New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12

but = secret cpistlc. sizzling with afec-
ton. invariably followed the same day
I. vac apparent that Max was con
fused bv the seeming dual regard IN
which his wife held him.
"Ny love for you is stronger tnan
anything also, whatever - NINE y
YOURS: nv life is yours. | love you 50
that you seem like part OF me: we're
excerpts from another of Mrs. hlels, ;
lyrics. written on December II. 1918
The letter in which she vowed 70
abandon wealth, position and family
and even 10 end her life II she and her
husband we're to be kept apart perma-
rently. was penned the day before
Christmas.
81 love YOU. | would protect and nght
for you ard stick by you or die Tor
YOU before will give you up After
declaring that she might see fl some
dsv to sit down and shoot herself, she
ADDED: ~ could not live without you:
do not live now. ] am only hali
alive and | will not live again until
| am with you. NJ life is in your
hands"
First Mel in Michigan.
Ada Gafner. the maid. was the hrst
witness called. She told how Juliet
mad seen the young gardener on the
lawn of the Breitung estate at Mar
ouette. Mich, and had besought an
introduction. The maid was talking
20 Kleist one day when Miss Breitung
approached and the maid introduced
them. She was present at subsequent
marshmalow parties on the beach, she
declared.
Shc said she heard Mrs. Breitung
tell her daughter that her marriage
vas not legal. and that il would have
10 be anrullcd because Julie had lied
in church. Her Characterization OF
Kleist. as interpreted BY Miss Garner'
caused the court some trouble.
The Brcitung side of the room radi-
ated merriment during the maids APP
pearance as witness, being psrtlcu-
larly noticeable when she told OF the
actual conflict at the st. Regis between
mother and daughter, when clothing
was torn ard optics we're discolored. she
declared she had heard an interview
between Kleist. Mr.. Breitung and other
members Of the family, in which the
banker said he would give the young
man a chance to make his way IN the
world. and if he made good he might
claim his daughter as his own IN the
eyes Of the world.
Mr.. Nicolls motion to have the case
thrown out was based on the grounds
that the evidence introduced did not
tend TO show that the Breitungs were
actuated by motives other than their
only child's welfare in taking her away
from the husband. In arguing against
il. counsel for kleist said that their
efforts should have ceased At perSus-
sion. and that the attempts 10 scare
the husband away by threatening him
with arrest for the theft OF Mr.. Bret
lungs socks and incarceration Tor IAN
urc to support his wife were step DC
yond the legal limit.
Judge Hand allowed the case to pro
coed until the defence was in. After
Mrs. Kleist's testimony is in to-day nc
will decide whether the jury should
consider whether the husband is en-
titled 10 pocket balm for the injuries
which ne claims his psrents-in-law
have inflicted.
Breitung Takes the Stand.
Court was in session several minutes
after the noon recess before the Bret
lungs reappeared. Edward \. Breitung
was called as the first witness. lie
told Of his first meeting with kleist
when he received the stunning news
that he was a fsther-in-law.
81 asked him how he was going 10
take care of my daughter" he TESTIFIED.
"Hc told me of his work as tcamster
on a farm. 4 asked the boy how he was
going TO take care of my daughter, but
he did not seem to have much OF no
ton how he was going 70 do II.
"When ] asked him why he had come
to New York he said my daughter had
lur,d him here. II was that statement
ths, reused Mrs. Breitung's anger.
Juliet had gone into another room,
hut She came in when ! called her at the
boy's request, and she was there
the conversation
Breitung uttered his words IN tone
so low that they did not carry to the
iurv box. He had to be requested sew
ora times 10 speak louder.
There was a somewhat heated con-
between kleist and Mrs.
Breitung, the witness stated. but that
was because she was nervous and OK
cited, he said.
Kept Marriage a Secret.
Had you made any inquiry as to
tho state of your daughter affections
for him ?" Mr.. Nicoll asked.
The father said he had. and that his
daughter had said she did not want TO
20 West with him at that time. IT was
agreed that the marriage be kept Sc
cTct. and the athcr promised 10 sec
what he could do for kleist. He said
he gave him small sums Of money.
Ibid YOU hear Mr.. Kleist testify that
yo. said you would have the marriage
annulled :"
Eyes, but that was not true" he re
Piled.
Later, under cross-cXaminstion. he
admitted that he consulted lawyer
regarding an annulment before he met
his son-in-law, but that he had been
ASSURE that il would be impossible to
have the match set aside in that man
uer.
lie also said il was untrue that he
threatened TO have the young man ar
L I. IL.