The evening world., 1911-01-10
HA|RP|NS AND LIES
FIGURE IN H|NDLEy
SUIT FOR DIVORCE
Plumbers Principal Witness
Arrested; Wife'S Girl Friend
Admitted Untruth.
WINE AND + IN IT.
Jerome Denies He Has "Sinis-
ter" Power Over the Dis
trict-Attorney's Office.
WINE AND T IN IT.

Black and gold hairpins, automobile
rices. wine and allegations of perjury
figured conspicuously at the referees
hearing of the suit for divorce brought
by Charles 7. fIindley, a wealthy Sixth
avenue plumbing contractor. against
his pretty wife. Mary Bagot Hin Ncy.
The whole story came out to-day be-
fore Justice Blanchard in the supreme
Court, when VI. NJ. schlesinger and NJ
H.. Grossman. counsel for Hiniley.
asked that q decree of divorce be
granted. Former Dlstrlct-Attorney
Jerome, representing Mrs. Hindley,
made a vigorous protest. Justice
Blanchard reserved decision.
The Hlndleys were married five years
ago. but lived together only five months,
Mrs. Hindley returning to her mothers
home In st. Nicholas avenue. Hlndley
brought suit, alleging that on July %,
1909. his wife occupied a room in a house
In West Sixteenth street with Vincent
Heller.
Mrs. Hlndley's answer was a general
denial. She declared she did not know
the correspondent and that she was not
in New York at the time of the alleged
w~rongdoing.
Witness Arrested for Perjury.
Raymond Har..-n. nineteen, a lodger
In the West Sixteenth street house, vas
Hindley's principal witness. lie declared
positively that he saw Heller and Mrs.
Hindley together In the house on the
night mentioned. Heller denied this and
a young woman named Maize Dougherty
was produced and testified she. was the
one Harmon saw and mistook for Mrs.
Hindley.
Then Hanon was arrested for perjury
but was ever indicted. Subsequently
Maize Dougherty admitted SIZE had told
an un;ruth. that she was never In the
West sixteenth street house in her life.
The hairpins entered the case before
Mazic's confession. Maize is a pro-
nounced brunette. but declared on the
witness stand she used gold hairp!ns.
4 Mrs. Hilndley. "A decided blonde. de-
4 clared she used black hairp!ns. A num-
Der OF black hairp.ns found in the Six
ieenth street room were offered in evil
dcnce by Hindley's lawyers.
Hannon told Of going into the room
where Heller and Mrs. Hindley were.
Mrs. I~iindley was crying. he said. and
demanding that Hc.zer give me back
my si5 and my happiness" Heller. ac-
cording 20 Harmon. told her she was
drunk from too much VINE
Last Home From Auto Rides.
Testimony showing that Mrs. Hlndiey
used to go motoring ana was always
the last OF the party to return home"
was introduced To Offset her mothers
story that Mrs. Hindley always had
supper and breakfast a; home and. ex-
cept for two ocCa sloEs. had slept with
her mother since SEPARATING from Hind
ley.
Both Mr., Schlesinger and Mr.. Gross
man declared the arrest OF Harmon was
an outrage. caused by some "Ultcrior
motive OF Mr.. Jerome. They asked
what sinister influence" Mr.. jerome
exercised over the p!strict-Attorney'
office, since there had been no indict-
ment found against Harmon within
seven months after his arrest.
Mr.. Jerome denied that he had eXer-
I cised any influence over the District.
\ Attorneys office. lie reviewed the tes-
timony OF Mrs. Ifindley's witnesses, all
tending to establish an alb! for her,
Their exclaimed:
'Do You think a woman OF rcputed