro, opened court half an hour
earlier than usual this morning in or
der that the trial OF the action Of Wal
ter H. Gantz for an absolute divorce
from Cornelia A. Gantz may be finished
as quickly as possible.
The first witness to-day was Katie
COOK servant formerly employed In
the flats. Bis West Fifty-eighth street,
next door to where the Gantzes lived.
Did you ever see woman, not Mrs,
Gantz, in Mr.. Gantz's fiat with him u
asked iSd, Mr. II. Beecher.
We'll. tell us about IT,
was away from home, went up on the
roof and looked down the air-shaft and
apartments
What did you see?"
* saw Mr.. Gantz in the back parlor
with woman"
Witness at the request of Mr.. Beecher,
Mrs. Gantz's counsel then described how
Mrs. Gantz sat directly facing the wit
ness, and but short distance from her,
while she gave this testimony. When
the witness told Of the scantiness of the
woman's dress, Mrs. Gantz smiled and
.sSuHIgs leu peIssuv 6lsnoAIeu
through a searching cross-examination:
she stood and the location Of the win
dow.
the room IN which you saw Mr.. Gantz
Daley.
II don't know. I wasn't looking for
carpets" replied the witness.
at euidng s5 West The yfa IN str tae
In 1882 was the next witness.
She swore that In the Summer of 1889.
while Mrs. Gantz was away from home,
she had seen from her kitchen window
GantZ nat.
What did you see?" blandly asked
II saw Mr. Gantz sitting near the win
dow with his feet on the sill. and sitting
Was the woman you saw Mrs
Ga .sNa str asked Mr.. Beecher.
Correspondent Hayward came in short
near the Jury box. He had not been
court officer saW him now snd had 1ei Sim
move to another part Of the room. fur
thsr away from the jurors.
Henry NJ. Kirk. a brother-in-law of
in August, 1889, he met Mr.. CAN'T and
Kate Johnson in a saloon at Fifty
eighth street and Eighth avenue.
M, Ivy" ". went together to the eBaufort
Il.
There ] was introduced to Mrs.
Para. We all went to a beer garden In
Brooklyn and returned late In the even
ing to Mrs. Parss apartments"
Continuing. Mr.. Kirk swore to hav-
ing seen Mr.. Gantz and Miss johnson
In a, compromising position during the
Mr.. Kirk further testified to having
visited a number of disorderly houses
with Mr.. Gentz. The details Of his WIS.,
its were told.
Were you ever present at a con-
versation between Mr.. and Mrs. Gantz
when Miss Johnson's name was men,
toned" asked Mr. Beecher.
Il was. Mr.. Gantz said to his wife:
I have woman that loves me more
than you. and her name is Kate John
son."
"'he witness said that during the same
conversation Mr.. Gantz confessed to his
wife that he had had improper relations
with Miss Johnson.
On cross examination, Mr.. Kirk ad-
mitted that he had been guilty, a number
of times, of improper conduct with Mrs.
Pons. He refused to swear that he had
not contributed to her support.
The witness wife, who Is a sister Of
Mrs. GantZ. and very much like her in
appearance, sat facing her husband dur
Ing his examination, and once or twice
smiled at some of his admissions.