New-York tribune., 1909-10-20
BAT0NYI CASE CLOSED
jury Brings en- Sealed Verdict after
Long DeEberation.

After celebrating for three hours yesterday az,
eerhoon the jury in the divorce suit brought in the
supreme Court by Mrs. Burke Roche Batonyi
against Aurel Batonyi. brought In a sealed YER
ui'e shor'ly after o'clock. which will be made
known this morning. The prospects Of the plaintiff
are considered as not favorable, because of the
,ohs dehberation of the jury, which, it was be-
heVed, would disagree
The feature of the nrocs.d;-. .....s =
me testimony Of Bstonyi the once famous whip.
VINO declared on the stand and with much feet
ing that his her-in-law Frank Work was re-
sponsible foy his present trouble He seknovvI-
eueeo mat he had changed his from Kohn
anu Marhurg. just the Works changed their
name from Worth when they we're sailors said
uhe defendant Justice O'Gorman had 20 caution
the vehement Batonyl as he characterized the
testimony of the witnesses for his wife as untrue
ara declared II he the suits he has l,rorg Int
against Frank Work and others for alternating his
"ires affections he would give the proceeds from
any verdict TO charity
bafonyi's lawyer. Morris Cukor asked hin, first
H. on December is 1907. he knew Mrs. Henry Law
renee or had seen her or visited her apartment
i did not declared Rafonvi with en,phaais
detectives testified that they had seen Batonyi
enter the woman's apartment. The witness said
mat he had been bounded by detectives
"hat is your name?" asked ex-Judge Olcott
counsel for Mrs. Batonyi
Aurel Bstonyi' was the answer
DID You ever have any other name?'
Yes. had two"
What were they?"
1 was born Kohu That was my family name
They changed II just my Wi6es family changed
theirs from Worth Work when they were
sailors"
MT olcott asked him II he had ever sued his
"ites father. Frank Work. for s5OO.c9 aIienat-
ing Mrs Burke Roche Batonyis affections
Il brought three suits" was the reply each
for SSe0oOo-cne against Work, one against Frank
h sturgis and one against Peter Cooper But
90 not care for the money. II ] win I will give
the money to charity. All I want is vindication
Frank X. Sturgis is at the bottom of all this
trouble"
Mr. Oco;t then read from an affidavit alleged
to have been made in connection with the aliena-
ton suits in which Batonyi decIa sed that ''e had
not known when he married his wife that she
had been the mistress of Frank X. Sturgis and
others" and that ne endeavored 20 reform" his
wife, ''and was succeeding until Frank X Sturgis
exercised his control her. causing her to
submit TO his wishes
The affidavit sets forth allegations concerning
visit 10 Frank X. Sturgis in which the defendant
declared that the relations between Sturgis and
Mrs. Batonyi were such to prevent him, Batonyi,
living with her. The afi5aVit continues that Stur-
gis came to Batonyi's home shortly after, and
the two had heated argument. in which Batonyi
called Sturgis liar. a coward and a cur" In
an affidavit BatcDyi also declares that Mrs. Ba-
tonyi admitted TO him that she had misconducted
herself with Strrgis
DoNOASi ueSiaAeu' uHuSE questions, mat
he and HIS wife perfectly happy except when
Frank X. Sturgie interfere1. lie also said on the
stand:
Every witness for the plaintiff has testified
falsely It will all come out some time. 1t may
take years. but it will all come out"
In summing up for the defence Frank Moss in-
sisted that the plaintiff had failed to prove her
case and pointed out several alleged discrepancies
in the testimony.
Mr.. Olcott ridicued the contention that the
efr4 -oftid hax-a orft,o oF;a.,
tion suits pending He also predicted that the lat
would never come to trial.