The evening world., 1894-04-26
The GANTz LETTERS.
Hayward's Friend Says They
Mysteriously Disappeared.
Asserts the Bundle Was Given Him
for Safe Keeping.
The Defendant Appears in Court in
Black Attire.

When the third day Of the trial OF the
suit OF Walter II. Gantz for absolute
divorce from Cornelia A. Gantz began
before Judge Dugro and a jury in the
Superior Court this morning the court
room was crowded.
Abner Hayward, the correspondent,
accompanied by his wire. was again in
court and occupied a seat within the
railing.
Mrs. Cant had changed the blue
costume she wore yesterday for one of
black. The only particle of color about
her costume to-day was a bunch OF
PINK flowers worn in the front of her
black jet hat.
:. Eason. OF Newark \. j., a friend Of
Correspondent Hayward. to whom Hay
ward swore he had given Mrs. Gantz's
letters to him when her husband began
swore that Hayward gave him a large
package of letters TO keep for him. 49,
The letters witness said. were tied
did not know the contents of the letters.
Witness had never even seen the ad-
dresses on the envelopes of the letters.
Witness swore that he placed the pack
age OF letters in a ,pa~steboard box and
placed the box in his trunk. His trunk
was kept locked all the time.
Early in 1882 witness said he moved his
place of residence. and after moving
took the box with the pacage of let
tiers in 1t and placed 1t on the top shelf
OF a closet in his room.
The witness never saw the package
OF letters after that occasion. He looked
In the closet for the package of letters
n December, 1898. and found that it had
disappeared.
Witness said he had kept the closet
locked except at lines when he left II
open for a servant to clean 1t. He said
he could not explain the disappearance
of the letters. He admitted that he had
not asked the servant who cleaned his
room and closet Il she had seen or
During the time you had these letters
In your trunk or closet did MI. Hayward
ever visit you in your ROOM"
When was the last visitT"
After his last visit, a!a you see the
Il did not
Then you don't know whether the let
ters were N your closet at any time after
Mr.. Hayward's visit until you looked
for them in December, 1882"
Il cannot say"
did Mr.. Hayward ever tell you he
closet?"
Lawyer Beecher objected to he wit
ness answering and Judge Dugro sus-
tanned the objection.
On further examination the witness
swore that he had a room mate who
was a friend of Hayward.
during tne examination OF MI. EaSOn
Hayward held his overcoat and hat. and
when the witness left the stand he took
a, seat beside Hayward and they ex-
changed a few whispered words.
Margaret Egan, a former domestic in
Mrs. GantZ's employment, was recalled
and shown several letters and asked II
she knew the handwriting. She replied
She was finally shown a letter that
she said the writing OF which looked
like that Of Mrs. Gantz;
III unll Ennur hnfh Mira
received any kilograms from Mr.. Hay
Lawyer Beecher objected.
Judge Dugro sustained the objection.
Conrad Alhugat. who keeps a cigar
store, was the next witness.
Were any letters for Hayward left
at your store during 1890 or 1891"
he was asked.
II cannot say as to the years, but I
know there have been letters left there
for him and they were delivered"
Did MIR. Hayward ever leave any let
oney"
brought the letters for Hayward to his
store, but thought they were brought
by a boy: He did not know who wrote
George F. Gantz. father of the plaintiff,
was the next witness.
He Is a rather ine-looking man,
hair and mustache, a rudy complexion
and wears eyeglasses. He swore that
he had received letters from his sons
wife. and knew her writing we'll.
He was then shown about a dozen let
ters, which he said were in the writ
ing of the defendant. The letters were
each marked for Identification. A letter
which was among those identified by Mr..
GantZ was then read to the Jury by
Lawyer Daley. 1t was in part as fol-
lows:
Wednesday, Morning. July o., 1890.
My Dear Abner; Well. how did you get along
Yesterday with the hot weather. 1t was some
thing terrible here, bu to-day It Is lovely. I
know you would enjoy It here. OF course. you
like to be near the water. Have you been to
Corey Island yet
How I would OF loved to have gone with you
before l came away, but l had to get home TO
supper.
Well, ! haven't taken a drink OF anything
could not say that II you was here. | will make
up for It when I get home.
Well, there are three nice-looking young ladies
here. | suppose | would have many a heartache
II you were here with those eyes OF yours.
Don't say you feel sad yet. Won't you please
forget how ugly | was to your You know how I
love yOi. II wasn't because I didn't care for
you that ! didn't come and kiss you. | left very
miserable.
Well, | hope you received the new elastics all
right. and that YOU like them. am going TO
try next month to come to New York for a day
some one won't know 1t.
I am going TO step writing and take this
letter TO the Post-Orice, so you viii get It in
SO good-by. Your loving NELL.