The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-25

anot her sensation for the jury during the
| trial The plaintiffs principal witness.
Mrr Sophie Knapp. who had been q ser
want for the Roths. tainted twice while
animation had TO DO suspended ill Monday
morning, when tho trial will be resumed.
Mr. Knapp iden'i ied the letter She
Haid Mrs Roth had given II to her TO de-.
liver tS De zsysS, bu, her iyopp n,. man
took II from her ~ n ~ Of jealousy and
turned Il over to Mr. Roth. She said she
| had carried many other equally mys-
FERROUS epist lea bot .een her mistress and
the artis, downstairs. Ihos" she re-
caived wen" addressed - her as Miss
p uerson,' hut .h' always turned m m
over to Mrs. ko h. "A. Il then watched IN =
lut.r ran over VA, - .l h a !. u on. 1h.ii
tie love messages from ID" Iayc- would
appear,
began. she totter-d and fell in faint across
the judge bench She was revived by
the court officers and escorted ont Of the
court room, wher" glass Of water, diluted
with something stronger, seemed Ia revive
her. She was finally EXCUSED for the day.
Her husband. William Knapp, IA painter
and decorator, test iLed tina, De Xayer often
called on Mrs. Roth in the absence OF her
husband whose dry goods business often
kept him out late. Knapp would be in the
dining room. counting Sophie. while Mrs
Roth and the artist SAT in the parlor. Knapp
swore positively that he often saw Sophie's
mistress and De Xayes 20 into an adjoining
bed room. He also tod OF taking the in
visible" letter from SOPHIE and turning IL
over to Mr. Roth.
Mrs Annie Fisher. WHO occupied a nat
on the floor with the Roths told Of a row
in the Roth household on Dec. 20 She
did not know then what had happened
though she heard strange sounds and voices.
hut a few DAYS later she said. Mrs Roth
Ial har . la, Mr. Rn,h hoA bn,
and caught De Xavrs' in the apartment
Mrs Roth told Mrs Fisher she had done
wrong. but said nothing more. Questioned
H. to what she understood Mrs. Roth TO
mean. Mrs Fisher -aid that she aid not
know. but surmised.
Julius Roth. a brother of the plaintiff
told o. a family conference held few DAYS
after Dec 20 Mrs Roth's mother, the
three children. MIR Roth and his two
brothers. one of them the witness. were
present. but not the wife. After a long
discussion of ways and means. IL was de-
cided To appoint julius as committee of
one to visi, Mrs. Roth and tell her TO move.
Il took her into room apart. continued
the witness, and after few words, said TO
her Now. Julia. well call a spade, a
spade. You've been caught with the goods
on YOU. and there's only two things you
IAN do You can her be nice and 90 away
quietly, or YOU can make fuss and stir
IN a scandal for the neighbors to laugh at '
Then she asked me what l wanted her 10
do So ! told her 10 take my advice and
leave the house without making any more
trouble asked her II she'd do il. but she
only shrugged her shoulders and said.
Well That was about all.
"Ru, what happened them" queried
counsel
"Oh she went, all right, answered the
witness.
The Ro,hs were married in 1870. They
have three children, the eldest wears
old and lived happily ENOUGH until August.
I.O' Mrs Roth denies all her husbands
allepations and sets up that he has con-
doned any ind-cretion she NAV have been
guilty Of De Zayes is said TO he wintering
in Mexico.