The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-28
SMALL CROWD AT
 BROKAW HEARING Husband Does Not Want Recon
 ciIiation With Wife WILL NOT FAKE HER SACK Brokaw Declares That the Many Tel egrams of Inquiry Were Not of
 Suspicion But Intended for
 His Wife's Welfare.
WILL NOT FAKE HER BACK

New York December 27.-Four small boys, preferring the story of the matri- monial troubles to the wealthy Brokaws to the thrills of sledding, were the only outsiders who braved the snowdrifts on Long Island to attend the court session at Mneola. Mrs. w Gould Brokaw did not arrive until the afternoon coming on a bobsled from Mineola, with her father and sister. She listened attentive ly to the cross-examination of her hus- band, who denied today that the tone of his testimony on Friday meant that he was eager for reconciliation
 You say you are fond of her-do you love her?9 queried Arthur K. Baldwin, counsel for Mrs. Brokaw. well, I'm fond of her.
 Do you love herr" insis' ed the law yer. Not so much as 1 did answered the witness.
 Then, how about all these reconcilia- ton statements?" T never talked at all to the newspapers. l have Tot said any thing except in court"
 Then what did you say in court?" q said" continued Brokaw, that if Mrs Brokaw would be different and I could believe her, l might take her back un- der certa1h conditions.
 Do you, or do you not, want to take her back?' queried Mir Beldwina Mot since I found out certain things which 1 have learned since Friday" said the wit ness
 But haven't you changed your mind a good many times?" She has" parried Brokaw.
 The witness declared that his latest de- cision was final.
 During a greater part of the afternoon Brokaw scrutinzed telegrams which have figured so conspicuously in the trial. He said that his many telegraphic queries concerning his wife s doings were prompt ed only by solcitude for her health and not by suspicious
 Asked if he had ever employed a de- teotive to shadow Mrs. Brokaw, he re- piled; T never did. l haven't paid any bills for detective work since my mar riage.'
 Counsel for Mrs. Brokaw inquired at length why certain persons had not been subpoenaed for witnesses for the de- fense, especially Brokaws private secre- tary, Byford, for long time Brokaws B confidential man. Brokaw replied that Byford had only returned from Europe last Friday.
 O1Q you ever knOW Dl MT DylOfu q sending teegrams to buffers and ser wants inquiring about Mrs. Brokaws s movements. without your knowledge, or any secretary, or who did?" asked MT Baldwin. "Oh, he may have wired to ask about what was going on in the house." answered the witness.
 Then we are to understand that your secretary inquired of tho servants and in that way found out about Mrs. Bro kaws movementsT Well, il was not done with the purpose of spying on Mrs. Brokaw. It was to find out what was going on in, the house..
 He wanted to inquire about Mrs. Bro kaw's health?" Yes
 He was very fond of Mrs. Brokaw?' "Yes, l think he was
 By agreement of court and counsel. who desire to clear the case up as quickly as possible. a session of the court was held tonight att which Brokaw continued as a witness Mrs. Brokaw took lively interest in the grilling of her husband. She buried her face fin her huff to smoth- CT laughter when a letter was read, which the defendant identified as one he had written to her in the fall of 1908. Among other things the letter upbraided her for flirting and for saying damn.
 One passage said: T assure you, dear, that women do not interest me. If they did I would not have married you and given up all my life and happiness to you"
 Fl. B. Gilbert, brother-in-law of Bro kaw, arrived at the courthouse late In the evening. considerably exhausted by long walk across country, and shortly after he had taken seat in the court room he collapsed. It was necessary to remove him to another room, where he was re- vived.