The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-04-24

ted that her daughter told Werner that
she had been married 10 Cole ard that
Cole had another wife; that Werner
brought out a book and said that did
not make any difference that IL Cole
had two wives Rosa could have two
husba nds. The old lady spoke in a
very broken German dialect and her
way OF putting things were so strange
that Judge Dale very often let a good
natured smile play over his face The
audience also enjoyed this testimony
immensely.
Mrs. Werner's sister testified that she
often been 70 see Mrs. Werner when at
the saloon and had seen her wash the
spittoons and had helped her
A number of other witnesses were
called TO testify to different points.
Among those called TO coroborate Mrs.
Werner's testimony were Mrs. Bloss.
Mrs. Bissantz, Mr.. Grebi. Ed Davis, DR..
Shuts. j. .Eairnes, Dan Parks. Jim An
trim, DR.. Rentz, and number Of 9th
ers.
Quite a good deal Of time was spent
in testimony about the property. what
was its present valuation and whether
il was all once in the name of Rosa
Werner and how much was now in her
name The plaintiff tried TO show that
Werner had put all his property once
in his wife's name and the defendant
tried 10 show the opposite.
Mr. Werner was the first witness 10
take the stand. He testified that he
knew that Mrs. Werner was married 10
Cole but that she had told him that she
had a divorce and denied that he ever
said that if Cole had two wives Rosa
could have two husbands. He also
said it was not true that he had treated
her cruel. He always left her 10 do as
she pleased and she generally did as she
pleased. He said that he did not know
that she was not divorced from Cole
till since the suit for divorce was filed.
He also testified that he and Mrs. Wer-
ner were married in Topeka and then
returned TO Wichita where they lived
He said she knew she must live in a
saloon. He had at this time the lot
where the Ross furniture store is now
and the lots just back on Water street.
On Main street was the saloon and on
Water street was the beer garden. He
claimed that the reason this property
was mortgaged was because he had TO
pay out money for going on the bond
of Mrs. Werner's relatives. He also
said that though he had sometimes ia
ken good deal of liquor he was never
a habitual drunkard; that he always
tended strictly to business and worked
eighteen hours a day.
On cross examination he admitted
that he knew Cole but that he never
concerned himself about him. When
questioned about the amount OF money
he made in the hardware business he
would flare up and call the attorneys on
the other side thieves and robbers
When Mr.. Werner would make these
outbreaks his attorneys would try TO
keep him quiet and would object 20
questions and move to strike out an
swers but that would not stop him.
AT $50 a. m, today Mr.. Werner's cross
examination will be continued. The
remainder of trial promises TO be very
interesting What the result Will be no
one can tell, as the defense had Just
started telling their side when court adj
journed After the evidence of the de-
fense is in and the plaintiffs introduce
testimony against that evidence then
the attorneys will present their argu-
ments to the court who Will decide
what shall be the future relation of
Emil Werner and Rosa Werner and
how they shall divide their property.
Until that time it is unfair TO judge
which is in the right and which is in
the wrong.