The age-herald., 1899-08-08
Addressed to Mrs. Gamble and Written
 By May.
PRIEST ON THE WITNESS STAND
One of the Children Made a Dramatic Scene When She Begged the Judge to Let Her Remain
 With Her Mother

in the city court by George D. May, of
 New Orleans against Georgia Gamble, his | alleged wife, for the custody of two chil-
 dren. the offspring of their co-habitation, l is rapidly nearing an end and will probably be concluded this morning.
 The hearing which came over from Sat- | urday afternoon was resumed yesterday
 morning at o'clock, and while there were | no new developments some testimony of | sensational character was introduced, eon- | sisting of letters written by the petitioner l to the respondent under the name of Mrs | Georgia Gamble" and Mrs. Charles w. | Newman" in which he stated that if cer- | tain conditions were not compiled with revenge" would henceforth be his motive | in life
 Recalled to the stand When court was called to order the re- spondent was recalled to the stand and her cross-examination continued She was dressed differently than on Saturday, and appeared less confident than on the first day of the trial. She appeared haggard and worn, and her sober face reflected the anxiety and worry through which she had passed since the proceedings were insti- tuted. In reply to questions propounded by MT. Lane, she said:
 MT May gave me the diamonds which afterwards pawned. They were handsome earrings. I didn't tell MT. Sparrow. the Ledger reporter, that May and lived to- gether for a number of years as husband and wife"
 On redirect examination the witness or T
 to the reporter. I have some jewelry, fur
 niture and household effects which are on
 the Southside. I also have some paper
 which give me reason to expect will in-
 herit some lands in Canada, which is valua- | ed at from $2OOO0 to s3OOOO.
 Before this suit was begun made some 1 inquiries regarding an institution where could place Thelma, and if she is not taken | away from me I shall place her in the convent in this city, where I can see her at will, and will pay for her maintenance" Wept Bitterly The witness was. much affected and once during the examination she broke down and wept bitterly.
 number of letters written by May to respondent were then introduced, as was also a bill rendered to Miss Georgia Gam ble for furniture and insurance policy issued to Georgia Gamble" and deed to
 a cemetery lot in New Orleans, to Mrs Georgia Gamble" the latter bearing date of June 24, 1885
 letter written by May to respondent addressed to Mrs. Georgia Gamble" in | lS97 in which an offered was made to legiti- | mize the children, was introduced for the | purpose of showing that May himself did
 not recognize her as his wife. On re-cross-examination, the witness | said: "I have $40 personal property con-
 sisting of jewery household furniture, si- | yerware. MT. May never gave me but two | sets of furniture, which disposed of. Diff
 ferent gentlemen made me presents of jew | eiry. nave not seen the property in which | have an interest I only got the papers
 here from New Orleans. They are packed | away in things which are in storage. Got
 the papers after my mothers death in 1895.
 MT. May became indebted to Mir. Newman | by note. l know of no other indebtedness. | Don't know that May let Newman have l money. No, my friends did not call me
 Mrs. May, and Mir May never introduced
 me to his friends as Mrs. May 1 Other Evidence | Mays note for $50 endorsed by Newman was introduced, and witness stated that
 she was unacquanted with the conditions | under which the note was given. l MT. Fries asked for recess to examine
 certain correspondence which had been
 placed in the hands of the counsel for the
 defense since the. trial commenced. which
 was granted. When the court re-convene ed l
 she and Newman expected to marry IT
 October.
 The defense rested with the introduction
 of the letters which were examinded dur
 ing the recess.
 The petitioner then called in rebuttal
 Fred Averett, who testified that Newman | had come to his store in South Twentieth
 street about sixteen days ago and intro-
 duced himself as MT. Beale, and said he | wanted to borrow some money on certain | furniture and household effects which he
 stated were in the depot. loan of about
 $35 was made and the goods were removed
 to witnesses store. Newman signed the
 lien in the name of Beale Witness after
 wards learned that Newman and not
 'Beale" was his name, and reproached
 him for his actions. Newman told him he
 was a married man. with a wife and two
 children.
 | Charged 20 Gents on the Dollar On cross-examination MT. Averett testif.
 ed that he charged Newman 25 per cent
 interest for the use of the money, which
 was paid back in eighteen days before il l was due.
 MT. May was recalled and testified that | when respondent returned from the Jack sonville trip she and Newman made a sat- isfactory explanation to him which was
 accepted. which was the wrong he had re- | ferred to in letter written to her at Jack | sonvile. He denied that he had driven her from his farm, but admitted that he told