Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-19
LOVE LETTERS IN
BANCROFT TRIAL
Missives, Alleged to Be From
Max Heibler, Call the De-
fendant Wife"
ALSO MENTION A CHILD
Correspondence Is Admitted as Evil
dence After Bitter Wrangle
of Attorneys.

prolonged and bitter wrangle between
the lawyers, five of the love letters
alleged to have been written to Mrs.
Bancroft by Max Heibler, as well as
the Max Heibler, Jr., birth certifi-
cate" were admitted as evidence when
the trial for divorce brought by John
Bancroft, Jr., against his wife, Made
line Du Pont Bancroft, was resumed in
the superior court of New Castle
county.
: Young Bancroft and his father were
both recalled to the stand. They testi-
fed to the discovery of Mrs. Du Pont
/ Bancroft in the Hotel Belmont, New
| York, last February, whittier she had
gone, they said, with the intention OF
n booking passage on a steamship for
( Europe to join Max Heibler, who is al
v legged to be the father Of her second
e child and named as correspondent in
= the action.
S LETTER SAYS, "DEAR WIFE,
There was decided stir when John
7. Terry of New York, one of the Ban
k croft attorneys, began the reading o.
y one of the letters, alleged to be from
l. Max Heibler to Mrs. Du Pont Bancroft
i Mr.. Terry laid special emphasis on the
: words My dear wife" as he read ont
of the letters.
ID Many in the court thought at first
ID merely was a letter from young Ban
1T croft to the defendant in the case, an,
of they were aghast when they heard a
the windup of the missive, Your al
fectionate husband"
,r Although there are 60 of the letter
or from, Max Heibler, German studen
lie it is understood that only a few c
I'd them were admitted as evidence.
rs Heibler in one of the letters allude
er to anotheEeXeman- whom~he- mentaoa
ed by name. He told os trip up
the mountains with this girl, whom,
is said, he once was engaged to MARI.
,r CAUSED A SCOLDING.
u 'But there is no sin in the moul
u tains," wrote Max Heibler.
as The reference to the other woma
'a- was said to have upset Mrs. Du POI
ly Bancroft who, in an alleged letter I
ne him, scolded the German student Mr.
ed I'm Pont Bancroft in the Same alleoe
I'm letter, which was snatched from he
III it is said, after a struggle in the Hot
H. Belmont, also made mention of "ol
b. child"
le But though Max Heibler did not r
hu ceive that particular letter, he wro
iiu others In which he said he would lo-
ue to kiss Mrs. Du Pont Bancroft's eye
her hair and her red, red lips
He added to one missive further d
tails about his picnic in the mountai
IN with the young German woman, al
told of a heavy rainstorm In anoth
VI missive Max wrote of his great und
'n ing affection. He also mentioned 20
lu Child" and begged Mrs. Du Pont Bs
''o croft to come to Germany to join hi
He had kissed that German girl,
ne wrote, because Mrs. Du Pont BancrC
~ was not with him. Max Heibler tn
sent parting kiss, it was said, endi
% Ss the alleged letter with: Your aft,
tionate husband"
- TELLS OF SEEING LETTERS.
stood, were received after the birth
the youngest child, known in the
ion pers as Max Heibler, Jr.'
in When young Bancroft was recall
ess to the stand he was extremely nervo
ris and bis hands clutched the arms of t
st. chair as he leaned forward to cat
the questions of the attorneys. He
OF scibed the scene in the Hotel Belmo
los when he took several letters from
the wife
7ed He gave the court to understand II
hat the quarrel was patched up for the
yed stant when he first arrived, but Ii
lip his wife suddenly picked up a handb
de- and went toward the bathroom.
ms intercepted her. he testified, and the
followed a struggle to get possessi
of the bag. He got it, and also lettt
L which his wife had taken from {
ar bag and wanted TO throw away.
for On another occasion it was broue
tee out in the young mans testimony
Us found several letters in a cabinet tn
ne said, caused him to notify the DO
office authorities to send all mail
himself or Mrs. Bancroft, Jr., to
ONCE. Letters, he added, came
him from time to time He said
r took them home and handed them
Mrs. Bancroft. She. he testified. re
- them and then gave them TO him.
Despite the fact that Bancroft S
ere The letters, he said he did not re
sti- them until they were in his lawye
ade Office