Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15
SS-W|FE SUES;
IS PUT
ON STORK VISIT
Broker Was to Pay $4,000 for
Boy, Half Price for Girl,
She TeStifies.
EVERYTHING FOR TWINS
Wall Street Operator Alleged to
Have Become Bored by His
White-Haired Wife.

NEW YORK, March 14.-Augustus
H Hall. wholesale druggist and stock
broker, who is known in Wall street
as Gus" Hall, put a premium on
the presence of the stork in his house,
it was asserted in Supreme Court,
where Mrs. Emma l.. Hall, who says
she is his common law wife, is suing
him for separation. Just how much
Mr.. Hall thought of the stork was
told by Charles p Wagner, his one
time boon companion, who said he
and the broker had been on mar g
convivial expeditions together when
their wives were not along.
According to Mr.. Wagner, if baby
girl arrived at Mr.. Halls home he
was to have given his wife $4,000;
if a boy arrived the present was to
have been $4,000 and had there been
twins-Mr. Wagner was not prepared
to say what amount the broker would
have handed over, but he intimated 1t
would have been a vast one.
George Gould Didn't Bite.
Mr.. Hall is big buyer of dia-
monds. sometimes, IT was testified.
paving as high as 100000 for gem.
One witness said she knew he had
paid 5000. 900 for one diamond, which
she testified. he had tried unsuceess-
fully TO sell to George Gould at the
time the latter's daughter was mar
ried to Lord Decies.
Mrs. Hall wore a pleasant smile
when she took the stand. She SAID
she had first been married in 1887 to
William J. Everson, who disappeare1
six YEARS fterward and she obtained
a divorce in 1906. She was intro
duced to Mr.. Hall when she was a
etepoera pher in a law Office in the
spring of 1898 The introduction came
through Mrs. Helen Bloom, her room
mate in boarding house.
Mr.. Hall called on her frequently
she said, took her to the opera ana
other places Of amusement and was
very attentive. In June of that year.
she testified. Mr.. Hall proposed a trip
70 Old Point Comfort, Va, and she
went with him for a weeks stay al
that resort. In a scarcely audible
voice. Mrs. Hall said it was there that
the relations began that culmlnated
in a common law marriage.
Kiss a Marriage Ceremony
Regarding this incident, sh" sad
sbe and Mr.. Hall lived together as
"NIr and :. Eve-son" in one or two
nlaces after their return from Ola
Point Comfort and that finally he be-
0ar 70 talk about a permanent home.
A house was purchased, but before
tbev moved into it, Mrs. Hall says
she told Mr.. Hall they ought to DE
married.
"He agreed with me-" she testified
land then told him l would not
move unless il was as his wife. When
he heard this, Mr.. Hall crossed the
room to where | was standing, out
bts arms around my neck and kissed
mo and said. There, that is just the
same as if we were man and wife. Il
renied; Yes; | understand that IS
So
Wanted younger Woman"
Mrs. Grace Dempsey, OF Ne"
brighton. wife Of a lawyer, who has
known Mrs. Hall for twenty years
WAS The star witness for the wife.
He told me- the witness said "his
wife was getting too old and that ne
wanted a younger woman, whom ne
could carry around with him he
asked me if had ever heard that
Mrs. Hall was not good woman. !
told him / certainly had not lie
hen said he would make It WORTH
while to anyone who would TESTIFY
against Mrs. Hall ~ you Will testi-
fy against her he said to me- viii
make you present OF $500 told
him | would not perjure myself for
anyone"
Mrs. Dempsey, who is the wife OF
Mrs. Halls one-time employer, said
that Mr.. Hall told her just after the
destruction Of the Equita bic Life As
surance Societys Building by fire that
he had a safety deposit box in the
vaults OF the building containing Sc
curities and jewels worth S250O0O.
4 certificate showing the adoption
of child named Vivian Alderman
was introduced in court. In II Mr..
Hall signed his name as the adult
husband Of Emma L. Hall"
The case was continued.