The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-27
CUSTODY
OF her CHILD.
Hearing on the Petition Of Mrs.
Grant Continued.
DOCTORS VISIT TO ROAD HOUSE
Deputy Sheriff and Private Detective Told
About Finding Hin There.
WHAT RESPONDENT SAID TO THEM.
Claimed He Was There in Professional capacily
10 Attend a Woman Kads Agreement to
Meet Vile al Hotel Next DAY.

The hearing of Mrs. Mary L. Grants
petition for the custody OF her child,
which was begun on Saturday last, was
continued this afternoon before Judge
Rogers i'm the appellate court. num-
Der of witnesses were called TO testify
as so the Doctors visit To Sandy Fen
ner's establishment on the night of
March 9 last on Saturday and today
other witnesses We're called To give 9TH
er facts concerning the same. The doc
tors side of the story was told late this
afternoon. Mrs. Grant not only seeks
the custody OF her child, but also wants
a divorce from the doctor on several
grounds.
Two previous attempts on Mrs.
Grants part 10 get the custody of her
child have failed. one petition for di-
vorce has been denied by the full ap-
pellate court. Mrs. Grants chief
ground for seeking a divorce is alleged
adultery on the part Of the doctor.
Deputy Sheriff Nathan Calvin of
Fiskevlile testified to following DR..
Grant from the latter's office TO sandy
Fenners He saw DIR. Grant In the
room with a woman. The latter was
partly uHdressed and DR.. Grant saw
the witness and Mr. Hill. The doctor
said lis there anything the matter with
me?" Witness heard Mrs. Grant say TO
the doctor: 1nls is pretty place for
you To be-" and the doctor replied: II
have been i'm a thousand such places"
adding something about doctoring peo-
pie in such places. There was long
conversation between the parties and
DR.. Grant after making serious charges
against his wife wanted her to come
W. fn wit
agreement between Dr. Grant and his
wife 10 meet at the Newman hotel the
next morning.
Witness said he met Dr. Grant the
next morning and the doctor said he
could prove that the woman was
brought to the Fenner place by her
husband, who got her into room and
then went out and left him, the doctor
and the woman together. The doctor
was told that his carriage was follow
ed and then -hi said II -rNaS- s put up job.
IL was evident from the witness state
ment that DR.. Grant was very anxious
to find out what he (witness) would
testify 10 the court.
On cross-eXamination Mr.. Champln
asked witness il he knew Mr.. Owen
very well, and the reply was i'm the af-
firmative The next question was as
TO whether or not the witness held any
office in Scituate. His answer was yes.
II did not know the Thomas woman
referred to in the testimony on Satur-
sday.
Mr.. owen told him what to do on
the night OF the visit 10 Fenners place.
Frank l.. Gray testified he was a pri-
vate detective He knew both DIR.
Grant and Mrs Grant. Saw DIR. Grant
get in a team. Witness and Mr.. Col
vim followed him in another team. Saw
the doctor stop his carriage and wo-
Il
reached renner's and hired room,
saving their friends would be out later.
Got into room where doctor and a wo-
man were and the doctor when asked
where his medicine case was said he
did not have IL. DR.. Grant wanted his
wife to forgive and forget. The wcm-
an Mhn-xas ir-the- heri=rrlz= crying and
wanted the men TO go out of the room
so she could dress. Did not know what
became OF the woman, and she kept
fur collar over her head so witness
couldn't tell VINO she was. When par.s
at Fenner's broke up IL was nearly
midnight and the agreement was that
Mrs. Grant, the doctor and their attor-
neys should meet at the Newman hotel
to settle the matter up.
on ss-eXamination witness would
not say how much clothing the woman
had on except that she was not fully
dressed. Had been a private detective
i'm this city for nine years. He was head
of the detective agency and some times
he had had about twenty men working
for him and had men now employed
on business. He first heard of the
scheme from Mr.. owen; first he got
note 10 call on Mr.. owen and then call
ed him up by telephone. Did not know
what was TO be done; was simply told
he was wanted FOR a job. Saw wom-
ans under clothing on the bed in the
room when he went into the room
where the doctor was. There was n
Gun I'm which some tea or coffee re-
mnined and there were two glasses and
there appeared TO have been liquor In
the glasses.