The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-11
In Minister Room TO Be
Cosey, Says Mrs. Brashears
Mrs. Dennys Fashionable Portland Boarding House So
Cold Everybody Went There. She Testifies in
$4,000 SANDER Suit
RICH 1O-YEAR-OLD DEFENDANT UNRUFFLED

mother" The witness told of a con.
versation with n friend in Portland. who
told her that her adopted mother was
spreading slanderous gossip against Mrs
Brashears.
Was this friend beauty doctor?"
asked George Gordon Battle. attorney for
the defendant
81 had no knowledge OF her being SUCH"
shifted the witness
Didn't she give YOU treatment per-
sisted Attorney Battle.
Certainly not" snapped the witness
Mrs. Smith said she had spent con-
siderable money on Miss Cases musical
education and allowed her to entertain
her friends in her comfortable home in
Portland. Ii was on the steamer re-
turning from Paris that Miss Case is said
to have met young Spreckels.
warned Against Mrs. Brashears.
on her return to Portland. Mrs. Smith
said. she warned the girl against having
anything to do with Mrs. Brashears be-
cause Of the stories floating around about
the latter's stock selling activities. Mrs.
Smith conceded. however that most OF her
information about Mrs. Brashears was
second and even third hand. good ex-
ample Of the toTtuous course by which
most of the stories reached her Is con-
tanned in the following statement:
- told her Miss easel that Mrs.
Denny told me. that Mrs. Taylor told her,
that she overheard the Rev. Mr.. Baker
exclaim. For Gods sake leave my
room.
Mrs Smith added tearfully that after
all her motherly advice 20 Miss Case she
saw the girl one day in taxicab win
Mrs. Brashears.
"It grieved me-" she said.
Mrs. Smith testified that Mrs Brashears
on one occasion told her Of an insult she
had received from man to whom she
was trying to sell stock
why don't you give up the business
| Mr.. Smith said she asked the witness.
To this the plaintiff is said to have re-
I piled that she wasn't going to let insults
! interfere with her making money.
From that YOU assumed that Mrs
Brashears would rather have money than
| character. did you not?' asked J. c
/ Palmer attorney for the plaintiff
1t looked to me- So" replied the wit
ness.
Mrs. q. y. Denny's deposition taken In
| Portland contained n handy hint for eX'
elusive boarding house keepers who want
| to get rid Of boarders without friction
| Mrs. Denny Is said to have tried hel
method successfully on Mrs. Brashears,
The latter. she said twice asked her II
! she minded having the parlor door locked
! WINE SN', MIS-. lhIdNnthIS, WAS III INV
| room with the Rev. Mr.. Baker. In spit,
/ Of the landlady's protest that 1t woult
keep other boarders from using the par
| Tor Mrs. Brashears is said to have locked
| the door anyhow. Mrs Denny said sh'
wanted TO avoid scenes with her boarder'
! IL possible
80 I made up my mind I'd raise IN,
| rent. believing Mrs. Brashears wouldnt
| stand for it, she said. And as l ex
pected. she went"
Ethelbert Favary, head Of the Favar,
Tires and Cushion Company. was also q
boarder At the house while Mrs. Brashear.
was there, according to Mrs. Denny.
\ letter supposed 20 have been writer
! by Mrs. Brashears to Mrs. Smith wat
read to the jury. The last paragraph
describing q meeting between the writer
and the defendant, read:
II met YOU with politeness; you me
me with the instincts OF a barbarian
fear and flight"
At the conclusion OF ;he first session o
the trial Mrs. Brashears left the cour
room with Ethelbert Favary The test
mony will be resumed at 80 o'clocl
this morning