The evening world., 1894-02-16
She Says She Always Refused His
Offers Of Marriage.
Thew We're Engaged, However, at
the Time in Question.
sill Insists She Remembers Nothing
of the Wedding.

IsIdor w. Fried, the painter and deco
rator. of is John street and q Clinton
Mace. was resumed before Judge Bis
rbo1 in the Court of Comma Pleas to-
day.
The testimony OF yesterday and the in
cident OF Mrs. Fried, or Miss Petit. as
she prefers to be called, fainting while
in the witness chair attracted a large
crowd to-day.
Again. as yesterday. there were a
large number OF the fair plaintiffs
Young women friends from Far Rocka-
way in attendance.
Mrs. Fried SAYS she was drugged by
Fried and did not know what she was
doing when the marriage ceremony was
performed.
Mrs. Fried was the first witness called
to-day. She wore Il dark blue tailor-made
gown, which was rather more becoming
to her than the brown costume she
showed yesterday.
After a few questions AZ TO where the
cab was secured on leaving the drug
store where she alleges she was given
the drugged soda water, she was asked:
What time did you arise on the Sun
day morning after the marriage"
ABOUT 9 o'clock
Did Mr.. Fried go into your room?"
t'No, sir
What did he do"
He came and raped on the door and
asked If Miss Hasbrouck, a friend. who
slept with me-: and ! didn't want to go
to the beach"
Did YOU ask him anything about
what had happened the night before?''
mo; he preached the subject, and told
me we had been married"
what did you say
L told him | didn't believe It, and asked
him II there were any witnesses. and he
said yes"
where did you spend the evening be-
fore your trip to Philadelphia, hat you
spoke Of y~esterday?'
A home"
sur. you didn't spend it in New
York;
81 can't remember"
DO you know where Mr.. Stafford is
at present."
denly some weeks ago, II who is now
said to be in the care of friends in Bcs-
ton, suffering from mental trouble. Vas
the lawyer first employed by Mr.. Petit.
torney objected. ln'arguing for the ad-
mission of the question Lawyer Fromme
said Stafford's whereabouts We're inn
portant, as the defense would like to call
him as a witness.
,On. redirect Examination witness swore
she liked Fried very much, but was not
engaged to MIN, and had frequently re-
fused his offers of marriage.
After Fried's return from Europe,
when you first saw INN, did you have
any conversation with him.
What did he say?"
He kept asking Inc how I felt?'
is that all?"
Yes, he asked me several times,
Witness said she had no recollection OF
ever having seen the marriage certifi-
cate bearing her signature until 1t was
Sg GSen M hsr IN h, S9urti rouo, ,u
by adoption OF DIR. Hasbrouck. the rae
Ing man. took the stand. She resembles
The plaintiff somewhat. She said Miss
home When Mrs, Petit learned of her
daushter's experience. she promptly
tainted. For several days following the
TES s5mmgs Mss Miss P Pet MAS Mas III; Lawyer
when Fried told Miss Petit that they
Swered In the. affirmative. Then she
Petit and Lawyer STAFFORD visited the
Fey. w. W. Bowdish, of Al Herkimer
street, Brooklyn. The clergyman said
he had performed the ceremony be
OF his congregation, and he supposed ali
was right.
But" added the witness. the clergy
ior a bride. She laughed and giggled."
Mss Ida Stevens. a rather pretty ana
stylishly dressed young woman, who
iisped was the next witness. she is 8
cousin OF he plaintin and lives with
the Pettits at Far Itockaway.
she swore to seeing white powders
tsken from a pocket of Il vest which
FRIED LEFT at the Petit house.
mat later in the trial he would call a
chemist as a witness to testify as 10 an
Ars,ysis OF the powders.
plaintiff, testified as to the finding OF the
powders. Miss Hasbrouck tasted of
p,ein n said they were bitter. Mrs.
fhetut threw them in a bucket Of water.
S n immediately Took them out again
,h Un REORGANIZATION Mrs. Petit said
ust Fried often remained over night
t ~. accompanying her daughter to en-
had been Informed that he was a He
prev, upon which he answered. ~ am
iG IN q lev. but a German, and was born
Fried was not a Christian would have
made no difference In their marriage II
ne was respectable.
.h Sgv on Wellesley Ams' 3. vs. isss. n sy,a5 ar 'sst M;st
.r,Teult' accompanied by Miss Blumen-
iittock. went to his house to be married.
Was between II and Y o'clock. Miss
c a lie did not wish to perform the
SSIpefnohy at first, but they impurtuned
"i WI TO do SO and he gave In.
mug next. time he IA Miss Petit was
sne following Monday, when she called
mith her parents. They told him she
! hhau psen drugged, and he answered that
o. uid not notice anything strange eK-
ssttpt mat she seemed exceedingly happy
H. h icing married. DR.. Bowdis did not
"I Tht Miss Petit was drugged.
me next day Fried asked Bowdish to
ISeIiompany him to Far Rockaway and
wa'Ip patch up matters, as Mrs. Petit
va very angry. He went.
Access was then AIKEN.
p1Ht'er recess the cross-eXaminatioa of
WI Ir. Bowdish was begun. He said
MI he asked Fried the night of the
he 'rldge II he had a wedding ring and
,eplied no, that Miss Petit said.
w l nave a ring: we can use that"
.viSoosl, now, doctor, were there any
nes nces IN Miss Pottit's actions or ap-
drugged a' '"e was
..ppn1ere were not"
'eillgently ?" "
She did"
D., 10 you ever tell any one that Miss
s1nvut seemed not to be In her right
senses on the night OF the marriage ~
never did"
v Henry France, of Far Rockaway,
inaas me next witness. He swore to hav-
d Ia oeen called to see Miss Petit a few
Il" gs alter the marriage. He found her
iii d mighty nervous state and otherwise
witness was then questioned at length
" c ~ the effects of morphine.
stnats 1ohen. managing clerk In LAWYER