The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-20
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had met Grant In jackaonvills and etfsctsd
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rctsd IN acting Ne a Ru.latwgrn, hut finally
gave IN Slpr did this rath.r than 'hrvNk
friendships with 0fac~ Then Mrs lUvstt
gave hat q litter 10 natl 20 GRANT, Mira
Couttsnay aid shr took the letter and
showed u 10 her mother and then put " In
her dresser drawer, and did nt mail II,
Then ala went To Rlchfrld springs and the
iovet,a WIRE alao there
While At Richhrld Springs Mrs. Courtenay
and Mrs. %Ioveit had a quarrel. II Was
one that loft no room for a reconciliation
since that time the Witness and Mrs, Lovctt
have not spoken. AZ the time Of tho quarrel.
the wit neas said, Mrs. 1ovett called her
"a damned liar. " Abe raid abs had no osent-
ment aga inst Mrs. Lovett. She eubee-
| oue ntly found the letter Mrs. Lovett had
entrusted 20 her, She thought q good deal
about II and then considered u her duty 90
give Il TO Mr.. lovett. She said ehe didn't
give II to MIR. Lovett because abe had quar-
relied with Mrs. Lovett, This was q letter
that Mrs. Lovett had written TO Harry
Alfred Grant o9 mt W : Gnpp'ng ri
forbidden Spec oh"
subsequently, Mrs. Co,irtenay wrote q
letter to Mr.. Lovett, which was read yestsr-
day. 1t was a. follows:
G%roRoE-In this much ado about nothing
l must ask you IN self-defence to hear my side
Of the story. Unfortunately. ] have been
drawn into your family quarrel, which i regret
aIDCerely, tfThre tOlU me tndt yOu Huu
snubbed and M treated her for years when
she lived on Gates avenue and on account OF
your cruelty she had left You; that you we're
sttpey and penurious TO the lowest degree
and only generous when IL would be TO the
!, glory of George +. Isovett and the public
would hear about IL, In fact. YOU were so
small a man that one could not find you with
a microscope. | deny ! said anything against
YOU TO widen the breach between you and
49,. ~ .hn optrarv I told har m On home
and do her duties and that everything would
come out all right that she had more than
the average woman and that l envied her.
She said in reply that you were a brute and
only fought with women. told Grace that
II she had not told me these things ! would
not believe them. as George always appeared
90 kind. / have told absolutely the truth
and have no interest AT all In the matter.
You are at liberty 10 show this to Grace and
let her deny il il she can.
Mrs. INEz CouRrENAY.
Mrs. Moiter Hastings Of Croton, N. Y,
was the next witness. Her present hus-
band is an insurance adjuster, but in 1908
her husband was Ernest l." Barber. From
him she secured a divorce. Barber was
She testified she was at the Adams street
boarding house in Jacksonville in April,
1908, and saw Mrs. Lovett and Harry Alfred
Grant. On one occasion, bet ween 5 and 8
O'Clock IN the morning, sie IA" pTdht ieaNe
Mrs. Lovett's room.
where were you at the timer
"On the inside Of the door OF my room,'
she replied.
What were you doing?"
Il was talking to a Mr.. Hess.
What was he doing there? Was he q
boarder?'
mo, sir the witness replied. my, hus-
band had sent me some money through Mr..
Hess, and Mr.. Hess came to my room in
the boarding house to give me the money
What time was this2"
Between 5 and 9 o'clock in the morning
OF April IL, 1903"
She said Mr.. Hess had also seen Grant
and that Mr.. Hess was in the court room
and was to be a witness.
On another occasion, the witness, said she
went into Mrs. Lovett's room early in the
morning and found Mr.. Grant there.
The witness said the reason she entered
Mrs. Lovett's room was to call her, as they
were all going out for a sail on the 81. John
River that morning. The case is still on.