New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-08
,,,e f. T. Martins SeCre-
tary in Court for Max
ing Love to Wife.
THREATENING NOTES
BORE MYSTIC SIGN
Parsons Complains He
Grabs Her on Street and in
Cafes and Kisses Her.

.vsterv Of the Nine Of Diamonds
10, A French sailor in front OF
~. Bandoni's boarding house al
90 US, Fify-eighth Street. solved II
- r,,n Magistrate Murphy, who was
?" .,,nr owe the mystery as he sal
w. w. the blazing hearth in the har-
pew ~ club last night. calls the case OF
' !" people ast. Parsons this morning
!" 49, West Side Court, he can stop
+" -. after he has read this story
's1 40 can Jacques Bandoni and Nine
,.,.ons and every one else.
r.. -. Nine Of Diamonds entered the
ans case yesterday. For nearly
-. Gears the Parsons case has taken
w -. attention Of judges and police
" .beriFs. Yesterday Nine Parsons
name Leone had he. husband
-. .avs he isn't and he says he Isl
nuoned before Magistrate Murphy
- no West Side Court, to answer
-. Of sending her threatening let
~. and annoying her in public 10
~ ,bs,e letters Parsons, whose full
-. /, Ernest B., pinned a Nine OF
Diamonds. , ..;a
a.. parsors. who is a striking look
annette. "Dees man meet me in
,,,ss, or restaurant and t'row bees
-, ,oun' my naick and keese me and
IN me- ma cherie' and say he no leev
,-;,out me. can leev wizout heem,
an"
auhs. does the Nine of Diamonds
,,,nf" asked Magistrate Murphy, look
IT, AZ one Of the letters g.,
Il cannot say what eet mean, SAID
an a,d the nan who is accused Of hav-
a., mined item 20 the alleged threat
.,sS,g letters also said he did not know
,bsf the mysterious card meant.
And he ,es not my hosban',' con-
,.asd Nine. Persons. "He ees jus my
,,o.sctor. He tell me re marriage was
ME 50 he could protec' me. Eat ees
80 10 brecng me from Paree. And
:. rseSn', t'row bees arm roun' my
,si,k and say ne want me 10 return TO
issm, for | shall not.
Bp, Parsons, who was for four years
.s.r,,ary 20 the late Frederick Town
.srS Martin. insisted he was her hus-
land. and that all he wanted her 70 do
vas 10 live with him again. Magls-
,-s,e Murphy set the hearing for to-
csy. holding the defendant in $500 bail.
Its Parsons case received its first
,ubljs siring in the fall Of 1914, when
sui, was brought against the husband
;or separation. Parsons, who acted
As his own lawyer. was ordered TO pay
N2 week while the case was pend
ing -,
How can j." asked Parsons. III am
row only writer Of moving picture
rlois. and earn but SO week. How
car pay 81" week out OF $40
He was told he would have 10 pay or
70 70 Ludlow Street Jail, and imme-
taiely on be ng made member Of the
Alnory Club he began besieging Sher-
II Grifenhagen with demands that
gusniums be put in his cell.
4 Just love geraniums.' he wrote.
Nn<e IN jail he studied the law on
tsnes,ic relations. and when he came
ts, pleaded his case 20 successfully
that the action Of Nine. Parsons was
dismissed.
On another occasion, his host and
friend, Jacques Bandoni, had Nine
Parsons arrested. as we'll as her law
yer, Israel Siegel. when the two came
there 70 serve summons and some
one poked an umbrella through one OF
N;sB Bandoni's windows.
No one at Bandoni's boarding house
could explain what the Nine Of Dla-
ronds meant last night. But the
french sailor, who stood outside. whis-
ps-ed:
u; is very simple M'sieu Parsons
row al work on a motion picture
pay that will be a masterpiece. He Is
gong 70 call IL The Nine OF Dia'
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