Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-26
MRS. WHITE DENIES
DIVORCE STORIES
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City, who she said had been her
friends ever since.
At this point Mr.. Hunt tried to in
troduce a letter from Miss Emma
DeBaw to Mrs. White, which referred
to MIR. Carter" On direct testimony
of one of the detectives 1t had been
brought out that Bursk had regis
tered under that name while in At
lantic City. The letter was not al
lowed at this time, however.
Suspected Cunningham.
Mrs. White then testified as to a
conversation yshe had with Mr.. Bursk
after the divorce papers had been
served on her, in which she told the
latter that she suspected Cunning
ham, the other correspondent named.
of being a detective.
Mrs. White yesterday denied the
testimony of the two detectives and
the nurse, Miss Helen Lacey, in regard
to her actions with Robert /. Cum
bingham and Bursk in Atlantic City
last year.
Cross-examined by DR.. Whites
counsel, former Judge Henry c.
Hunt, over the testimony she gave
yesterday that DIR. White had at
tempted to chioroform her on one
occasion and had later threatened
her with revolver, Mrs. White said
It was in October. 1910.
Finds ChIoroform Bottle.
She was awakened, she said, by the
odor of chloroform and asked her
husband IL there was any chloroform
In the room. He replied that she
must be dreaming, Mrs. White de-
clared.
Later she heard something drop.
she declared, and upon investigating
she found q dark brown bottle labeled
chloroform, with a nasal attachment.
The doctor admitted to her that he
had dropped the nasal attachment
Following this he threatened her with
revolver, she declared, and It was
only "by using diplomacy" that she
was able to appease him. He asked
her to kiss him and forgive him, she
declared, which she did
Mr.. Hunt then questioned Mrs.
White as to her intimacy with Helen
Lacey, the nurse who accompanied
her to Atlantic City, and whose testi-
mony is expected to play such a
prominent part in the case.
Mrs. White admitted that she found
Miss Lacey IAN agreeable compan-
ion,' although there were lots of
things the latter did which she did
not slike. She admitted that they were
almost constant companions while in
Atlantic City.
New Name Mentioned.
Another question of Mr.. Hunt
brought from Mrs White the volun-
tary information that she and Miss
Lacey had lunched one day with a Mr.
Click. Isadore Kalisch objected to this
question, declaring that Mr.. Click was
not mentioned in the suit and there
fore had no connection with the case
Mrs. White admitted receiving let
ters In a private box in the East Or
ange postoffice and also to receiving
letters under the name of Charlotte
Dean in the general delivery there.
She further admitted authorizing Miss
Lacey to get the letters for her
These letters were addressed to her
under the name Edna Van BuskirlS,"
Mrs. White said. Miss Lacey, she
added, did not know her at the time
the Charlotte Dean" letters were re-
ceived.
AT this point Mr.. Hunt showed her
a letter signed "B," in which she said
1.-THE handwriting seemed familiar"
but she would not say positively that
1t was written by Mr.. Bursk.
ST received several letters supposed
to be from Mr.. Bursk, which really
were written by DR. White" the wit
ness said. 1.-THE doctor admitted him
self that he sent such letters
Mr.. Hunt then showed the witness
another letter, which she admitted
was written to her under the name of
Edna Van Buskirk" by Mr.. Bursk.
but still another letter she could not
recall, although she again admitted
that it looked like Mr.. Bursk's hand
writing.