The evening world., 1894-05-31
ALL KINDS OF DRINKS
Miss 0oddington Says Her Mother
Had No Preference.
bmpasne, Whiskey, Sherry and
Even Plain Alcohol.
Dclares Her Baby Sister Was Afraid
of Their Parent.

.fty of the appointment of a committee
Ia tht estate ot Mrs. Alma Louise Cod
4~ngton-Fellows, of A East ~Sixty-sixth
rect, resumed their Inquiry this morn
ing in Part ii. of the Supreme Court.
The action Is brought by relatives of
Clifford Coddington. deceased. the for
inner husband of Mrs. Coddington-Fel-
lows, alleging that she is an inebriate.
Mrs. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES denies the
charge that she drinks to excess. and
says that her late husbands rela-
One of them, Gladys, three years old.
Iha since been returned to her mother.
Mrs. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES was not In
$he courtroom when the inquiry was
X. p Wardwell, a merchant. was the
hrst witness to-day, He said that he
bad known Mrs: Coddington-Fellows for
1899, he called at her residence
talked with her. On that occasion. wit
ness said she showed signs Of having
ibid she ask you to go out and get
Eyes, SIR"
yes. and took the wine back to
her"
"Did she drink the wine in your pres
4 ii don't remember"
Witness said he again called on Mrs.
Coddington-Fellows and again found her
snaer be the i%nf' pse' p, of ,s }iqu and . Hs 5ai "a
1894. he visited Mrs. Coddington-Fellows
about twenty-five times, and on many
Of the occasions found her under the
influence of liquor: On several Of these
visits witness said the defendant drank
champagne.
Mr. .Wardwell said that. he consulted
two physicians regarding Mrs. Codding-
ton-Fellows's drinking habits, and after
wards took one of the physicians to her
residence to treat her.
On May 6 he again called at her resi-
dence and found her so intoxicated
that he could not hold an intelligent
conversation with her. He called again
lows asleep on a sofa in the parlor. She
seemed to be very much intoxicated,
and while he was there she was car
ried upstairs to her s~leeping-roofn.
well Mrs. C~oddington-F Fellows entered
and took a seat near her counsel. She
was accompanied by her husband. She
OF the beginning of the inquiry, before
her marriage to Mr.. Fellows. To-day
she wore a black silk dress. trimmed
trimmed with white daisies and light
green ribbons. She carried an ivory and
black silk fan. which she used con-
The next witness was Guido Rieck. n
clerk In n drug store at Sixty-fourth
street and Park avenue. He was asked
{ al VutStlOuS CONCERNING Ills ndNllR
been called up in the night by messengers
from Mrs. Coddington-Fellows to buy
champagne. All these questions were
tained. The clerk said thai two weeks
ago last Sunday a lady whom he thought
was Mrs. Coddington-Fellows went to
the store. She was served by another
clerk. who gave her something in a
glass,
The defendants counsel objected to
the question. The nhipctiOn WAS nyer-
couldn't see what was in the glass.
FreSeriek J., Jaeger: a caterer gave
Frederick Lain. cashlt~ at Hotel Sa-
voy, testified that on AT st while
ne was acting as room { hlrs. Cod,
dington-FellowS went to - hotel and
registered as"Airs.J. Ward.' He said that
her hat was awry and her hair disar-
ranged and her breath smelled of liquor.
HIS impression was that she was intoxi-
Gated, he hesltated about assigning
her a room. but finally did so. He did
not see her again while she was at the
Miss Louise Coddington, the eldest
daughter of the defendant, was the next
witness: She said she would be fifteen
years old June Is raxt.
After your fathers death do o re-
member having seen you mother intoxi-
catei?' asked Lawyer Cleveland.
Yes, sir" replied the daughter without
Tell the jury about 1t in your own
way. :.
Father had died during the preceding
%E IoAn, ngd , ! went ber .n IS,n my or mssheF,s RS
bed asleep, Her face was flushed, and
never having seen her in that condition
II called a servant and then went for
did not remain in the room while the
physician attended mother"
Miss Coddington then told OF other
err under the influence of liquor.
DID you ever see your mother drink
any liquor?''
"ple s.a say what kind of liquor you
vine M,ch ann Mp1s.v brandy "a az sherry tn, port r,
"WheGe did she keep these %liquorsT'
Miss C~oddington continued to tell of
various occasions when she had seen
her mother intoxicated. Witness said
that during the past Summer and Win
ter the occasions had increased in fire.
I quency and continued for longer periods
ibid you ever cal a physician to at
tend your mother on these latter oeca-
."Yes, sir. Several times"
did you ever go to see your mothers
YES, sir. / went to see him to ask II
I he couldn't do something to save my
mother"
"Did your mother confne her drinking
to meal times?"
mo, she drank at all hours"
Did you ever see your mother drink
4 pure alcohol7"
Eyes, on one OCCASION"
Miss Coddington said that her mother
neglected her little sister Gladys, and
that she (the witness) took care OF the
child.
On one occasion, the witness said. when
7 little Gladysd was Just recovering from
congestion of the lungs, her mother
went into the room and Gladys. who
was afraid Of her mother, Jumped out
OF bed. Her mother afterwards raised
the window In the room. Fearing that
her sister would catch cold. Louise took
her upstairs with her.
Continuing, Miss Coddington said that
Mr.. Fellows, her mothers present hus-
band. had visited her mother frequently
during the frst Summer after her
fathers death. and had continued his
visits more or less frequently up to
their marriage.
During her examination Miss Cod
dington was entirely unembarrassed,
n CAV her answers without hesita-
ton. In a most intelligent manner, Her
whole bearing on the witness-stand was
more that OF a woman OF twenty-five
than a miss of fifteen.
Mother and daughter did not look at
each other once during the direct ex-