The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-30
Mrs. Roth Weeps and Denies
She Ever Wrote Them.
WAS VERY FRIENDLY ONLY
% zayss FrtqusstIy Visited Her, but
Their Relations Never Exceeded ths
Bouads Of PrepdstI

New York. Oct. 3o.-Dressed all in black
and with tear -bedimmed eyes, Mrs Julia
Roth. whose husband. Isaac NJ Roth. is
suing her in the supreme court for an
absolute divorce. went upon the witness
stand yesterday and. while admitting that
she and Marius De zayes. the Mexican
for whom her husband accused her of
over-fondness, had been very great
friends. denied absolutely that their re-
lAtions had ever trespassed the bounds OF
proprfety.
Mrs. Roth. who 10 small OF stature. was
en- the stand practically all day and was
subjected to . fierce cross s-examination
BY her husbands lawyer. Hugo Wintner
When the lawyer handed her the sheet
Of white paper and asked her II she had
written thereon In invisible ink the now
famous love-letter beginning Dear
Heart" Mrs. Roth turned the paper over
and over with an air OF curiosity and
blandly Informed Mr.. wintner that she
had never seen II before; did not know
how 20 write letters In invisible ink. nor
did she know how to iron such letters
out with q hot sad-iron In order that
their contents might be read.
WHEN HUSBAND WAS OUT.
De zayes' visits. she admitted. were
usually made to her at a time when her
husband was out. he being very little at
home as no was chairman OF the Citi-
sens' Union organization in his district.
did your husband and Ds Zayes ever
90 out together" she was asked.
Yes" replied Mrs. Roth quickly. "Once
they went out to have a drink"
Mrs. Roth told OF what happened at
her Brook avenue fiat when she came
UP from Patchogue on July 9. 1901. to
set her maid Sophie and some clothes.
She said she sent for some bottled beer
and canned beef. and then directed the
giri to 20 downstairs and tell De Zayes
that she had arrived and ask him TO
come UP.
"All the furniture In the fiat was wrap
ped UP In Sheets" said Mrs. Roth. Sophie
and Mr.. Knapp were In the dining room
and i received De Zayes In Harold and
Ida's bedroom. There were two beds In
the room and one chair. sat on the
chair and De Zayes on the bed
Mrs. Roth denied that the door OF
the room was locked. but admitted that
before De Zayes left the fat Sophie
had gone to bed and Knapp had gone
home. The next morning she said De
Zayes came upstairs and helped her strap
her trunks.
MR.. ROTH WAS AWAY.
She admitted that she invited him to
visit her at Patchogue and that on both
occasions when he called. including the
visit when he remained all night. Mr..
Roth was away.
Describing the scene Of Dec. 20 Mrs.
Roth said her husband came home short
ly before 10 o'clock at night. DE Zayes
was visiting her. After escorting Mr..
De Zayes to the door," continued Mrs.
Roth through her tears. "Mr. Roth up
bxraided me-"
Eventually their three children, In
cluding the little girl Ida. who on Mon
day testified In behalf Of her mother. were
placed In a convent She said she had
not seen De Zayes since she broke up
her home In January last when the suit
was brought. De Zayss. she said, went to
Mexico at that time and had not returned.
Mr.. Wintner then had Mrs. Roth iden-
tify q letter she had written to Mr.. Roth
on the anniversary Of their wedding day
IN which she denied that she had been
guilty OF any wrong. but admitted that
she might have been indiscreet.
She asked him In this epistle TO look
over things differently and let us begin
all over again Forgive me;
know 1 can make you happy" As this
letter wss read Mrs. Roth sobbed bitter
~.
Her cross examination had not been
concluded when the trial was adjourned
until this morning.