Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-19
SAID SHE'D WEAR
RED IF HUBBY DIED
Defendant in Alienation Sui
Says Mrs. Eugene E. Crane
Told Him So.
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ling, had an apartment, Mr. Ketcham
said the apartment had three bed
rooms and that Mrs. Crane and Mrs.
Dale had always slept together.
He denied strongly any misconduct
with Mrs. Crane at these apartments,
though admitting he had spent ten
days there. He admitted he had seen
Mrs. Crane disrobe and had seen her
through the portieres as she vas
lying in bed. He insisted he had
never been in the same room with her
at these times. but had been in a room
screened from the bedroom by por-
tieio Mrs. Julia ketcham, his wife,
was in Maine at the time, he stated.
Mrs. ketcham was in the court
room today for the first time, and
may bA called as witness for her
husband. She is about the same age
as her husband, who admitted on the
stand today he was % years old, and
in contrast to the dashing- looking
Mrs. Crane appears sedate and
motherly. She sat far apart from
Mrs. Crane today and held no conf
munication with her.
George II. Lambert, a lawyer, who
was a commissioner in the taking OF
testimony here for the divorce
granted Mrs. Crane in California, was
called TO testify to the minutes of the
testimony taken here. He said he
had been Mrs. Cranes lawyer before
she had gone to California, and that
the testimony taken here was for her
use. 1t was not taken stenographl-
cally, he said, but the questions and
( Ia u-ifnPEd
before they were allowed TO sign.
them. Mr.. Lambert was called for
the purpose OF getting the testimony
taken here in evidence, as Mr.. Con-
boy wishes to use it to refute some
of the statements made by Wit
nesses yesterday. who swore that
they had never heard of Crane Ill
treating his wife or drinking TO eX-
cess. 1t is said they swore otherwise
In the divorce testimony.
Judge Questions Witness.
lust before court closed for the
noon recess Judge DUNCAN took a
hand in questioning Ketcham. APP
parently trying to find out whether
there is anything to support the al
legation of misconduct charged by
Crane in his complaint in the letters
written by Ketcham. He quoted from
letter written in August, 1906, and
asked Ketcham what he meant by
this statement: II long for the happy
hours we spent in S. the IS
standing for Stamford, Conn, where
Ketcham and Mrs. Crane had spent
several days.
Ketcham explained that it was the
first time he had been IN the noun
tains, and he enjoyed himself SO
much walking over them with Mrs.
Crane and a Mrs. Chatham, a friend
of Mrs Crane, that he referred to 1t
in the letter in the terms above.
Judge DUNCAN also referred to a
| letter Of October /. 1905. in which
Ketcham. in speaking in endearing
terms of Mrs. Crane, wrote loves
me so that she has given her body
and soul to me and would do any
thing to make me happy
1t seemed TO bother Ketcham to
find an explanation for that phrase,
his answer being, after a long pause:
I didn't intend anything wrong
when l wrote it, He could not ex-
Ketcham strove TO show that in
stead of seeking to ALLEVIATE the af-
fections of Mr.. Crane's wife he was
simply q sympathetic friend. to
whom she came with her tales of
marital strife, and that he, in the
kindness of his heart, but not
through love Of Mrs. Crane, helped
her by words and deeds.
Admits Gifts and stipend.
He admitted that part Of the deeds
were numerous gifts and for long
period in 1907 payment of SO a
week to enable her TO pay her board
in New York city after she had left
Crane and while she was seeking TO
learn the trade of manicuring and
hairdressing. He also admitted the
California, but all this he insisted
was simply because he felt sorry for
Mrs Crane and wanted to help her
out of her troubles.
He said that Mrs. Crane was al
ways wishing she was free. and once
had said "she almost wished some
thing would happen TO Crane SO she
could get her freedom.
During all this time Mrs. Crane sat
back of the jury box. accompanied,
as always, by her 21-year-old daugh-
ter Helen NJ. Crane. Today, for the
first time. she seemed to show feel
ing, and as Ketcham was telling OF
his sympathy for her she kept her
face buried in a handkerchief. She
was not weeping, however, but
seemed to desire to hide her face
from the other women. who for the
first time turned out in goodly num-
bers in the courtroom to hear the
testimony.
Ketcham's testimony was given
mainly in narrative form, his counsel,
Mr.. Conboy. asking him but few ques-
lions. He sad he ffrs; became in
terested in the troubles of Mrs. Crane
in December, 1904.
''she Came 10 Buy Thimble'
"She came 10 my Office in Maiden
lane, New York" said Mr. ketcham,
"ostensibly TO buy a thimble. Then
she asked ms 10 go to lunch with |
her and while at lunch she told me
all her family troubles. In the mid
die Of January. 1906. she called me-
up and wished another interview. |
and told me the same story
ketcham did not tell what Mrs. |
Crane told him. but said: 'The sad |
ness of the whole thing aroused my |
sympathy, and | comforted her as |
best I could She said that living |
around in different places was hu- |