Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-04-24
DICKINSON AND
HIS RELATIONS
Testimony Takenin the Libel sur
Against Mayor Mark FasaiI
Makes Startling Disclosures.
WITH ANOTHER MANS WIFE.

Brancn ana observation-disclosures
of Woman Testifies That 1t was All
Done With His Consent---Diclxin-
son Has Standing Invitation.
TRENTON. Apr 24-Testimony
was heard yesterday regarding the re-
lations of Secretary of State Samuel
Dickinson and the wife of Joel Cory,
salesman for the Trenton Tile Com
pany, of this city, who lives at 1893
Seventh avenue, New York city.
This testimony has to do with the
100000 slander suit brought by
Col. Dickinson against Mayor Mark
M. Pagan, of Jersey City, because Of
the allegations made by the mayor
in his many efforts to persuade Gov
ernor Stokes not to re-appoint Col.
Dickinson secretary of state last win
ter. Mr.. Dickinson was re-appointed.
Mr.. Cory, who is seventy-seven years
old, his wife being fifty-eight, testi-
fled that Col Dickinson had a stand
ing invitation to come to his house
to stay over night whenever he want
ca " tih0 W tO out dlifiA6, " tAC<&-
tres and anywhere else he pleased
with Mrs. Cory. Cory said his wife
and Col. Dickinson had taken several
trips together, going to Europe sew
eral times.
Mr. Cory was not anxious to an
swer questions. In reply to one he
said that he knew as little about
Long Branch as about Heaven, and
that is mighty little"
The hearing scheduled to take
place yesterday in the suit for $780,
600 damages was postponed. The
other testimony was taken before
Frederick w. Gnichtel as a special
master in chancery. Col. Dickinson
produced Cory in his own behalf. He
explained that he was going away on
a business trip that might keep him
away until fall Therefore he might
not be back in time for the Dickin-
son-Fagan trial.
Col. Dickinson Present.
Col Dickinson was present during
the entire examination of Cory. Ed
ward Robert Walker was his counsel.
]. Merritt Lane, of Ziegner & Lane.
Jersey City, represented Mayor Fa-
gan. Asked If he would do whatever
counsel for Col. Dickinson might tell
him to do, Mr.. Cory answered:
II don't know as I would. He
might tell me to jump into the river
Replying to questions, Mr.. Cory
said that he had met Col. Dickinson
in 1888 in hotel at Trenton. He had
looked the colonel over, he said and
n thought hi ma good kind Of fell
~
And he looked at you and thought
you the same kind of fellow?" Cory
was asked. He answered:
II don't know what he thought OF
me. He may have thought | was
rascal; can't say what people think
of me-"
Col. Dickinson was also acquainted
with Mrs. Cory, the husband contin-
ued, and the acquaintanceship had
long continued and still existed. He
visited the family at home, wherever
that had happened to be in New York
Mr.. Cory's granddaughter lived with
him.
The husband was often away on
business trips. Col. Dickinson'S
room" in the Cory home was de-
scribed by the witness. The furnish
ings, however, he declared, had been
bought by Mrs. Cory with her own
money, not Dickinson's. Mr.. Cory
said his salary was $4,000 year.
Asked about his wife moving into
an apartment hotel, Mr.. Cory answer
ed that his wife had made the move
while he was away.
\ - I<I I-1r
made into the Abelard apartment
hotel at 1887 Seventh avenue, Mr..
Cory said that his wife had decided to
make the move. He didn't recollect
whether he was at home at the time
or not.
, The Trip to Europe.
, Regarding one of the trips to Eur
ope, Mr.. Cory testified:
Q-Where were you when your
, wife started for Europe? Al can't
recollect, / tell you.
Q.-Were you at home at that
time? A.-Not at that time; knew
she was going because 1t was all talk
ed over, and | left day or two be-
fore she did, my recollection is.
Q.-Do you recollect that Col.
Dickinson went over, too? Al do
recollect that he was to.
Q.-He was to go? A.--Yes. Sir.
Q.-And he went, so far as you
know? A.-Yes.
Q.-And he accompanied her dur
ing the entire trip, didn't he? A.
think So
Asked if he didn't know it was SO,
he answered that he believed 1t to be
true.
Cory knew of trip to Nova Scotia,
to which he had given his cheerful
consent, he said. Asked is Col Dick
inson hadn't accompanied his wire
during the entire trip. Mr.. Cory an-
swered:
'He did if he didn't deceive me-"