New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-23
Coachman Husband AL
lowed to Tell of Weeping
Bride and Cruel Parents.
ONLY FEW LOVE
LETTERS ADMITTED
Young Woman in Court Keeps
Ewes Away from Man Suing
Breitungs for $25O,OOO,

MAY Frederick Kleist. the young nus,
band ~ Juliet BreitUnE, Yesterday l0'o
his story for the second time.
6rst recitation took place two moH'h9
GO when his suit for S25O,0OO damages
against his wife'S parents, Mr. ana W Is
Edward y. Breitung, had It's mrs. near
INC before Judge Hand in the tedera,
Cow, After two days testimony hau
been taken it was declared mistria!'
Yesterday marked the opening seS.
- % The suits second hearing. IL
col little time TO select the jury. ms
-. tho case came before Judge
CHARLES NJ. Houeh in the United states
District Court, but klelSt STORY o.
how Juliet Breitung wooed ana won
him did not form part OF the '"Ie ne
told. ., nod
taken the stand Judge Hough ruled ou'
that part Of the young coacnman mar
rative which dealt with events peiofe
ms marriage to the girl IN NoVemoet,'
1918. Kleists attorney, EdWard -
Crowley, tried hard to get this tesu-
mony into the record, but "i'nou.
avail. He explained TO the court thaI
he wished TO show the deep ln'eres'
the bride had taken in his client
After Delaney Nicoll, counsel 10Y
the defendants, who klelst charges
alienated his wifes affections, had
argued that the happenings when pre-
coded the marriage were lmmaIeI' d''
MIR. Crowley managed to get IN siheIe
question regarding q letter the pam
+iF had received from Miss Breltung.
But when these notes were o1ereu III
evidence they, too, were excluded
No Glance For Husband.
Although Kleist was on the stand all
81 tho afternoon session the greater
mart Of the time was occupied by the
Teading Of letters Miss Breitung had
written him after the marriage. Only
mart. Of these were allowed, but the
extracts which Mr.. Crowley read
showed that the bride was intensely IN
love with tho plaintiff.
lust as Kleist took the stand the
defendants. accompanied by tnelr
daughter. entered the courtroom. IheF
had not been Al the morning session.
As thcv filed into their chairs on the
south side Of the room k!elst glanced
over AZ his wife With tho exception
o. the three days Of the February trial,
he later testified. ne had not seen hcr
since last April.
Tho former Miss BrcitunC kept her
ewes down during most Of the proceed
jngs. and seemed 10 avoid looking at
her husband. While her letters were
being read she drew from a handbag a
small pencil and piece of paper and
made notes. Then she toyed with the
pencil for a while.
Mrs Kleist was dressed in black
tailcrmadc suit, a blue straw toque,
white gloves and tan shoes with lemon
colored CATERS. As she left the court
room Yesterday afternoon with her
mother she drew across her face a heavy
blue motor veil. Inside she had worn
thin black veil. Her mother also
yelled herself as she left for the
street
In his opening address Mr.. Nicoll
termed the former coachman and gar
dencr "a simple country swain. with a
hear. untouched by love, whose fatal
beauty and hidden charms had caused
Miss Breitung to beg him 10 wed her.
This brought a laugh from the specta-
tors in the room. but a reproval from
Judge Hough He asked Mr.. Nicoll 10
Confne his remarks TO what he IN
tended to prove.
Society or Love?
Klcist said he had first met his wife
in Marquette, Mich, in July, 1913. lie
was employed there as a coachman by
Austin Farrell, whose estate adjons
MIR. BreitunC's home. He was per
mitted to tell Of his marriage, and
AIDED that he and his bride went to an
uptown hotel after they had been
welded in Grace Church.