The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-18
DlFENSE OPENED
IN BRGKAW TRIAL

New York, Dec 17.-Mrs u,r,
oIslr brokaw, the plaintin rested her
case today in her suit for separation
with alomony OF $50, 600 wear from,
her husband. w Gould Brosow ond
The defense opened
prospects for reconciliation brIcbt.
ened Tor = moment today whom A..
lorney Mcintyre rendered Mrs Rro.
haw an invitation to the next wears
cake walk at High Point. n. c. BRO.
kaW southern country place PRO.
kaW smiled and his wife hid her Caca
lh her iurS. But Mr. Brokaw deIinod
ms position as one of frank hostil.
ity "0'''''
Mrs. Brokaw' said he, rejected
my advances often enough. | am 90
ing 10 light this suit To finish and
am well satisfied with its advance.
ment"
Mrs. H. Bramwell, Gilbert Brokaw's
sister testified in his behalf thai bo
and his wife We're sweet. tender
solicitous and loving couple Mrs. Gu,
bert testified that Brokaw was NOT .
drinking man Hadly. one of Bro.
kaw's groomS, testified to the same
effect.
Mr.. Gilbert had an amusing passage
at arms with his sister-ln-law over a
point in her earlier testimony. Mrs
BrokaW had refused TO admit her use
Oh Il profane adjective as applied to
servants berth in which she said her
husband made her sleep when cross
ing the Atlantic unless Gilbert would
swear she used 1t
Coming around the ships deck,
met the plaintiff face TO face. lifted
my hat and she exclaimed ri be
d if ] occupy that berth testified
Gilbert AS he repeated the debatable
adjective Mr.. Gilbert looked at the
plaintir. She nodded her head and
smiled So did Justice Putnam as she
made good her word.
Several oil the members of Mrs.
Mary Blair Brokaw's family came
10 her aid today in her legal contest
lor separation from her husband
w. Gould BrOkaw, and distressing oc-
cnIrences in the unhappy married life
OF the couple were detailed on the
stand by witnesses for the plaintiff.
Miss Elodic Blair. whose brilliant
eyes are every bit as captivating as
those oil hel sister. and whose witness
Is declared to be as scintillating, came
into court with Mrs. Brokaw today
and participated in the preliminary
conferences Of ihe attorneys on the
petitioners size.
Her story was intended 10 supple.
ment that which J Bullard Blair. tho
brother of the plaintiff. told yeste,>
day. when he described hysterical
m n Iac n IA ir ,Io
ter she had been warned by Mr.. Bro
6aw at the table to cease looking at
Il certain man, and other disturbing
happenings due to disagreements be-
tween husband and wife
All The Witnesses with knowledge Of
the matter are asked by Attorney
Baldwin. Mrs. Brokaw's lawyer. what
they knew of the BrokawS' style of
living and of Mr.. Brokaw's income,
presumably with view to showing
that the defendant is able 10 pay the
substantial alimony which his wife de-
p2nds.
General surprise waS caused when
Attorney Baldwin. after concluding his
examination of ] Bullard Blair an
nounced that the plaintiff rested Ii
was assumed that Mr. Baldwin was
holding his other witnesses for pos
sible use in rebuital.
Blair testimony had reference 10
an incident in the Hotel Astoria in
Paris. He said he found his sister
y eeping over the discovery that Mr..
Brokaw had placed a censorship over
her mail
When Blair asked Brokaw the rca-
son for this, Brokaw declared there
had been a mistake and stepped over
TO the hotel clerks desk and directed
that Mrs. Brokaw be given all her
mail when she asked for il
Witnesses for the defense were eX-
amined by Attorney Bush, Mr.. Bro
kaw'G personal counsel. Henry Knox,
an engineer who was at the Brokaw
place at High Point. n c., in the
fail Of 1908. said the Brokaws seemed
very happy.
Everything was lovely until the
new years celebration party left Then
lie noticed a slight cstrangement. Bro
kaw at the time was taking sleeping
tablets aud was not well What the
witness called childish Spats" became
frequent.
Il cannot recall in my twenty-five
years experience with Billy" Bro
kaw, of ever seeing him touch a drop
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