The evening world., 1908-10-29
Father Of Girl Who Sued Him
Long Ago Creates Scene
at Trial.
"LARCENY," SAYS SISTER
Elderly Bride of Young Bal
loon 'Chauh1eur" Scores
on Lawyer.


half n minute after Justice Erlanger
left the bench for luncheon In the suit
of Mrs. Jennie NJ. Hawley- Levee against
her brothers.
An old man, stability dressed. gray
and srizzled, rushed into the court
room, and, bearing down upon Alan r.
Ilawlcv thrcatcninEly yelled
There is tho rascal who ruined my
daughters life He says It was a
breach Of promise to marry her It was
worse than that. you scoundrel, And
had to adopt the son he deserted so
cruelty"
Then taking a photograph from his
pocket lie turned 20 Mrs. Levee and
said:
There is the picture OF the boy"
Il was the photoEra phi OF a fnc-look-
ing young fellow. turning into manhood
Court officers surrounded the old nan
and hustled Linn out of the room. in
tho lobby he sad:
My name is Thomas f Nagel | am
a professor of music. am the father
Of the girl who ia ed Alan Il. Hawl"y
on a judgment for 10000 in 1884. when
he refused to perform his duty by her
and their child. He ought to be shot
under the unwritten law. He is not At
TO i've
Il would tell You all the whole story.
only my grandson is a young man Of
. fine principle. Holding a responsible po-
sit'on and about to he married"
Officers bundled the intruder out Of
the Court House, The Hawey brothers
had made their exit by other passages.
Generous Gift" Was Profits
Mrs Jennie VI. Eiawley- Levee's cross
examination was resumed by James
w. Osborne to-day in the trial of the
suit Of HOY brothers, William and Alan
Il. HawIry, brokers. The latter claim
that she borrowed }3',350 from them and,
as custodian OF the family papers,
carried off the notes she had given in
/ security, when she eloped last April
Mr. osborne read from Mrs Levee' s
affidavit of April 81 that a check for
| SO ooo was the generous gift OF her
/ brothers.
You have said here that that check
| represented profits from the business
| Which is right" Mr., osborne asked,
Il made that statement in the afti-
davit to spare my prothers II that
$1,000 was not profits. It was a gener-
Gus gift" said Mrs. Lcvce.
MIR. osborne read from an entry OF
March !, 1895. i'll the diary kept jointly
by Jennie IIawley and her mother.
Allan said at breakfast that they
| had never been so well off; $4,000 the
accumulation of four years business"
Mr.. Osborne, calling attention to the
facr that the mother wrote they" and
| not we i'm that entry. cross question:
| the witness as to which lawyer she first
/ told II the partnership she had cen
suited six. She told the last.
She Wouldn't Be Confused.
The affidavit in which Mrs. I.e9eo
spoke Of generous gifts from her broth
ers was made in the proceedings 10
/ vacate an attachment against all Ter
/ property She said che saw in news
paper whil" in England that her brother
/ had attached her property. claiming she
owed them Ni"u She made the ATM
dayt i'm England,
Mr. Osborne. You need not try TO
confuse me IN this matter. My mind il
perfectly clear There We're no gem
erous gifts from my brothers. An
they ever paid me was part Of NY
ono-third o, lie profits in the business.
In which ! was q partner. ! called them
generous gifts IN that HfFddvit !" save
t'"m from the consequences" said the
| witness.
wanted To save your brothers. oh ?
And, in ,hat same affidavit. You did not
hesitate to charge them with burglary
Of YOU SAT-" ana larceny, did you2'
NO luHt was not the language"
MI. osborne was running through the
affidavit for the paragraph when Mrs,
Levec helped him out,
- think the language. Mr.. Osborne.
was they arc. technically guilty 81 lar
tGng.
Nr. Osborns fairly beamed in his de-
light at what he called the exhibition
Of mos. splendid memory which re-
tnins the oNact phrascology OF an
nniGnyit made months and months ago"
'N,s. draNlod Mrs. Lcyce, my
lawyers drew up the affidavit and that
pultt ular sentence struck me for lis
oddI'v-reph uirnlly guilty of jarceny, "
Mr. osborn" read an entry by Mrs.
lsahD.la lIaWlcy, the mother, In her
"Wednesday, May a. lw3-The boys
made nearly 5000 Tor this month. After
paving house and office expenses. they
.alNldrl $lu.U between them
Mrs Iryec was not sure whether the
household expenses were deducted from
the gross profits before the division into
Thirds or were paid by her brothers out
Against The check Of William HnwIey
s. 60 tn their mother Tor 5000, which
Mrs L.Eec said represented her share
IF tine not profits To date. Mr.. osborne
pat I'M eyidsuc" promisory note OF the
bella NJ. llaWley and piyahle To VIII
am llu'lcN n 90. for value received
Nv said this showed that that s9,oC
was "a loan.
.Hcai he back" snorted Mr. wilder
RAY TO the order OF Icnni, N. Haw,