New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-21
MRS. O'BRIEN GUILTY.
On Fire of Sir Counts-Trouble
OUer Children.

The fury in the suit brought by ex-Sherin James
oBrien for an absolute divorce against his wife.
Abbe Ella o. Brien. which has continued for sew
eral weeks. yesterday returned verdict finding
Mrs O'Brien guilty five of the counts. On the
sixth count which alleged adultery with Jack
Roche they returned No their answer. The
former Sheriff was found innocent of all the
charges In his wife's countersuit.
Counsel began summing up in Part III Of the Su-
preme Court yesterday forenoon Counsel for the
correspondents each had fifteen minutes and coun-
sci for the plaintiff and defendant half an hour.
mo man." said one Of the counsel for the CO.
respondent whatever he has said about James
o'Bnen politically. has ever charged him with
being Hsr. and he has not lied on the witness
stand"
Mr. Turk in his summing up for Mrs. o'Brien.
declared that the wife knew Of the actions of her
husband long before she brought suit. but she hid
the family skeleton account of her children.
After the Justice finished his charge to the jury
the jury were taken out for luncheon They re-
turned about 3 o'clock, and after a half hour con-
ference returned to the courtroom and asked that
part of the testimony be read to them The min
utes of the trial given to them and they again
retired to return in a short time with the verdict
ars. O'Brien and her youngest two children,
two girls were being sought last night by Mr..
O'Brien The woman's actions earlier in the
evening gave rise to a report that admittance
for her and her children had been refused at
her home. Mr. O'Brien made an emphatic de-
NAL
Earlier in the evening Mrs. O'Brien called at
the West One-hundredth-st. police station and
said that admittance to her home had been de-
MED and that she wanted a policeman TO go to
the house, II West Eighty-sixth-st., to secure
her admittance and also afford her protection.
Patrolman Henry Hart was detailed to go to
the O'Brien house and later he made the fol-
lowing report: Found trouble 1 was told
that Mrs OBren would be admitted If she
came to the house"
When Mr.. OBren heard of his wife's reported
action he became very indignant, and said:
1t is not true. 1 want my children-they all
j live for. / deny positively that admittance was
refused Mrs. OBrien at my house have had no
thought yet of forbdding her the house. After
getting there about 7sO o'clock She has not been
at my house since then. and do not know where
boy Sanford and my servants and they tell me
that Mrs. O'Bren was not at the house before
reached there. The whole story was deliberately
means that some game is being played. | first
heard of it when ex-Judge Olcott called up on
telephone message from Mr.. Turk, Mrs OBrien :
lawyer. The message was that Mrs. O'Brien had
refused her. Judge Olcott communicated with me,
and that hour after had reached home
the morning. Where they are ] do know. She
has been living in the house but in separate apart
ments. Some one said she might be at the Hotel
not there. Ny children are all have to live for.
1 want them to be educated and brought up prop
them to college but Mrs. OBrien opposed my
wishes. 1 want to for them. 1 put 10000 in
shall fight for them The verdict of to-day puts
them in my charge.
AT a late hour Mrs. O'Brien had not been
found.