New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-19
.FA|NTS AFTER ACCUSING
HER MOTHER IN COURT
Helen Crane. Even at Seven
Years, Observed Defend.
ants Attentions.
$4,000 ALIENATION SUIT
Former Banker Seeks Damages
from New York Manufact-
urer - Ardent Let.
tiers Read.

tiers Read.
MISS Helen Crane. the twenty-one- year
old daughter Of Eugene f. Crane. a for
iner banker and realty operator. tainted
in her mothers arms yesterday in the
Supreme Court Circuit at Newark after
tesufyinS reluctantly Ia Mrs Cranes
friendship for Edward W. Ketcham a
New York manufacturer, living in East
Orange. whom Crane is suing TO- sJO"D
Tor alienation. The wife, Mrs. Lillian T..
Crane. obtained a divorce in California
Fiity-four letters said to have been
written between 1902 and 1910 by ketcham
10 Mrs. Crane were admitted in evidence
They were couched in terms OF affection
and devotion. and were signed usually
Sweetheart Ed or Your Boy"
These letters were identified as having
been penned by the defendant They were
produced by Mrs. Emily Dale. who was a
witness She told now. after Mrs. Crane
left her husband aud broke up her home.
She and Mrs. Crane shared an apartment
III Manhattan. Mrs Dales present ad-
dpcss. she said. was in West S9th street
The witness admitted that Mrs. Crane
gave the letters into her custody for safe
keeping and that she gave them to Henry
II. Freyling. counsel for Crane in this
suit She declared she received nothing
more than a written receipt for them.
Miss Crane testified that when she was
seven years old she noticed that Ketcham
was friendly with her mother. She said
that in 190t two years before the Cranes
finally separated and while they We're
spending the summer at Madison. y. j.,
Ketcham frequently came there in an
automobile and took Mrs. Crane out rid
ing. sometimes alone and sometimes with
the daughters Her mother frequently
went TO meet Mr.. Ketcham in the city.
Miss Crane continued.
on cross-cXamination the witness said
she had seen her father strike her mother
II was late at night, and she woke up To-
hear her fathers voice raised i'm anger.
Childlkc, she peeied through the door
and saw her mother fall. stretched out b"
a blow.
Most OF the letters put IN evidence We're
dated from Newark and New York and
were addressed To Mrs Crane at various
points in the West. where she had gone TO
secure divorce As the letters were
read To the jury by NJ. Frying Mrs
Crane went 10 the corridor. where she
paced mp and down.
Following are excerpts from the letters. .
Nv Dear Lillian. Ny Sweetheart: This
j. your hour; that is. take between ) ana
to devote OF write To YOU. Ny thoughts
are devoted To YOU at all times. ! nave q
craving all the time, l!t'le dear. FOR YOU
| love to think Of YOU. and ain happy 70
think and know there ~ Il loVeiy niue
girl way oft West-oh OH. eyer So lar
from here,-that r. thinking OF me. ana
NAT she Is lonely because | am not with
Ter OH To see you-to be with you ioi
iust one moment. I would come an ~"
way 10 YOU for just one sweet, warm ki9S'
bat YOU can wager II Wouid D. g ioi,t IN
DevOtedly. YOU X >" FL if'|>"'
Nv Sweetheart: Isn't it terrible. Liln"
dear. after being 80 Close t"ge't4'i' ="
nov be - wide apart / long Tor the
happy hours We spent together az
How | did enjoy myself Will. there
felt 80 free. forgetting everything
In this letter he complains that he has
only had two letters. two kilograms ana
TWO postcards since Mrs.. Crane leit New
ark. and continues:
And that is not enough Tor such a nun
cry lOE 80 | diD-Hh1eIN n't w 49, 80,
hungry for you. deaIie. hungry Tor your
sweet smiles, hungry for your love. nun
cry for your kisses. II cannot nave You
all for myself / shall never DC hhpP,
again / love You. dear one, more anu
,nor. each day. and want YOU To know H.
Mrs. Lillian +. Crane. wife of the PLAIN
tiff. furnished surprise when she was
called 10 the stand by Martin 'onbov.
counsel for the defendant She swore that
for many years after her marriage I"
Crane their course OF life was pleasant
and they were extremely happy That
condition continued. she said. up TO "A
time when outside influences entered
tIeir home Asked when that eventuated.
Mrs Crane replied, when ] met MI.
Ketcham."
The witness admitted her FORMER nus
band told the truth when ne testihed oil
freauent auarrels over ketcham's atten-
lions To her She told how she came nome
one night when they lived IN East orange
wearing q costly diarnond-studd-d brace
let. which. she said. hetcham had give"
her. Her husband demanded 10 kho"
where she got il. She defahtiy toio MN
b,r best friend" gave ii 10 her. Also. she
admitted according TO her testimony
that bv her best friend she meant hetch-
am Crane tore the bracelet from her
arm and cast it away, she said.
Nrs Crane testified too. that she maze
ssveraI trips 10 California, where she pro-
cured her divorce She said ketchaih
Maid the EXPENSES OF these trips. with the
exception OF the last one. lie also De
,raved the expense Of her divorce she
declared.