New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-24
"I'm No Monk" He De
clares in Explaining How
He Got Pet Name.
HIS LOVE LETTERS
WERE AT LEAST 1000
snectators Cape and Actress
Weeps as Judge DenounceS
Blackmail Cases.

long description Of the tough time MISS
yvet.e De Won had Of it alone or ac-
,or,nanied in a great city, filed the
Tombs court with woe and interest ana
spectators yesterday
Miss De Won, driven to poverty oy
Andrew Cuneo. the Italian banker, who
cave her only flats and theatre parties
and innumerable JOY rides and dinners
and wound up his career of cruelty by
sending her TO Europe for dramatic
education. some time ago filed a breach
of oromise suit against the banker for
$4,000 Probably she figured that she
had everything but his name, and that
might come in handy some time. But
C,neo was married already, and, fur
,bermore. he insists that the woman
knew II. when she turned and bit the
hand that not Only fed her, but joy
rode her and sent her abroad.
The days Of chivalry are dead. The
banker called his erstwhile protegee
liar. and had her hailed into court
Yesterday to answer a perjury charge
After Magistrate Corrigan had heard
the whole story. which began at the
French Students ball and worked from
there 10 climax. he held Miss De
Won in $1,000 bail TO await the action
Of the grand jury. and delivered HIM
self of a lecture on "hush money
suits.
Then She Weeps.
This is where the woman's tears
come in. Miss De Won wept all through
the magistrates discourse. The audi
ence also might have been moved to
tears had II not been too busy trying
% fix in its mind certain portions OF
The evidence to retail later to friends.
In her affidavit preceding her breach
OF promise suit MISS De Won sH"te
.nat Cuneo had represented hlmseIi 10
her IS an unmarried man, and had
asked her 10 wed him IN l5ll' "hlie
thew were in New Orleans.
The banker began a year further
hack than that, yesterday. IN his yer,
sion nj their relations. His counsel
nresented as the first witness Eugene
4 Casazza. of 1900 Avenue T, Brook
ivn This gentleman started all the
trouble by introducing Miss De Won
10 CuneO
According TO the witness, he met the
lady first i'm 1910 at the French stu
dents ball. which. though neither Gal
lie nor possessed of a studlous at
mosphere. is undeniably dance. he
firted with her and she hlrted WIN
him. They danced together. and she
shvly told him her telephone number.
Sure enough. he called her up some
DAYS later -.
Accomnanied by Casazza. Miss De
Won was leaving the Hotel AstoT one
day when Cuneo saw them. KlGht
there the trouble began. Cuneo sought
out his friend the next day and de-
manded an introduction.
The witness then testified that he
had told the lady Of his friends de-
sire. and had mentioned at that time
that Cuneo was the husband of Jean
Newton CuneO. the famous woman au-
tomobile driver. According to Casazza,
Miss De Won remarked that she had
heard Of her.
They Met in Subway.
In the pastoral surroundings of the
Wall Street subway station, the banker
met the lady, the faithful Casazza doing
the honors. He said yesterday that
Miss De Won remarked when the banker
was presented:
Isn't it strange that every nice man
meet is married ~
Whether they debated on this phe
nomenon further is not known. At any
rate, according to the witness, they
journeyed TO Brooklyn, and went TO the
theatre.
What play did you see?" asked John
j. Reilly, Miss De Nons counsel.
a Fool There Was" replied the wit
ness, while both principals did their
best not TO look sclf-cOnsciOus.
On the way to Brooklyn, Casazza
says. Miss De Won spoke to Cuneo
about his wife, saying: "She must be
q woman of wonderful nerve"
Cuneo himself then took the stand.
The things he admitted having done
would have made even the stoutest
bankroll quail. He took her to dinner;
he admitted taking her TO hotels; he
took her riding; he hired an apartment
for her on East Thirtieth Street; he
gave her a duplicate of ring he was
wearing and also plain gold one; he
sent her 10 Italy 10 study acting and
paid all her expenses. He did not know
but he was certain that 1t was no fewer
than 1000. Only two things he denied.
H. insisted that he had never prom
ised either TO build her a theatre or 10
marry her.
Boris" and "DOmini."
They went to see The Garden of
Allah" together. the banker said, and
atterward she always called him
Boris and he called her "Domini."
And who was Boris" queried Magis
trate Corrigan.
Cuneo turned all the colors of his
nations banner before replying.
Boris was a monk" he said at last,
vncomfortably. 81 am not monk"
And no one in court rose TO contradict
him.
The witness admitted that he had
offered TO paw Miss De Won $4,000 to
withdraw the suit, but only "to avoid
publicity and obtain peace"
Miss De Won refused TO take the
stand, and after a protest from Mr..
Reilly Magistrate Corrigan held her
IN $1,000 bail. Then after saying that
ms following remarks did not apply 20
the lawyer for the defendant in the
perjury action, the magistrate hayed
hush money" suits in general
They are absolutely cold-blooded
e"nspiracies," he said. "They are le-
gal shakedowns.' and when a client
likes on a. victim from whom he thinks
ne can extort hush money he goes
70 shyster lawyer and they cook up
tnA evidence"