The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-18
|ensatIonaI Testimony In d.
vorce Case Of Bandmaster
ROUSED HUSBANDS JEALOUSY.
,-rsspoadsnt CrowhuTst Says That Was
The Purpose Of His FenId Letters
10 Mrs. Ianss.

New York, June is,-Ernest II. Crow
irst. the young man who. Bandmaster
.ederick Neill Innes declares, broke up
e domestic peace OF his life. and on
hose account Mr.. Innes is suing his
city wife. Georgia Frances Innes. for
absolute divorce. went upon the wit
ss stand in Justice Bischoff's part OF
e supreme court and denied emphati-
lily that he had ever been guilty OF the
Is charged by Innes i'm his complaint.
crowhurst. a sturdily built young man.
ID the jury that the fervid love letters
at passed between Mrs. Innes and him
II were absolutely innocuous and were
irt OF a plan which he entered into with
rs. Innes with some reluctance to seek
win back her husbands love by arous-
q his jealousy.
When court adjourned on the day pre-
Gus Mrs. Innes was being subjected TO
severe cross-examination by Lawyer A.
Hummel. At that time she collapsed
ID the trial was postponed until yes
rday. when she again took the witness
and.
FEARED HE WOULD SHOOT HER.
Mrs. Innes was asked about the alleged
reat made by her husband to shoot her
less she signed a confession. She stuck
this statement empha tically and Mr..
ummel could not shake her testimony
that point.
Jones Cochran, a lawyer. followed Mrs.
mes on the stand. He said that In
sbruary. 1901, at Mrs. Innes request he
ent 10 her husbands office Mrs Innes
az sitting at a desk sobbing. while
nes, apparently much excited. was
alking UP and down demanding a con-
ssion. Mrs. lnnes between her sobs
as reiterating, II have nothing 10 con-
as"
Il told Innes." said Cochran. that he
as not acting fairly. but he declared;
am going TO get rid OF that woman.
III get a divorce.
Was any pistol In sight or men
)ned?" Mr.. Cochran was asked
No. heard no mention OF a pistol, but
r. Innes was excited and shook his fist"
Mr. Cochran gave way as a witness To
-nest II. Crowhurst the correspondent,
no admitted that he was In Mrs. Innes'
ON In the Hotel Walton. in Philadel-
hia. on Nov. 8. 1901. He said he called
her request. she desiring TO consult
th him concerning her matrimonial
oubles. He said he remained I'm the
ON about Is minutes.
Were there any terms OF endearment
changed7" asked Charles l.. Hoffman,
RS. Innes' attorney.
NO"
mo words OF love spoken?"
Absolutely none"
- AROUSE HUSBANDS JEALOUSY.
|Crowhurst then told of meeting Mrs
mes in the Hotel Navarro in this city.
hen she told him that something would
I'VE TO be done TO induce her husband
treat her with greater consideration.
he unfolded her plan OF having him
ouse her husbands jealousy. He final
consented. and the letters that have
ZEN introduced upon the trial were
entitled by him yesterday.
Are you n married man7' inquired Mr..
ummel when the witness was turned
yer 10 him for cross-examlnation.
Yes, SIR" replied Crowhurst.
During the progress OF these negotia-
ons about the loving letters did you
ibmit them to your wife?''
mo. sir"
You have not been In the habit of
riting letters so loving as that TO mar
ed women7"
mo, sir
The witness admitted that the first
tier he wrote was not gushing enough
|ld then he wrote the second letter.
Mr.. Crowhurst said he could give no
|xplanation as to the meaning OF the
'osses at the end of the letters. He de-
led having ever received the now famous
tier beginning Beloved Ernest" and
IN &A
|e had ever seen II.
The trial was adjourned until today
hen. It is expected. the case will be
|lven 10 the jury.