Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-02

COuHL N7Ha company WAS GHlleQ u
testify concerning lighting bills con.
tracted by Oil while he waE said tc
be living with May Burns, the co.
respondent. at Avon during the sum.
mer of 1912.
The cashier brought with him from
Avon the office accounts of the gat
company for the period In question
He Identified an account as that OF
Ohls. but Lawyer Frying, for the
petitioner, was not allowed to- Offer
the account In evidence.
Ohrs lawyer objected to the testi-
mony. The lawyer pointed out thai
the entry debited to Oil was written
over name that had been erased
The court refused to allow the tam
pered entry TO be offered as evidence
A magnifying glass was used by
Ohls counsel In an attempt to dis
Germ the name which had been partly
erased. 1t developed that the hidden
name resembled that of Maria
Mitchelett." Mitchelett is one of the
names said to have been used by the
correspondent and Oil during their
travels.
Thomas Donahue, a bellboy en-
ployed in the Packer House, Perth
Amboy. was called. He Is eighteen
years old. He told how he had Sc
cured possession of the hotel regis
ter for Mr.. Frying. The Packer
House is one of the hostelries where
OH and May Burns are alleged to
have registered as man and wife.
Donahue was succeeded on the
stand by Lyman Friedman. general
manager of the Perth Amboy Hotel
He explained how the hotel had gone
into the hands of a receiver. He
told of shipping the hotel register
to Mr.. Frying.
Page Torn Out.
Miss Florence Handbook, stem
ographer in Counsel Fryling's office,
was called to testify as to the receipt
of the register at Frylings office.
The girl told of examining the book
after it arrived and discovering that
the page dated Friday. March II,
1911, and Saturday, March IL, 1911,
had been torn out. These dates are
said to represent the time Oil was at
the hotel with the correspondent.
Charles A. Becker. manufacturing
jeweler, testified that he met Oil
and May Burns twice while staying
at the I'VE Old Spye Inn." at Morgan
Station. The defendant and cores
pondent seemed very friendly while
Becker proved a hostile witness to
the defense.
A sharp reply by the witness gave
Mr.. Bradner an opening for a food
of sarcasm which he directed at
Becker's story. Becker remained I'M
shaken.
Peter Bey, proprietor of saloon
at 431 Clinton avenue, the address
of May Burns, was the net witness.
Bey told of the frequent visits
made by Oil to that house when
gun club used to meet there"
That May Burns was employed as
detective" at the George A. Oil
Companys plant on Orator str Get
was the statement made by Miss
Anna Walsh, of 81 Blocker street.
on the stand. The defendant Is the
president and treasurer of the ma
chine manufacturing concern.
The witness stated that Oil in
formed her that May Burns was hired
as q detective.
"She didn't do any work there that
| could see," said Miss Walsh. "She
lust came around and did what she
pleased"
OhPs counsel in cross-exam'ning
the witness, brought out the state
ment that certain employees were
suspected of stealing documents
Asked IL her own brother was moi
one of the suspects, the girl answered
"Why, Oil suspected everybody tina
ever worked for him."
Another former chauffeur OF OH!
appeared against him today In Leon
ard Nelson, of SO Chester avenue. Ht
is the third chauffeur who appeared
during the hearing yesterday and to
day to testify that May Burns ant
Oil took numerous automobile ride!
about the State.
Oil Had Six Cars.
Nelson tod of driving Mrs. Jenni,
Oil to a Broad street business houst
when they met May Burns in one o
Ohrs automobiles Nelson declared
that Oil kept six cars and these wer'
used for his business at the factory
for May Burns's use and for his WIFE
convenience.
Mrs. Obi, the complaining wife, thei
took the stand. The crowded court
room was hushed while she repeated
the circumstances attending hel
marriage and recent changes of ad
dress from the Oil home at III
Washington avenue to the Hote
Aberdeen, where she now has apart
ments.
When asked to step to the witness
chair Mrs. Oil discarded her coat al
though she were preparing for try
ing ordeal She wore a blue suit
blue silk waist dotted with old rose
and trimmed at the neck and cuff
with brown fur The witness also wor
diamond earrings and a heart-shape'
diamond layalliere hung loosely abou
her neck. On the stand she was con
stantly adjusting her white kid gloves
"Have you ever been away iron
home with your husband?" asked MI
Frying.
IA few times, answered the wife
''but in recent years l don't believ
Pve been, further away from Newarl
than Avon, in the company of MI
Oil.
mo, / have never been to Chicago
Cleveland. Columbus or Mexico wit
him." continued Mrs. OIL
This evidence was brought out t
show that Oil was not accompanie
by his wife during his trips to hotel
with the female companion calle'
May Burns.
Asked If she could name the dat
| of a certain trip made by her hus
band, Mrs. Oil answered:
| ooh, he was always going away
| There was no particular trip whic'
worried me enough to ascertain tn
| date"
Mrs. Oil told of finding cake o
| scented soap In her husbands roon
after his return from one of thes
trips. The soap was stamped "Hote
| Chrittenden." which is the name O
| the hotel where Oil and May Burn
are alleged to have lived while in Co
! lumbus, o. Counsel for Oil Tough
hard against the admission OF thi
evidence, but Yice-Chancellor Howe
overruled him.