Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-19
TELLS Of TRAILING
WIFE IN $4,000
ALIENATION FIGHT
Christopher Branegan Testifles
in His Suit Against
Slingerland.

Christopher B~ranegan, of 81 state
street, testified that his wife, Winnie,
told him she did not love him when ne,
on August "a last, asked her to give
up Frederick w. Slingerland, OF New
York city, and return to him.
Mrs. Branegan didn't return, and as
a result a jury in Judge Adams's court
today is hearing B~ranegan's suit for
| S25. 000 for alienation of his wifes al
lection, with Slingerland as the defend
ant. Other side lights on the case are
a mix-up in Blocker street on Thurs
day, April {, in which, following a fist
fight. both Branegan and Slingerland
landed in the Second Precinct police
court on the morning of the date orig
! inallY set for the trial of their civil
! case in the Circuit Court.
Today Branegan was the first wit
ness called by Louis j. Beers, his at
! torney. and he proceeded to tell of the
roubles that were crowded into the
week of August 1925 last.
1t was during that week that Brane-
gan discovered that Slingerland was
making love to his wife and tried to get
her to stop ii.
Branegan said that his wife had left
him and taken her trunk to a roomlng
house at 300 West Fifty-sixth street,
! New York city. He followed there and
she promised to return home with him
the following day.
"She did So" he testified, land we
had a long talk, during which she
promised to give up Stengerland. She
said size would telephone him at AS
| bury Park and did so in any presence
'Branegan testified that upon one oc-
! casion. when his wife left Asbury Park
| ostensibly to see Slingerland and tell
him she was to have no more to do
with him. he followed her and saw her
get off at the North Asbury Park sta
ton. He said Slingerland met her
there and they went to the oMnhagen
Inn. After visiting & restaurant to-
gether the couple returned o the hotel
and sat on the Veranda, when Singer
land. after kissing Mrs. Branegan good
bye. according to Branegan, departed.
Branegan made his way into the hotel
and told his wife what he had seen and
was called a sneak for his pains.
Tells of Divorce scheme.
on September 4 my wife and I We're
out walking together. After we re-
turned to my sisters house, h went
out again. | followed her testified
the husband.
''Where did she go?"
"She went toward Lake avenue"
did she know YOU were following
hero
Yes
What did she do when she found
it out?"
"She got on a car and rode aroun
the loop. Then I met her and we re-
turned to the house again"
ibid you have a talk with your wife
when you arrived at the house?"
Il did" and she said: You had Sling
erland arrested, didn't you? We'll, |
knew you did. so / old him to transfer
everything he owned except the clothes
on his back Then she said: I'll tell
you what III do. I'll live with You
until the first Of September if you'Il
let me get d divorce then, 50 that can
marry Slingerland.'
Did you try to regain your wife's
ahections?"
Yes; but every time / pleaded with
her she would say Fred loves me
dearly. He knows how to love-"
Did you have a conversation witt
your wife early in September?
At did"
Did you have any further CONVEX.
sation with our wife,
YES. she called me a little silriml
alongside Of her sweetheart Fred. She
said: You ought To hear Fred say
sweetheart
What happened after that"
II rough my suit for alienation o
my wife's affections