The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-27


damages for alleged breach OF promise.
really hired a baby for 800 a day and
posed as the baby's mother or whether the
child was her own offspring. was the ques-
ton presented to the jury before Supreme
Court Justice Gavegan yesterday during
tho REORGANIZATION of Miss Sullivan.
The jury got no evidence that the baby
was borrowed except Miss Sullivsn's own
statements. while number OF her let
tiers wero introduced to contradict Miss
Sullivan's denials that she maintained
wifely relations with other men about the
time she represented herself as the fiancee
of Mr.. Hoe
Miss Sullivan became hysterical when
the cross-examination by the defendants
attorney brought up the names OF men
to whom IL was alleged she said she was
engaged to be married. Finally when she
was confronted with stack OF letters
she had written to her friend Miss Doro-
thy Brannigan and other women. and
she realized that Miss Brannigan was as
slsting the defence. she began to shift
nervously In her chair one OF the let
ters was shown to her to be identified
After she glanced at the writing her lips
quivered, and as she admitted she had
tritten 1t she said:
"And that's what a chum will do for
you
Plaintiff Higgins 10 Weep.
Miss Sullivan then began to weep and
her shattered nerves carried her into such
n hysterical state that she was assisted
from the witness stand and taken to an
adjoining room on the arm OF n friend
She quieted down In q few minutes and
then returned to the cross-examination.
Mrs. Evelyn Perry Hoe. wife OF the de-
PENDANT, who was again In court with the
defendant, shared the interest OF the
crowded court room with Miss Sullivan
So many women were gathered outside
Justice Gavegan's court when the doors
we're opened that every seat was taken In
few minutes and late Corners were
turned away. Miss Sullivan had discarded
tho mourning attire she wore the first day
and was CARRIED In a fashionable blue
serge suit Mrs Hoe. who sat so near
Miss Sullivan that their elbows touched
at times, was also dressed In blue. The
discontinue of Miss Sullivan under cross
examination appeared TO amuse her.
As soon as Miss Sullivan took the wit
ness chair for cross-examination William
II. Hamilton. counsel for Mr.. Hoe, asked
her about her present residence. She said
she now lives at 525 West l34th street
and that she has not worked since she
brought the Hoe suit. The Letter TO Miss
Brannigan which caused her collapse was
written from Shelter Island and stated
that Miss Sullivan was now her own
boss" and that she was going TO have a
swell time" A postcard covered with
crosses for kisses and also written to
Miss Brannigan was offered to show that
the young women were on the most init
mate terms at the time.
When Miss Sullivan had returned TO
the witness stand after regaining her
Late ha had
written TO Mrs Nellie Glassberg, also an
intimate friend of hers. In which she
referred 10 the fact that Mrs. Glassberg
had Just become a mother. Miss Sulli-
vans attorney insisted that the defence
ought to say how much they paid Mrs.
Glassberg's husband for the letters to her.
one letter was written on March IL,
1918, from Schuyler Arms. where Miss
sullivan was then living, to Mrs Glass
berg, and said In part:
Talk about babies. I have my own
troubles and my hands are full. The
baby Is just as sweet as he can be.
He refuses to go to bed. I don't know
sleep until $3.50 last night, Can you
picture that?
Three Teeth and Eats Crackers.
~ want 10 have conversation with
you on baby talk. The baby has three
teeth and lie can cat crackers. Bin Ia
going TO start him In business. Bill has
been gone since Monday and came home
this evening. I missed him very much"
Mr., Towns objected TO the letters on
the ground that their only purpose was
TO simrch Miss Sulliyan's character, but
the defence was permitted 10 offer an
other in which Miss Sullivan said:
good for the baby"
who was Blllie?" asked Mr.. Hamilton.
civilian ]. Daley, my cousin" said
the plaintiff,
"Ard whose baby was it?'
''Mr, and Mrs Daley's baby"
positive Of that. are your
Certain of it,"
But one Of your letters referring "a
the baby and to Bill Is signed Mary b.
and you give your address as Mrs. Will
lam A. Burr. $50 West $3.50 street." con.
tinued the lawyer
Yes that's where I was living" said
Miss sullivan. You see, I had told Mrs
Classberg that was married TO Mr. Burr
VINO IL brother OF Mrs. DALEY, with
whom ] was living So 7 had TO make
believe I was married. That's why I had
10 borrow the baby and take II up to show
Mrs. Glassberg."
did YOU ever pay Mrs. Daley for tbs
\use OF her baby?
Yes; | gave her $500"
"A day or week?"
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