Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-24
Witness Declares Woman Sued
by Husband Averred She
Would Kill Artist.
WAS THEN TO COMMIT
SUICIDE, HE ASSERTS
Testifies Wife Complained Social
Conditions Over Here
Didn't Suit Her.

of South Orange, once more were given
an airing today at further hearing
before ice-Chancellor Howell on the
application of the husband for d.
vorce.
Testimony concerning the threat of
the wife to purchase a gun to kill w.
r. Kip an artist. who is one of those
named by the husband. and letters
written by the wife telling of various
flirtations created much interest
The first witness was Thomas G.
Barr, an assistant to Meyer in the
Cement Company, with offices in the
Flatiron building, New York. Mr., Barr
said that he had been very friendly
with Mrs. Meyer and had, with the
consent and approval of the husband,
taken her out to lunch ON many occa-
sians.
Did you pay for these 1uncheons?'
he was asked.
ooh, no. / could not afford anything
like that; we had an understanding
whereby we split the cost" Later on,
in telling of luncheon at Murrays,
Mr.. Barr said he had not yet been
paid for Mrs Meyers share.
Tells of Death Threat.
did you have a conversation with
Mrs. Meyer prior to her going to
Europe the second timer" asked former
Judge Alfred N. Skinner. counsel for
the husband.
4 "Yes"
what did she say in Particular
"She said she had come to the con-
clusion that she couldn't live in this
country and adhere to social conditions;
that If she went abroad she could be
happier and freer.''
did you see her on her return from
the second trip?'
Yes. She came to her husbands s
office to ask for forgiveness. He at
first refused to see her, but afterwards
did. Her brother, V. 5. Howard, was
also there When she came out she
was terribly nervous and angry. She
said she was going to buy revolver
to shoot Kip and then kill herself.
. gathered from what she said that Kip
had thrown her down, and"
What do you mean by that"
We'll, from what could understand
she was to get u divorce and marry
/, Kip, and that he had backed out"
Didn't she say,' asked Samuel Ka-
lisch, Mrs. Meyers counsel, that Kip
had told stories, to her husband and
that she was going to make him take
back his infamous lies or shoot him?"s
NO I don't think she did," answered
the witness.
Victor Hugo. a private detective, told
how he had been employed by the hus-
band to follow Mrs. Meyer and restrain
her from purchasing a revolver, He
related tracking her to different hard
ware stores and telling the clerks not
to sell her a gun, but that she had
! fooled him and secured one.
Called HerseIf 1FooI."
Mr.. Barr told that he had later been
at luncheon with Mrs Meyer at the
Victoria. and that she had told him she
had given up the shooting idea for the
present. She also told him she had
been "a fool"
Judge Skinner then introduced lot
ter written by Mrs. Meyer to Miss
Carroll, who was employed as u COM
panion. The letter in part reads:
Dear Miss Carroll-Mr. NJ. came up
with me and Went away as usual in a
huff Things look hopeless. but brace
best of things. Thank God I am far
away, and Mr.. NJ. viii not come up
often. You can bet am. going to have
good time when somebody (meaning
Mr. Moyer) is not around. 1 am going
20 flirt to beat the Band. The latest
news is that Mr.. NJ is going to Mexico
and shoot somebody dead. Hum! me
big Injun' I'll bet on the Mexico boy
If it comes to a fight. (Speaking of one
of the visitors at the hotel). | always
did love a big man. andyhe weighs 1872
pounds
"Mr Allen. the swimming teacher. is
an actor during the winter He Is a
big, strapping man, with nice blue eyes
like my boy. His wife is quite jealous.
and ! am going to make her more so.
She is as homely as hedge fence.
! with much love,
FLORA H. MOYER."
The JamisOn Affair.
The Mexican mentioned in the letter
is DIR. William II. Jamison, who is sup
posed to have been the prime cause of
all the trouble and who is mentioned
by the. complainant in his petition. He
was an old sweetheart of the defend
ant, but the latter's father cut short
this youthful affair by forbidding him
the house. Coming to New York to
take a course in the Post Graduate
Hospital Jamison heard about Mrs.
Meyer and hunted her up. Meyer hap
pened to be away on a business trip
and when he returned his wife told him
about the affair and confessed that
some of the old affection still fingered
He forgave her and said he would help
her to forget Jamison.
! The couple. so it is alleged. met time
and again, and finally Mrs. Meyer told
her husband that she loved Jamison
madly and would not give him up She
also admitted corresponding with him
Meyer wrote to the doctor in Mexico,
and said If he did not stop communi-
eating with his wife he would call on
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