The Washington herald., 1915-04-09
WOMAN Lawyer
GRILLS expert
Miss Harriet Freebey Heckles
Witness for Plaintiff in
Heart-balm Case.
RED KIMONO Is ISSUE
mrs. McNabb Admits She Might Have
Worn 1t When Aged Ad-
mirer Called.
RED KIMONO Is ISSUE

The District Supreme Court, where
Mrs. Ida McNabb. the comely widow
of 81 years. is suing John s. Kinney
IS years old. for $500.000 heart salve
was warm and stuffy Yesterday. II
was particularly warm for Frank w
Youngs. a Michigan mining expert
after he had testified that Kinney has
mines in Michigan worth at least
S1.000.0O0.
Miss Harriet Freebey. Kinney's at
torney. tried to show the jury that she
was more of an expert in law than
Frank Youngs is in mines. She grilled
Youngs for two hours. and though his
face grew red and his collar wilted
she probably would have kept at it
longer if Justice Stafford had not ruled
against her when she asked Youngs:
How much would you give for Mr..
kinney'S mines?"
Justice Stafford said he didn't think
that question admissible, pointing out
that Mr.. Youngs might not have a dol
lar to his name. Miss Freebey. how
ever. established that Youngs did have
a little money.
Never Qualified a. Expert.
You appear here as an expert"
: ID Miss Freebey. but did you ever
qualify before an expert?"
! No. said Mr.. Youngs.
| Have you ever before testihed as an
expert"
No." said Mr.. Youngs.
You say the Kinney mines are worth
81, ,000,0 900. How long since you have been
in the mines, and why did you go there?'
Youngs revealed he had been in the
| mines just three weeks ago. He said he
went there to refresh his memory" and
Miss Freebey established he wanted to
| refresh his memory for the breach of
promise suit.
How much pay did you receive for
your expert services"
Expenses" said Mr. Youngs, travel
ing and other expenses and SIS a day."
oh" said Miss Freebey. "Oh, your
fee Is not contingent then," with mark
ed emphasis on the word contingent"
Miss Freebey even asked Mr.. Youngs
to draw a sketch of a piece of ore on a
blackboard on the courtroom wall JUS
tice Stafford came to the rescue of the
witness, and said it didn't seem that
chalk sketches were exactly necessary"
Before Miss Freebey grilled Youngs,
she examined Mrs. McNabb This exam
ination thrilled the audience. for. as Mr.
Kinney himself has not appeared since
the trial began, the case has seemed to
be between woman and woman, Mrs
McNabb and Miss Freebey.
DO you recall that you wore a red
y
Miss F'reebey asked Mrs. McNabb.
1t was amid bushes that Mrs McNabb
said she didn't recall but that she may
have worn a red kimono If Mr.. Kinney
called to see her early in the morning
Did he call early?"
Il don't know
Testiffes as to Contract.
The testimony of William J. Gal
braith. attorney of Escanaba, Mich.
the home of Mrs. McNabb, that he
drew the alleged marriage contract
between Mrs. McNabb and the aged
Mr.. Kinney was brief and confined al
most entirely to establishment of the
fact that the contract was bona fide
A letter signed by -. S. Kinney" and
dated August 10. 1912. at Buffalo. n.
Y. was introduced as evidence tina t
Mr.. Kinney broke the alleged marriage
contract In this it was testified that
Mr.. Kinney said: After thinking the
matter over carefully. 1 have arrived
at the conclusion that it was your in
tent to take advantage Of a man ad-
vanced in years. broken in health and
mentally incompetent at the time to |
understand the significance of such an |
act" |
In reply Mrs. McNabb wrote to Mr.. |
Kinney that his letter was indeed a |
shock" that she believed him TO he !
honest and a gentleman and that you !
pictured to me your lonely life and 1 !
promised to make a kind and loving
wife"
In letter said to have been written
by Mr.. Kinney he said: Send me that |
diamond ring. you remember. that 1 !
lent you" This was the one and one !
half carat solitaire worth $3.50 that
Mrs. McNabb testified was given her
by Mr.. Kinney as an engagement
token.