The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-10-16
MRS. BENTLEY'S Side.
Continued From First Page.

OF cast 11bOOb bAAC ion
was positive he never drank 1t with Mrs.
Bentley. He had. of course, drunk that
liquor, but not with her
Ibid you ever present her with a bot
tie of whiskey?' suddenly asked Mr..
Collins.
Never" replied Glaze. rising to his
doesn't require that emphatic way of
deniaI'; and then asked
Did you ever ask Mrs. Bentley to
lend you money!"
Never, sir, neverr' was the reply.
Didn't you wan to borrow from Mrs.
Bentley $500 on your note at thirty
days?" asked Mr.. Collins, after a whis-
pered consultation with Miss Emily
Bentley.
Never in my life,' witness replied.
Glaze said hat he is a bookkeeper in
the National Park Sank in New York
INVOKING GREAT SCOTT.
"Mr. John Palmer cried Mr.. MCGEE,
glasses, took the stand. 1t was he who,
Miss Emily Bentley said, rode in the
back seat of a carriage one night with
her mother; and during the ride Mrs
Bentley reclined in MIR. Palmer's arms.
Mr.. Palmer, in a loud voice, said that
he resides at No. 6S West One Hundred
and T~hirty-third street, New York City,
and was once an actor and editor of q
Republican paper among the goats and
rocks of Harlem.
With others, he had last year given
a performance at Bay Shore, Ii. There
he made the acquaintance of the Bent
ley family. After the SHOW" he was
invited with the rest of the profession
ais to be the guests of the Bentleys at
declined, but he accepted. Just as the
two-seated carriage drove up to convey
Mrs. Bentley, Miss Emily, Richard Bent
ley and himself to the hotel. Mrs. Bent
sitting in front with Dick, because the
air would do her good, but Emily OBJ
jeeted. She wished to ride behind with
her mother. However, Mrs. Bentley
commanded, and Emily and her brother
rode in front and her mother and the
actor behind.
ever put your arms around Mrs. Bent
ley during that drive?"
"Great Scott, no"
There! Never mind the adjectiyes"
II mean no.. sir" corrected Mr.. Pal
mer, and the next morning | saw
Miss Emily, took a walk with her'
, Now, Mr.. Palmer" asked Mr.. Col
Inns, on cross-eXamination, didn't you
explain during that walk the occur
rences of the night before?"
What occurrences" asked Mr.. Pal
"Didn't Miss Emily that night, when
you reached the hotel after the drive
.Well, she was cold and stiff was
the reply, land 1 begged for an ex-
PLANTATION, because it placed me in a Pc
culiar position"
well, you took the walk to explain
matters?"
.Yes, that is. / requested her to tell
me what was the cause OF her eooiness.
proved of your conduct with her moth
err" asked Mr.. Collins.
mo, sir, never"
..Didn't you say that there are certain
nanoCinnG whore a man cam [ COIllIOl
himself?"
NO ORGIES IN THE
ant. a school teacher of No. 8 Four
tenth street, New York, who was pres
emit in the Bentley house on New. Years
leges, there was a large quantity Of
lidIIor drunk. But Mr.. Palmer denied
this, and swore that only a little ,claret
was on the table, and ne cer.alnly ~ y
was exhilarated because OF the liquor
she drank. Witness said that every
hin was perfectly proper on that oc-
casion, and he left about midnight with
land you did not see George Wheedon
go to the cabinet, where the late Mr..
Bentley kept his w TnIiins and neip nm
mo, sir, 1 did not see that or any
whiskey at ALL" Mr.. Bryant replied.
He then left the stand to make way 1or
MIS- ElnH. WIO hGOPCE q NNs
school at No. 43 Belmont avenue,
It was at his lady's establishment
that the Bentley children were nrst edu-
Gated. She knew Mrs. Bentley well,
and often visited her, and spoke in the
highest terms of that lady.
IT always found her" said Mrs. Finn,
displaying, the most motneriy senoer-
always a lady in her manner and de-
How often did you call?" asked Mr..
Collins.
witness replied that sometimes during
the twenty-one years she has known
Mrs. Bentley five or six weeks would
Intervene and sometimes a year be-
isn't little Parker at your SCHOOL,"
asked Mr.. Niece.
Eyes, SIR"
"When did he join your sehool?" ask
ed Mr.. Collins, instantly.
sToday.' "a laugh from the elder
chiiTFfE' CHILDREN WE'RE RUDE.
Maggie Collins, of No. 10 Westeryelt
street. formerly a waitress with Mrs:
Bentley, came next, and she described
the conduct of the children towards
called his mother a "darned Internal
old hog" and little Genie and Miss
Emily spoke roughly to Mrs. Bentley.
As for Master Parker. whom the elder
children said swore like a ROPER,
drank beer like a fish. and behaved
himself like a perfect little fend. Miss
Collins declared ne was al dliSei LIVING
side his elder brothers. She was quite
sure she never heard that young gen.
tleman say devil, help' and deal out
the .'smaIler profanity spoken OF by
Master Johnny. !.
weren't you paid to come here and
testify?' asked Mr.. Collins. But Miss
Maggie indignantly replied in the mega
tive.
aWeren't you paid to testify in the
Wheedon case of assault? again pur-
sued the lawyer.
THAT'S a lie, Chancellor" said Vince
don. who was about to say some thing
else when Mr.. MCGEE told him to keep
quiet.
statement that she had said to. q Mrs.
Brush. How could help testifying III
their favor when I'm paid for it,"
CROSS-EXAMINING MRS. BENTLEY.
AS on the former hearing, Mr.. Gill
bert Collins had not quite finished with
his cross-examination of Mrs. Bentley,
that lady was called to the stand. She
was dressed in a dark green gown, with
a black silk cape, heavily ornameuted
with a bead trimming, and a black. bon
net and thick black veil, which almost
obscured her features. She carried a
few papers, which she several times en-
deavored to read to the Court. One was
a letter from q Mr.. Forman, whose
name had been mentioned in the case.
Th Chancellor would not permit the
reading of this;
Almost the first question which Mr..
Collins put aroused Mrs. Bentley. He
mer at Belmar, George Wheedon also
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