The evening world., 1903-05-20
1t Fully Exonerates the Wealthy
JewetIer'sWife, and He viii
Be Unable to Obtain a Dr.
v0rCe.
DENIED STORY OF KISSES.
Mrs. Rich and stratton, the Young
Correspondent, Both Declared
There Was Nothing Wrong In
Their Actions.

her husband. William l.. Rich. a
wealthy jeweller.
The suit she had brought for a limited
divorce was thrown out YESTERDAY, but
the verdict Of Tx jury will prevent Mr..
Rich from securing a divorce.
She had gone on the stand and denied
all the charges made by the husband,
and young stratton. the correspondent.
made similar denials.
The evidence was completed with de-
the young correspondent, and then the
lawyers summed =.
In his charge to the jury, which lasted
twenty minutes, Justice Scott said there
was but a single ground in this State
upon which a decree OF absolute divorce
could be granted, and that 1t was not
only necessary to prove hat a woman
had ceased TO love her husband and had
turned her affections elsewhere, but to
prove the statutory offense.
He said that as the offen~e was likely
to be committed in secret it could be
by circumstances
Mr.. Osborne excepted to that part OF
the charge which said: ut is a long
step between %imprudence and inhdelity."
Roosevslt's 0uide's story.
Henry Hammer. the Adirondack guide
no won fame as R%oosevelt's guide. was
the frst witness OF the day.
~ came across Mrs. Rich and Frank
Stratton. the youthful correspondent.
on the grass at the head of Lake
said the witness.
HE had his arm around her. Then I
them go up the trail six or eight
into the woods. They were gone
about three-quarters OF an hour.
II had tho nurse n the children
me at lunch. but the young gentle
man and Mrs. Rich were not there.
The children and nurse stayed with
and Mrs. Rich and this gentleman
n way and another gentleman
and the young lady wandered away to-
Matte Jackson. who was employed at
The Rich cottage at Lake Placid, tes-
tihed to seeing stratton and Mrs. Rich
a good deal. She said she
was away with the children nearly all
lay. leaving Mrs. Rich nj Stratton
This closed the case for Mr.. Rich.
Lawyer Hummei In opening the de-
declared there was nothing but q
To- base the statutory charge
against Mrs. Rlch. with this
brief statement he called Mrs. Rich to
The witness chair.
Mrs. Rich Denies Everything.
Mrs. Rlch testified that Stratton went
o Lake Placid with MIR. Rich n thnt
Rich therefore knew Of Stratton's visit.
She went out rowing with Stratton only
,nce and denied that she had ever en-
with him or any other man
her marriage TO Fach.
Q. How old Is Mr.. stratton? A.
now At least I don't think It is neces-
for me TO say.
o, Well maybe II would be a better
way of putting 1t to ask x you have a
laughter twenty years old? A. Yes. i
ave a daughter OF twenty.
q. Did you ever wash Mr.. STATIONS
In the bathroom? A. No. sir.
@. Did you ever sit on a sofa with
nm? A. No, sir.
Her Meeting with strntton.
Taking the witness for oross-exam-
nation. Attorney Osborne drew from
Ter the admission that after her nus |
and had forbidden stratton to come
be bootmeEeris. on Fifth avenue. and
Mrs; Riph yehsmsntIy. denied that
9ea1eps MENTIONS In a in efter fr nea
er's jealousy OF stratton's attentions
drs. Rich stated h was born in Eng
and, that her name was Ann Shaw, |
md that she was ,afterward known on
stage as Annie SummerviUe. 75be |
she went on the aIaRa pphSn aka |
vas thirteen years old. She admittad
laving passed through a prior divorce
ixperienGe ; In which she was given a
had been made against her in |
hat connection.
4 question as to whether she had ever
lved IN san Francisco seemed to roll |
Mrs. Rich. who denied It with consid.
,rable show of feeling.
Frank L. Strafton. the co-respondent |
'oiloged Mrs: Rich on the stand: He
hat when he left college he entered The
oankins-house Of Brown Bros.
strattpn admitted having written Mrs;
ieard rumors connecting his name with
lers. thus fatty co%ntrad!cting tsstimonv
'iyen by Mrs. Rich.
Rich home on this account? A. No: I
lon't see how / could have stopped
Q. Did you hear those Jealous trade"
v Ed TS. ssSinSt her ~ m0ther' A; Yes:
! was because Edna was Jealous OF her
q. Didn't you have a special nam.
on called Mrs. Rich? Yes. ~
Q. What vas It? A, The Countess.
@. And what did she cali you? A.
Mo Baron.
This closed the testimony. and the
argument was begun fy MIR.
attorney for the correspondent.
Chapman Makes n scene.
Edwin Chapman. first husband OF Mrs |
Rich, who had come TO the trial to see
iis daughter, Edna, caused a dramatic
during the noon recess. He stood
n the real of the courtroom as the
)eople passed ON.
Mrs. Rich and her daughter were
lmong the last to take their departure. |
saw Chapman until they had
llmost reached his side. He did moi
liter a sound, but there was mute ap.
peal In his eyes.
When Mrs. Rich saw her former hus-
she haughtily threw back her head
and froze him with her cold stare. She
something to her dauxhJer, |
The same time SELLING ner tightly BY
Tho wrist; 1t was not until then that
The daughter cav her father. With
eyes and mouth agape she
yazed as though upo a ghost, her face
and her breath seemingly gone.
The father begged with his eyes, but |