New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-29
Gambler CASE NEAR Emu
Testimony Shows Wife was
Swallowed Closely.
MANY sl.EUTHS ON TRAIL
All Declare She Was Often III
Company of a Man and visit
ed His Apartment.

The case Of Mrs Edith Russell TANNER
against Edward V Gambler ana vice N''Sn'
= hich has hean running aiouG for week
before Justice Pendlet"n. VIII n" '''S'"
To dav after tho Introduction 81 ''''
more TESTIMONY. II was detective '"N
'erday. tho sleuths who had to'""'n "i'S
Gambler .elIinc moro about her alleged
nigh, excursions with another mat "hil"
she was living apart from her husband.
Tho espionage of tho alleged frigld hri'e
hogan loss than dvo months after sh' WIS
married to tho bank cashier. IN" marriage
taking place i'm April. 1919 The suppoSed
perecrinations Or Mrs. Gambler took place
following The refusal of her husband I"
live with her longer which act consul
tu'ed his abandonment. on which m" W''
has brought her suit for \ separation. Try
ing to- Justify his action IN leaving MS
wife. Mr.. Gambler has made cas-" 'rf'
alleges omission rather than commission
a. a ground for his action for the annu'-
n;ent ~ the marriage I'm fact, he charges
fraud on the part 81 his wife in that sh"
said she loved him before ST." married him.
when. as 2 matter ~ fact. she did NOT.
Moro evidence was introduced 10 show
that the husbands very touch WAS repug
nant 10 the wife. and on one occasion when
he placed his hand on hers while tho Goa
RE were on their honeymoon she drew
the hand away. ~ another time Mrs.
Gambler told her husband that he was not
70 pay so much attention 10 what sh"
wore or did not wear. and that he had com
mented entirely too much on this subject.
mopth
Charles y. Symes. n stationcr and friend
| Of the husband. who might he called inc
| chief Of detectives. continued his testimony.
| lie seemed 10 have been I'm charge OF Inc
| detective work for Gambler. aided by four
or five subordinates He said he had been
| in search of evidence against Mrs. Gambler
! for a month He took notes " all his oh
servatlons The letters X. u In his
notes. he said. probably meant nothing
doing. and were written following n fruit
less trip on the trail Of Mrs. Gambler.
Victor Hugo. one OF tho detectives on
gagged on tn. case. was called 10 the stand
He identified Mrs. Gambler In the court
room as the woman whom he followed on
! September % She was then living AZ the
Great Northern Hotel. and ho saw her
| come out Of the hotel and enter an auto
mobile "She was driven To hotel in
! Seventh avenue" lie said. "AfterWard she
and her male companion went To Broadway
and i2d street Thoy entered music nall
| and remained there until II p. IN. They
were aftoruard driven L the Great North
.ern Hotel"
Congressman Martin W Lttleton. coun-
sol for Mr. Gambler asked. When they
walked together what were their posi-
| tons"
The gentleman had his arm around her
and they were laughing and talking
ON october n thu detective with the
literary cognomon was again on the ioh
| Mrs Gambler and her male escort visited
restaurants and returned to her hotel at
O'Clock i'm ,ho morning In fact. the testi-
monv showed that they always returned
10 the hotel Then on October - Mrs
Gambler and tho same man went ont to-
re,her This time tho nocturnal trip ended
Al 2l5 O'Clock I'm tho morning And the
/ following day. too said Victor Hugo ne
! saw the roupl" together
! Mrs Gambler and the man went To- tie
Waldorf Astoria" said tho detective. The
man entered tho hotel. while Mrs. Gambler
WAVED for him I'm the car. When b" came
out they were driven To the house AZ No
West 6sth street.
Stayed Inside an Hour. He Says.
The latter is the address 81 Mr.. Sickler.
who has been mentioned in tho case. Con
finuing. Hugo said They did not come
ont again FOR about an hour They went
from the apartment 10 the hotel There
| was q DAYTIME irvs' the next day. said
tho Witness Mrs Gambler meeting the man
downtown and having luncheon with him
| The following sunday there was q dinner
n, the Hotel Martinique. with the tahl"
set for two. after which there was dri'"
through Central Park. There was another
visit 10 the West ssth street apartment
| Hugo told about the doings Of Mrs Gam
bier and her friend on october 20. They
went to The New Theatre. and afterward
| rode through central Park he added.
thing which Mrs Gambler had said on the
stand never happened. The witness said
he saw the man put his arm around Mrs
Gamblers neck and kiss her
Another interesting witness Yesterday
was Elias owens. formerly clerk At the
Great Northern Hotel and nov process
! server in the District Attorney : ofiice He
| said Mrs Gambler had one visitor, a man
| who called frequently at the hotel
The deposition Of Davis Morrison. Of
| Springfield. Mass, was read. The Gam
biers met Mr.. Morrison while they We're
on their honeymoon. and the witness said
| i'm the deposition that he noticed the cool
| ness and Indifference with which Mrs.
| Gambler treated her husband. iie said
| that attention on the part of Mr.. Gambler
! seemed to- irriate his wife. Mr.. Morrison
| told also about Mrs Gamblers drawing
away her hand when her husband touched
It.