The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-06-26
She Swoons at Motion
to Part Her From Her
Child.
MORE DAMAGING TESTIMONY
Defense Practically Admits
the Truth of the Com
plainant's Charge.

lUG pIOCeGulHSS Al tiiC VIM oAfoASO
case closed with a dramatic scene yes
terday IN the Court of Chancery. When
the time came for adjournment Senator
Hudspeth, who represents White. asked
the Court that the custody Of Wallace.
the five year old son of the parties to the
suit be awarded TO the father as the evil
dence plainly showed that the mother was
an unfit person to have the care of the
child At this Mrs. White burst into q
violent fit of weeping and finally her head
fell forward and she appeared to be in g
swoon The sister and lawyer soon sue
ceeded in reviving her and she became
composed.
Mr. Gilman objected strenuousiy to Mr..
Hudspeth's motion, and the Vice Cham
cellor decided to let the matter stand as 1t
was Under the present arrangement the
child lives alternately with his parents
every two weeks.
The testimony yesterday afternoon was
a continuation of that of the morning
concerning the indiscretions OF the
wife and the correspondent Eddie
link
Albert Weisman, who kept the drug
store on the ground floor of the building
in which DR.. White lived and who en-
damaging testimony. He said that Mrs.
White was in the habit of visiting his
drug store when link was there. He often
saw them behind the prescription counter
hugging and kissing and their conduct
finally became such that he was obliged
to discharge link. On cross-examination
Wiseman said that he had given link a
letter of recommendation when he dis
Ut, he q
petent drug clerk.
John Scott, who was a hall boy at the
Hotel vendome, New York, testified that
he frequently saw link and Mrs. White
at The hotel during the summer of 1900.
He was asked to point out link and Mrs.
White and he did so. When he pointed
out Mrs. White, her sister, who was sit
ting beside her, stood up, but the witness
promptly picked out Mrs. White.
He was cross-examined at length for
the purpose of showing that he had been
told who link and Mrs. White were, but
he declared he knew them. He admitted
that a detective had shown him photo
graphs of the parties. but he would not
say they were Mrs. White and link un-
til he had seen them in the court room.
<AAHSlI odulutTSy dHOlHeE HdilpOy at the
same hotel, was positive that he saw
Mrs. White and link at the vendome
several times. He had shown them to
their room and after returning to the
office had looked at the register and seen
that they were Mr.. and Mrs. West. He
said, on cross-examination, that he was
positive Mr.. and Mrs. West were link
and Mrs. White. They tipped him lib
orally when he showed them their room
and he never forgot those who tipped
him
Henry Jackson, ''now employed as a
butler, sah,'' testified that he was ele-
vator man at the Hotel vendome in the
summer of 1900, and he was positive that
on more than one occasion he took Mrs.
White and link from the parlor floor to
one of the bedroom floors
The complainant here rested and the de-
fense introduced wlsnesses to show that
the Doctor had condoned the offense.
which was taken as a practical admission
of guilt on the part of the defense Marie
Aquelade, the next witness, started in to
impeach the character of Rachel Heitman.
strong witness for the complainant but
the Vice Chancellor interrupted her by
saying that he would not permit insults
to witnesses. He declared he would not
allow questions as to whether Mrs. Heit-
man was thief or a disreputable woman.
Mr.. Gilman, counsel for Mr.. White, then
changed his course. and started to lay
q foundation for the charges in Mrs.
Whites cross-bill, which alleged that the
Doctor was equally guilty He called
George " Denzer for the purpose of PROV
Ing that the Doctor purchased furniture
from him and sent it to the home of Mrs.
Julia Eaton on Kossuth street, Union
Hill, but Mr.. Denzer had no recollection
of any such transaction. Mrs. Clara
Genz, neighbor of Mrs Eaton's, testi-
fed that the Doctor frequently visited
Mrs Eaton. The case went over to Sep
tember.