The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-18
.ADIVORCED WOMAN'SCBARGES
SAYS SHE'S A VICTIM OF CROOKED
DETECTIVE AGENCY,
And That the Correspondent Was Man Em-
ployed by Her Husband to Entrap
IIer-Eyitence or Perjury Produced In
an Effort to Set Aside the Decree.

And That the Correspondent was Man Fm-
ployed by Her Husband to Entrap
Irer-Eyittence or Perjury Produced In
an Effort TO Set Aside the Decree.
A story of the way divorce evidence
i, sometimes manufactured was related
70 Supreme Court Justice Greenbaum yes
,erday on a motion to set aside the decree
obtained some months ago by William
G Weaver, a New York Central railroad
engineer, against his wife, Augusta. II
the latter's allegations and the statements
contained in her supporting affidavits
arc 70 be- believed, she is the victim Of a
conspiracy between her husband, John
NJ Boland, a private detective, and j. c.
Forster, who was named as the corespon-
dent.
Weaver sued for divorce, alleging that
he with Boland and two other private de-
tectives surprised Mrs. Weaver and Forster
together in a Sixth avenue hotel. Mrs
Weaver protested that she was the victim
Of plan to entrap her, and that Forster
had invegled her to meet him on q pre-
tence of transactng some real estate BUSH
ness, but the jury found against her.
AZ the trial, which was held in February,
Roland testified that he did not know Fors-
ter and that he had nothing to do with
placing Mrs. Weaver in a compromising
situation. He absolutely denied that
Forster was employed by him to procure
evidence on which Weaver could get q
divorce. Weaver and Boland both adj
mitted that the former had agreed to pay
the detective $500 for such evidence, and
,I,>
After the trial, Mrs. Weaver and her
counsel. j. W. Bryant. began an investi-
gaiion, which ultimately resulted in the
arrest and indictment of Boland on charge
Of perjury, The perjury consisted in
having sworn at the trial that he did not
know Forster. whereas there was evidence
that Forster was a detective in his employ
Boland was admitted to bail in 81 900 and
his trial was set down for May 80 He
failed to appear then or since, and he has
been declared fugitive from justice and
his bail forfeited.
Mrs. Weaver's lawyer submitted to the
Court Yesterday number of affida Wits in
her favor. One is by her son, Walter b.
Weaver, who says that he often saw Forster
and his father in conversation, though at
the trial Wea yer denied ever ha wing seen
Forster before the night when his wife
and the correspondent were found together.
Mrs. Mary III. Woodrofre swore that
Bola nd boasted to her, when she went to
consult him about getting evidence for "A
divorce, that he had tr pped Mrs. Weaver
through one OF his detectives. He would
have acted as correspondent himself, he
told her, only that Mrs. Weaver knew him
and would have suspected something.
Mrs. Ollie Burdic testified that Weaver
offered her $50 IL she would help him 10
put up a job on Gussie," his wife. She
refused indigns ntly. Other persons mi ke
affidsvits concerning the acqua inta nee
between Forster and Boland
In opposing the motion, G. W. McAdam,
Weaver's lawyer, told Justice Greenbaum
that there We really no new evidence pre-
sented by the other side on which to ba So n
dema nd for a new trial. Most OF those
who had ma dc affidavits on the motion hi d
lso testified at the trial, q nd their present
statements were afterthoughts, he sc id.
Justice Greenbau UNI reserved decision.