The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-21
MRS. MORGAN'S GOVERNESSES.
SHE EMPLOYED EIGHT IN ONE
WINTER. SHE TESTIFIES.
Mr. Morgan Insisted on DiScharging Pa
yorite GOverness Because She Had
but One LunE-He Emphatically Makes
Denial or Speculation With Trust Funds.

Morgan separation suit before Justice
Keoph at White Plains. came into court
Yesterday. II was toward ths close Of the
session, but IN the time allotted Mr.. Nor
can. his mother and his brother-in-law,
Rudolph ". Kissell, gave testimony tending
70 resuto tho charge OF gambling with trust
funds made by John f. Parsons the pre-
cedng day. As on Wednesday, when he
gave way TO emotion In recounting his
daughters aversion 70 accompanying him,
Mr.. Morgan supplied the most dramatic
incident Of the day. This was in the last
FIVE minutes. when no Indignantly denied
Mr. Parsonss charge
Mrs Morgan, calm and composed and
qivinr hCr testimony in a clear voice, con-
tnued hor story where It had been left
on the preceding day. She said her hus-
hand had insisted on discharging favorite
poverness Of hers on the preteXt that the
roverncss had but one lung; that he was
dictatoria, in his conduct toward her and
the children that he failed 10 pay his agreed
share Of the household expenses; that he
discharged governesses, making II incum-
bent upon her to care for the children,
and that he confessed to her the loss by
speculation of $500, 600 Of his own money
and $500 600 Of the money Of his family.
All these things, she continued, combined
70 throw her into a severe illness in the
autumn Of 1902 and she went to his mothers
house in Washington to recuperate. Again,
the following spring, repetition Of the
same cruelties drove her TO Europe with
the children for a summer vacation. Then
che spoke about the -reprehensible con-
duct with unsuitable women Mr.. Taft
inquired:
has Mr.. Morgan ever spoken to you Of
his relations with other women
In the early summer OF 1899, she re-
piled, he told me he had once lived with
another woman. / asked him II he had
fallen in love and he said no. 1t was Just
for lust then, / said, and he shrugged his
shoulders. 80
nv daughter into the Hotel Manhattan for
lunch, and there was Mr.. Morgan lunch
ing with a lady did not know. He came
over and spoke TO u.s. said he was glad TO
see Va, but did not offer to introduce US TO
the strange lady. My cousin, Mrs. CoWlea,
and members Of her family were there q
the time.
evening at home. / asked him what he
thought l must think OF ms very strange
and indiscreet conduct and its effect upon
Edith. Again he shrugged his shoulders.
He had met the lady, he sad, at dinner
with some people on the West Side
said to him: Percy, have you ever lived
with any other woman since you told me
beforeY No. he replied.
Two weeks later / asked him II he had
not lied to me about living with another
woman, and he admitted that he d. /
then asked him what he was gong 20 DO
about il. il he wanted to teach his children
in this way and expected them to do as
he did He replied that the 1899 woman
had married and gone West.
What was his physical attitude toward
-. ~. n n Nk.aW aalTNfN
He acted very much pleased with him.
cell that some woman thought more OF
him than did. He said il boastingly.'
Ms Morgan denied her husbands asser-
ton TO the effect that he had gone 10 me
room Of Augustine Coste, the French maid.
al her request.
In the oss examination Mrs. Morgan re-
piled in affirmative to the question whether
or not the care Of three children, aged Q,
7 and 10, without governess, constltuted
in her opinion cruel treatment and broke
her health Although she had had eight
Rovernesses, one after the other, IN one
winter, she did not consider herself exact
ing about the servants. Mr.. Nellman then
read from letters she wrote 70 her husband
during her convalescence in Washington:
Il am enjoying myself here, but your
mothers servants are the worst I've ever
SEEN" your mother entertained the
French Ambassador at a fine dinner, but
her butler is simply an idiot and her maid
is simple idiot i dined with Mrs. Beal
last night, and the fool OF butler locked
me out at 1890. It did not improve my
health staying out in the cold. He's the
worst | ever saw" If your mother could
have a capable housekeePer her health
would be better
To an innocent sounding question Of
MIR Welman's as 70 whether she did not
get new servants for her mother-tn-laW
Mrs. Morgan gave an emphatic NO:
She was then confronted with letters in
which she said she had secured other ser
wants and seen them installed, and was
asked II there was not, by some forget
fulness, a contradiction In her testimony.
She could see none
Similarly, extracts being read about her
playing squash and bridge In the after
noon, going to dinners, theaters or other
entertainments every night and having a
perfect "halelujah Of time, she was
asked IL these writings oomported with her
testimony Of being driven TO illness by the
cruelties Of her husband. She replied
that it was a nervous affection from which
she suffered.
There was much tittering while this
testimony was In progress, MrB- Morgans
adherents participating in the merriment
and she herself giving way 10 an occa-
siOnal smile.
Mr. wellman made no remarks in open
ing for the defensive, but called at once
RUDOLPH H. Kissell, the defendants brother
tn-lAw and one Of his successon as trustee
Of his fathers estate. Mr.. Wellman asked
him II I've had found that Mr., Morgan had
Epocuhted with the trust funds. Before
reply could be given Mr.. Taft obje cted.
The boo ks and accounts were the best evil
dence, he said, and he objected TO parole
testimony without them. Mr.. Wellman
said he proposed to show that Mr.. Morgan
had not speculatcd at all with the trust
funds but solely with the private pro Pc rty
Of his mother, with her express consent
and that both estates had greatly enhanced
in value under Mr.. Morgan's ma IA gemCnt.
II tBnspired then that Mr.. Morgan's ac-
counts had teen passed upon and approved
by the courts. and rather than consume time
with long accounts, Justice heough sug-
gested that Mr. Kis zell and Mr.. TAFT go over
them before Monday and see II they could
not reach a basis Of agreement
Nr kiSsel then testified that on his as
sumption Of the duties Of trustee Mr.. Nor
gan RAD turned over TO him $500 Oc0 In cash,
tesides securities. MIR. Nellman asked him
II his amount was not nearly 500 600 larger
tran tho amount Of the estate when Il went
into Mr. Morgans hands. Tho question
vas not allo wed.
Mrs Morgan. the aged mother Of the
defendant, estifed that she had given
him written authority 70 use her estate
a. he saw fit. Mr.. Morgan's testimony