The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-22
SUED; SUES WIFE.
FOUND WIFE AND HER LAWYER
IN A DISHABILLE CONFERENCE.

The Court Decides That Both Suits Involv-
fng the Complicated Domestic Affairs
OF the Terrells. Should he Tried To.
gether NO Aiinony 10 Asked For.
Supreme Court Justice MacLean directed
yesterday that the suit and oountersuit for
divorce now pending between DR.. Alan @.
Terrell of 100 West Fifty-seventh street and
his wife, Estelle E. r. Terrell, should be
consolidated into one suit and tried together.
Wont ecase oone Sup. as 1t probably will.
rext Ootof e., Il Q teve.opn eats should to
intere sting.
Mrs. Ter, oil began her suit for divorce
fret through her lawyer, George w. Case.
Jr. She was married to DR.. Terrell twelve
years ago at Zion and st. Timothy Church.
There arc two children, both girls. In
her complaint, which was served on DR..
Terrell In March Of this year, Mrs. Terrell
accused him Of misconduct at their Fifty
seventh street home with an unknown
woman.
The couple had separated before the suit
Was begun and as o as he was served
with the papers DR.. Terrell had his wife
and her lawyer, who was an old friend Of
the family, watched by detectives.
EAOm ~ tCpott NAV ~ W Nv tOsSS-
tive DR.. Terrell concluded to take a hand
In the Investigation himself. Accordingly
he went up to the house where his wife was
stopping, at 24O West 102d street, with a
detective and a friend. They enlisted the
services of the ~janitor and took up points Of
observation near Mrs. Terrell's apartment.
Soon afterward, according to the afa-
davits Of DR.. Terrell and the detective,
Lawyer Case went into the apartment,
and then the watchers got 80 placed that
they could hear much Of what was going
on within. They tell OF noises that would
ordinarily indicate a kissing bee. By and
by they sprang the old telegram trick, and
Mrs. Terrell came to the door, In ~dishabile,
to take the message.
The door was on a chain, but DR.. Terrell
da shed his portly form against it and broke
into the apartment. The scene disclosed
was interesting. Lawyer Case stood behind
a door, IN pajamas, and on the dressing
stand near by were several bottles, some
EN- ptied Of champagne and others still
partly filled with liquor.
Mrs. Terrell, according to her husband,
took the thing very ooolly. In fact she
DIR opped into a chair and looked at him
quietly, murmuring:
Don't make a fuss. dearie: please DON'T
The enraged doctor rushed at Case and
dragged him from behind the door.
Il ought to kill you, you--,'he shouted.
go ahead" said the lawyer, o%reetfalen,
go ahead
this j~uncture. and pulled the angry husband
you ought to be ashamed Of yourself,
Mr.. Case" said the detective to the lawyer,
TO be caught here like this. You should
Be protecting your client, not getting her
into more trouble
But the lawyer said not a word In reply,
and the visiting party went away TO- pre-
csro the necessary papers in q suit for
divorce and also In the suit for alienation Of
affections which DR.. Terrell has pending
The bringing Of the two suits for divorce
90 complicated matters that the lawyers
found themselves in an embarrassing posi-
ton. Mrs. Terrell and Case parted legal
company and she engaged MacHenry,
Hubby 4 Cook to look after her interests.
When DR., Terrel's counsel asked for leave
Hubby 4 Cook objected on the ground that
the motion was merely a scheme on DR..
Terrell's part to eliminate them from the
proceedings with a view to forcing Case
still to appear as Mrs. Terrell's lawyer.
Mrs. Terrell is said to be in Canada at pres
emit and her lawyers nave not heard from
MaoLean. II he should grant the oonsolida-
ton order, to make it conditional on the
payment Of at least $500 counsel fee to them
by DR.. Terrell.
AS Mrs. Terrell has not asked for any
alimony or counsel fee, Justice MacLean
ignored this request completely in his order
and made the consolidation unconditional.