New-York tribune., 1909-12-24
BR0kAW On STAND
DENIES HEWASCRUEL
H'ffc Tainly Tries 10 Catch HIS
Eur During Testimony.

On ~. stand before Justice Putnam IN
she supreme Court this afternoon William
Gould Rroxnw told how no broke IN door
while he Was m North Carolina with his
vifr for no othe- ptrpOse. No ssaid. than 20
kiss her good might. and arTer he had done
80 h, added. no went downstairs and
rlared pino~hls for two hours With hrs
Friends
This Was tho twelfth dsv ~ tho trisl -
tIe case in which Mrs Mary Blair Rrokaw
% suing her husband Cor separation ano
faoos' year slimOry. Tho oefenoant
took the stand a. soou as the trial Was re-
Flroe6 7is testimony vas a series ~ DE-
rials of an the charges which Airs. BrokAw
made against him IN both her complaint
an6 testimony
NJ Srokaw promptly assumed an easy
position on taking ms seat IN tho witness
ho,. claspinE his knees between his hands
suf hardly changing it throughout fhe dA,-
A. one tme John Y. MCINTYRE, his counsel
asked hin 10 ideutifv agreement which
30 had signed. and De caused q utter - x
through the courtroom when he are"
tortoise shell loucnette from his pocket sna
scanned the paper.
DENIES ABUSING WIFE
p-olzsw said thRr no never called his
vie nar unless she cslled him one nrsf
considering thst rhat was ample fustinoa-
Won He declared rhat he had never
Rhusee her nor any other woman IN the
u.o-ld rnuch less st-uck her.
l4e denied rhHt he had accused his VIE
- thinking move a. hcr hrother than Sne
I'D ~ him while they we've A. FairHie",
- ever had had any dispute With her re-
rs-diug her b-other. declaring thar he
u-o,s3d not have asked her brother 20 come
~ stav a. FsirzieU COR sN weeks n ne
~ not want hin. He denied also thst
MS wife hsd left the rshle g. Fairv7ew ~
Christmas Evs. 1907. but STATED thst she
al throughout the meal as no himself dia.
sus that she vas sitting around The hal
sfte-vard with the guests
Nr BrokHw stated that at an cUner
nsrres ne wanied his guests 20 think he
u-ss drinking wine. as rhey we've dolnE,
sud That no and his wife had agreed no
sse q mixture % ginger aie sDd mineral
vCater which would look like champagne,
snd rhs guests ~ nons the wiser. tie
ssid thar n Mrs Bnoksws glass had ever
he@D changed, and she drank VINE. ne
l-ueW nothing - a. He Lar newer asked
Us wrfe 70 forgive him for drinking. - h@
rsd never been drunk bur ne had asked
fer to forgive him for quarrel which they
rad rsd
PATH T-R 7 l-l-AW incident.
NJ R~okaW related ar incident that hap
pened no said. when ms wife vas with hey
father and mother u Atlantic CITY. He
hso gone there with friend. ana was
registering iu % hotel when Mrs Broksw
osrne u7 and E~~eted hrn an6 hs returned
rer greeting bur without embracing her
because o. Tire clerks presence
we ser up urrl O'Clock rrst uiCrr.
-slfiuE. no. Went ou no sa,. 'snd uere nar
re-r mucr rested st O'Clock rho next
morning. when NJ. Rsir my vife's father.
knocked e. rHe do1r and sEked = We were
rrer EoiuE to Eef uU. 7 u.uIcd rhsr ne
wanted IttIe more sleep Sir Blair then
-oId n,e that ho wanted to talk with me
personally VHen came downstairs That
rss Or r O'Clock late- told uy wife
rHsf l.- fsrHer hsd threatened 90 KIN me
sud she replied. on don't mind father
FUr. no. b. crazy
when -he vas 0 IN he'd a. the SAVOY
TIo's. Mr Rrokav continued. Il brought
Hr 0oVers and she told me that was
'a ug them ou her c0HFn. Az another time
when Had. ~ usual given her flowers
-ro said that s1s DID mot want me or mv
lowers. tHat size was going 90 Eet a d.
Force and mR~rN another r1ar."
al during tho testimony that B-okav
was ritlnE and especially az rlis point
HIs wife tried 10 catch his eve bur De-
avoi6ed beer glance and looked directly ar
Air. Mcintyre
AFTER recess NJ. BrokaW again took fhe
witness stand and told 0f The time an Fsir-
rreu No~h Carolina. when re smashed iu
DIS vifs's door 90 luss her good u Ert.
Speaking of The agreement which DO and
nrs wife signed. and which Was MADE up by
fHeir friends and Dr. Battle. for them rn
separate for % short ume. R-oksw said
DO lUleE nothing of it until Dr. Battle
asked r.m to ssu b. He thought 80 st-
sgrd 90 the time. and signed ~ only to
Ia-sse tis wife. he declared
Froksp stared that he lad Seen DDS vlf.
snoFe cigarettes before he married Dor
end thsI she hsd promised 20 stop 49, soon
as u1ey were married. - ner doctor had
ssid It Vaf bad for her health. end more
over. De- did hot approve it nor dii ne sT-
p~o'~ Her aNeEed hsbf of drinking cock
tails
5e spoke OF having Eouc rfo su auto
ruo1ie business with q Nr rhr1sfv and
rrst one dsy no had bs-u Co town 20 rsIlr
fns MASTER ove- win his PARTNER. bur nr
iIs return home me wife ba1 dec. AIRED 10
HIM thar t was suhterfuEe
That same uiFht she followed me ru my
roon1 he sdded. "snd when ehe continues
fns ouH-reI T ssid rhst uouid peck ma
s-rip sno 80 70 Manhattan ~ enc dio NOT
stop rhst suhie-t- She persisted and
SnsIlv did ser NV osr sud go no rov-nr
FRokAW'S DRIVING FEA-S
P~oksv told - having driven en- auto
mobile 81 different speeds. ranging from
sweuty 40 one hundred snd Ten miles en-
hour IN Speaking - tho orlelties ~ which
1ns wife accuses him while going over rbs
c-eau Froi1sV sald- .Whv every one on
rrs shfp spoke ~ how Fo1d va ~ rnv
pffe
M Rrokgw spoke ~ rhs fin1s when hrs
wife len Tim ~ Tours. France. aud went
hack 10 Paris sl"ns or The train while he
ruotored in.
~ thought ~ getting divorce DO said
and accordingly went ro ,ouderr Rruthsrs-
lev nrm. VINO advised me- ro serve rrr wife
win q paper telling her that her action wa
q cause for divorce IN France This 2 dia
and Mrf. Froksw came back to mo al
uuUe
NftnesF said that 10 had many quarreie
ulth his wife IN the summer Of Isls I.rauS,
der father STAYED on his vacht after ms
tue for visit had eNuir~d- He ssid h-
wanted o. b. alone, snc therefore asked
lHs Rlfe 10 teH ner father o. 60. which she
Lad refused o. DO.