Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-06-02

Two medical witnesses, DR.. John l..
Young and DIR. Joseph H. Hayden.
were heard in open court before Vice
Chancellor Emery today, when the taxi
ing Of testimony in an action for a
limited divorce, brought by Mrs. Bertha
Baldwin against DIR. Charles e. Bald
win, was continued. As on the pre-
ceding day the court room was
cleared as soon as these physicians had
testified, because of the nature of the
examination which followed and COW
cred the conjugal relations between
DIR. Baldwin and his wife.
The two physicians named merely
testified to the fact that they had
treated DR.. Baldwin from injuries which
he said he had received at the hands
of his wife. They were questioned by
Judge Malcolm MacLear, counsel for
DR.. Baldwin.
Ever treated him?" asked Judge
MacLear of DIR. Young.
Yes, sir"
'sWhen?"
'In 1907"
What was 1t for?"
ga confusion on the head and a cut
on the upper portion Of the head and
forehead. a short cut, but a deep one
and jagged, as though made by glass.
] dressed the wound"
DIR. Young was not cross-examined,
and the questions were put to find out
to what extent the atomizer, which the
wife admitted she had used on his
head. had injured him.
DR.. Hayden swore that DIR. Baldwin
VIA treated by him for nervousness
during the spring of 1909. and that
sometimes, he was better and sonie-
times worse" He was not allowed to
tell what he thought was the cause.
After the session In camera. the
daughter Bessie and the mother were
recalled by Judge MacLear and cross
examined as to the atomizer and other
striking incidents connected with the
family ruction.
Father said the daughter, "was
sitting down in a chair when she hit
him with the atomizer. Immediately
afterward he hit her with his fist"
"Have you talked with your mother
about this during the last two of three
days?' demanded Judge MacLear.
Il can't say positively" answered
Miss Bessie.
She admitted, however, that she had
talked with her mother about the knife
incident, in which she figured, and was
asked:
"Do you know what caused your
father to strike your mother and
knock her glasses OFF,
eThey had some words" was all she
said on this point.
When Mrs. Baldwin again went on
the witness stand she denied that just
before she threw the atomizer at him
she said to him:
Il feel like having a good fight this
morning. and then started one.
mo. sir" was Mrs. Baldwin's pert
reply, 1--WE had plenty of fight without
feeling for one"
The vice-chancellor cautioned her to
refrain from making smart" side re-
marks, and then she went on to identify
some vile picture postal cards in which
it was alleged she was interested.
With their identification the taking
of testimony was at an end and argu-
ment was set for next week Friday,
1t was DR.. Baldwin's u on the
witness-stand yesterday afternoon to
answer the charges of cruelty made by
his wife. He first insisted that his wife
and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Colanthia
Miller, had made life u~nhearable fol
him by their general attitude toward
him, and her went into the details
of his answer on questions put by his
counsel. Judge MacLear.
In answer to one of the questions DR.
Baldwin described the episode in which
a knife was alleged to nave been used
by his daughter Bessie on him, saying
1t happened after a spat with his
mother-in-law "who was the aus
of all the contention" as he put 1t
Mrs. Baldwin made a lunge at him
with her foot.
Then" he added, 81 made a pass tc
ward it off and pushed her bach
against the sink in the kitchen. My
daughter Bessie waved a knife at me