The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-04
IN THE TEALL DIVORCE CASE.
Statement Of Council Intended TO Show
Fasity Of jackson's Testimony.
COULD NOT LOCATE HER RESIDENCE.
CIamsd He Fad esen Their, Repeatedly Mixed
as 10 Apartment and Tenement Houses Lei
Ter From Mrs. TealI's Attorney.

Mills, designated at the request of the
respondent. by the Appellate division of
the Supreme Court OF Rhode Island, to
take depositions i'm the Teall divorce
case. will begin his work this afternoon
at No.115 Broadway. Miss Georgia Cay
van. the actress, whose name has been
dragged into the case will testify Henry
Melville and Elisha *. Camp. her attor-
neys, have issued the following state
ment i'm regard to the manner in which
her name was introduced i'm the case:
The negro. Thomas Jackson, n dis
charged valet of Mr.. Teall, was the
only one who brought the name of Miss
Cayvan into the case. He testified that
the acquaintance between Mr.Teall and
Miss Cayvan was while the latter was
playing an engagement in Brooklyn,
and its details were as follows:
About IL a. m. one day Teal sent Wit
ness with IA carriage To meet Miss Cay
van at the Grand Central station.
few days later, between and y. IN.
Teall called with carriage at the
Brooklyn Theatre and took Miss Cay
van for a ride through the park To
restaurant where they had dinner. af-
ter which they returned to the theatre;
the following Saturday night they took
supper together i'm the public dining
room OF the Clarendon Hotel: after the
evening performance Teal, Miss Cay
van andwhe latters maid. got into
carriage and with witness on the box
were driven TO the home of Miss Cay
van i'm New York. ON another evening
Teall and witness met Miss Cayvan and
her maid at an elevated railroad sta
ton on their return from the Brooklyn
Theatre and accompanied them to Miss
'Cayvan's home.
He was carefully examined as to the
location of Miss Cayvan's residence and
the date of these occurrences. After
stating that he took particular notice of
the place and visited IL In the day time
once to carry a parcel and again To re-
turn 81 borrowed umbrella he testified
as follows:
Q.-What street do you think il was?
Al think IL was One Hundred and
F'tfty-fifth street or some street near
there.
Q.-what kind of house was 1t?
A.-A tenement house, or an apart
Q.--Are you sure IL was an apartment
house?
Ayes
o.-when did you see Miss cayvan
with Mr.. Teall2
Al saw Miss Cayyan next on the
Sixth avenue elevated railroad, near
the street where Miss Cayvan lived. |
think il was One Hundred and Fifty or
one Hundred and Sixty-fifth street,
SomeN here I'm that locality.
He further testified that all this took
place i'm August or September 1895. and
repeated several times the statement
that II was while Miss Cayvan was
playing in Brooklyn.
The absurdity of the whole story is
apparent from a comparison of il with
the following facts we'll known to hum
dreds of people In New York: In the
latter part OF 1894 Miss Cayvan went
abroad. she did not return TO the United
States till the last OF October 1895. She
was then i'm ill-health. was for "A long
time under a physicians care and did
not return To the stage till year after
that when she opened in New York
city i'm October. 1896.
She never lived anywhere I'm New
York north of one Hundred and TWen-
ty-second street. She never lived i'm any
tenement or apartment house. for
nine years Siit mas oNnfu Utl tNii
house at S5l West one Hundred and
Twenty second street and occupied IL
exclusively when in this neighborhood.
except short stays, once at the Waldorf
and once at the Imperial Hotel. Appar-
emily all the witness knew of Miss Cay
van was her name, around which. for
purposes best known 10 himself, he
wove fiction OF his imagination.
The following letter from a. w. Sea-
man, Esq, attorney for Mrs. Teal, has
also been given out by MIR. Camp.
In addition TO this statement, Mr..
Camp gave out letter received from
A. w. Seaman. attorney for Mrs. Teall.
This letter is as follows
Dec. %. 1898.
referring 10 tho published state
ments connecting the name OF Miss
CayVan with the Tcall divorce case. IL
SO happens that 7 was the attorney re-
presenting Mrs. Tcall un The cNamina-
tion before the romn.n sloucr. The pro-
cecdings i'm Rhodc Island were upon the
ground of uou-Suppou as we'll as iu-
fidelity. The testimony in regard to
Miss CayVan had no bearing upon the
charge OF inhdelity. and her name. one
OF a half-dozen. was introduced only I'm
support OF the charge that the defend
ant had spent his means upon others TO
the exclusion OF his wife and family.
There was mo- intention on the part
OF those taking the testimony Go charge
ar allege any immortality on the part
OF Miss Cayvsn. nor is there anything
in the testimony TO warrant such an
Interpretation. The newspapers have
given 60 n synopsis OF 10 an interpreta-
tion not warranted by the testimony 1T
self. I am solely responsible for the
taking Of the dcpostions. Miss Cay
vans name had never been mentioned
In any of the papers OF the case. and
at the time witness was examine Mrs.
Teal was at the bedside OF her mother
who was dangerously ~. and knew
nothing about the testimony till Il was
read IN court
Both Mrs. Teal and her counsel re-
gret the annoyance II has caused ana
express their belief in Miss Cayvan's
Innocence Of any immoral or Improper
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