The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-23
MAIDS SUIT SHOWS
FEUD OYER BABY
Mrs. Bricp. Who Aids Nurses
Action for 5000. Objected
to Rcvcll Baby.
MISTRESS DENIES ATTACK

: The suit OF Miss Delta Cronin. an aged
nursemaid. against Mrs. Marion Revell.
wife OF Fleming n. Revell. Jr, FOR $4,000
damages for assault. was concluded be-
fore Supreme Court Justice Devendorf
and a jury yesterday. \ sealed verdict,
which will he opened on Monday. was
ordered IN the case.
The trial disclosed an apartment house
feud between Mrs Revell and ter heigh
Dor. Mrs. Catherine NJ B:icc, who IL
aidina Miss Cronin In the suit Mrs.
BrIce is the widow of stewart NJ Brice.
: son of Calvin y Brice. who was United
states Senator from Ohio She was d.
vorced from Henry clay Mount OF In
diana when she married Brice In 1905.
Her son. who was adopted by BrIce and
took the name OF Stewart NJ. Brice. JrD.
and his young wife occupied an apart
nIent with Mrs. Brice. adjoining that OF
the Revells. NJ the time Miss Cronin
alleges that Mrs. Reyell beat and kicked
her on March 2s. 1914.
Miss Cronin testified on Thursday that
Mrs. Brire heard her screams when she
was assaulted and put on, OF the Revell
apartment. and said that Mrs. Brice
made her comfortable In tn. Rrice apart
nent, called "A policeman and then sent
her to a hospital.
complained About RevrI Baby.
Mrs. Brice on the witness stand yes
terday corroborated the nurses testi-
nony. SNe was asked on cross-exatnina-
ton II she had complained because tbs
Revell baby cried.
~ ala she replied. "because the baby
cried very much and OF course was al
moving"
Mrs. price denied with some ind!gna.
ttnH ttAf p1.n vyYAsp a ., 40 la "a .
complaining about the baby. when
the letter was shown to her she said
i was not In her handwriting Shn
denied that there had been my ur-
ple%asantness between her aud the
Rrvells when asked II ahe didn't have
words with Mrs. Revell in the elevator
she said
$50. indeed. I am very sure"
Mrs. Ellen Brice. her young daughter.
in-law. corroborated Mrs. Brice's testi.
mony and said that Miss Cronin's con.
dltion after the alleged assault was
something pitlful"
a negro hail boy and n maid EN-,
ployed by Mrs. Brice gave testimony
for MISS cronin In line with that 81 tn,
other witnesses.
Mrs, R~ven Denies Attack.
Mrs. Revcli's story Of the affair wa,
] that on the day in question she returned
home late with her husband. and upor
finding the nursery in al untidy con
dition she corrected" the nurse anC
discharged her. She said the nurse thei
/. became violent and abusive. and cric'
Historically 81 hope to God you
baby dies
Mrs Rcvell said the nurse tried Il
fore. her way into the nursery. Fearini
that she Intended to harm the child, Mrs
Revell pushed her from the apartment
She didn't strike her. she said. but tn,
Z nurse screamed historically.
% Mrs. Revell said that Mrs, Rrice wa
Z unfriendly to her because when Mrs
Brice first called to see her she con
4 cluded she didn't care to know Mrs
I Bricc and avoided her afterward. Sh
o testified that the occupants Of the Brio
. apartment were noisy. OCCASIONAL.
I there We're bright lights in the apart
O mcut as late AZ 4 a. NJ. she aid an,
members Of the Bricc family wake
h about ~scantily clad.
r Dr. Josephine Walter. n physician
, who made an examination Of Mis-
~ cronin under a court order TWO month
after tho alleged assault. said sh
:, found no marks 81 any kind on IN
woman.