The sun., 1902-12-18

| fessional trademark, and that the use
| Of 1t meant professional profit for her:
THAT Is the well-known custom OF the
| profession said McDermott. who ever
hears Mary Mannering referred to as Mrs
| James Wilkes McConville. the actress q
| first husband. was the first witness for the
defence. In reply 10 the first question
McConville disturbed his former wife and
her lawyer by saying that he married her
| in 1898. That was the year OF the alleged
| Bennett marriage. He was asked II he
was sure, and he said that he wasn't, but
| finally remembered that II was some time
In 1890 He said that Laura Biggar got
her divorce from him three or four or five
years after the birth Of their boy;
did you know Bennett asked the
lawyer for the defence. 49,. :,
.Yes," replied the Wisconsin leading
man. Il met him two or three years ago
at Avon-hy-the-Sea. I went there to get
my boy Willis
o. Was Mrs. rennett there? A Yes.
She met me at the statlon ana drove RE to the
| station,
Q. What did Mr. Bennett say to you when
had married my wife and could take better
care Of her and my boy than ! could.
Dd 70, ySg Ee, ,a sni OF
she was your You wife' ( I1ur' Bissar.
Under cross-examination McConvlle said
that he had come To court IN response 10
telegram from Laura Biggar.
'Have you talked to her or her lawyer
since you arrived" asked Lawyer Wilson
OF .Ss tSe prosecution
Q. Did you tell Miss Bigcar. at Avon-by-
the-Sea what Bennett, had said about his
Q. Have you seen or communicated with
Q, Then how did she know what you could
testify TO? ] suppose she had heard il
from our mutual friends in the profession
q When were you at Avon-by-the-Sea ?
o-How do you know that' A. can prove
the ca.s msw which sass was sHsn S %e BY
my company on Christmas eve. 1850. so
know II was in July that l went to Avon
by-the-Sea
Joseph Jarrow. a playwright, said that
he occupied a box with Bennett in the
Pittsburg Theatre In 1900 and that Laura
Biggar was on the stage in "The Queen Of
Chinatow
time about Miss Biggar'' asked Lawyer
Noonan.
HE said" replied Jarrow, ,.'Ain't she
beautiful and I want to tell you once
for all that she is my wife.
Edward Reynolds, former employee on
Benefits farm was the next witness. He
was asked II Bennett had ever told him that
Miss Blggar was his wife.
.Yes," replied Reynolds. He told me
they were married when I twitted him
about their going to bed together. He
laughed and said they were married
How did you know they went to bed to-
gether?' asked Mr., Wilson on cross-exami-
nation
-Isaw them as many as fifty times through
the bedroom window.
q. Was IL one Of your regular duties TO
watch at that window? A No. but Joked
the old man about 1t because he twitted me
about n girl knew
Dr. John T. Connolly OF Bayonne said that
he was present at DR. .Hendricks's sanitarium
when Miss Biggar's. or Mrs. Benefits, child
was born.
Miss Bggar, her former husband. their
boy and the wife and son OF DR., Hendricks
who is In Jail, all had supper together in the
public dining room of the hotel tonight.
Miss Biggar and her former husband
attracted the most attention until along
toward the middle OF the meal when Mrs
Hendricks tainted at the table. She was
able to walk to her room leaning on the arm
Of a friend.
Laura Biggar held an informal reception
in her apartments this evening, and among
her guests was her former husband. There
may be a reconciliation.