New-York tribune., 1912-03-02
u,s Helen Hilton Story Faints
After Sensational Defence.
nrNIEs HUSBANDS CHARGES
,..,ares He Threatened to Blast
Her Reputation and Wanted
Only Their Baby.

-, A,vorce took the centre OF the stage
.-dsv and delivered her long speech.
,,,,1or the ordeal was over Mrs. Story hur-
'Is ,rom the courtroom and, as she
...cbed the corridor, tainted.
usr testimony in spots was sensational
-. che pictured her complaining husband
unnatural, and declared that besides
S.,ane struck her he threatened to ruin
-. rsputaton Of his wife and mother Of
~, ,hree-year-oid daughter. This scene.
IA Mrs Story, followed when she told
49, she would never live with him as his
% again. Said the defending wits:
.eIIs said that he would blast my repu-
,.non--that the only thing I possessed that
~ wanted was our baby, and he would
nut me in such light that no court would
l,t me keep my baby
II was at this thought Of her baby and
,se nossibility Of losing the custody of her,
os threatened by Story, that Mrs. Story
showed the greatest feeling. At other points
IN her examination the young woman, who
ia mot twenty-one years old and was mar
dad when she was sixteen years old, was
ssfant. and once or twice she seemed al
most fippant, which might have been be-
causs of the nature of the questions asked
her or the answers she was compelled to
give.
Says Shirts We're Husbands.
For instance counsel for Story wanted
N hear from her about the shirts belonging
N Stanley II. Forde, an actor. who is the
correspondent In the case. Witnesses have
said they were inclUded in the clothes which
Mrs. Story had done UP by her laundry.
Eleven of these shirts, It was told. were
sentto the laundry at one time. BVt these
were story's shirts, said his wife Then the
attorney asked:
What size does your husband wear?"
Why lp5 and Is when he buys them
himself and 15l3 when he borrows them
from members of his family"
As to the allegations Of any wrong
doing on her part they were all untrue,
said Mrs. Story. 1t was true that Forde
had called at her apartment and dined
there IN tho absence Of Story, but he did
that through an arrangement with her
husband she explained.
did the actor correspondent ever kiss
herr
"only once, and that was the first time
my husband and myself visited his apart
ments When we were leaving he kissed
me on the forehead while my husband was
standing there, and although 7 don't re-
call the circumstances know II was some
kind OF joke"
The quarrel which caused her 10 decide
never to live again with Story as his wife
took place In 1910. Mrs. Story testified. She
aid later occupy an apartment with him.
but that was "only 70 keep up appear
ances' On cross-examination Mr.. Story's
lawyer asked the wife whether she repent
ed of her determination not 10 continue her
relations with her husband, and Mrs. Story
replied:
"Yes. several times Mr. Story was so
good TO me for such lengths of time that I
thought would live with him again. But
before 7 did I always resumed my deter
mination."
Then counsel produced a letter written
By Mrs. Story to her husband while she
was in Canada, where tne quarrel took
place and where he left her. The letter
buhbled with affection. It ran in part
MY Darling Boy-I want 10 see you and
have mine arms about you. I hardly wait
for the time TO come, and when it does l
! am simply crazy TO see you"
Mrs. Story had TO read the letter herself
In court. the lawyer being unable to make
II out. IN answer to question after she
finished the reading Mrs. Story caused
general smile by saying she saw nothing
in that letter to show that she had changed
her resolve about not wishing TO live with
her husband.
Suddenly the scenes were shifted. The
cross-examiner wanted to know whether 1t
vas true that Story one night carried her
bodily into a room and locked her in so
that she could not meet Mr.. Forde. The de-
fendant answered:
Why. yes; he locked me IN room one
night TO keep me from going out. but II
was not TO meet Forde. lie had insulted
me. and I had declared my intention Of go
Ing away and staying overnight with O
friend, and he stopped me in that way
Supported Herself and Baby.
On the redirect examination her own
counsel asked Mrs Story whether Story
had ever given her lone penny" toward
The support Of herself and child He may
nave given me some pennies at time" she
said "but he never supported me or my
osby" story's attorney also had final
question 20 ask. IT was whether the
HFtunes Of the couple had not undergone
change. Ever alert. Mrs Story replied:
WIZ. yes; he was 10 have received an
allowance. but never did, and my allowance
has increased
me next most important part yesterday
was played by Forde. who was under
uoss-examination. But the actor adhered
!" MS original story about his acquaint-
Snce with Mrs. Story and his denial Of the
.aafees IN which lie and Mrs. Story were
involved and came out OF It without dam
age
mrs. Amy Fax, who was employed by the
s'oiys as maid told OF the husbands
throwing his wife across the room and
s''iAing her Story went on the stand, but
sils"ered only a few perfunctory questions
s brother, Harold Story. wove into the
.so'~ OF testimony that when he and the
p,aii'tn went TO Navesink Beach, where
-'s story and Forde lived last summer,
- examined the floor on which they had
i rooms and found the door between
eH rooms open That ended the taking
- testimony. The case will 30 TO the jury
~-uay' Justice Con- holding court especially
saturday to get through with the case,
ne goes TO another part on Monday.
4ne framed Issues in so far as they affect
ank Fellows and Robert Cartwell, also
enuoned by Story, were stricken from
Tie case