The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-10
NECKLACE ENDED COURTSHIP.
MRS. DWELLE TELLS or HER
BRElk WIN DAVIS.
Admitted She Lived With Another Man
while Davis Was Counting Her denies
He Loaned Her SIO.OOO-A siift.
? she sayS-FIrSi Husband Div Her.

Admitted She Lived Win Another Wan
while Davis Was Counting Her -DeDics
He Loaned Her SIO.OOO-A Git.
She SayS-FIrSt Husband Divorced Her.
When the examination Of Adolph J. Davis,
a mine owner living M the Hotel Gregorian,
was continued yesterday before Magistrate
MAYO in the Jefferson Market police court,
q new light was thrown upon his sudden
refusal to marry Mrs. Helen Dwelle, who il
staying at the Hotel Gotham and who
had him arrested on Friday upon the charge
of stealing from her a diamond necklace
worth SlO, 900.
The examination Indicated that the de-
fence would try to prove that the 5000
advanced 10y I he defendant 10 the COM
plainant. as related in saturdays SUN, was
in the nature of a loan instead Of a gift and
that this was "A suni Client Justification for
the taking Of the necklace. The greater
part Of the examination, however, was
devoted by G. A. Hess. the PENDANT
lawyer, 10 showing the grounds that existed
for Davis's refusal to marry Mrs. Dwelle.
Mrs. Dwelle said that her home was at
1sO East street, Memphis, Tenn. She owned
quite an establishment She would be %
years old in February, she said; was married
four years ago, and divorced a few weeks
later.
She bought the necklace in dispute in
Memphis. paying $1,000 cash for it and the
remainder in notes. II was Of platinum
and contained diamonds aRgregating forty
one carats. She said she bought it entirely
with her own money. Davis never spoke
Of the necklace until December 8. when he
said he could sell IT for $4,000. Hetook it
and never returned il or the money, Their
courtship ended at once.
Mrs. Dwelle said she didn't want to let
Davis pay for any part of her troussesu.
hut he insisted that she have a handsome
trousseau and gave her 81. 900. She bought
a chinchilla coat for $500, a. street gown
for $1,000, three evening gowns for 81 600
and other articles which she couldn't recall.
Mr.. Davis. she said, insisted upon kissing
her in public. She got two or three letters
from him daily and as many kilograms.
In all she had had probably 200 letters
from him and as many kilograms in the
four months she had known him He had
given her many presents, including an
automobile. but all his gifts were gifts and
not loans.
Mr.. Hess then tool the witness in hand.
In reply TO his questions she said she had
been introduced to Davis at the Grand
Union Hotel in Saratoga last August by a
doctor whose name she couldn't recall.
She didn't even know where she met the
doctor or how long she had known him.
In fact, her memory was very treacherous.
Only when asked "A question that could be
answered by yes or no could she remember
anything
Davis began to pay attention TO her at
once, she said. She admitted that at the
time Davis was counting her at Saratoga
she was living there at the Grand Union
with j. r. Collins as his wife. They had a
bedroom and a bath. She said she didn't
register. Collins having done that, and she
didn't know whether she was introduced
70 Davis as Mrs. Collins or Mrs. Dwelle.
She denied that she had ever stayed at the
Auditorium Hotel in Chicago with Collins
but admitted staying at the Hotel Windsor
in Montreal with him. Collins, she said,
was "a reputable business man OF Memphis
and a gentleman She further admitted
that she was living at the Hoffman House
with Collins in September last, while Davis
was counting her.
A letter from Mrs. Dwclle to Davis, dated
September 3, 1905, and written from the
Hoffman House, was then put in evidence
by the defence. II said in part:
Il was i'll and could not leave my bed.
Your note fell into the hands Of my husband.
IL is needless To say what followed"
Unde Cro-S-PNamination Mrs. Dwelle
admitted that the husband referred TO was
Collins. She denied that she had 40 re-
ferred to- him more than once or twice.
Questioned n to her real husband, she said;
Il am legally divorced from Dwelle. |
u Nv lfhINiFs W. ~ 49, N"N
He was the plaintiff.
A question a. TO the grounds for this di-
vorce was ruled out by the Court.
Another letter was then put in evidence,
in which the writer asked Davis for $500,
saying she would explain later and would
sell some of her jewelry to repay the loan.
Mrs. Dwelle denied that she received the
$500. Davis didn't have it," she said.
A third letter referred to "A change OF
physicians. 1t said that the new physician
advised by Davis had called and had said
he could cure Mrs. Dwelle in a few days.
when he wanted 81 200, | refused to con-
, slider the matter" she said. She denied
that Davis advanced money for her physi-
clan. When pinned down she admitted
that -in view OF the fact of their engage
ment. Davis wanted her to change physi-
clans regardless Of cost and that he would
pay the bills"
Mrs. Dwelle asserted that Davis knew all
about her past life. She told him every
thing the third time she met him, though
she was not even engaged to him. She
said he insisted uDon knowing all.
Mrs. Dwelle got so excited that Mr.. Hess
proposed a recess until she could collect
herself. The hearing was postponed until
Wednesday afternoon.
The lawyer for the complainant insisted
that Davis should be put under bail. Magis-.
trate Mayo agreed TO this and named s. 900.
r. A. jacobson of 30t Nest Seventy first
street, Mr.. Davis's partner, CAVES security.