The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-09
Mrs. Cakes, Defendant In
Divorce Case Cries Out In Court
MUSICIAN Is CORRESPONDENT.
Mr.. Dakes Says His Wife Tf.nIed Abroad
With Del SOL French Maid Testified
Against Former Mistress.

New York. Jan. 9.--"That Is false, II
is a lie, and an Infamous lie At that. q"
cried Pretty Mrs. Adeline Estelle Sui
Ivan Oakes in Trial Term Part II, Of
the supreme court Yesterday before Jus
tice TruaN as Colonel Alexander g.
Bacon, in his opening speech 70 the jury
i'm the suit for divorce brought against
Mrs. Oakos by her millionaire husband
alluded TO the fact that when she met
Mario Del Sol, the correspondent. in Iav-
errooi on one OF her European trips he
kissed her on the pier
Mrs. Oakes continued to CRY ITS a lie
a lie. and seemed upon the verge Of GO
ing into Mysteries when her counsel sue
ceeded in calming her. She IS an exceed
ingly attractive young woman, much
younger than her husband
She sat with her lawyers A. II. Hum
mel and Benjamin Stcinhardt while her
husband. Francis J. Oakes sat on the
other side or the table. There was. how
ever. no sign OF recognition between the
couple
HIS SECOND DIVORCE CASE
This is not tho first suit for divorce
In which Mr. Oakes has figured His
former wife. Luella G. Oakes. cousin OF
the present Mrs. Oakes. was divorced by
preme court on Dec "a. 1894
Twelve days later he married the wom-
an whom he is now seeking 10 divorce
The first Mrs. Oakes was confined i'm an
insane asylum at Tho time Oakes divorced
her, and after his marriage 10 her cousin
she brought 2 suit against her former
husband and the physicians who she de-
clares were responsible for her incarcer-
alton I'm lunatic asylum for $3.50. O00 dam
ages on the ground OF conspiracy She
then sued tho present Mrs. Oakes for
100000 damages for the alienation OF her
husbands affections. These suits are now
pending in the appellate courts
Mr.. Oakes accused his wife OF lavish
ing her affections upon Mario Del Sol.
a music teacher OF this city. and says
that these acts OF indscreton occurred
both in Europe and In this country.
Oakes who IS the president Of the Oakes
Manufacturing company claims to have
given his wife house I'm Astoria valued
AZ $4,000 summer home valued AZ se5-
coo, several thousand dollars worth OF Jew
elry and an allowance OF 5000 = month for
the support OF her mother I'm Maine
Colonel Alexander :. Bacon told OF Mrs
Oakes leaving for Europe accompanied
by her son Paul and her maid Celine
Remezy.
The only witness called yesterday was
Celine Remezy. Mrs Oakes maid. who
girl was handed number Of letters writ
ten I'm French by Del Sol to Mrs. Oakes.
as alleged. Celne translated them for
the edifcation OF the jury. One OF them
read:
"If you abandon me will be the most
unhappy man in the world"
ms CLOTHES IN HER TRUNK.
OF a subsequent trip to Paris Ceine
said that when they got 10 Ostend. en-
route. she discovered lot OF Del SOILS
clothes in Mrs Oakes' trunk While at
the Hotel Cecil. the girl said. she had on
occasions seen Del Sol in Mrs Cakes
apartments as late as ! o'clock IN the
morning after they had returned from
the theatre.
or the first visit 20 Ostend the witness
laid stress on the fact that the first night
Mrs Oakes went out with a gentle
man" and lost valuable diamond snake
pin. The next night she went out with
Del Sol and lost a diamond sunburst
AT the Hotel Cecil said Ceine.
Mrs Oakes told me not TO let her little
boy Paul see Mr.. Del Sol hut on one
occasion the child looked through the
keyhole and saw him.
Mrs Oakes tried TO get Paul 10 prom
ise not TO say anything 10 his father
about Del Sol, and when he refused she
beat him with a strap
Mr. Hummel questioned the girl ex-
haustiVely as To her knowledge OF An
impropriety between Mrs Oakas and Del
Sol and she was forced 10 admit that she
had never seen anything out OF the way
I'm her conduct