The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-23
WANDLE WAS MAD
Resumption of the Peculiar
Divorce Suit Brought By
a Husband Against
His Wife.
NO DRAMATICS IN CHANOERY
Detective Of the Equitable Build
ing@Lives Like a Fighting
Cock in the Cafe
Savarin.

Theodore wandae, detective lin the
Equitable Building. New York city,
an hour this morning in Chancery
Chambers during the trial of the peculiar
divorce suit brought by his son-in-law,
William P. Smith. of No. 100 Grant ave-
niue. Jersey City. against his wife.
Mr.. Smith alleges that it was the in
huence of the father. Wandle, that
caused his wife to desert him Wandle
also is being sued by his wife for deser-
tion. He and his daughter are diving to-
gether in Rutherford, N. J..
All of the parties were in court this
morning when Detective Wandle took
the stand to submit to a c-ross-examina-
ton at the hands of Counsellor Vim.
H. Speer, Jr., as to his, WandIe's mo
tives in taking his daughter from her
husband. The searching questions of
Mr.. Speer as to the testimony of Mrs.
Knobloch. who discovered Mrs. Smith in
her fathers bedroom, made the detective
extremely uneasy, and he fenced and
qufbbled, over every word. Suddenly OBJ
serving his son-in-law smiling deudsiyely
at himy Wandle became furious and
shaking his fist at Smith said
you -, but he got no further. Vice
Chancellor Pitney,s we'll worn gavel
came down with a whack and in the
sternest manner the Court said
mo dramatics here. You will make no
gestures here
Wandle resumed his seat and glanced
at his son-in-law as if he would like to
throttle him. By degrees he cooled down
and proceeded to tell the Court that he
took all his meals at the Cafe Savarin,
New York city. He said in a nom
chaaant way that he ordered always the
best in the cafe.
three meals a day at this expensive
place, pay the rent of your daughters
house, feed and clothe her and the chill
dren. out of the s1s2O0 a year given by
the Equitable Company" asked the Vice
Chancellor dubiousiy.
sOh, the Equitable Company pays for
my meals atsthe Cafe savarin.,' replied
Wandle, and his tormentor, Mr.. Speer.
muttered, 81 wish they would extend that
blindness to me"
Another explosion took place when Mr..
Speer asked the detective If he had
visited Police Justice Frank Kimmerly
I9f Ine PuPpOS6tOl ASKING lot a1d IN sup
pressing the stories set afioat about his
relations with his daughter while they
lived in Eye avenue.
No. sir" shouted Wandle: 81 went to
Judge Kimmerly. about ~scandalpus stories
told against my daughter"
VicefChancellor Pitney then took a turn
at questioning. The C6urt inquired
infinitely into the motives OF Wandle in
house. Wandle admitted that his son-in+
law had never asked him to come and
board at hts house. 4
them? Why didn't you Get him support
hfsseYn family2" asked the Court.
Wafdle replied tina he did it to help
his daughter because Smith frequented
p5otfeOms. Mr.. Speer, when an oppor-
ttn4ty presented itself, asked the detec-
tive how he knew that Smith went to
poolrooms to play the races. Wandle
waiting at an early hour in the morn
Ding for the rooms to open. He had also
seen Smith buy pools at the desk.
What were you doing there?' asked
Mr.. Speey.
Playing the races" replied Wandle.
Did n Equitable Company know that
you were betting fnSthese places during
Yes. l had to go into those places to
watch If any of the young men in the
compan f~reauented them.
90 on Wandle,s direct examination he told
twensy-seven years he visited his wife
Anq daughter. Although he never during
lived a short distance from them, he
kept himself posted as to their move
why did vol. then suddenly pay visits
to your wife dhd daughter, ~, asked Mr..
Speer, who is ASSOCIATED with Mr.. Robert
carey for the complainant.
wanted to be reconcilad to my wife"
was the reply.
But after your wife refused to see YOU
do that?"
Wandle eufpbled a4d lodged and finally
the V-fce-Chancellor after a rigid exam
dnation made Wandle contradict himself.
and then at last admit that he called to
why couldn't you have said that with
2ut beating round the bush?' said Mr..
Wandle refused to reveal what he had
proposed to his wife on the meeting to.
effect a reconciliation himself
and his wife. and his repeated answers
that he didn't understand drew from
the Court the remark
Don't you understand the English Ian
guage? II you don't want to reply all
and.at can infer"
Reverting to the bedroom AFFAIR.",
Wandle, In reply to Mr.. Speer, said that
his daughter came to his room the day
before her ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. She did not
wear a night dress. It was a white
wrapper. She repeatedly came to his
tvo1,, ULt never III ItF ul8nl dress In
less her husband was with her.
Is It not atfact hi you have been
seen at a windows with Mrs. Smith Sit
ting ON your knee?p asked Mr.. Speer;
but the Vice Chanceilorsstepped any an
swer, saying thai it was perfectly nat
ural for q daughter to do so. and coun-
making hints.
An adjournment was taken here for an
argument in a railrpad case. Mrs. Smith
took the stand this afternoon.
HUDSON CIRCUIT COURT
Calendar, Wednesday. Jun 24,A. D. 1896,
Circuit Court cases.
Mos. 20 216. 25d x2A 245 DIG