The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-22
WAS REVIVED
BY BRANDY.
Mrs. Paine Collapsed During
Reading Of Deposition.
MADE BY CORRESPONDENTS WIFE
Mr. kIntasfs Bottle Furnished the StImu-
liant 10 0Vsrcoms Effects Of Mrs. klntnsfs
Evidence Letters In 4 Boz

New York. March 22.-Mrs. Mary Paine
denied the accusations against her with
dramatic effect yesterday before Judge
Freedman. In the special term OF the su-
preme court.
She sued her husband. Oscar Van Dyck
Paine for limited divorce on the ground
OF abandonment and cruelty. and he
brought a counter suit for absolute di-
vorce, naming John {. kintner as core
spondent
Mrs. Paine was recalled TO the witness
against her. The court room was crowded
when she reached there with several
friends in the morning
She was very pale. and she seemed on
the point OF collapse when she took her
seat She kept her coat ON, ana her eyes
sought the floor while Mr.. hintner was
on the witness stand 10 continue his de-
NAL that his conduct with her had ever
been improper.
commissioners In her home in New Jersey
She testified that her husband. who had
been postmaster ~ Newton. had left her
To come TO this city presumably for the
sole purpose Of going into the real estate
business.
She had suspected him Of intimacy with
see him she found tin box in his room
which she could not open.
HAS LETTER BOX OPENED.
Mrs Kintner took this box TO a lock
smith ana had 70 opened. After reading
the letters she found she spoke TO Mrs.
Paine. who was then employed in a a'ltar-
lem department store She gave 10 Mrs.
Paine a tract entitled Daily Strength for
Daily Needs, calculated she thought. 90
help a person who was in troubt and
Mr.. Paine called on her and she prom
ised 10 assist him if he applied for di-
vorce. Mrs Kintners stepfather was as
sistant postmaster OF Newton. y. J..while
Mr.. kintner was postmaster OF the town.
When Mrs Paine was called 10 the wit
ness stand her face was deathly pale.
lr.I hssI tla.. rfrfas
ier In the day. and she had been on the
point OF collapse. one OF her friends had
asked for glass Of brandy, and by
stander had rushed about to get some
thing for her. and had finally succeeded
IN finding a bottle in the possession OF
Mr. kintner.
MRS. PAINE MAKES DENIAL.
Mrs Paine's voice was strong and her
manner was most emphatic when she was
called upon 10 contradict the stories
against her She denied that Mr. KNIT
ner had remained over two days In her
house i'm North Tarrytown. Mrs. Gull !
foyle, she said, had called on her but
once.
After her separation from her husband
Mrs. Paine said she had become sales \
woman I'm a Harlem store. Mrs. kintner
her for her conduct with her husbard. /
Mrs Paine said she had urged her ytsi-
tor not TO talk. fearing discharge. which
actually followed within n week She
could not restrain her tears when she
said:
Mrs Kintner told me. My husband
said YOU were the one woman who would
not cry. ! replied, No woman In this
world has shed more bitter tears than
j."
This conversation occurred I'm Mr.. Knit
ners real estate Office, I'm l25th street.
Mrs Paine asked Mrs Kintner for per-
mission To take her husband to the street
car. Mr. kintner walked out with her,
and she then took occasion 10 tell him
that he should not let his wife go 10 her
place of employment.
Mrs. Paine said she had implored Mrs. |
Kintner not 10 spread false stories about
her. III you can't do II for my sake as a
woman she said she cried, do II for my
chllds sake"