The sun., 1898-01-25
RADCLIFFE A PERJURER.
.p,RsTWIFEPRoDUoEs RER MAR
STIpE CERTIFICATE IN OOURE

.... ueId IN 90, 900 nail for Trfal-Whsr
,,or in the Tombs ne 1s Served with
Pspers In salts for piveroe ~ First win
..s ror Aupuinent or sIsrrisEe ~ secena.
1,non tho production Of marriage certih-
..,o showing that Edward j. Ratoliffe and
Caroline Rayenhill had been married on Aug.
"a Isss. at the Marylebone Parish Church,
Magistrate Deuel., In Centre Street Court yes
..rdsv. held Ratcliffe In $1,000 bail for the
nrsnd Jury on q charge Of perjury. Ratcliffe
On, committed to the Tombs as no effort was
made TO produce bonds.
The court was crowded, and there was buzz
=, excitement when Caroline Ravenhill Rat.
o,,Se was called as the first witness. She Of
s.red the marriage certificate on which the
,.m.s of Harry Evenden and Alice Devonald
.npeared as witnesses. 1t was signed by G. #.
Thomas, rector Of the parish, and was certi-
o,d nv the American Consul General at London
a. authentic.
She also produced photograph of Ratcliffo
taken in San Francisco In 1885. which repre-
,ented him in the character Of Romeo. On the
hack of the picture, In what abe sworo was
the handwriting of the actor. were the follow.
ing words
ALAS, that love. 80 gentle in his view. should
be 90 tyrannous and rough in proof.
"To dear Carrie. in kind remembrance of tho
past EDWARD RAToLIFFE."
On cross. examination the witness admitted
that she had not received the photograuh from
Ratclife direct, but through his mother. She
was unable to describe the mother except that
abe had gray hair. She also admitted that
she had received the picture before she went TO
live with Mr. Chopin. She was not certain
how old she was, but thought she had been born
In 1885, She declared that although she was
not 1s years old when she married Ratoliffe,
she had told tho rector that sho was over 10
years Of age.
Then you lied to tho rector" said Mr..
Towns.
"I did IT because Ratclife told me to-" was
her reply.
She also denied that she had ever been a
member of Mary Anderson's London company.
sbe was then excused. and John Chambers was
called.
and that he had been In America eight years.
He declared that he had been the treasurer Of
Ma %sn
there in 1884 and 1855, and that he first met
Assistant District Attorney Lloyd.
55ssss Sss the Ttnss sDs sbs 1885, he
company for a four weeks tour Of the prov
inces, but did not sail with the, company to
however he said. Lawyer Towns then began
the crossexamination. Chambers, in answer
70 questions, said he had never seen Ratcliffe
cliffe at that time was q member Of O quar-.
part he gang; that the. other members Of the
mon whose name he could not remember.
What did Mary Anderson open the season
''Pygmalion and Galatea, ;" was the reply and
Ratcliffe laughed and shook negatively his head
what else did she playi' WAS the next ques
ton.
!" Romeo and Juliet 'As You Like It, 'Trag-
laughed. MIR. Lloyd also smiled.
80. What Th1N amuses a you, Mr. Lloydf roared Law.
Magistrate Deuel. raped for order and told
language ChamSers IN answer 70 farther
questions, said that he could not toll the amount
Of the pay roll, but that the road company CON.
FORBES MY RfsSPs fagPei ana ns zsa .fas
bury wore members Of the company and mon
ned hSss ss as' s
ton 10 his counsel that the statements were
This closed the peoples case and Lawyer
Towns, for more than an hour and a half. ar
Eued that the charges ought to be dismissed on
sS bs
issue on which Ratcliffe was being tried at the
time. He quoted legal authorities by tho
once. He declared that the question "Were
you eyer married before you married Alice De
S1f h"d dpees aH Ssarns
"But think of what questions would have fol-
had on the jury % interpossd MssstrSte aq Deae
Your Honor has no right to speculate on
o1ns DgSt have said
place"
y, When Lawyer, Towns, finished his speech
clffe then signed his formal examination pa.
pers. and pleaded not guilty, to the charge
something that he had refused to do before:
s.id m think , ball should be fixed at $4,000"
''Ho has been unable to furnish the $4,000
MsssTnie Deuel. SS mas sbaTnn SSeR held - sad
Before the case was called Ratcliffe e1.
at the Pleasure Palace. Mr.. Towns was
very angry with him for showing this contract,
tSSynk tSt TINT his contention had been all along
DE i discharged no could not get a lucrative en-
returned to the Tombs prison in two suits |
brought by Howe a. Hummel, one on behalf OF |
@ peter peLacy's daughter. Alice for the annul. |
o. o. ngamy ana tho other in behalf of Caroline |
.Ta .TTaveEnhiii, who sues for divorce and aimony.
that one child, Edward Albert Ratciiffe now
ABOUT "a years old, resulted from the union, |
ana That she did not discover the fact OF the |
nG,Qr ,s,4 marriage to Peter DeLacy's daughter |
untii m recently. She declares that Ratcliffe was
IN the receipt Of $3.50 a week salary as an |
ast9r up to the time of his arrest on the charge
OF beating his American wife. and that Re |
mas property sufficient TO enable him 10 pay |
fitessoLabe nlimony for the support OF the plain.
III III ana her boy: She asks for tho custody of |
.h .he boy. Mrs Alice DoIacy Radcliffe asks for \
ine custody OF her two children, Virginia and
:, Natclhe ddnt appear 10 no disturbed by |
him. 0HN' p'''0e'''H' "s"i"''