The evening world., 1903-05-18
Woman Whose Husband Names
4 Her Daughters Fiance as Co.
: respondent Testifies in Court
~ that He Treated Her Cruelty.
GIRL is SENT FROM COURT.
The Mother Declined to Tell Of Her
1, Hushand's Actions While Young
Woman Was Present-saId She
~ Bore Insults for Years.

Infancy Rich. tall. blond. handsome. IKE
her sister, Amelia summerville; her
Idaughtsr. Miss Edna Shaw. tall and
hnriE, whose father was Q British Army
lbnioer: Frank L. stratton. Q Princeton
kuraduate sf 20 ana son Of Thomas c.
hHernaton. Of No. III West Eighty-sixth
kStresf, VINO 81 named az correspondent,
ehouxh he q claimed by Miss Bdna a.
Asr sweethsart. with Job Hedges as iiis
iSbunusg. and Abraham II. Hummel and
lhnrnham n. Kaffenburg es Mrs. Rich's
tsounsei. were ranged to-day along one
fnide Of the bar IN Justice Scott's part OF
|zhs Supreme Court.
Nysziiam I. Rich. OF No. n East Sew
Ieu3raEsk street, 5eweiler. connected
|,s1<h Blaci<. Starr q frost, Fifth avenue
IhnG Wliirty-ninth street, who In an uns
ttruardad moment wrots 10 his wife that
no u,aA uawed st5o.ooo In ten years. be-
iadas giving her $4,000 worth of dia-
tmonds. sak opposite. backed by Rich-
Inrd =. Greene and James w. Osborne.
I hesusss stcp-Daughter's Sianoe.
Il II was the line Of battle for the
brina.oe thsir divorce Su1ts. she asked
Eos o. sepsEakion and the custody Of
btnnssstsp Attle of1ldrSn, On tho ground
hhae he abused her. He retorted by
dsmnrding an absolute divorce. charg-
ksng h6S with flirting with her daugh-
hers swestheart et Lake Placid last
hummer.
n<rs. NANCY Rich, dressed quietly In
- black END white SHIRT waist. q black
f-x,rt = ,,A a hInch hat with veil. took tho
stand n the frst witness.
~. T,s,h +..,ia.d that In cha l.Atar
:, la, a.nt.n,+.r ,vs,sn ,he rs-
suyned home. she ana her husband de-
...a.d ~, ,c,,,ry neparate apartmeo<s,
~, s,, '.,,,.s ~ ia re- a. mi.
IN teinns "naa mo iea nor ..as,s ~ I'm
Srsmst,e sssru wellinx from her eyes.
,',-- o,,,,,,,,,ve,v ana
her hands working convutsiVely anu
her voice all but failing her.
when asked to tell wha. her husband
had said at ehis tifne' hfs' MIL
tered:
IL would rather not eeh you
"Wny notr esAso eo.e
"Because," almost soboed one "onnAi'
s.rnv dRurhter Is in the room"
.sy-,,,- dan.hter may leave the ROOM"
..r.e,ss | % Iustsos scott.
Whsu the daughter had ieft Mrs.
Rich Tapseted what she ciaimen ner
husband had said 20 her. lacinS Lne
Iarys ISr ysisssss' sssa ssar-o''nde' eyes ana ''A
nors Iusults for Years,
.,,.
"And," she so0oed, II was Insults
ssaIs." e sh.s 'eder 'Aa' Aa' 0'r"' ''f
Diinked and all seemed deeply inter
a.ted in ne ex-aSaresss % @ ssSushinS story.
,stanfIy auarrelling With aer and that
he was continually saying ne wanted
separation.
In fact went h,.sI,asa On Mm ssh,a Rich. ne
a pecember 70 70 out thai day and
furnish htm evidence on Wnich no might
ggt Q diyorSs 49,
Q. was this IN the presence or your
ydsuEhterf A. Yes.
., What answer did you make! A. =
told HIN ae would have 70 be born over
again before he could make me do that
ters Srs. Rich told OF othsr aetinl,s sr
her husband.
VI
.o,. ~ =, naoa,,h-y ~. -
.t heard NV dauShter Edna c..lIinn ne
On SSanr aogn tnto ,bs n a.. cst,ng AL e, me;
.ovht ;n - ~. H. tuSn Hnr Gus.TeH'ns WIN her
1v,.s 70 HsI. Don ~ = ",'u E9na- ,
rSng - VI u. ~.
sa,1. ,s my my nussn@' ai'u as pAsSoo
on ne sk1t vi he' L..
uynmeS osDoSne. counsel Lor Mr.
acn. unsn took ths wltness. askan1 na'
oes ene ~ ~nousenoiu accounts anu DrnS. @
snS the aanisslon tnat et'et FSSn va
aaa'.Iea - memoer oL the oiainonu r
nsn OF PIC; S1arr y FNst ne peovla-
q nersot anu uauShtsr Sth H,any gym.
LOTS ano iuAuries' WHICH inciuoeo
ep te ra S,..s .,s.,. ,, NJ.
". xOu homitted. uiunt you. MIS-,
Rionk that hr. Rich gave you jewels
Woryn sss.Wyi a, aomittea that ne gaVe
me Jeweis onat " $40 were worth that
em11nt, put olnnt Haht nym.
MSS Eana y9sspn,ns hics' tne oansn.
tr @ -. nSh. Iony~eo ner nsa ne.
on me ssano. Sne salu she va Usenhy
ser oid snd oia , ne, kmoT o,t, inst ina, mi MI
Hicn was not her Iatner unui Iasi i ian,
der m1tner % was mistress o. 'he mouse
up TO Dec. ID Iast; ,, ,..,- o,,,,,,o,
unti nfsst isss nSssa Deesmber @ OF sSe
said ~v u p.
coeu he' D'
HE called mt a beast" said the wit
reaS. "I love my mother, and she told
me TO keep qu!et Anterward my father
Ricisard Barnum Lo4t. of New Ro,
cheiie, was the next witness. He sait
that he called at the Rich house upon