Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-03
OIL DEFENSE IS
BEGUN; EMPLOYEE
OF FIRM CALLED
Machinist Refutes Testimony
Given in Wife's Behalf in
Divorce Suit.

Testimony in behalf of George A.
Ohl, jr., the Newark manufactures
who is being sued for divorce by his
wife, was offered at the hearing of
the case before Vice Chancellor How
ell in Chancery Court today
The first witnesses for the defense
were several of the employees of OhFs
shop on Oraton street
Joseph Kross, a machinist, testlhed
that he drove his employer in an
automobile on three occasions. One
trip the witness recalled was made
to the Market street depot of the
Pennsylvania Railroad about October
6, 1912. This contradicted testimony
given by AL Gurey, a former chafteur,
that he drove Obi to the station at
that time in a car owned by James
e. Wheaton.
Before the defense opened much
time was taken up by reading depo-
sitions made by witnesses in the
Obi suit at Columbus, O., in June,
1912. Nothing unusual resulted from
this reading, which included one
hundred typewriter pages. Most of
the witnesses and spectators left the
courtroom until Attorney Henry II.
Frying had finished the recital.
Mistake as to Chief Long.
Frank e. Bradner, attorney for
Oil, made a statement in court which
corrected a statement he had made
Monday connecting Chief of Police
Michael T. Long with the case. He
said:
MY attention has been called to
mis-statement made in court and
which was published in the newspa-
pers. This statement was made by
me by mistake. / mentioned Cap
tain Long, when | referred to Cap
tain Brown.
IT was misinformed about that fish
ing trip, when / stated that Captain
Long was present with the other po-
lice officials as Mr.. Ohls guests at
Avon, in September. 1912.
THAT information was erroneous.
Captain Long was not present at the
Obi house, in Avon, at any time"
When Mr.. Frying, attorney for
Mrs. Jennie Oil, had finished reading
the Columbus testimony, he notified
the court that May Burns, named as
correspondent, had been served with
subpoena for last Monday, but had
failed to put in an appearance.
August A. Berghof, bookkeeper,
for twenty-four years employed by
the Oil concern, testified that May
rms was employed for about six
weeks in 1909 He identified several
typewriter letters, so marked, he
said, as to prove that May Burns took
the stenographic notes and tran
rNri hsrA Cl1-.a
August Winkelhoefer told of ac-
companying Oil on an auto trip to
the Packer House, Perth Amboy. May
Burns was one of two Young women
on the trip. Winckelh ssi7' they
left the young women and he and OH
remained together until the next day.
Letters purporting to be written by
May Burns While she was employed
as a stenographer at the Obi plant
were introduced to disprove the alle-
cations that the correspondent merely
acted as a detective and did as she
pleased"
Obie on to this statemen was
made -, Attorney Bradner, who de-
clared that the defense was also
anxious to summon Miss Burns, but
had been unable to locate her Mr..
Bradner declared that he was in
formed by Edward S. Black formerly
attorney for May Burns, that the CO.
respondent denied ever having been
served with a subpoena.
Joseph S. La Barr, timekeeper at
the Obi plant, corroborated Kross's
testimony regarding the time the
latter left the factory when he said
he took Oil to the station in an au-
tomobile.
James e. Wheaton, proprietor of
a billiard parlor, at Market and
Washington street. was the next wit
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