The evening world., 1912-01-19
J1dce Gerard Adjourns to
Residence for First Time
in Courts History.
SCENE IS IMPRESSIVE.
Oueat Apartment, With Grim
son Fittings, Would Have
Delighted a Richelie,L

0psAal Term. Part VI. ot ths ou
pssme Court. was held In . Fifth ave-
nee dining-room to-day. THIS y the
nsst time in the history Of the County
Court House that . sesion hAa svor
bean held outside its walls. Judges
hAwe granted writs in their homes. but
never before has a regular session been
held IN . Judges home.
Supreme Court Justice Gerard y re-
spousible for h innovation. He found
htmself crowded out Of . Dom In the
Old Tweed Building and. being anxious
to hnish w the case Of Alfred Chester
Beatty. . missing engineer. against the
0uggenheim Exploration Company. de-
cided to hold the trial At his home. No.
rs Fifth avenue.
Tho residence was originally buiit BY
Marcus Daily. It Is a big. white. stone
front house. From the front door. one
passes into a lofty. dim reception han.
DAreotly facing the entrance, are broad
doors. opening into the dinins-room
where the Court sat.
The dining-room 10 atty feet in length
b. thirty feet wide. The great red
oom would make . nttinS reception
room for q cardinal. A crimson rug
covers the foor. In the centre Of which
stAnds an wal and Avishly carved
walnut table.
About the table stand hish-baoked.
carved chairs, upholstered In red plush.
The walls Of the big room are panelled
WIN rsd satin. framed N Silt. The
mauvs colored ceiling 10 lavishly deco
rated with gilt designs. To the right.
against the south wall. 10 q great hre-
place that covers one-third Of tho wall
and above the fireplace u . mirror that
reiects the light from h big han
DETER above the table in the centre.
COURT ROOM" Is ONE THAT
WOULD PLEASE ROYALTY.
Three walnut. handicapped buffets
and serving boards stand against this
walls. Five big portraits from tn.
brushes Of artists long since dead.
snsnd put prominently. Four Of thes'
t&intings are Of women and the fft
+: h that Of a man In armor Among thu
paintings are Darbes's portrait OF Elm
press Marie Of Russia, Mignard's por
trait Of Mile. de la Sabliere and VIII
lam Dohson's portrait Of Henry Rich
Earl Of Holland.
The red room - revere in appear
ance. In such q o . Richelie'
might have delighted It Is such
room a. would have made a fttinI
background for Nine. Du Barry's sol
rses. II 10 an impressive room, wei
fttsd for ponderous legal procedure
Justice Gerard sat al the head OF tn
tsb9s. Grouped around the broad boar
were the attorneys, che plaintiff. dc
fendants and witnesses. fifteen In al
On the Justices rleht. at a servin
table on which stood q green. shade
reading lamp. sat St~enosrapher Sand
last On the right OF the stenographe
was the witness chair.
Promptly at 1890 O'Clock q court al
tSndant, standing in front OF a hug
screen that smut off the entrance I
ne Outlers pantry. cleared mis- throe
and cried: Hear ye. hear We, hear ye!
Tue tribunal came to order. It wa
.ueain the attorneys, pr!ncipals and wi
nneses were Q tribe disconcerted by IN
unusualness Of the setting. II was seN
srai minutes before they were able I
sot their usual court voices attuned
t. room. Justice Gerard did not wea
~ robes Of once. hut he quickly gc
down TO business by calling the fr
W4tnsss and swearing him himself.
was more fke a gathering OF friend
odtscuss q business deal than a cour
room scene. The only things hacking
NO II such Q gathering were cigai
end informaiity. The proceedings wea
0tr1ctly formal.
AND JAMEe WAS ON THE 10
At THE DOOR.
yamss, the doorman. was plainly IN
pr>ss>d by the seriousness OF II all.
knee brssohes and black silk stocking
he stood IT tho entrance door n pc
Sormad thu usual functions Of polio
man II n feeling OF informally VI
fat BY those present a glance at Jam.
was sufacient to impress them with q
s>r,ousness Of II all. James, featur
were immobile. Silent and rigid.
stood At tho doorway X some blac
rarbed guard at the entrance to I
throne room Of q king.
The gna red room was but dim
lighted, and this, with the crimson flo
covering, massive furniture and the pc
trait covered walls. made an impresst
picture. 1t was almost medieval. IL
the Justice an dthe lawyer and W
nseees but worn silken capes double
and ap!ers the picture would ha
bean complete. The lawyers talked
suppressed voices, plainly feeling Z
strangeness of the scene. while throu
the dim Eght the Earl OF Holland a
ths bellies of ancient days gazed do'
~ the assemblage from the walls.
SLASHED SEEKING A GIRL
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