The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-05-29
BISHOP TESIFIES
AS WIFE'S WITNESS
Tells of His Relations With the
Correspondent. Mrs.
Gwathmey.
DENIES "BAER" SIGNATURE
Hotel Maid Identifies Picture
as That Of "Dr. Bacr's'
Companion.
DENIES "BAER" SIGNATURE

Rishon's suit for divorce from James
Cunningham Bishop. the banker, at
,racted so many persons to Supreme
Court Justice Goff's court room yester-
day that the doors were closed BEFORE
court opened Mr.. Bishop was called
as one of the first witnesses for his wife
to testify as to his relations with Mrs.
T. Temple Gwathmey the correspondent.
Mrs Gwathmey was not in court and u
was announced that she was still III at
the Hotel Gotham.
Eugene D. Miller treasurer Of the
Hotel Astor, where It is charged that
Bishop and Mrs. Gwathmey went on
seven occasions last year. produced In
court checks for meals served to DIR.
and Mrs. ]. G. Baer. Philadelphia. the
name under which. 1t Is alleged, Bishop
registered. and when asked by william
,Travers Jerome. counsel for the paintin'
why checks for other dates were not at
hand he said
Because they have been stolen"
Mr.. Miller said he would Ike 20 know
who took the checks, and Henry W.
Taft. the DEFENDANTS attorney, said:
Perhaps can explain. We have
lcertain number Of checks--twenty- three
lin al-whlch were furnished 10 us by
Ian employee Of the Hotel Astor."
Mr.. Miller said that tho checks had
lheen in charge of a head walter named
Frank, who had left the hotel Mr. Taft
raye up the checks he had and they
we're marked for Identification with the
others.
Theodore Frank, the head waiter men
ltioncd was then called. and he denied
THAT he gave the missing checks To the
ldefendan nts counsel.
! Asked as to his acquaintance with
Mrs Gwathmey. Mr.. Bishop said he first
lmet her at ST. Paul's School In 1907 ana
didn't see her again until juno !. 1872
when he met her at her house in Rye
He denied that he had called her phone
number more than Atty times and said
II was not more than half dozen times.
N His first visit to Rye was with friend,
he said. and his next meeting with Mrs.
Gwathmey was also In June at tho Hotel
Belmont. where they had luncheon
They went away in an auto and were
together about three and half hours.
Asked II he didn't know that Mrs.
Gwathmey's relations with her husband
were unhappy at the times he wac
| making appointments VIZ" NV -"'
Bishop said:
yes. suppose 40. However. didn',
r think much Of that for II is nothing
unusual didn't bother about H."
Did You ever register at the Hotel
r Astor and stay over night?" Mr.. Bishop
was asked.
2 He said h. d.d not and that the Or
n 7. g. Raer signature was not in his
| IL hot ha
4 Gwathmey 10 his country place IN West
q chester county last month at the re-
v quest Of his counsel
v Why were you together"
81 was advised by my counsel 10 see
n Mrs. Gwathmey and discuss THE mat.
: ter with her because we were both TO-
= gether In the case and our Interest,"
= were the same W. were hunting wit
nesses together. Miss White, Mrs
" Gwathmey'~ nurse. was along"
@ When asked IL he ever saw Frank
q the head waiter. Mr.. bishop said
= YES he came 10 me at my office anc
r | said some extraordinary things had
q happened At the hotel-that some op,
J. had tried to bribc him TO testify agains
Q me-"
c Did you pay him to steal these pa
pers?"
a Il did not He told me- a story 81
v wonderful that had II Investigated.
q The direct examination was finished
with Mr.. Bishop writing his own name
d and the name. "Dr. j. &. Baer" at tn,
q request Of Justice Con.
Il On cross examination by Mr.. Taft tn,
J. defendant said when he dincd or hac
J. luncheon with Mrs. Gwa,hmcy Il was al
It ways In a public room. On redirect ex
d animation he said ne asked Mrs. Gwath
n mey II she could recall where she wa,
- on the occasions when she was ALLEGED
d to have heen with him at the Hotel As
90 tor. hut she couldn't always recall. "Hov
IS could she remember where she was eigh
months ago." Mr.. Bishop asked.
= Margaret Herbert. telephone operate,
II at the Astor last December. testified tina
on one occasion at about 8 o'clock in th'
% morning che made a connection between
,e the room occupied by "Dr. and Mrs. J
l. G. Baer" and Mrs. Gwathmey's hom,
d in Rye.
n Miss Ruth Shipman. also a telephone
n operator. testified that she made a con
II nection between "Dr. Haer's" room an,
the Rye house on November 25 last.
" Miss Paula Nagel. another te.ephon
III operator. testified that she made tn
n same connection with Rye on Decembe
III 3 when "Dr. and Mrs. j. G. Baer" wer
I'd at tho hotel
D. Gertrude Girard a maid at tho Hote
m Astor, testified that she looked after tn
ID room occupied by "Dr and Mrs. ]. G
~ Baer." She said she was sure she ha
o. seen Mr.. Bishop twice before yesterda,
1t was in suite 272 at the Hotel Asto
n, last November, and there was a lad
SO with him" She said that on one coca
,e sion Mr. Bishop was In his bathrobe an
III the woman was in her night dress. Nj
n. Jerome handed her the picture Of Mr.,
n Gwathmey and asked II she had SEE
In the woman before.
rs "Yes. It Is the picture OF the woman
m saw both times In Room 37o with NJ
Bishop"
,g The case will 90 on to-day.