Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-28
HIS W|FE'S HUG ICY
Her Embrace Reminded Gam
bier of a Barrel Hoop.
HAD NO LOVE FOR HIM
Banker, Contesting Divorce Suit,
Tells of Platonic Honeymoon.
NEVER GOT RESPONSIVE KISS
Declares Wife Told Him She Only
Married Him to Save Sup
porting Herself.

NEW YORK, June 2s-Edward Victor
Gambler. cashier of the Merchants Elk
change National Bank. as on the wit
ness stand most of the time yesterday be-
fore Supreme Court Justice Pendleton, in
the suit brought by his wife, Edith Rus
sell Gambler. for a separation on the
ground of abandonment, and under a
sharp cross-examination by Augustus Van
Wyck, counsel for Mrs. Gambler. he in
sisted that he had done all husband
could be expected to do within reason to
show his affection for his wife.
He said she finally told him that she did
not love him, but that she preferred mar
rying him to going to work to support
herself.
1t developed during the day that Harvey
C. Sickler. president of the Atlantic Fer
tilizer and Oil Company, who lives at
West 6Sth street, has been attending all
the sessions of the trial under subpoena
in behalf of Mr.. Gambler Martin w.
Littleton counsel for Mr.. Gambler, said
that there was no longer any mystery
about the man with the suppressed
name,'' and that Mr.. Sickler is the man.
Charles Brewster. Sickler's chauffeur,
Tuesday testified that Sickler and Mrs.
and that he had seen, upon looking back
from his seat. the pair caressing, kissing
and hugging.
Questioned by Mr. Littleton as to
whether his wife showed any affection
on the steamer going to Europe, shortly
after their marriage. Mr.. Gambler said
she did not. He once told her, Edo.
dear, put your arms around me just
once.
The Hoop-Like Hug.
Mr.. Gambler said that she did so. and
he described her display of affection in
this manner: aShe touched the tips of
her ten fingers together as she put her
arms around me. She held the tips of
her fingers together for the fraction of
moment, and then she withdrew them
Her arms might as well have been barrel
hoops.
Did she ever bestow an active kiss
upon your?
Never. I frequently kissed her. but
she drew away from me when did. A
full and responsive kiss | never had from
her
They talked on the boat. Mr.. Gambler
said, but did not discuss their future
plans and he had to do most of the talk
ing because his wife always gave him
short answers. She would walk with him
on deck only occasionally and then after
they had gone a short distance she would
tell him she was tired. He said he tried
TO be unusually considerable of his wife
because her father had said she was not
in good health.
"Once at the beginning of our honey
moon / called her by her pet name, and
said: Edo, il your affection for me Is
timid and does not prompt You to re-
spond with ardor to my affections. why
bide your time? Then l added: Edo,
are you afraid of me?'
Mrs Gambler said that her husband
suffered from headaches a great deal
during their honeymoon. and Mr.. Little
ton asked him If he was subject to
headaches
Il never had a headache in my life I'M
til / discovered that l was a party to
| one sided marriage" said Mr.. Gambler.
She Remained Impassive.
| Gambler said he renewed his advances
when they reached Paris. but that his
wife remained cold and impassive. and
| that was her attitude in The Hague, Am
sterdam and Berlin. In Berlin, when he
taxed her with her GOODNESS, he said she
suggested that they go out and get drunk
| together.
Il said to her that what she was doing
was robbing us of the mutual affection
that should be growing up between US.
and then 1t was that l received the blow
that shattered the whole thing:
II don't love you, she told me, and
| never did love.
Then why did you marry me?' l
asked. But she made no reply at that
time. After that there was not much
| embracing. even on my part.
| Did she ever take back her statement
that she did not love you, or attempt tc
explain it?'
she never did When We were re
turning home and were within one day
/ of New York / talked with her for hall
| an hour about her duties as a wife and
| again asked her why she married me
During all this time she did not reply &c
| any of my questions
| Whey they first reached home they lived
/ at the Marie Antoinette for a time and
/ then went to the Canoe Brook Club, a,
| Summit, n. J.. and later returned TO the
Prince George Hotel, where he left her
| They had an hours talk that morning
He gave her 500; shook hands with hel
| and then left. She did not shed tear
he said.
when did you make up your mind t.
| associate yourself permanently from thi:
| LADY," asked Mr.. Van Wyck.
Mr.. Gambler could not remember. ant