Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-14
MAGNATE'S wife
RESUMES STORY
MRS. BR0KAW TELLS ABOUT
HOME AFFAIRS
TESTIMONY CONTINUED AT DI-
VoRCE TRIAL
Denies She Was Served with Cock
tails or Cigarettes in Her
Room-Says Husband
Shook Fist
Associated Press7

ASSOCIATED Press1
NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-Mrs W.
Gould Brokaw was again under cross
examination in the hearing today Of
her suit for separation from her hus-
band.
The plaintiff gave a list Of the guests
who were entertained at the Brokaw
house during the Christmas holidays
last year. and named the buffers who
served them.
Mrs. Brokaw denied that she had
been served with cocktails and cigar
cites in her room.
Mrs. Brokaw said that during din
ner on New Years day her husband
shook his fist at her and told her in
a whisper not TO be making eyes at
James Martin, the man sitting next to
her.
Mrs. Brokaw said that on the same
day her husband called her from the
table, and showing her a revolver, told
her he could blow out what little
brains she had.
Mr. Mcintyre, counsel for Brokaw.
questioned the seriousness Of the "gun
episode" as he termed it. He wanted
to know If Mrs. Brokaw screamed or
made an outcry.
She Was Scared
Mrs. Brokaw declared she was
frightened and believed she did call
for one Of her maids.
Mr.. Mcintyre wanted to know If
her husband had not always been at
tentive to her and brought her flowers
every day The witness said he did
not buy flowers every day, but some
times when he did he would accuse
her Of not appreciating the attentions
he paid her and of not thanking him
for the flowers.
Mrs. Brokaw said that Jimmy Mar
tin and her brother also used to buy
her flowers occasionally, and that this
was objected to by her husband.
The witness said that while they
were stopping at the Hotel Essex she
heard a great commotlon In her nus
bands room.
Il went to his room" she said, "and
found him paralyzed."
"Paralyzed from drink, or do you
use the word in medical sense"
asked Mr.. Mcintyre.
"Paralyzed from drink" was the
prompt reply.
Asked how she knew her husband
was drunk, she said she had had con-
siderable experience with drunken
ness since her marriage.
Wit Proves Ready
The ready wit and cool head Of Mrs
Brokaw flashed again and again
through the persistent plodding Of her
cross examination.
"At the times you say your husband
threatened to blow out your brains
did you believe him?" asked John f
Mcintyre, counsel for the defense.
Not when he wasn't drinking" re-
"Did he say he would or could dC
it?" pursued Mr.. Mcintyre.
"In Paris he said he could and II
the south he said he would"
"Well, he didn't, did he?" asked Mr.
Mcintyre as a clincher.
"I think" said the witness sweetly
''you find I am still left"
At another time there was the ques'
ton of what Mrs. Brokaw meant by
"paralyzed" as an adjective she ap'
piled to Mr. Brokaw,s condition or
2 night when she testified she tele-
phoned for his secretary to take care
of him.
Mrs. Brokaw ampllfled her definition
into "a condition OF hopeless intoxi'
cation" and Mr.. Mcintyre immediate
Iv wished to know how the witness
had qualified as a judge in the symp-
toms of drunkenness.
She's an Expert
my varied experience after mar
riage made me an expert" she re-
The worst weather an Atlantic coast
northeaster can show did not dauni
the curious. Many women, richly
robed, motored over to Mineola
through the slush and rain and crowd
ed the little court room.
The testimony did not disappoint
them. Mr.. Brokaw, just before court
convened, gave out statement foi
the press in part as follows;
"I have been grossly misrepresented
bv Mrs. Brokaw and by members OF
her family. Proposition after propo-
sition has been made to me by the
plaintiff's side to abandon this case
If 1 should submit to a large settle
ment of money"
Mr. Baldwin Mrs. Brokaw's lawyer,
Immediately issued q counter state
ment, in part as follows:
1.-THE statement given out by the de-
tense that the plaintiff had made over
lures to him to abandon the case
upon payment of a large sum of money
is an unmitigated and deliberate false
hood and consistent with the policy
adopted by the defense of trying to
win the case on unsubstantlated
statements made without the sanctity
of an OATH"
After the preliminaries both sides
got down to the serious business of
the day. Mrs. Brokaw was asked II
she did not once take poison by mis-
take with no intention Of killing her
self. ,,o,o,
"Now, wasn't that only a bluff?'
uueried Mr.. Mcintyre.
mo, it was not" replied the witness
indignantly. "I wanted TO die"
Cigarettes had proved an embarrass-
ing subject for Mrs. Brokaw in pre-
vious testimony.
Today she triumphed over cocktails
of which she had only tasted four IN
her life, she said, and never before
breakfast.
Champagne, she thought, tasted
much like ginger ale.
Mr. Mcintyre began to delve into
Mrs. Brokaw's bills for dresses. HeI
LAWYER cut him short with an admis
sion that Mr.. BrokaW had spent $4,000
on his wife in their first year of mar
ried life.
Mr. Mcintyre thought the items
spoke for themselves.
oI will hardly agree" he instanced
"that a couple of hundred dollars
worth of corsets were used by Mr.
Brokaw."
Brokaw himself, who is far from
puny. Joined in the laugh that fol
lowed.
HolIabird Named Receiver