The evening world., 1903-10-14

she went to Point Pleasant. She met
Hughes there by accident, There was
day Mrs. Hughes sought a lawyer
named Parke. in the Equitable Build
Ing. and took steps toward securing a
separation.
Hughes Arrested Four Times.
Mrs. Hughes said at this time that
there was no use In talking to the sculp-
tor. The attorney. Parke, advised the
young wife that the first thing to do was
to have her husband arrested as u dis
orderly, person, Parke had Hughes ar
ralsned -FOUR times In the Fifty-fourth
street Police Court and then the matter
was dropped.
Q. How well. Mrs. Hughes, did you
know Lieut.. Reynolds? A: Very we'll.
rel about Mr.. Reynolds? A. Yes.
Ga pretty severe quarrel wasn't It?
A. Yes. On that occasion he called me
Q: Would you be willing to have your
little girl grow up. Mrs. Hughes, and do
the things that you have done. which,
as Sea hf in]ter 1ssa au9 Te9e A sas say,ins' 4
thcmHrlvesY A.. I would be willing thai
my daughter should grow up and do
Q. Do you mean that for the pur-
poses of this trial or do you feel that
In your heart? A. In my heart.
@. Do you remember Arthur Conoyer
buying you a tie or n cravat while YOU
were at Staten Island? A. 1 do not. He
may have bought me a box of candy.
Q. Do you remember the stockings he
bought for You and took to Point Pleas
not recall them, and II he had pre-.
scented anything OF the kind 10 me 7
am sure I would recall It.
"Rupey" Wrote of "~Skinches.u
Mrs. Hughes identified a letter written
which he announced, my dear Grille. /
have Just made 500 in five minutes. /"
With that communication he forwarded
$40. which was on account of a s25
The sculptor referred to himuslf Ia
other letters as "Rupey." talked about
"~skinches' and making people cough
up" checks.
This was on redirect examination and
It was adduced tina when the child
Elspeth was only two or three years old
the sculptor had compelled his wife 20
%ids !! e. little ones bank give up all it
q. Did you ever see MIR. Hughes
kiss Mrs. JnrIvss A. have. {
have seer Mr.. Hughes kiss nearly
every woman who ever came Int
our house.
The difficulty referred to. was occa-
stoned by q letter WHICH Mrs. Hughes
ter a out on the Asiatic station.
The sculptor insisted on seeing the let
er and his wife read It to him.
especially? A. For conclusion i. wrote:
Now, boy. take good care of YOUR
self" There was nothing wrong In
that. Boy is an expression 1 have used
o. How do you fix the date. Aug. %,
in your complaint for a separation as
the time when he called YOU a Bowery
washwoman? A. BY my diary.
She Destroyed Her Diary.
@. You keep a diary? A. l did keep
: O.. Where Is It? A. I destroyed II.
@. Why did you DESTROY III A. Be
cause. Mr.. Mathot. 1t was, mate
my baSy's Iiife-and / did o want 1t
made food for public tongues.
Mrs. Hughes choked as she gave that
tears. She put her handkerchief to her
face and a tremor went over her; Then
remembering, herself she tossed oack
her head and looked at the attorney.
through. said the latter. referring TO
'"Yeu needn't." was her answer
The attorney next wanted to know the
manner OF the Hugheses living while
abroad, and incidentally MIS- Hughes
took occasion to reiterate Ine ,S GnaT t66r
her or the baby. Elspeth. In the matter
OF clothes and shoes.
The wife admitted receiving a photo
graph OF Lieut.. Reynolds w
Shanghai.
A Navy-Ynrd Luncheon.
@. Did you ever take ~lnuucheon with
Mr.. Reynolds at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard? A. I have. Mr.. Hughes's brother
q. isn't 1t a fact that your husband
found fault with you for going to that
Navy-Yard luncheon. n that two days
later you went with Mr.. REYNOLDS TO the
West Point football game? A. don't
recall any uch circumstance. I don't
remember that Mr.. Hughes objected 10
my going to that luncheon.
O. Isn't II a fact that o used to
write a letter to Lieut.. Reynolds every
other day? A. I should rather say not.
Fred Gebhard an "Oyster."
In the letters which the sculptor
wrote to his wife at a time when he
hoped 70 live with her again II appeared
that he had a weakness for dining
He also called Fred Gebhard an
.Dinner at sherry's." he wrote, ION
Miss Munro-yery fine. We sat out on
the terrace. Then an automobile ride
through the Park in two a~utos-three