The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-06-10
Mrs. Garrison Goes on
the Witness Stand to
Tell OF Her Lies
Troubles.
Letter from Leicester
HoIme to Her Is Read
and Admitted in Evil
dence.

day in the Supreme Cour; before jas.
tiee Levcntrit. and jury Her sHit
ia to establish her right TO the pos
session Of a fund OF soon nov in ;he
hands OF the United States Trust co'n-
many. The claim IL really contested ny
her daughter. GcorEcttc. now the VIC
of H. v. Nixon. OF England. though the
Trust Company and cN-Judge Leicester
lIolme are the formal defendants.
Mrs. Garrison's story unraveis "a cur
ious snarl Of love knots. BEFORE II Is
finished, II Is predicted. the personality
OF many more men high In social ana
political life Will be seen eniansIed III
its wpof and warp. George Lofliafa
and ex-Judge Hoime already hSnrc as
one.thne guardians %. the lady al.
fections and fortune.
Didn't Know she WAS Married.
Mrs. Garrison was Philadelphia E!ri.
Her maiden name was Annie a. Rogers
She was beautiful and fascinating. She
s,ili retains those qualities in more ma
ture form. When stu In her teens she
married Clarence Andrews,
But | never took II seriously. SAYS
Sirs. Garrison naivcly. ana h'd "o'
really know was married.
annulled, cx-Judgc Iiolmc conserving
,ho wifc.s interests. This Was IN is'o.
and Miss Rogers. then but s'h'eeea
wears old, came TO New YORK.
thereafter. until lssi. ex-JudI" Hoime
and George I-orillard were her best
friends. The child. Gcorgc,,c. was born
in ISIS. and In the present sui, II les as
serted that cx.Judsc liolmc was her
father.
However. in 1855. after the plaintiffs
marriage to George c, Garrison. G.crs"
Lorlllnrd paid his former friend 5000
by check. She turned 1t over TO Mr.
Holme TO manage. The same year by
Afr. Holmes advice. Mrs. Garrison saye
$4,000 OF the sum was placed In trust
for the daughter. Georgctic. when sh,
should become iwenty-onc. Mrs. Carr
son 10 nave control until then.
welded Arthur. SON.
This fund is In dispute. Mrs. Carl
son asserts that she did not know "hht
she signed and tina; Mr. ilo!m" told a't
she should always retain control OF 'ht
fund. Tie daughter. now OF age. u.-
mands tho principal OF the fund.
After their marriage Mr.. Garrison OBJ
iec,ed TO tho daughters presence ana
cx.Judge liolme formally adopted the
girl and sent her 10 Europe TO be cdu-
Gated. Mr. Holme In 1895 married the
widow of DR.. Fraser Z. Fuller. heircss
TO 100000 and has since lived VITA
her In Iars.
Clarence Andrews. Mrs. Garr1son's nfss
husband. wen; TO Paris. and in 1856 mar
ricd Miss Myra Fithian. granddaughter
Of .p.ck" Connolly. OF Tweed ring fame
sne occurred n divorce n few years later
and then married Chester Alan Arthur.
son OF the President.
Mrs. Garrison Testihrs.
Mrs. Garrison took the stand to-day.
She wore a black siktr, black silk t.!on
fair AS a girls. Her checks were rtrt,,
NY ni III. io and ,h neF pIne sy stand
Her bronze-tinged hair was Sconi.hG-
ly dressed and sur'nounted by Yellow
straw hat trimmed with polka i"t ~,
Jacket. white silk shirt waist ana a hiuc
silk stock collarctte and tie.
Mrr. Garrison identified her indors,S-
ment on two checks for s-no .nSt,'
and signed by O. Tillo,son. then agent
for George Lorillard Another cncok
for 1850. received Mt the same utne.
Mrs: Garrison ,,. SAID xb sns k Mr rllo,s"t,
saII h.r - u.as Nr Holmes fee for sc-
curing the payment OF ''p"n from ME-.
Lawyer Campbell handed Mrs. CARR
ron a photograph. Whose ric''ii" !"
that. he asked. ~
Leicester Holmes pictur, shln MtE'
Garrison. with brca" III h'F 10" No''''
Garrison Wa. rrn"iIr-..
O, When the trust decd was signed had
you any other properly IMAM me $780,
% o. When and where did you meet Sir.
Gar.!son;; 4: In Jersey Guy we were
O. WHAT t VA his financial condi;lon ,
in Isss. After our hrs, child was born
his father made us an allowance
two children By Mr.. Garrison. who az
now at school at Chestnut HIN Seminary
In philadelphia.
The following letter written by Mr..
Hoime to Mrs. Garrison was Rad and
Introduced IN evidence:
IIoImc'. Letter.
.3s Park Row. Jan. ,. ,So.
Dear Annie: ] send Enclosed u luitr!
received from Gcorgcttc. trust Nos
have had a merry, Christmas and :haprl
her letters 10 you instead OF me by say
ing. that did not want her 10.
gettes correspondence. wish her Il
her 10 think there liz any appeal from
the authority OF tho convent.
-"f hope In your letters to her you vii
not try % suggert TO her that there I.
anything else ahead Of her for two OF
three years than the convent: Ynu'
friend. LEICESTER"
a servant. story.
Mary Hurley, who was employed y,
Mrs. Garrison in 1877 MS maid and seam
stress. was called. and testified tha. sh,
knew hcr then Al 2frs. Rogers. She wa.
there when the child Georgettc wa,
q Y born and had tho care OF her. She re-
manned IN Mrs. Garrison's employ until
two years ago.
Il III met Leicester IIolme the same da,
and time | met Mrs. Rogers" she ties
tined. 1T was Mt a house In Forty
s 0esenth street.
Mr.. Holme was very kind to the chill,
always. He saw. her every time n
Il 9aMe and greeted her nfTectionatciy
VI Uo mAde her presents and took her OF
az IT,. rid!n.. boating. &c
4 fs Tao DefeRsc Opens.
Delehunty at / o'clock bogn,
e1snins address to the Jury for tn
Os,ehunty said no would prov
III. Garrison knew. perfectly we
xl1npAW rs doing when she signe