The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-12-16
%YSPA|R HUGCED
ON ROOF |NRA|N AS
LIGHTNING FLASHED
Boy Demonstrates in Court
!. Love-Making He Asserts He
81 Saw Amid Storm. -
GIVES LIVING PICTURE.
With Court Attendant Shows
: How He Says Schoolmarm
Was Embraced.

a living picture Of Floyd Castle,
hrmsr boy. making love to MIRA
CAtharins Randall. . young school.
teacher. ON the slippery roof Of the
Castle farmhouse In Parishviile, ST
Lawrence County. was produced for
Supreme Court Justice Whitaker, to.
day. By fifteen-ye ar-old Harold Cas-.
Tie. brother Of Floyd. and former pu-
Pill Of Mrs. Randall. The schooimarm
Is being sued for divorce by william
n. Randall tr., who Is a schoolma sfer.
Mira Randall faced her former pupil,
a. he told how flashes Of lightning
revealed to him the forms Of his
brother and Mrs. Randall on the
single roof. locked in each Others
arms. In this position they remained.
the youthful witness said. IN spite
Of rain that was falling in torrenta
Justice Whitaker was q little in
doubt as to Just what posltio u"
roof dwellers were In, SO he ordered
little Harold to give the court q DEM
onstration. Tho witness chair was
"soVSu ehu Ahoo Win uiS iiat uhuos
Indicated just how the ROOF siau,y Il.
and then he stretched out at full
length on the carpeted floor ct the
feet Of Justice Whitaker.
1T was just like this" said the lad
as he looked up and held out his
right arm a. II to embrace some one.
"Oh. I need somebody to put my arm
around like they did," the boy con-
tinued. sitting up and looking at his
former school teacher. whose eyes
were fixed on every movement made
In the tableau.
II guess you're right about that"
said tho Justice. TN have Major
Hsaly take the part Of Mrs. Randall"
The smiling uniform court attendant
planted himself on tho floor beside
Harold.
when Floyd put his arm around
Mrs. Randall like this" said the BOY
witness, encircling the Majors waist.
The Major laughed aloud. "Then,'
continued the boy. ''he squeezed her
just ItNc Iuio.
Now, tell us Just how you hap
pened to see all this" said the Justice
IL was in my bed about at night,
said Harold. land | closed my eyes
and played l was asleep. Floyd came
I'D to me to see II was asleep and
he thought l was. Then he went out
OF the room and next l heard some
one upstairs climbing out on to the
piazza roof. got up and looked out
and could see Floyd helping Mrs.
Randall out of the window OF her
room. Then they stole over to cor.
ner Of the roof and sat down. l called
my brother Eggie and we both
watched"
/, DO you ever dream?" asked the
Judge. a.
+ The boy shook his head.
II never dreamed II. Judge"
"But there wasn't any light by
which you could see them ON the roof.
was there?"
mo. Judge. but it was raining
heavily that night and every once in
while the lightning flashed and !
and 'Eggie' could see them just as
plain as day."
Mrs. Randall faced another one of
her former school children, when little
F.gar Castle, aged eight. took the
stand. He repeated what his brother
had related. until he was asked II
Mrs. Randall had said anything to
him about not telling any one what he
saw on the rainy night.
when Pa and Ma was away once"
said Eggie, Mrs. Randall came to
me and said II l didn't say nothing to
nobody, specially other scholars, about
her and Floyd, some day she would
take me for a automobile rides"
Justice Whitaker refused to award
the husband divorce. holding the
evidence insufficient.