The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-13
THE NORTON DIVORCE CASE
DEPENDANT STANDS UP WELL UNDER CROSS EXAMINATION.

Rapid Fire of Questions put to Her She Readily Answers-Makes Gener- al DeniaI-Gives Her Definition of Ginger Ale High Ball, but Does Not Know the Composition of Il Scotch High-BaII-TriaI Will Be Resumed This Morning.
 The proceedings in the Norton divorce case yesterday were composed of the direct examination of the defendant, whose story was a series of refutations and denials, The thread of the story was taken up from where it was brok- en off on Thursday, and at times prov ed both interesting and amusing to the spectators in the court room.
 A note was first introduced by the defense. It was written to the defend- ant by man whose name was written and introduced, and it follows: Dear Jess:-
 This is all the money I have, and hope it will get you there all right.
 SAM"
 This letter was sent February to the Oneco. She explained that she and her husband at their last meeting lack ed money for dinner and that she wrote the note to the man at her husbands solicitation. She explained that her husband had told her to feel at liberty to call upon the gentleman in question for funds, and that she did so subse- quently to enable her to 20 to New York to look for her husband after he had been Hurried away from her
 On May 25 she testified she was not intoxicated, as testified. Reverting in the testimony, preceding event was taken up. Attorney Goodhart ques- tioned her, in part as follows:
 Did you go out to Centerville May 1S?"
 'Yes, sir"
 "Tell his honor the circumstances"
 T received note from this gentle man." pointing to one of the written names, telling me that he had news of my husband and asking me to meet him."
 MT. Hull asked for the introduction of the note, but it was claimed this had been lost,
 Going on, Mrs. Norton said that the gentleman in question was to bring a man to dinner with him who had seen Mrs. Norton. So they asked her to bring Miss Degnon to fill out the party. SSle arranged to meet the men in the city at Church and Elm streets. The gentleman she expected to meet was not there, but two other men were. A lunch was proposed, notwithstanding the mans absence, who, it was explain ed, had been called from town They went to Cheshire and had dinner. Mrs. Norton drank claret, lemonade,
 "On the way back we stopped at the Roberts house, because I wanted to see if Webb and his associates had been there. Miss Degnon had told me when we started that he was about"
 Mrs. Norton, were you intoxicated that day?"
 No, sir"
 s Passing to May 2S, MT. Goodhart asked her to detail the events of that night. This is the evening of which Hackman Benjamin Stevens testified, and on which the hack-ride incident which figures in the complaint is al- legged to have occurred. She explained going to the Tontine with the unknown man as follows: She was downtown to get a prescription put up at Eaters drug store and from there was going to Miss Degnon's house. She met friend who was also going there to take Miss Degnon to dinner, It was raining hard and he was going for a cab.
 He asked her to go with him, and after he and Miss Degnon had been left at Lucey's she was given the cab to go home in. Going back to the drug store she met an acquaintance who wished her to go to the Tontine with him. She was prevailed upon to go there, and he got into the cab. They were aware that Webb's operator, Bergin, was fol- lowing them, and after being at the Tontine a little while, during which time she had word brought to her that several detectives were about with a hack she told her escort to leave by