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with her husband after these dlscoV-
cries because she was afraid to leave
| him.
witness testified that sac mad
known Bartlett about two months,
having been introduced to him on the
street. She had never been in his
office and he had never been in her
house. On the day of the final quar-
rel Bartlett met her as he got OH
street car. She hadn't seen him before
during the day. Saw Ben near home
and he charged her with drinking IN
Jake Rulfs place. She did not say
"let me go home and get my things
and get out" She went into the house
first because ben pushed her in
She packed her things in a suit case
before he came in.
There was a meeting some days
later, the witness testified, at the OF
| flee of Attorney Van Santvoord TOT
| the purpose of adjusting matters. "a
pers were drawn up but were not
signed. She had seen the letters
published in the Telegram. The pup
| LEGATION of the letters had been Sc
cured by Mr.. Sanford. Parts OF the
letters were left out. She did not
konw that the publication of the let
| tiers would cause her husband 10 lose
| his job; she said he had lost his 1oD
| before the letters were published she
didn't circulate copies of the papers
| in which the letters were publlshed'
| but knew that some were circulated
| Her husband remained at the bank
| three or four weeks after the maj
quarrel. There were three interviews
at Van Santvoord's office.
Several letters and postcards were
introduced by Mr.. Barber and the
| witness was questioned in relation 10
their authorship. The handwriting
| she admitted resembled her own, but
| she was not sure whether she wrote
the letters or not
Witness testified that sac did not
know of such place as THE Hamp-
ton" I'm Albany or the "The Horse
| sohe" near Schaghticoke.
Kate Mattison testified that she had
lived at the same house with Mr.. ana
Mrs. b. n. Estabrook on South street
| in Bennington and that the husband
was out late every night. Cross-eX-
amined by Mr.. Meagher she said that
she left the Estabrook home because
| she knew the husband wanted her to
do so; had words with Ben
Tae two letters claimed to have
| been found by the petitioner and
dated May and April 80, 1907, were
presented as evidence and admitted.
BENJAMIN n Estabrook testified
that he had resided in Bennington fer
| four years after his marriage. In
describing the quarrel with his wife
| he said that he had met her walking
! on the street with a strange man ana
when ne questioned her she drove
him out of the house with stove
handle. She had the habit OF leaving
! Lenora with the neighbors and going
to the roller skating rink. He OBJ
| iected because he did not think it
proper. Tae witness identified the
| two letters which he said were from
| Mamie Collins whom he met at AL
| lantic City when the letters were
/ found he wrote Miss Collins breaking
| off the correspondence and showed
the reply to his wife. Met Miss Col
Inns in August 1906. Danced with her
| on the pier and took her to tne cafes.
| Saw her once later In Albany when
| he took her DO Proctor's theatre ana
to lunch. Miss Collins went to New
| York on the sleeper and witness re
. turned home.
| Witness testified that he and his
wife quarreled over the latter's care
OF the little daughter. The mother
| never had time in the mornig to dress
the child and allowed her to go out OF
doors in winter without her rubbers.
On the forenoon of the separation
the witness testified that he left his
work in response TO telephone call
and went to Jake Ruefs place. He
found no one there but in one OF the
small rooms saw rings on the table.
Tried to go up stairs but was not al
lowed to do so. On street about two
blocks from home he saw his wife
and a. strange man. He accused her
of drinking in Ruef's place and said
that she would have to get out. Wit
ness testified that he didn't go to the
house and that he didn't choke his
wife. Mrs. Estabrook asked to kiss
Lenora goodbye and did so. The wit
ness took the little girl to Bennington
the same day.
The negotiations for a settlement
were broken off by the finding of a
letter in the house while he was pack
ing his goods to send them to Benning-
ton. The letter was presented and
identified. Glasses were also found
in the house as was also the business
card of w. M. Bartlett. The card was
between the mattress and the springs
He didn't know W. NJ Bartlett, but
had since seen him at his Office He
gave up his position with the Troy
Security company Feb 8 for the rea.
son that ne had been informed that
unless the trouble with his wife were
adjusted he would be asked to resign
1t was his intention to take the
little daughter to the home of his par
ents, comfortable residence in a
good neighborhood, and send her to
school.
Letters exhibited by Mr.. Barber the
witness said were in his wifes hand
writing.
| While under croSs-examination by
Mr.. Batchelder the witness stated that
Mamie Collins was a manicurist, but
said that she didn't manicure him
He had bought whisky for his wife at
her request for medical purposes, but
has since doubted that she so used It,
He denied that he kept his wife out OF
the house until o'clock in the morn.
ing on the day following the last quar-.
rel
He objected to his wife's habit of
going to the Bolton skating rink and
| leaving the child with the neigh bors