The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-11

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I'VE were with each other all the
time" said Kleist, land when q man
and woman go with each other
steady. they have got to learn to love
each other"
Miss Breitung laughed outright
:.Did You ever tan Miss Breitune
you loved herr"
No.
did Miss Breitung teach you to
love herr
Yes. she did"
did she hold your hand?"
YES"
Hand Conversation.
well, what did you say when she
took your hand and told you she
loved you?"
Il could not say very much was
specifies"
"Did you kiss her then?'
.''She asked me to kiss her. I re-
what" cried NicoI. a. an uproar
was renewed in the court ROOM
Finally I gave her q kiss on the
cheek" said Kleist.
Didn't you court and WOO this
young woman according to the FASH
ION days when didn't see her she
would send for me-"
She kept pressing you7
Have You q hidden charm 20 ....s
1T was your fAtaf beauty that In
spired her =, 60,
II never did anything that other
men would do
He Was Won KIeist.
Nicol forced the witness to admit
that he had used ON his arrival in
New York, November Z, 1913. the
name Of Maxwell Frederick Won
Kleist. He denied. however, that he
had represented himself as q noble
Carrying him through his expert
ence at MoEollon, N. NJ, where
Kleist was sent by Breitung to work
in a mine and earn the right to take
his wife to their own home, Nicol
sought to show that Kleist did not
make good use of his opportunities.
KIeist insisted that the Breftungs did
not keep faith with him and set him
to doing hazardous work.
Testifying as to the facts following
his arrival in New York. he said he
took out the license to wed ON Novem-
Der 20 and kept it until two days later
when he was married in Grace church
by DIR. Slattery.
In his direct examination Klefst had
testified that his wife assumed wifely
relations with him immediately after
their marriage but on cross examina-
ton he could not give the name of the
hotel to which he declared he had
taken his wife nor its location save
he said he had registered under an
assumed name
Naughty Temper.
yesterday you testified you had
never used a false name"
IT only did it when Juliet told me
to-"
"Oh. she tempted you again?"
Yes. she tempted me all along"
out drinking the night after his mar
rage He admitted he had a few
drinks.
Yesterday you said you never
Il didn't drink till she asked me
Then she taught you to DRINK
also?''
Eyes, and to smoke cigarettes, too. "
Kleist recited conversation IN
which Mrs. Breftung objected to him
on the ground that he was not edu-
Gated and he declares he replied:
Don't tell me that, Mrs. Breftung
I know your reputation and you nave
not got any more education than
thing in taking Juliet away. he add
ed. aafter what she told me her moth
er was making her do"
The Letters.
Finally Nicol came down to the
writing of the letter from the mine
in which Kleist told Juliet he had her
letters, which would be good as evil
dence and limited at trouble.
she asked you; to return her let
ters?"
Yes, but kept them"
What did she tell you on that occa-
sion?''
She said she didn't care for me any
more, that she didn't love me or like
me well enough to Hive with me-"
''She asked you not to take her into
court ?"
| Yea"
| you said you could make her hap
/ by and didn't Mr.. Breitung say Yes
Juliet, go with him. maybe he car
make you happy
YES"
well, what them"
''She said she had made mistake
Well. don't you believe that calling
. woman q liar and threatening t.
make use Of her love letters ~ evf.
dence In q suit against her father
ought to turn any woman agatns
you
NE. sar. it coulsa.t have