The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-15
COOPER ON STAND.

I (OullnueQ from rage OQe.l
Cooper for the purpose of securing the
estate cooper was then asked about
the ante-nuptial contract.
Il will ask if Cora signed this con-
tract?" said Attorney Taylor, as he
handed the witness a copy of the
agreement.
Yes, she did,
Before she signed that had you told
her just what property you owned?"
81 told her everything ana she
seemed pleased to know I owned the
property
Did she seem satisfied with the
Icontract?"
Eyes; she appeared very much
AT the time you left for Texas in
December, did Mrs. Cooper accom-
pany you to the train?''
''She did,
What happened there?"
''She kissed me goodbye and asked
me to write to her often; that she
would think of me all the time
Then Cooper told of the shock
when he was called over the long dis
lance telephone and told of his wife's
action for divorce and alimony.
1t is probable that Cooper will not
complete his testimony until some
time Monday morning. His diary is
consulted often and Cooper relies lit
tie on his own memory in giving evil
dSAAG0 his ISC0IAL
Following Cooper, several witnesses
will be introduced by the defense to
show that Mrs. Cooper knew of her
husbands wealth at the time she mar
ried him. Ed McKeever, for the plain
tiff, also expects to offer several wit
nesses IN rebuttal and the case may
not close until late Monday afternoon.
Had Eye on Another.
At the morning session today,
Cooper and Attorney Martin were
called to the stand to give evidence for
the plaintiff concerning Cooper's
present wealth. Some equities in
Texas are in question and neither of
the witnesses seemed able to give a
definite statement as to their value.
The plaintiff sprung a new feature in
the case late Friday evening, when it
introduced the affidavit of Lena Til
son, who is now employed in an En-
poria hotel, showing that Cooper re-
Gently stated that he would keep his
eye on her Miss Tilson, and might
want her after he disposed of his
troduced to show that numerous wom-
en- called Cooper over the telephone
and that he was all too popular with
the opposite sex.
BOoge Disappointment.
| Col. H. D. Booge, the Topeka Home
| Defender" and matrimonial agent, was
! a rank disappointment to the defense
in the John G. Cooper divorce and ali
mony suit. In fact the defense seemed
| to receive an advance "hunch'' that
Booge's testimony was all one way. So
Mr.. Cooper did not waste the $1.50
necessary to bring him to the court
| house. But Mrs. Cooper did. And his
| services were well worth the money.
| Booge is an alert witness. He had
| faculty of remembering the very things
| the defense hoped he had forgotten and
| his mind was crossed concerning sew
AI,f- l. a
| recall. The witness was certain that
he had taken 81 or % applicants to
| Cooper in the hopes of finding the de-
| PENDANT an obedient, dutiful and attrac-
tive wife. Booge also recalled the con-
tract price for his service was 5000, but
| that he was still carrying $175 of the
amount on the Home Defenders ledger.
| The defense was anxious to show by
| BOoge's testimony that the plaintiff,
her sister, Mrs. Mott and her mother.
Mrs. Haley, had all tried to land Cooper
| on their matrimonial schedules, but it
was Cora who came from Nebraska and
pulled down the prize. Booge would
not admit these things and he said his
relation with the other members of the
Haley family had been for the express
purpose of placing them in homes as
| domestics. He was a good witness for
| the plaintiff. He would not admit with
| any degree of certainty that he ever
told the plaintiff about Cooper's wealth
| and said he did not himself know much
of the defendants financial rating.
| Booge also said he never heard Cooper
| tell the woman about the property he
possessed. This was a strong point for
the prosecution, as Cooper's main de-
! Tense was based on a statement that
| the woman knew just what property
Cooper possessed at the time she signed
an ante-nuptial agreement
Mrs. Cooper on the Stand.
Mrs. Cooper, the plaintiff, was on the
witness stand under cross examination
almost the entire afternoon. Cores
pondence between husband and wife
was introduced, but it was of mild
nature-neither extremely cruel nor
gushingly affectionate. The woman
hung to her main story like mistletoe
to a tree, although she admitted that
some of the family Quarrels were not
as serious as they at first seemed.
Then Ella Mott, sister of the plain
tiff, told of her visits to the Cooper
! home and placed much emphasis on
Coopers treatment of his wife. Under
cross examination she lost her temper