New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-01
A DAUGHTERS TESTIMONY.
,Juu cOpDINGTON SAYS HER MOTHER
WAS A DRUNKARD

,-Ntrs1TAT1Nc ACCOUNTS OF MRS. CoDDlNGIoN,
rEtIovs's ALLEGED WEAKNESS
A disciple Of realism might find something euiy-
ing in the spectacle Of a girl or ioU''e" C'"','
testifying that her mother was Hequc""! e.
hut there were acme people in Part IL Oh 'N' ~,
nreme Cour, yesterday who found II reVo'''"S,
nroceednCs were brought against MIS- ANNA -,
rodd,rpton- Fellows TO have committee appo'h'v"
~ take charge Of her property ana cnl'ure" va ~
ground that she is an habitual oruhA'iu. 'a,
Thought tia. the relatives VINO o'sdn ''' -
would let II lapse when she was maTrl'u ~ -
w Fellows but they did not They yes'erud' .oa
t,pred their enor; to prove their coh'e"'o"'
1,,,o,.s c,os in court with her husband. Ireau"ch
CLEVELAND Of Evarts Choate & Beaman' the" co"''-
GO, first called Richard =. Naru"eH q"
merchant who had long been friend Oh u.e o
dington family. He gave his tes'liAo.' W." 81
doneble reluctance. Last fail he caiIeu On ~" W.,
coddlngton and found her Wild and oNc''eu, 81"
o,narontlv been drinking. and asked Nun - az
'a,,ld not got p bottle of champagne Tor her' re
dia so going out and buying a pint oo'"'. w..
Vardwel. however. could not reme'hoe' "'C."''
no saw her drink any OF the VINE o' H0'
subraouent visit the effects OF drink were eve" 0V
plainly evident in her talk and actions raln
-. her drunk several times and once hsa 10 HeiP
carry her upstairs ,,.,ori.,, z,hn
Two employees OF the Plaza Hotel FredereN I'm,
and John Fox testified that MIS-. fC''0" ,.
t,n r,ght Of April % in that hotel. shorty "'te'
idnigbt Harry Goodwin whose mother - 'i'0
r,roa mover Of the present action. broke J." ''''
door Of her room, TO get her to go 10 h'' "0'''''
WV CoDD1NGToN NOT RELUCTANT.
cor,a rouise Coddlngton. who IS caIleu hu'u'
testified against her mother with none Oh ''e 49,,
.o,,on which marked the demeanor Oh SUM 49,,
other witnesses She will BE- hi'een H,~'S -
- ord carries herself with the seI-posSesSio''
r,,-o, II is probable that she never OeeNe"
a, car.a Claus She has two pro'ie's' jan,
,oh, wears old and Clarence eleNe" !eA'' ''''N
is,er GLADYS who Is three 80, Mac
sis'e, o" 100 Years ego last March" said MISS
c.sa,ngton was the first time ever sa" maiii'n"
,,nder the influence OF liquor. had oeeh ou' ~ '"I
- on some errand other, ana re'u''l'"a'
oould not find mamma 1 went upstairs ~ ~,
room and was frightened 10 find her Nlns 80.
~ hoa annarentiy insensibe, and breathing S'e'-
torousN. cashier we tried to rouse her Failing
Va his ran out for Or. Coe, and as ne was nVS
nam and remained with her quite whhe ,,s
Miss Coddngton then Geta 6rhn * She said that
tinSS Sar rnother had these attacks she usuaEE
locked herself up 1 in hST d I9S Her mother
drink champagne beer, ale sneiIS' Zen Vent 50
90 MANDY and on occasion she tNeil W -
far as 10 drink alcohol which she hau 0" "e' U'''
l., NJ" to,s and household articles. the daushuI -
ciared and used TO carry mask arou"" III "''
always took good care OF Us when s w sss
straight saiq rhe we're first for day
then a week and finally her sprees would last Io'
"9 f,nr cliffori Coddngton had given some uiiIim
nortant testimony. the hearing was auJou'"eN ""''
Monday afternoon
PROCEEDINGS IN THE KIDNAPPING ONSf~
A. about AS o'clock Attorneys Cleveland ana
,rbomnson Clifford and Harry Goodwin theh
+a,har Edward Goodwin and Lulu Coddingion ap-
reared Of the Yorkville Police Court and were ush
cred into the Judges private room. Mr. CirVeanu
sisnifed desire to Introduce addiu0hal cN'Ne"'e
end the Court consented to It's admission
The testimony that followed put dineTel. On I'm.
,laxIon unon the case. r shown by l-ulu tId'
~ ctid GLADYS was removed from her nome openly
". ba written request Of the witness. ana that ls
mother knew where she had been taken. l-.'u
,hai the reason she did not inform her mother Al
the time of the removal was tHdt "ei iiio'''o' va"
too drunk TO comprehend ,.. -. Mr.
letter was produced In evidence written ny W.
Coddingto on Fellows 10 Lulu soon ait,F 1Iiuys
Ynovai in which she expressed the hope that Aer
children were well and that Lulu would bring DacA
the baby soon. ,,. . or,ror1 c.oo1
win written six days after the aIiesvU N'H"1PP's'
was shown. II read: 49, 90 49,
dear Cifie: / want you. Come 10 ne
house tomorrow. l will wait for YOU as Hu7'
see YOU tomorrow morning. ALMA
This was dated May 10 60, ~. ..,,o
Clifford Goodwin testified that ne had OFTEN taken
the Children 10 drive. and that he drove them 10
Morris Heights May 9. ,,,, $40.
The complainant. Mrs. Coddington-F elbows was
not in court nor her husband r-,..
when the testimony ended Justice feltnHl
did not give decision. He requested the counss
10 submit briefs TO him not later than TUESDAY next
and adjourned the hearing.