Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-14
PLAINTIFF FENCES WITH
HER HUSBANDS LAWYER
Applying Her Definition Of "Para-
lyzed," She Declares She Qualified
as Expert on intoxication BY Var
led ExRerience After Marriage
Both sides Makes Statements.
fBy Associated Pressl.


NEW YORK. Dec. i3.-The ready
Wit and cool head Of Mary Blair
BrOkaw. who seeks decree of
separation with alimony Of 100000 o
year from her millionaire husband.
! w Gould Brokaw. Las:ie- again and
again today through the persistent
plodding of her cross examination.
At the times ycu say your hus-
band threatened to blow ont your
brains did you believe him?" asked
John +. Mcintyre. counsel for the de-
| Tense.
| Not VIXEN he wasn't drinking re-
turned the witness adroitly.
Did he say he would or could do
t?r pursued Mr.. Mcintyre.
IN Paris he said he could and in
the south he said he would
Well. he didn't did she?" Mr.. Nc
| Intyre asked.
Il Think said the witness sweet
ly, you find I still have a few left."
| Expert on Drunkenness.
At another time there was a ques-
ton of what Mrs. Brokaw meant by
| "paralyzed" an adjective she applied
to Mr.. BrOkaw's condition on night
when she testified she telephoned f~r
his secretary 20 take care of him.
Mrs. Brokaw amplifed her definition
into "a condition of helpless intoxi-
caticn" and Mr.. Mcintyre immediate
| ly wished to know how the witness
had qualified as a Judge in the
symptc ms of drunkenness.
My varied experiences after mar
riase made me an expert" she retort-
ed.
The worst weather an Atlantic
coast can show did not divert the
curious today. Many women, richly
robed in furs, motored over to
Mineola. L. 7. through the siush and
rain and crowded the little court
room. The testimony did net disap-
point them.
Broksw Gives Out Statement.
Mr.. Brokaw gave out statement
In part as follows:
Il have been grossly misrepTesent-
ed by Mrs. Brokaw and by members
of her family. Proposition after propo-
sition has been made to me by the
plaintiffs side to abandon this case
if ! should submit to a large settle
ment q money"
Mr.. Baldwin. Mrs. Brokaw's at
torney, Immediately issued n counter
statement. in part as follows:
The statement given out by the
defense that the plaintiffs side had
made oyertures to him to abandon
the case upon payment Of a large
sum Of mcney is an unmitigated and
deliberate falsehood and consistent
with the policy adopted by the de-
Tense by trying the case by unsub-
Stimulated statements made without
the sanc:ity OF an oath
Says She Wanted TO Die.
After these preiiminsries both
sides GO down - the serious bust
mes OF the Gay. Mrs. Brokaw was
asked il she did not once take
poison b. mistake with no intention
Of Killing herself
= Now wasn't that oniS a b.uffy
qucries SIR Mcintyre.
No q vas net she replied in
dignant'y. Il wanted 20 die"
Cigarettes had proven an embar-
raising subject for Mrs. Brokaw tn
previous testimony. Today she trium-
rhed over cocktails. Of which she
had only tasted four In her life. she
said. and never before breakfast
champagne. she "a nght, tasted very
much Ike ginger ale
Mr. Mcintyre began 70 deive into
Mrs. BrokaW's bills for dresses. Her
lawyer cut him short with an adnis-