Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-15
'Blokaw First One 10 Men
ton a Divorce.
wife Gave Home Party Of Which
He Didn't Approve.
Mrs. BFokaw again Proves Herself
An Able Witness,

New York, Dec. 1.-THE further VEN
| tilatiOn of the domestic difficulties OF
| Mr. and Mrs. W. Gould Rrokaw
brought out today that although Mrs.
! Brokaw is now suing at Mineola, l.. l..
| for separation with alimony of $4,000
| year, it was her husband who first
threatened to sue. A telegram from
| him to Mrs. Blair, his mother-in-law
| was the medium of this condition and
| it also contained his version of the in
| cident that assumed the greatest i'm
| portance in today's session of the trial.
| The telegram ran as follows:
II have closed my house and am sor-
ry to say must sue Mary for sep
| aration. Her act eliminating in
house party last Sunday night forced
| me to this step. She entertained three
| ladies and three men that day. Two
of the ladies I do not approve of and
the third I don't know at all. I do not
know the men. She allowed one man to
OCCUPY my bedroom over night after
putting my nurse and one lady in
bachelors quarters. She refused to give
me the names of the men in spite of
my request"
John F. Mcintyre, Mr.. Brokaw's law
YER began drilling into all the attends
l. ant circumstances of this illuminating
house party'' with great circumstan-
TALLY. Mrs. Brokaw parted his ques-
tions as skilfully as ever, but showed
some agitation over the insistence laid
on the personality of "Bunnie" Wells,
one of the guests.
Mrs. Brokaw testified that she had
-n1lc. in, %
years before his visit to her husbands
house in company with Miss Nan Den
nson of Syracuse. N. Y, Mrs. Frank
Gould and another man whom Mrs.
Brokaw only remembered as a MI.
Thompson. Is.
Mr.. Mcintyre was DESTROYS to know
how the upstairs rooms of the house
were arranged, and what rooms she
occupied on the night of the party.
wasn't Mr.. Brokaw's room connect
ed with yours?" he asked.
No, the door from Mr.. Brokaw's
room orened on the hail."
"And did it not open so near the door
of your room that from your door you
could have shaken hands with person
standing in the. other?"
81 never tried, Mr.. Mcintyre"
sWell, now. where did you assign
Miss Dennison to Sleep?
"In Mr. Brokaw's ROOM.
"Wasn't there some change? wasn't
Mr.. Wells finally given that ROOM:
eyes"
"Did Mr.. Wells come prepared to
stay all night?'
Il think he did"
"Now, when Mr.. Wells descended
from the train, was he carrying hand
bag or anything that might have con-
tanned the night apparel of Miss Den
nison and himself?
81 believe he was carrying pag.
"What night garments did you notice
Miss Dennison have?'
q don't know. I think she had little
with her, 49,, ,o
.Didn't you say the only bag pc
tween them was the one carried py MI.
WelIs7"
ST am not sure that Miss Dennisoh
did not have a small bag.
"Do Won recall that Mr.. wells Name
was not mentioned when the servants
were in the room?" asked the lawyer;
ct don't remember anything OF the
kind" was the answer.
Did you give your servants ~,
t;ons TO call him by some other name!
continued Mr.. Mcintyre.
81 did not: it is a falsehood.
of Henry Taylor the butler, shouid
saw he was instructed not to call the
a;s;+or Mr.. wells, would that change
YOUR testimony ,s
.I wouldn't believe Taylor If he SAID
that .u, ,ha
Stand after five days of testimony. The
oo,,nsel admitted that he would soon
produce nurses, maids and otner VII
resses to corroborate Mrs. BroKaM
story of broken doors and uproarous
nights.