The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-07
NO BREACH OF PROMISE.
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The poetic response OF Cory was Until
the veil over my eyes began TO grow thin
nsr."
Mr.. Littlefeld-"What was the princi-
pal subject of conversation between you
when you were together"
Witness-'M ell, financial questions
came up pretty often
MIR. Cory claimed he gave Miss Clark
between $500 and $1,000 He said his mother
declined 10 meet Miss Clark, as she, the
mother, thought there was something
wrong. AT the time witness took Miss
Clark 20 the Hawthorne ne thought the
place was all right
Witness argued the questions about his
conduct and had 20 be called to order by
the court. He was disposed to parade his
generosity and told about his very ire
sponsible condition at the time the prom
Use was made. Nov. zith. 1899.
He thought Miss Clark must have
known his tendency TO drink and denied
telling her or her brother, he had mort
cages I'm different places. Mr.. Cory said
he had delirum tremens after Nov. Ath.
HE DRANK LAGER
On cross-examination Cory said he us
ually drank lager beer. On the 24th of
November witness said he drank lager
beer. and that was the only drink he
could remember that day.
After the New York trip Miss Clark 5
love grew cold according 10 Mr.. Cory.
This WAS shown by her becoming very
bossy. Up To that trip he haa been the
leader but when her affection began 10
wever IL looked as ~ the bosship had
changed.
Asked when her affections ceased Cory
said he could not tell as she may never
have had any for him. He said. too, that
he became satisfied after the New York
~ m ha d his snIa t.I
reciprocated.
Mr.. Cooke during the cross-examina- :
tion asked Were you engaged when you
took Miss Clark ~ the Hawthorne?"
The reply was. mo"
Mr.. Cory said he did not know what
the Hawthorne was
Mr. Cooke--"How old are your
The letters written by witness TO Miss
Clark were taken up and one of them in
which witness referred to himself as Miss
Clark's betrothed caused merriment.
Mr.. Cory was asked II he was drunk
when he wrote IL. His reply was, II
cant tell" To further questioning about
the letter Mr.. Cory created an uproar in
the court by saying. Does that letter
look as If / was sane?"
Mr.. Cory proved a great explainer. He
said he made no binding promise and
the court remarked that was for the Jury
and the law to say
Defendant replied at the end of his
ross-examination that there had been a
clever trap set for him but IL would no,
work.
Mr.. Cooke, retorted, "we'il see about
that"
Witness told Mr.. Littleneld that when
he got through with Miss clark nc had
spent all of his own money and $1,000 of
his mothers. To Mr.. Cooke witness
said he could not recall whether he ever
told lady that he had transferred all
his property to his mother.
Mr.. Thompson, a brother-in-law Of Mr..
Cory. said that Miss Clark told him she
didn't want to marry Cory for money
alone, but that she would not marry him
II he had no money.
The estate OF witness father-in-law had
been settled and the personal estate
amounted to 5000. Real estate was taxed
for $780, ~
All the testimony in the case was be-
fore the jury before o'clock. Miss Clark
took the witness stand and denied she
ever told DIR. Dan o. King or any one
else that II Mr.. Cory hadn't money she
would not marry him.
George A. Littlefield at the close of the
testimony began his closing argument for
the defendant.