New-York tribune., 1912-11-22
GAVE AWAY SMALL SON,
TEST|F|ES MRS. DUDLEY
Defendant in Divorce Trial
Says She Has Not Seen
Him Since.
TELLSOF HER MARRIED LIFE
Accuses Her Husband of Keep
ing Savage Dogs, Making Ap
pointments Over Telephone
and Striking Her.

Mrs. Marie Mulock Dudley made sur
prising admission yesterday In the Chan
Gerry Chambers. Jersey City. I'm the divorce
suit instituted by her husband, Edward
Dudley, the wealthy lawyer. OF Camden.
who is prominent in Philadelphia soeiety
and club life She said she had son
twenty-five years old. but that she had
surrendered him when he was eighteen
months old TO her sister and had not seen
him FOR many years. She said she did not
know whether he was alive or dead. and
she had not seen her sister, Mrs Mabel
Connolly, Of Pittsburgh, for four years,
This admission was made under cross
examination by Lawyer Allen o. Strong.
He did not press the inquiry along that
line after eliciting the admission, and the
witness, who betrayed nervousness, quick
~ recovered her self-possession.
When the hearing was resumed yester-
day Mrs. Dudley's lawyer asked for An
adjournment until the dispositions OF
Frank II. Brightley. a former lawyer or
his client, were taken at Philadelphia. He
said that Brightley had betrayed Mrs.
Dudley vilely and had withheld documents
she intrusted to his keeping. Vice-Chan-
cellor Stevenson refused this request for
an adjournment.
Mrs. Dudley, who denies her husband 3
charge Of desertion, was spirited VIII
ness. She testified that she was the wife
of Edward Warren, Of New YORK, Wnen
she met Dudley in New York, in 1898.
Dudley. she said, was attentive and escort
ed her to dinners, theatres and the opera.
90 Ntt
vath and said the lawyer would be aoie
TO procure divorce for her from war
rem. After getting the divorce she went
to Italy and was married to Dudley on
March 4, 1899.
Returning from Europe, they went to
Dudley's home, The Grange, at Camden.
She was shocked, she said, as they walked
I'D the long avenue to the house by the
pack Of savage dogs. During the fort
night she remained at the Grange she
kept indoors through fear Of them.
81 recall distinctly aow," she said, how
II affected me to have all those dogs
sweeping down upon me-
Mrs Dudley said her husbands sister.
Mrs. Trotter, appeared to run the Grange
household.
Mrs Trotter was consistently disagree
able" she said. There WIS no affection
between brother and sister. II was not ["
home, because Mrs. Trottar was persist
entity rude"
Mrs. Dudley said her steamer trunks
were consigned to the car shed instead ~
the storeroom by Mrs. Trotter's order.
The witness then told of their life IN
New York and Philadelphia and the rsri-
Gus leading hotels they had stopped at
and Of trip to Narragansstt Pier in
yacht. She told OF elaborate social func-
tions at her Philadelphia home, where
they entertained the Wideners. the Dor
RANGES and other prominent families.
Her suspicious that her husband was
too friendly with Mrs. Elizabeth Batelle
Vanderpool, the wealthy widow of sau-
eertIes. y. y. were aroused in 1874, she
said
After Mrs. Dudley finished her direct
testimony she was cross-examined. Inc
first question asked op~cross-examinauo
was about her son. She said her husband
knew about the birth OF the son. She
admitted that she was first married under
the name of Emma Julia Fowler, ADOPT
ing the surname OF her foster-mother.
cousin OF her mother. She declared MIS-
yanderpool was responsible for her man
tai troubles.
The hearing was adjourned until Mon
dsy. December . to hear motions and M
the date for resuming the taking OF tes-
timony.