Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-11-07
MRS. MARTIN, IN
FIT OF RAGE IN
COURT, SCREAMS
Continued from First Page.)

Mrs. Martin during 190S-1909. Mr..
Vaughn had just told thai she needed
someone of business ability to handle
the financial affairs of Montgomery
College, at Christiansburg.
Vaughan had just testified that Mrs
Martin had told him she had no one
connected with her hat was capable
of handling the affairs of the college
except herself. 1t was at this point
that Mrs. Martin made her sensational
outburst In open court.
Mrs. Martin, after she had quieted
down. sat gazing fxedly at Special
Assistant Louis Hood, who was con-
Quoting the cross-examination of Mr..
Vaughan. At one time when Mr.. Hood
asked a pointed question she pointed a
raised forehnger at him and partly
rose from her seat. A warning touch
on her arm by Constable McManus and
she sank back into her seat.
The third day of the insanity pro-
~ceedings against Mrs. Martin brought
out the same array of attorneys, medi-
cal experts and members of the family
as on other days. The only newcomer
II lIG COOl ~ Will was VI
whose testimony resulted in Mrs. Mar
tins outbreak.
Mrs. Martin, dressed in the familiar
loose swathed gown of black and with
impenetrable wells covering her face,
shuf1ed into the courtroom As she
sank into her seat she threw up two
of the wells and looked around for her
brother, the Rev. DR.. Albert G. Ward
- ~ HA- af1tar MIRO PnCCfl Il.
Spindle.
Hastily Pulls Down Her Wells.
They had not arrived in the court
room, and Mrs. Martin hastily pulled
down her wells again.
When her relatives reached the court
room a few minutes later they did not
go near Mrs. Martin, as Judge Jay Ten
Eyck had just mounted the bench and
was opening court.
Mr.. Vaughan, the frst witness called,
described himself as q lawyer, banker
and railroad promoter and that he now
lived In Sh%awsville, Va, out hat in
1908 he lived in Radford, Va, ten miles
west Of Christiansburg. The first meet
ing took place some time in 1905. The
witness could not fix the date, except
that 1t was during warm weather.
THE first 1 knew of Mrs. Martin"
he testified, was one Sunday in 1908
when l received a telegram from
Ch~ristiansburg asking me to meet a
lady who did not give her name. She
said she wanted some advice from
me-
Continuing, the witness said: II re-
piled 1 would be glad to meet her on
Monday, but she insisted that I meet
her that same day. I will drive out
and we can talk In my carriage she
told me over the phone. I consented
and a couple of hours later Mrs. Mar
tin, accompanied by another woman
who, l later found out, was Miss Vir-
ginia Wardlaw, and a young nan who,
| 1 believe, was Fletcher w. Snead. drove
up.
IT wanted Mrs. Martin TO go to my
office, but she insisted that 1 get into
the carriage with her. As / started to
take the lines to drive the team of
horses, which were attached to a closed
surrey, Mrs. Martin snatched the lines
from my hand and said she would drive.
Gives Him Package of Banknotes.
"At the same time she showed a
package wrapped in a dirty newspaper
into my hands, saying, Count that T
opened the package and found a big
roll Of bills.
"'What do o want me to do with
this?' I asked her.
1--WE have agreed to give you $1,000
for your services was Mrs. Martins
reply, and we will go as high as 81, 200,
if necessary"
Continuing, Mr.. Vaughan said:
AT this time I knew nothing of
what Mrs. Martin had in her mind, and
asked her what she expected me to do
to earn the money.
"She told me she was in financial
difficulties and that I could help her
out. I told her I didn't know what l
could do. but I would look into the
matter.
Later she had me call on her at
Montgomery College. She showed me
TO a room which was fitted up with a
desk and writing table. She said this
was to be my office"
The witness testified he had never
used this room as an office, as he had
no use for it. Later Vaughan told of
taking a drive with Mrs. Martin at
her request. as she wanted to talk over
some business with him.
Wore No Shoes or Stockings.
During this drive, Vaughan said, he
noticed hat Mrs. Martin had on
neither shoes nor stockings.
did you remark to her about it?"
he was asked.
mo, sir. I had come to know by
this time that she was eccentric and
paid little attention to her." was the
reply.
At noon the Rev. DR.. John B.. Ward
law. brother of Mrs. Martin, took the
stand. He Will probably be under ex-
animation for the remainder of the
day.
AS DR.. Wardlaw took the stand there
was a consultation between Judge Ten
Eyck and the attorneys in the case
over al adjournment for the funeral
of the late Judge Gray. Judge Ten
Eyck said that inasmuch as there had
been so much delay he thought it ad-
visable to go ahead with the case.
DR.. Wardlaw said he was an or
dained minister of the Presbyterian
Church, and now lived in Sp%artanburg
N. C. He also said that Mrs. Martin
vas ten years older than himself
which would make him "a years of age
as Mrs. Martin was GA years old or
September "a last.