The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-11
Sheriff 0'Brien In Turn Namss
Three Men.
ONE OF tn m IS A MUSICIAN
Maid Of Mrs. 0'JrIsa Makes Startling
Statements About Her Mae Friends
al Saratoga.

New York. Nov. 1..--M~. Abby Brien
sas in Justice LeventritCs court Mon
day with heightened color and listened to
former servants testify in the second
trial of Ex- Sheriff James o. Brlans suit
for a divorce az To her reputed relations
with Paul Suith, one of the three core
spondents named by o'Brien. Mrs.
oBrien has a counter-svlt, in which she
hiss named nine correspondents. among
them Mary McCarrick, her former maid.
who testified Monday against her.
OBnen charges his wife with mis-
conduct at Saratoga and here In 1895 and
1890 For several years oBrien ana his
wife have lived in the same house with
out speaking to each other
Former Judge oicott, o Briens lawyer.
In his opening address told the jury that
SHERIFF o'Brien's Ie-yesr-old son Sand
ford was so incepsed by the actions OF his
mother that he threatened TO Kill Paul
suith Il be ever saw him again in the
street in company with his young sister"
STORY OF A SERVANT.
Mary McCarrick testified that she drst
ssw Paul Suith at the OBrien house 10
Ss atoga in the summer of =, -. He
played the harp in the orchestra IN the
Grand Union hotel. and after the morn
ing and evening concerts called at the
o Brien house
When he called in the evening said
the witness, Mr.. Suith usually came
around about l0:20 and Mrs o Brien gen
orally met him downstairs. but ono night
abe was I'll and Suith went Ia her room.
and when I saw them bis arms were
around her neck and her head was on
bis chest. Mr. o'Brien was dressed in
her night clothes.
'On one occasion I found Mr. Sui,h
running around the house. He was sup
posed 70 be crazy and was sent for the
doctor. As far as ] know Mr.. o'Brien
never saw Mr.. Suith"
During the summer OF 1925 the witness
said she heard Mrs. O Brieu and Suith
call each other "sweetheart' and "dsrl-
ing and that Suith addressed Mrs.
O'Brien frequently as Ella" II saw the
neck and they kissed every day that he
came TO the house.
CALLED HUSBAND A MICK"
"on one occasion when Mr. suith came
10 lunch. heard him say 10 Mrs O'Brien
i cannot live without you. and Mrs
q Brien replied No. darling you won't
have to. We will ALWAYS be together
am sorry married that Mick" a"
on her cross-exar1ination by Robert I.
Turk. Mrs ORrien's ilawyer. which had
not been concluded when court adjourned
for the day. Miss Mo-arrick said that
servants talked about her mistress and
suith and gave the latter the missppells-
tions NJ Pup and Dummy" She de
MED that she had personal feeling against
Mrs. q Rrien.
ExSheriT o Rrien testified az To his
marriage IN 1857.
On cr"ssexamination he admitted that
he had obtained divorce from his fret
wife. socn after which she died Il was
In politics then" he said
"FloppIng from one side 10 another"
No, alwars ON the honest side"
bswver TURK tried 20 intimate that he
had committed bcamy but the court
stopped him.
He admitted that he knew Mary Rus
sell. one Of the co-reSp pondents named
by his wife. but denied that he had
offered 10 marry her, Mrs. John w
Cook, he said. was his wifes mother.