New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-07
TATUM DIVORCE TO
GO TO JURY TODAY
Correspondent Always Had
His Brother with Him,
Wife Asserts.
SAYS HUSBAND WAS
AND STILL is mice"
Ottman Tells of Coney Island
Meetings, Dinners and Trip
on Ocean Liner.

Mineola, Long Island, Jsn. Ga YER
dict in the Tatum divorce suit IS ex-
pected tomorrow morning. All the
testimony has been heard and The sum
ming up of counsel completed. Justice
Crane will charge The jury at the open
ing of court tomorrow.
witnesses to-day we're Mrs. Mary
lane Tatum, sued by John c. Tatum
for absolute divorce; Jacob b. Ottman'
named By the husband as correspondent
and Mrs. Nellie Chalmers, named D.
Mrs. Tstum in counter suit. Little
was ADDED to the facts already brought
ont. Justice Crane apreed TO motion
by the derence that the allegations IN
yolving Mrs. Chalmer' be stricken out
Tatum. in addition to the action Tor
divorce. is suing Gilman for $4,000 for
tho loss of his wife's affections. ms
was learned when Gilman testlneu
that Max ID. Steuer, attorney for MIS-
Tatum. has been retained By him also
as counsel.
Mrs. Tatum. recalled 10 the stand,
fenced with opposing counsel as % the
details of her alleged intimacy WIN
Ottman. She wore a stylish suit, seal
coat and picture nat and seemed tuliy
recovered from the effects o. her try
ing hours on the stand yesterday.
lack" Was Always ChaperOned.
Admitting that Jack" Gilman had
called on her at the Great Northern
Hotel she said. however, that ne was
always accompanied by his brother
philip. Regarding the fiat at 90 Cen
trail Park West, her taking this over
was suggested by Mr. and hrs. Will
lam Gilman. parents of Jack II
had been leased at S215 month TO
card club of which their son was
member.
she paid $3.50 cash for two months
rent. she said, but took no receipt. Her
allowance at this time was Sl,oVO
month.
Ottman called at the apartment once
in while. she said, and was there 20
dinner, but always with others. Her
dinner guests frequently stayed until
or 9 o'clock in the morning.
At the Hotel Empire she was gwen
room 1914, she said. and asked Ottman
10 stay. but did not know 70 when
=
that he registered Tor both Of them
She hesitatingly admitted that there
was private hall between Ter room
and that adjoining. but said she did
not know whether Jack occupied the
adjoining room. b,
"Jack' IS a good friend Of mine
she said when questioned regarding
her fricndliness with him. so is the
whole family. And he is all Of gen.
tleman."
Husband Is Still "Nice."
Mrs. Tatum then told of the cutting
off of her allowance by her husband
but said that her husband was pretty
nice" and that she still thinks MIN
mice"
/ Ottman testified that he had been
i introduced TO Mrs. Tatum at Coney
/ Island By Mrs. Chalmers. He denied
dining with Mrs. Tatum on his occa-
sion. but said that six months later. IN
the company of another man, he again
met Mrs. Tatum and Mrs. Chalmers az
/ Coney Island. They dined together and
drove home in a taXlcab.
Did you know that these women
were married." inquired justice Crane.
/ yes" replied Ottman. 49,,
Did YOU know where they livedT
Eyes. asked Mrs. Chalmers"
The next meeting. said Gilman. was
| at the Hotel Martinique. Mrs. Chal-
mers was again present. He then met
/ Mrs. Tatum aboard a steamer bound
! for Halifax. He denied that he en-
gagged passage for her. and said that
he did not know n advance that she
was going. Mrs. Tatum. he said, spent
no nights in his stateroom:
when they returned to New York ne
/ babe Mrs Tatum goodby on the pier.
/ He saw her month later at theatre
and then called on her at the Martha
/ Washington Hotel. On one occasion
she went out with him for dinner. He
asked Mrs. Chalmers, he said, but she
was unable TO go.
He saw Mrs. Tatum al his home on
/ New Years Eve and two or three times
al the Great Northern Hotel in Febru-
airy. At the Hotel Empire. ne said. ne
knew of no private hall leading from
/ his apartments to those of Mrs. Iatum'