Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-11
MAGNATE LIKE
REAL OTHELLO
MILLIONAIRE BR0KAW'S WIFE
WELL GUARDED
TESTIMONY SHOWS HUSBANDS
JEALOUS MOODS
Many Interesting kilograms Read at
Trial in New York-Told Chauf- :
feur Not to Let Wife
Leave Auto
Associated Pressl

NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-Circum-
stantial revelations of ill-treatmenC
with which she charges her millionaire
husband W. Gould Brokaw, were con-
tinued today when the trial of Mrs
Mary Blair Brokaw's suit for Il
separation and 100000 year alimony
was resumed at MineOla, l.. L.
AS the story told on the witness stand
by the attractive young society Wo-
man Of alleged abuses to which she
had been subjected through her hus-
bands jealousy and i'll temper was
nearing its end she appeared Wearled
and listless.
bundle of kilograms from Mr.. BrokaW
to Mrs. Brokaw. which has figured in
the case, was resorted to again, and
several messages which Mrs BrokaW S
counsel desired to have read to the
jury were admitted in evidence.
Mrs. Brokaw had one of these mes
sages handed to her early in the
progress of her testimony today l.
was introduced to show that Mr..
BrokaW put restraint ON her move
ments while she was out automobile
riding. 1t was addressed to the man
ager of the Greatneck residence of the
couple and read:
Warned Not to Stop
Take Mrs. Brokaw for ride in
the Mercedes, and do not stop any
where"
Mrs. Brokaw said on one occasion
she was out for a drive in the car,
and was surprised to find when she
wished to alight that the chaui1eur had
orders not to stop.
Other telegrams were read indicating
that Mr.. Brokaw had ordered servants
TO keep his wife under surveillance.
Mrs. Brokaw testified that her husband
prevented her calling even on her Wo-
man friends, and that his surveillance
over her was unbearable.
Mrs. BrokaW testified regarding the
visit to the house by an automobile
party of three men and three women,
the party being Unexpectedly increased
later by the arrival of another woman
and a man. The next day she said
the estate manager received a telegram
from Mr.. Brokaw which read:
"Why did you not tell me there was
fourth gentleman in the party
want you to start in right away and
dismantle all the rooms of my house
except Mrs. BrokaW's and the maids
room"
Mrs. Brokaw said she also received
a telegram from her husband asking
for the names of all the men who
lunched with her that day She said
she gave them to him in message and
later received a succession of messages
asking for the fourth mans initials,
and that the manager received another
telegram from Mr.. Brokaw which
read:
Describes Visitors
wire me a description of all tho
men who stopped at my house on sun
dav Was Mr.. at my house
last Saturday? He is a large stout
man with a blonde mustache He is
sometimes referred to as Colonel or
Commodore Was Mr.. - there,
too? lie is medium-sized man, clean
shaVen."
Overtures for a reconciliation with
his wife were tentatively made by Mr..
Brokaw through his counsel today.
After a long conference with John f.
Mcintyre, his attorney, the latter de-
clared that his client would welcome
the resumption of amioable relations
with Mrs. BrokaW.
Mr. Brokaw," said Mr.. Mcintyre,
"loves his wife dearly, and is willing
to have the suit discontinued in spite
of all the charges she has made, if she
will only return to him. He believes
his wife has been wrongly advised and