The sun., 1916-11-12
LOVE IN A GLASS AS
THE BUTLER SAW1T
His Testimony Prevents ALI
mony Award to Mrs. George
SAxtOn Barber.
COUNTER CHARGES MADE
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Husband, Naming Gcissen-
lnincr. Accused Of FOndness
Toward Miss Singleton.
COUNTER CHARGES MADE

In the double divorce action tive
George Saxton Barber, we'll TO do sales
man for a large woollen house. and Mrs.
Bernice Barber It developed yesterday
tina real life for once approached the
ingenuity Of the movies. Testimony
was given By a Japanese butler that he
had seen Mrs. Barber kissing and en-
bracing another man by a reflection In
. table glass.
II did not appear how much weight
Justice Cohalan gave the glass as a
transmitter Of evidence when he denied
Mrs. BARRIERS application for $4,000
counsel fee and 500 a week alimony
pending the trial Of her own divorce
suit. The proceedings have been going
OH for more than n year with minor
strains from a third suit involved.
The first suit was started In August.
1915. by Mrs. Barber. who said she LETT
BARRIERS home in April Of that year be-
cause he had come home drunk every
night for Ave years and also accused
him of relations with Miss Mary Single
ton. a stenographer In the United States
Arsenal at Picatinny. ". ]. Barber de-
MED this. and pointed out that the num-
Der OF drinks which Mrs. BARRIERS de-
~tectives said he took would incapaci-
tate me or any living man from actual
business"
Enter Nr. (;etsse whainer.
Later Barber, who IL a nephew Of the
late Mrs. william Mckinley. brought a
counter suit, injecting An alleged oner
from Mrs. Barber to return az his wife.
provided his mother staked her to $b0.-
900 pin money. BARBER asserted that
the accusations against Miss Singleton
and himself were trumped up as part
Of n plot by Mrs. Barber to be freed
from him 80 she could enjoy life with
Charles II. Geissenhainer.
In March. 1915. the husband says.
when N and his wife had been married
nine years. Geissenhainer VAS intro
duced to Mrs. Barber n her affection
began to wander. Geissenhainer, accord
Ing to Barber's affidavit. hired a costly
automobile. and every morning while
Barber was away would wait with the
limousine around the corner from his
apartment.
Mrs. Barber. the affidavit ~recites.
would pass the time away In shopping
and later pick up Geissenhainer. with
whom she would have luncheon. Among
the gifts from G~eissenhainer to Mrs.
Barber which her husband mentions was
. saddle horse. and his story continues
that while she was being taught to ride
IN Central Park G~eissenhainer rode near
enough In the motor car to catch her Z
she fell OF. The car. with curtains
drawn. also figures In BARRIERS account
Of visits to a road house near Jamaica.
where he aid his wife and G~eissenhainer
were known as Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor"
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Then In April Of last year. says Mr..
Barber. his wife departed from their
large home at SuccasunnR. N. j.. which
he had bought for her for SIS. 900, to
live in three rooms and a kitchenette at
"a West Ffty-ninth street. Barber said
the reason was G~eissenhalner. who Wis
tied there frequently, and cited the table
glass az part of his authority.
This table glass was under the particu-
lar care Of John X. g. Chinen during the
two weeks he was employed as butler.
After telling of Geissenhainer's visits
and several little breakfasts served in
the bedroom the Japanese remarks: ION
one occasion served them>>cocktails
while they were both intoxicated, and
Charlie accused Mrs. Barber of being
Irish"
At another time Charlie. as the Japa-
rese says Geissenhainer was known 10
him. was betrayed by the glassware,
The butler was In another room, when
he says he saw Mrs. Barber and her
companion. Charlie. kissing and huggins
In the dining room From where he
stood the Japanese declared he could
perceive this by means of the reflection
In the table glass.
Gordon Hid In Basement.
Yorrsv n..k .t-la
or the apartment house. likewise told OF
the hospitality shown by Mrs. Barber to
. Charlie Gordon and the cold recep-
tlon accorded to Barber and a bevy OF
detectives when they paid a call at 9
a. Nj. Gordon" according to Hornsby,
spent the rest OF the night in a basement
room. and after this for several nights
Gordon was careful ali, ut coming 10 the
apartment"
Later In The summer according to Bar
Der, his wife gave up tl!s apartment. Be-
sides accompanying her to Boston as
mi. and Mrs, Charles Gordon Barber
says ~Geissenhainer managed 10 keep Mrs.
Barber from being lonesome several
times at Succasunna. Barber was not
speaking from first hand knowledge.
From this domicile r. rber had already
removed himself and sought solace at
Pint Terrace Inn. Dover. N. J..
Here he met Miss Singleton, besides a
Mr.. chapman and a Mss Wood"
with whom he Acknowledged he would
not have been so cordial II he had known
they were his wlfe's detectives.
On July 81 last a referees report rec.
commended a divorce for Mrs. Lillian X.
0eissenhainer from Charles B. Geissen-
hainer. following a suit In which she
made Mrs Barber correspondent and
dragged In the names Of a Sound steamer
and a Boston hotel. Though a referee
"a appointed In the Barber suits, no de-
cision has been made except Of Justice
CohaIan's denial of alimony,