The sun., 1898-01-23
TrGIISH MRS. RATCLIFFE.
o,tyE R4VENHIJL SEES THE
AH,oToR-sAYS SHE'S HIS WIFE.

In. Never saw Her Before-she Brinra
his Autographed Photograph. which.
s,,., lie sent Her, and A1so Her MAR
-. certificate ne Lacy Escorts Her.
r,r,ra J. Ratcllfre. the actor, was confronted
Contre street Court yesterday with Caro-
mp.yophill, the Enplish woman who alleges
.N. INV potclifTe married her several years before
,n', carried Alice De Lacy, on whose COM
-, No has been convicted Of wife beating.
M. pavcuhill woman arrived here from Eng
-, -esteedny on the st. Louis. She came for
-. n,rros. OF tcstifying that Radcliffe COM
en,ad ncriurv when he swore on his trial for
"a. heating that he had never boen married to
.ny woman but Alice De Lacy.
r,r, Yesterday morning Ratcliffe's father
,,lsw' peter Dc Lacy, accompanied by rep
....r,ative from his lawyers Office, went to
...t Tho English woman at the steamers pier
sNo marty went to the Astor House for break
,,,t afterward going to the Centre Street
court A. 10 o'clock Ratcliffe was brought over
ANN tho Tombs. Tho English woman was ush-
.-,a into the courtroom from an antoroom.
p.,olifYe seemed to lie tho least concerned man
,r Nh, court room. District Attorney Gardiner
,sted the English woman to take tho witness
,,,rd. She said sho was Caroline Ravenhill
Estclitfe 81 years old, OF Marylebone, London.
"What is your husbands namef' asked Mr..
Edward Joseph isatcliffe." answered the
U.~When wcro you married to himi A.
"JUs..Whcrei A.-At tho Marylebone Church.
G.-I3y whom! A.The Rev. g. E. Thomas
MIR. Iloy hgve attempted to introduce ccr-
ES Mprylcbene Church book, but Mr.. Towns
objscted, and Mr.. Lloyd continued the exami-
nation. after saying he would Introduce the
sDo YOU sec your husband here in this court
lpoml" asked the Assistant District Attorney.
dYcs," sad the woman, "he 10 there' And
inS together one Of wnom was Ratciiffo and
tho other newspaper reporter, who resembles
the actor. ., att. ,,. at, ,. ,,.-.
gushing the reporter aside and placing his hand
On Ralctfe
'That is the man." answered tho witness.
Ratcliffe smiled. and his counsel objected to
,his style OF Identification. declaring that Mr..
Hoy had singled out the actor and had given
the witness hat.
that man as the man to whom you were mar
lied in 1888 in EnglsndH
Yes" replied the witness.
Q.-nid he ever give you his photography A.
-He did. | lavc 1t here.
Q.--Wben did you receive that photography
A-.Mr. Ratclitfe sent it TO me In 1892.
Q.-ls that the handwriting Of Radcliffe. your
husband, on the back of that photograph A.
The photograph, which was a photograph of
hoduced as evidence, Notwithstanding the OBJ.
jCctions of Lawyer Towns. Then q recess was
taken and Lawyer Towns consulted with his
client.
"Now," said Lawyer Towns, cross examin-
Ing the woman, isn't II fact that before you
pointed TO this man you heard Mr.; Lloyd. the
was standing behind youf''
81 heard something OF tho kind" said the
Witness
married in England. Ale was q wine clerk.
-4.-WhcrG2 AIN commission house in
Tilley street.
9.-How old do you suppose he is nowf a.
Stle was born on March 10 OF the year the
Prince OF Wales was married.
slow long did you live with him after your
About ten months" answered the witness.
"Afer:that : time he was acting"
Anderson company" replied the witness.
Q-Have you ever written to hint A..-No.
:. Q,nWhon did you last see himi AIN 1854,
%, 9TAad you haven't written to him since
hST Dc Il YOU sSs for %sn tn m 5
A-.iie strt II To me in 1892
Are there any physical .peculiarities by
tnrther Identification was necessary asked
:. "Yes. said tho witness" ne has scar on his
(Which thumb A.-The-right-no, the
lefs thumb.
Ratcliffe held his hat in his hand and his
thumb cOul not be seen. Mr.. Lloyd told him
to hold ur his hand. He was about to do go
when his counsel stopped him.
Law er Towns questioned the witness further
and she said that she had lived under the name
OF Chopin. 1t was name she had taken after
she had gone to i've in house where Mr..
Chopin resided aS Brighton, England.
The examination was adjourned to 10 o'clock
70 morrow. morning, Mr.. Lloyd explaining that
his English witness would produce the original
marriage certificate which she lad locked up in
h:r trunk in the Astor House.
Ratc!itfe, when taken back to the Top,bs. said: !:
What do you think Of that Identification
my life"
The Ravenhill woman said, when seen after
clfe in England in 1882, and that nineteen
months'after their marriage boy was born
70 her She added-that she would testify in
DE Lacy and Radcliffe.