New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-06
'STILL LOVES HIM,
TATUM'S WIFE SAYS
Tells Court She'd Go Back
to Him, Too, if He'd BE
Good to Her.
DENIES ALL CHARGES
INVOLVING OTTMAN
Nassau County Society Out in
Force as Attractive Defend
ant Takes Stand.

Mineola. L. l., Jan. 5.-Mrs. Mary
Jane Tatum declared to-day that she
still cared for her husband and would
90 back to him if he would be as al
fectionate. loving and generous as ne
was. she said, before Mrs. Nellie
Chalmers came into his life and
changed everything. On the witness
stand she denied every charge made
AGAINST her that would entitle John g.
Tatum, cotton broker, OF Z39 Church
st. Manhattan, 20 divorce.
Her innings came in the afternoon
after a morning of witnesses whose
testimony in the main was decideuIy
damaging TO her case. There was
pcrceptible futter among the spectators
at the trial, which to-day attracted the
wealth and position Of Nassau county
They saw young and attractive de,
PENDANT, apparently unconcerned, garoed
in a striking fawn colored SUIT, green
hat with black feather, black patent
leather shoes with fawn colored tops
and buttons, and mink coat with mum
to match.
she denied that there was a spicy
atmosphere 70 the Roslyn cottage, as
alleged by witnesses for her husband.
Jacob Gilman, the young provision
dealer of Manhattan named by Tatum,
was no more to her she insisted, than
dozen others who might be men
toned.
He had visited the Roslyn cottage
often, and mad stayed late, but always
other persons we're present. lie and
his brother Philip slept together IN a
room which had no connection with
hers. Testimony of a chauffeur who
was seeking Jack" Ottman at o'clock
in the morning was untrue IN so tar
as his having heard her say, wake
no. Jack" vas concerned
She was never in her bathroom with
Ottman, not one minute nor twenty,
as was testified by the chauffeur, VINO
heard splashing of water and CONVEX
sation that he couldn't understand:
OF course he couldn't understand
conversation that never took place.
AS for kissing "Jack"-never-not even
the once that one OF her cooks had
specified.
ON the other hand, she had been
made TO suffer so much by her nus
bands neglect. Her condition finally
became such. she said, that her physi-
clan told her that she must stop living
i'm hotels or 20 TO a sanatorium. She
sublet Ottman's apartments at 90 Cen.
trail Park West with the permission OF
her husband. she testified. He also
approved the lease of the Roslyn cot
tage.
Although Mrs. Tatum flushed once or
twice during the high lights of the
testimony aoainst her, she maintained
her poise admirably until asked to
show what her handwriting was ike.
This was desired to establish the
authorship of letter written to Mrs.
Chalmers, now accused by Mrs. Iatum,
but formerly her friend. This letter
supposed to have been written from the
Hotel Martha Washington, read; -,
"Tried TO get rooms here, but could
not. | had to stop at the Martinique.
If ]. c. calls up tell him i went with
Won to the school with Helen and then
10 the Martinique. Tell him | called
IN his Office and told the boy l was
going and that [ would not be home to-
night" IL
daughter of Mrs. Charles. It IS sup
posed that J. c. refers to Mr; Tatum'
Jack C. Chalmers, of l76 West ST.
Manhattan, was witness Tor the de-
fence. He described the breaking up
of his home, and did not spare Tatum
in the recital. He told Of ordering his
wife not 20 90 out with Tatum. and
said She replied that he was always
breaking up every party and that she
was going, anyway.