Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-12-21
MRS. BROKAW
WHIPPED MAID
Butler Testifies Against
Mistress in Suit--GirI
Was Also Kicked.
LIQUOR in THE TEACuPs

nI1neoIa, N. u, Dec. Fl. Testimony
to the effect that the gentle eyed, soft
voiced Mrs. w. Gould Brokaw kicked
her maid and beat her with whip
was introduced during the separation
and alimony suit which the young wife
has on trial In court here.
The maid, according to the narrator
Of the incident, was so badly used I'D
in the encounter with her slender mis-
tress that she had to take q cocktail
inwardly and lot OF witch hazel out
wardly to restore her composure. Then
she was discharged.
Sidney Woods, the butler at the Bro
kaw North Carolina house, told Of the
kicking and whipping episode. There
had been a quarrel between husband
and wife. Mr.. Brokaw had gone away,
and Mr.. Blair, the wife's father. had
been called to. High Point to pacify
her. At his request the key Of the
telephone booth had been given to
Woods, the butler, with Instructions
not to allow Mrs. Brokaw to use the
phone. This was because she wanted
to run away from High Point.
Mrs. Brokaw Puts Her Foot Down.
Miss Lee, the nurse, had occasion
to use the telephone" said Woods,
"and l let her enter the booth, which
closed and locked after her when the
door swung. Then Mrs. Brokaw came
to the booth and demanded the use
Of II.
Very sorry. madam 1 told her,
but Mr.. Blair's instruction is that
the booth must be kept locked She
stamped her foot-she was very i'm
petuous-and said: Open 1t. 1 am
Mrs. Brokaw and must be obeyed. II
choose to do anything about here no
one dare to stop me- Then she stamp
ed her foot again at the nurse and
said, "I'll make things hot for you
some day."
Woods, it appeared. locked up the
phone when the nurse was through, /,
and Mrs. Brokaw didn't go to It, But
when Miss Lee departed and went up
stairs she followed, and when the but
Ter next saw the nurse she was cry
ing. Asked what he did for her, he |
said:
II mixed her a cocktail and gave her
a bottle Of witch hazel"
Port Wine and Remarks.
Il had been ordered to bring glass !
Of port wine and some crackers to |
madam" he said, .'and when gave
them to her she said, Woods, have
discharged Miss Lee Very sorry,
ma'am,' l said. I have Just given
Miss Lee some witch hazel, because
she has been whipped, and her hand
and leg needed rubbing"
"Do you mean to say" demanded
Attorney Baldwin In cross examina-
ton, ''that you. servant, addressed
such remark to your mistress7"
J Woods became greatly embarrassed.
But he went on:
II told her, sir, that she and Miss
Lee always seemed most friendly, and
at that moment Miss Lee was rubbing
her hand and leg in the hallway out
side-beg pardon, sir Che became more
embarrassed), don't know about her
leg, sir, but her hand anyway, and
thought Mrs. Brokaw would be sym
pathetic when she heard Miss Lee was
suffering"
Served Cocktails In Tsaeups.
who had done the kicking and
whipping?" he was asked. He was
not allowed to reply directly, but he
said with averted face. Mrs. Brokaw
knew quite well, sir, who had done n"
did you ever serve cocktails to Mrs.
BrokawT' the husbands lawyer, Mr..
Bush, asked.
1--WE sent them to her room, sir,
many times." he replied
"They were sent sometimes In metal
shakers, other times in teacups and
tumblers.''
AS to smoking, Woods said; II often
took her cigarettes. / saw her one
night, sir, pick up a cigarette in the
dining room, light 1t and walk of
smoking toward her own room"