The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-09
HIS CLOTHES IN Her TRUNK.
Testimony or FRENCH MAID IN
DANES DIVORCE CASE.
Mrs. Oakes AngriIy Denies Guilt and
Makes a Scene I'm Court When witness
Implies the Contrary Justice u
Asks Her Some Pointed Questions.

Asks Tier some foh''e" V"os''o"S'
Uotel bills and facial massage bills.
nelodramatic episodes Of letters signed
.at the muzzle Of a pistol a kidnapped
bov-referred to by the witness as a che
eve-vuld"-a French maid who admitted
thu, she carried clandestine letters and
told lies. an alleged gay Lothario, dramatic,
denunciatory outbreaks in tho court-al
this and a deal more figured in the trial.
before Supreme Court Justice Truax
vesterday. of the suit for absolute divorce
brought by Francis j. Cakes against his
wife, Adelinc Estelle sullivan Cakes IL
was the clipper French maid, Celine
Ramezv, who furnished pistols muzzle
melodrama: il vas the fair defendant, the
Ttian-haired Mrs. Cakes herself, who
supplied the denunciatory outbreaks, II was
Paul Sullivan Cakes, the nine-year-old boy
of the plaintiff and defendant, who figured
as the 'che-eye-yuld;" 1t was Mario Del
Sol, otherwise known as SOLAR. who was
the alleged gay Lothario, while half a dozen
or moro hotels in Paris and Ostend fur
nishcd the little bills which told much Of
CUBS that cheer and very little OF cups that
do not intoXicate.
II was the second day OF the trial. On
the first day the maid Celine had told OF
travels abroad in which Mrs. Cakes and
Del Sol participated; ofhow Del Soils clothes
were in Mr.. Oakes's trunks and vice versa:
of midnight visits Of Del Sol to Mrs, Oakes's
apartments in the Hotel Cecil, in London,
the Hotel Chatham in Paris and elsewhere;
of how Del Sol had met Mrs. Cakes at the
Liverpool steamship landing and OF how
the two had then and there affectionately
kissed.
1t is the theory of the case for the plaintiff
that Mrs. Cakes and Del Sol roamed
Europe together on money furnished by
Mr.. Cakes, the husband. The maid Celine
was the bulwark counted upon &c support
most Of this theory in the evidence for the
plaintiff both yesterday and the day before.
The evidence of the plaintiff witnesses yes
terday, however, was not 20 interesting to
the crowd in the court room as was that
brought out in cross-examination when tho
case for the plaintiff ended and Mrs. Cakes
herself took the stand as the second witness
for the defence. Mrs. Oakes's direct ex-
animation lasted barely fifteen minutes.
being brought abruptly to a close by Justice
Truax asking the witness a series of pointed
questions.
Did YOU meet Mr.. Del Sol at the steam
ship landing in Liverpool" asked the Court.
Il did
Did you kiss him there1'
moi"
Did you kiss him a~nywhcre''
"No!!~
Did you commit adultery with him7"
"Ne-e-everll"
This virtually closed the direct cxamins-
ton. The cross-examination had lasted
nearly an hour and a half when court adj
journed for the day and was far from being
ended even then. Mrs. Cakes will be the
first witness this morning.
During all the trial yesterday Mrs. Cakes
sat back Of her counsel. MIR. Hummel.
Bronze is the general color suggestion
which Mrs. Oakes imparts. Her hair is
bronze, her tailor-made dress is bronze,
the facings Of the jacket are ~yellowish
and the tint Of her face as seen through
her veil Is one OF not precisely old-say,
elderly gold. She has n great store OF
finger rings and she even wears a diamond
set circlet on her left thumb. She was
distinctly inclined TO be ejaculatory from
the beginning Of yesterdays proceedings
TO the end. There Is something in the
animated, snappy expression Of her face
that suggests conversations gifts OF rather
a vociferous, voluminous sort and her
bearing in court yesterday bore out the
suggestion.
gestures to her 20 keep silent that were 30
rapid and so full of fiery PURPOSE that they
gave him something the appearance Of
the leader Of an orchestra. He was only
moderately successful in sta wing the tor
rent Of words and now and then as he
fiercely swung his hands for silence he
accompanied the movement with the ~ me
facial expression and lip movement IN
exaggerated form which would have been
expected had he angrily exclaimed.
For the love OF goodness, will you shut
upi'
The most sensational OF Mrs. Oakes's
outbreaks was when the maid Cellne was
testfying. IL was at the time the letter
whitehall -pistol's-muzzle episode took
place. Oeline told about this, 4 letter la
In existence and II relied upon H. a citadel
Of strength by the defence In which Mr..
Oakes. over his own signature and Ia
hs own handwriting says i hereby ac-
knowledge that my wife IL an honest woman
and that she has been true 10 her marriage
vows II was tins lstteT which i.line
testified was written while "A pistol iu the
hand Of MIR Oakss was held al the heas
Of Mr Oakes. There had Len a row IN the
Oakes apartment la IA" Hotel Majestic
that night. the witness testified a row
b+tWeen Nj and MIR Osk,s. Lat" that
came night Ielins testified, Mite Oakss
cams 10 her, t~~lins's. door and knocked,
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