Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-09
FAMOUS IINoEA Mnss1 : Mn
BROUGHT AoAtNsr UssEAlTts.
Full HUsRANnk
DEFENSIVE FAILS IN EpQoQ0
TO pIscREplr AaAoaAs1
Ateorns< .&app Make Psoe oDsoAp-
inss nnpt to Show singer Has
Court Instruets Jury .
~ i. Decree in Favor Of plaintif-
. 1msn. Aeink 70 Go 70 Europa

SulC1S&O, juno S.-Iu8Q8XQ9 EffyU03tuO
Schumann-H -Heink was today granted .
divorce fSom her husband. William
Rapp. Jr. whose ardent epistlee
breathing love and devoting to Mrs.
Catherine Dean. Of New York. were
the sensation Of the divorce suit.
The victory for the famous contraito
came when Superior Judge Sullivan
instructed the jury. which has heard
the case. to return q verdict In favor
Of the complainant.
The Schumann- Heink divorce hears
ing was marked principally by the
emotional letters introduced In sup
port Of the charge that Rapp should
no longer me the husband of the diva,
and the repeated intimations that the
defense would prove allegations against
the singer which would offset the con-
duct charged against her husband.
Defense Only Q Blun.
No attempt was made to contradict
the authenticity OF the letters credited
to Rapp and written in impassioned
words to Mrs. Catherine Dean. Of Nav
York, and the evidence Of the defens0
failed to show moral oblquity on the
part OF the opera singer.
Madame Schumann- Heink showed
her JOY at the verdict ana declared
she would speedily journey to the
Bayreuth Wagnerian festival. in which
she Is to take . leading part.
The defense tried to give Mmos
Schumann- Heink a past" and failed.
Spicy questions OF servant-witne0es
brought colorless replies. The dsfeneo
brought up the names of a policeman
and Mr.. Baldwin-but that was all.
Date Of First Marriage 9serst.
Mime. Schumann- Heink was put on
the stand. too. There was to have
been a revelation" The defense aske6
| her:
What was the date OF your mafS
riage to Paul Schumann?"
But there was no answer and the se-
cret Is still secret
The first witness called for the de-
fense was Bryan Humphries. q chauS<
feur employed by Nine. Schumanns
Heink for six weeks about Christmas
time.
do you know George Baldwin,"
Counsel for the diva objected. de-
claring the name OF the witness had
not been mentioned prior 10 the uAu&
of the bill of complaint.
Baldwin Seen at Madame's House.
Attorney Smith was able. however.
to get in enough questions to allow tho
chauffeur to testify he had seen Mr..
Baldwin at Nine. Schumann- Heink'S
home.
Then another wrangle between law
yers resulted.
Miss Helen Sattler a governess for
the singers children. was called by tho
Defense and as Mr. Smith remarked.
she was an unwilling witness.
Miss Sattler was questioned by tho
defense with view to attaching tho
legality Of Nine. Schumann- -Heink'S .
residence in Illinois.
The governess was asked II she
knew George Baldwin. She replied
she had met him at madame's house
several times. He stayed there one
night. she said.
Whereupon the defense went into In
tricate questions locating the bed
rooms.
Miss Sattler testified Nine. Schu-
mann Heink's bedroom adjoined that
of her daughter, Marie.
"The door between was always open.
because 1t is n sliding door and 1t was
stuck" the governess said, bringin
the sweltering courtroom crowd q
| laugh.
Then the questioning attacked the
! mystery OF the policeman. named In
the questioning only as Mr.. McNa-
mara, who took singing lessons OF
| Nine. Schumann- Heink.