New-York tribune., 1909-12-11
ASKED MRS. BROKAW
NAME OF MINISTER.
Brother, Amgry. Forces Er-
PLANTATION from Husband.

Mineola. Long Island. Dec 10 (SpecaD.-
AT the close Of the third days trial of the
separation suit Of Mrs. Mary Blair Brokaw
against w Gould Brokaw. before Justice
Harrington Putnam, i'm the Supreme Court.
Mrs. Brokaw's brother strobe over to Bro
kaw and asked him IL he had told his coun-
sci that he. Mr.. Blair. had borrowed 500
from him. Brokaw backed away and re-
piled that he had not. that the question
was mistake. Mr.. Blair's fist was doubled.
and he showed anger. Arthur Baldwin.
counsel for Mrs. Brokaw. spoke to Mr..
Blair and he left>the court room.
The second feature OF the day was Mrs.
Brokaw's ina sbility. on cross-examination by
Mr.. Mcintyre for the defence, TO remember
the name Of the minister who married her
to Brokaw In September. three years ago.
Later. Mr.. Baldwin asked permission to
read the name I'm court for the benefit of
every one.
AT recess Mr. Mcintyre told several re-
porters that he had sent detectives 70 Syra-
cuse to investigate the marriage of Mrs.
/ Broksw and see II II was q regularly IL
censed minister who had married her. as
her father had brought five or six TO the
hohSrs at tHfAfnduSp. WHO fdu u
perform the ceremony. After Mr.. Baldwin
had given the name of the clergyman AT
the afternoon session. however. Mr. McIn-
tyre said that he had called his men off
About noon Mr. Baldwin. who has had
Mrs. Brokaw OF the stand for two DAYS.
told Mr. Mcintyre he could begin his cross
examination. From that time until the
adjournment IL was a case of wits between
Mr. Mcintyre and Mrs. Brokaw. the latter
never losing her self lf-possessiop. and an
swerlng all questions calmly and after due
deliberation. A number of times Mr.. Nc
Intyre asked her three or four questions
with great rapiditv, but the witness asked
him TO repeat them, a thing neither he
nor the stenographer could do on several
occasions.
Mr.. Baldwin took up the greater part of
the morning in introducing the kilograms
sent by Mr.. Brokaw from High Point.
y. c. 10 his wife and servants at Great
Neck. II appeared from the testimony
that Mr.. Brokaw was in the habit OF wir-
ing TO several of his servants. asking just
what his wife had been doing after she
herself had wired him i'm detail all her ac-
tions of each day.
One OF the messages was 10 William
Brown, the chauffeur, and said: Take
Mrs. Brokaw for n ride i'm the Mercedes.
but do not stop anywhere" Another for
bade Brown 10 take the car 10 the races at
Grace's on Saturday. On December Il, 1905.
Brokaw wired Brown: Was car used last
Saturday and Sunday. and If SO. did you
make any stops? Car not 10 he used on
Sunday. as | promised yOu that day off"
"Bunnie" Wells and a girl friend of Mrs.
Brokaw's. a Miss Dennison, appeared to
have stayed ali night at the Great Neck
nh icb
did not attend. Brokaw thought the mem
bers Of the dinner party had remained all
night He wired his butler TO dismantle
the house the following Monday and close
all rooms but his wifes and her sisters. He
further told him TO discharge all servants
and have them go to his lawyers for their
money, and to wire him a description of
the men that stayed at the house all that
night. on December Is. 1905. he wired his
wife that he was going to close their Great
Neck place. as he would not have men
staying thete all night in his absence.
Mrs. Brokaw said on the stand that after
this message had been received she was
not allowed to use the automobile or car
rlages. as the coachman and chauffeur had
said that they had orders from the master
not TO drive her. She was compelled to
walk 10 the station, as the telephone had
orders. she said.
When asked on cross-examination il five
ministers did not refuse to marry her Mrs.
Brokaw replied that they would not do so
because Brokaw was A divorce II was
then that she was asked the name of the
man who did marry her. and replied that
she did not remember. Later I'm the after
noon Mr.. Baldwin gave the name in open
court. that of the Rev. Dr. 4. Spalding, rec
tor of the' First Presbyterian Church of
Syracuse, who performed the, ceremony at
the behest of Lieutenant Governor White.
4 laugh was created when Mr.. Mcintyre
brought out that the only present Mrs.
Brokaws father had given Brokaw on his
wedding was two AngOra goats.
After noon recess and by consent Of both
attorneys. DR.. S. ". Battle, OF Asheville.
y. G.. was allowed to take the stand for
the defence. as he has to be back home
on Monday. DIR. Battle said that he wa.
summoned 10 Fairview. the Brokaw place
near High Point, and remained there A
week: that he had carefully observed
Mr.. and Mrs. Brokaw. who were both very
nervous a condition brought on by their
domestic unhappiness. and that he had
finally drawn up an agreement for them TO
live apart for a short time. But he said
they were like pair Of children, that he
could not keep them apart. as they con-
stantly went TO each others rooms and
had quarrels. He said that the trouble
much with one as with the other
on the second night he was at Fair
view. Or. Battle said. he was summoned
I'm the middle of the night BY the French
valet. who said that Mrs. Brokaw had
taken poison. He hurriedly dressed and
ran TO the gun room, where he found Mrs.
Brokaw and ascertained that she had
taken half tablet of bichIoride, which had
not injured her.
Mrs Brokaw, recalled. said she had never
charged her husband with infidelity and
that she had never seen a Mr.. Knox in
Canada or elsewhere. She said she knew
nothing about her father borrowing SlO00
or her brother $50 from her husband.
Syracuse. Dec. I0.-"So far as 1 am con-
cerned. the marriage was perfectly legal
said the Rev. Dr. George B. Spalding to-
night referring 10 the evidence in the
Broksw separation suit.
SAYS HE STOLE TAXICAB.