The Washington times., 1906-05-12
Mrs. Lawson Delivers
Sharp RetOrts In
Court.

NEW YORK. May 12.-SparlIs OF tenn
per and flashes OF repartee and some
showers OF tears were ali that Lawyer
Fields could draw out OF the fair de-
fendant IN the Lawson divorce suit yes
terday. Mrs. Lena Lawson. whose hus-
band, William J.. Law 5I ne million.
alre jute H.anIf1 cturer. asks for a de-
cree. was under cross-examlnat tion for
just an hour and three-Quarters. Baf-
fed at one point In his efforts 20 make
her say what he wanted. Mr.. Field e1
claimed. sarcasttcally:
Mrs Lawson. didn't you once say you
wished you had studied law; that you
thought you'd be a good lawve-?''
Il think IL I had. Mr.. Field. that 7
could try a case better than you're do
Ing this" was The answer. quick as a
rapier stroke
1t ranked. for half an hour later. when
Mrs. Lawson was. according to her hab-
Il, going on and on with flow OF ex-
PLANTATION. While her lawyer, Mr. Moon
ey, was vOciferOusly beseec hing her to
stop, Mr- Field seized the occasion 10
You think you can try your own case
better than Mr. Mooney, don't your"
With suspicion Of a grin Mrs Law
SGn Srt, q JErle9 l from her direct examination.
"nIch mad occupied all the forenoon. 10
await the onset of her husbands LAWYER
She had been Denying and denying ali
day.
Answers "Emphatically, No"
Were you fond OF Allan CarmichaeI?.,
he asked. Carmichael was the preco-
cious boy correspondent under SUSPENDED
sentence for thier:ng, who was so ready
TO plead guilt. with full details. as the
plaintiffs witness.
IF you mean that I was in love with
him, I answer, emphatically. no." said
Mrs. Lawson. Il think II is an insult TO
be asked that question"
Did you scratch Mr.. Carmichaers
faceg"
NO. gentlemen Go the jury, I did
not
Didn't you know his face was
scratched?' The boy had testified to
her breaking a beer bottle over his
head and scratching his face with her
mo. II I had. I'd have supposed
that some Of the niger friends ne
PLAYED craps with had done il .
You paid him his 50 a week as nurse
how?'
IT gave him what he wanted throueb
the week. and what was left at the
weeks end"
Did you keep an account?"
III never had so much money that
needed 10 buy book to keep ac-
counts in. No. I kept track OF il in.
what hope I still have left NV bret,, ;:
Mrs. Lawson broke down ana sobbad
at rebuke when she WAS DENYING as a
'diabOliCal falsehOOd" ." that her fafber
had taken the children out OF her con
troll About here she developed a habit
Of screwing the glass stopper about on
her salts bottle so that 1t screeched
nerVe-Tendingly.
Mr.. Field asked II she had been pho
tographed with Sykes. the red-headed
correspondent
My goodness she began.
The judge let her 20 no further.
That's good enough answer. he
said. smiling. and her elfn grin reap
''Did Mr.. Sykes sketch you in a XII
monO?"
That stirred her up again. She wished
II understood that her physician ordered
her to wear loose gowns. and that when
she appeared In the house in a kimonO
she had on every article of underyyef,-
that one wears when dressed for the
street"
Says Husband Struck Her.
In her direct examination Mr.. Mooney
referred to some of the testimony for
the plaintiffs case that she had had a
cut lip.
Did anybody strike your" he asked.
Yes" she said in low voice, tense
with hatred.
"Who?"
''The man whom / married"
'sHe struck me in the street on Christ
mas eve, the day he buried his father"
She was not asked what led to this.
While she was telling all this Mr. Law
son. who had just inherited a million
day of the alleged blow, yawned.
scratched his elbow, and then stared az
the witness.
The trial will be continued Monday.