The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-10

ONLY A GOOD time
Dr.. Rae Explains His Wife's
Charges In Her Di-
vorce Suit.
He WENT OUT WITH THE BOYS
But All the Time His Fart
Was True to Is
Poll.
HE WENT OUT WITH THE BOYS

1OAs !
VICE chancellor Emery, this morning
continrea the hearing in the sensatiohai
,a;voree case of Cora Rae against 1T.
E4adarick l.. Rae. a veterinary surgeon OF
Enelawood. A man of means ana pro-
sessfonal standing. According to Mrs'
s2ae,s petition the couple was married IN
New York. october Is, 1888, when the DOC
tor was a student and only eighteen
Years old. After their marriage they
moved to Ida Grove, Iowa., where tnes
afved until 1890, when they moved to NO
PSI West Nineteenth street, New 1orA'
Three years later they moved 10 Leona
and shortly afterward to Engle"ooa'
where the Doctor now lives MIS-. hae
then charged many acts OF l~nnqeiNs
against her husband; names times anu
ulace and several correspondents. Inns
5nhdeMty she claims did not come 10 her
notice until August, 1898. when upon
gearning of them she Immediately leIa ner
h,,shand and returned to her PARENTS.
THE case was taken up late yesterday
afternoon and Mrs. Rae was the first wit
ness She testified to the facts set forth
in her petition and enumerated the varl-
n,s charges which she had brought
against her husband. She was followed
BY several witnesses. who tesfined 70 spe-
cifc acts of misconduct on the part OF
the defendant of which they had per-
sonal knowledge. One of these, Edward
BLACK. who was in the employ OF Dr-
Rae when they lived at No. zoi west
Nineteenth street, testified to misconduct
with Mrs. Sarah Lazelle, who lived Win
her husband in the fiat across the nan
from that occupied by DR.. Rae and ms
wife. Black said shat one day ne passed
through the hall When Mrs. Lazelle rush
ed out of her apartments and embraced
him. thinking he was DR.. Rae. soon
after that he saw DIR. Rae meet Mrs.
Lazelle atfectionately in the hall ana en-
brace her. Then they Withdrew 70 Mrs.
70 the room into which they went, put
the doorway was hung with a portiere.
which did not wholly conceal the interior
The first witness this morning was Mrs.
IazeIle, who emphatically denied the
foregeiag testimony, and declared tnat
Tere aiways proper. She was on the best
III terms with both DR.. and Mrs, Rae ah9
the two families frequently visited each
II looked upon DR.. Rae as a big boy
said Mrs. Lazelle. who can't possibly pe
4 great many years older \ the neatsr
of horses. She denied that there was ever
any GOODNESS between her ana ME-. n@ag
hut that on the contrary they were Al
ways on friendly terms.
Al this. Mrs, Rae, who H a pfRttFs
pefite brunette, who sat stylishly dresSea
Al the table beside her counsel, audlpiy
exclaimed, ooh! On! OH MIS- Lazei,e
doctor by his first name. she hesltalsa
some little time, and then said she qla.
adding that the doctor caM ,sl ne Vas ss very
deliberate in answering, often nesasa%lnsg
before replying to a question as lnolsA
she was carefully wslghlng every LEI her hiis-
band. VITO testified that he came 10 ms
home at an hours of the day ana nlgnt
and although he often Iouno D ~ nor nor
aid he believe that anything wrong ever
took place there. He was related TO Dr.
Rae by marriage he SAID ian ana the 'wo
DR.. Rae was then placed upon the stand;
and in reply to questions by his counsel
denied specifically every one OF ms VII
charges in the most emphatic manner
His general demeanor favorably Impress
ed those who heard him, and 1t looked
as though he might be a mucn nanghsn ~
man. His wife's counsel took him IN
hand and submitted him to a riga cross
examination. He stoutly stuck 70 ms oe-
malls, although he finally admitted lnst
he had gone around town with the boys,
visited questionable resorts and had
good time" there. In denying that ne nad
misbehaved with certain women whose
aiuE WGIC ~ -A-@4t
ted that he had "a good time with tnem-
When pressed by his wife's counsel to
state just what he meant by a good
time he said he meant going around
from place to place drinking, talking,
laughing and Joking. He declared that
his visits to some of the places when
it was claimed were the scenes of his
guilt were in a professional way to attend
sick horses.
The scene of some of the alleged mis-
conduct was laid in the Eclipse Hotel,
Gutenberg, but the defendant s~trenuously
maintained that his visits there were in
the way the business and perfectly in
nocent.
ssDo you know a woman named Harris,
of Gutenberg? asked the counsel.
.sNo, SIR emphatically replied the Doc
Nor Of Jersey City?" was til next ques-
mo, sir" came the reply with re-
newed emphases.
Counsel for the petitioner held a short
consultation at this point and then two
letters were handed to the witness and
he was asked if he had received them:
He glanced over them while a shade of
annoyance crept over his face and then he
said that he had. The letters were
signed J. Harris and one of them referred
to a meeting between the Doctor and the
writer, which appeared to have left only
the most pleasant memories with the
writer. It made a shady reference to the
Doctors attractive appearance during the
meeting and closed by hoping that they
would meet again.
The Doctors explanation of this meet
ing and reference to his appearance was
not very clear, but he maintained that
his relations with the woman We're per-
fectly innocent. He said that he had been
requested by a former employer of the
girl ITO take her some money, which was
the meeting she referred to- The second
letter. also signed by j. Harris, was of a
somewhat reproachful mature It prac-
tically accused the Dockor of dropping the
writer and said she hoped the Doctor
would never treat another girl to whom
he should take a fancy as he had treated
her This the Doctor interpreted to mean
that the writer had accused him of cast
ing aspersions upon her character and
upbraided him for doing so. At this point
the Court took a recess.