The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-22
MRS. GIBSON GIVEN
ABSOLUTE DIVORCE
Husband Forbidden to Marry
Again in District-Wife
Gets the Children.
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improper conduct and neglect of the
said Preston Gibson, the plaintiff
was compelled to separate from him"
Attorney Lambert then read the
husbands answer to the wife's suit
for strict proof of her allegations OF
misconduct.
At this juncture Mrs- Gibson was
called to the stand. She was notice
ably nervous as Mr.. Galley began
questioning her. She told in q quiet,
dignified way the reasons why she
suspected her husband OF being ''un-
faithful" to her.
Her voice showed slight traces of
emotion as she told OF her marriage
on February %, 1909, by the Rev.
Charles Wood of the Church of the
Covenant, at lila Vermont avenue
northwest.
HesItntes Mt Question.
She hesitated when asked when she
first began to suspect her husband of
being unfRithfuL
There were many reasons" said
Mrs. Gibson. 81 had knowledge that
he was not faithful to me, and on
numerous occasions, when 1 would go
out to different parties, / would be
quite ignored and very much embar-
raised by his attentions TO numerous
other women. ! would often have to
go home alone, as he would be busy
escortlng some one else. And then,
when / demonstrated with him, on sew
eral occasions concerning this, he
would make promises which he did
not fulfll.
FINALLY. for the sake. of my little
boy and my little girl, said that ]
would try to adjust my life 80 much
as 1 could to his way of thinking
and doing. although / could not en-
tirely approve, but ! wanted to do
everything / could which 1 thought
just in his life.
$50 / did my best, but his promises
were never kept, and things went
from bad to worse, until finally ]
told him 1 could not stand IL any
longer, that 1 would close my house
and go away and take steps to get
a divorce"
Smiles Only o9ee.
Only once during the story. OF her
troubles with the defendant did the
witness smile, and this was but faint
ly when on answering a question as
to how long she bad lived in WASH
ington an alusioh was made to a
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compelled to tell her age.
Mrs. Gibson had answered that she
had lived in the District since she
was one year old.
When it seemed that the question
as to how long she had lived here
would be repeated, Attorney LAM
bert assumed the gallant role and re-
marked, well, we won't go into a
question of time now"
Repeatedly Embarrassed.
Mrs. Gibson declared she was re-
peatedly embarrassed by the stories
which came to her from her friends
and others concerning her husbands
actions. She said that she finally en-
gagged Detective Reed. She had known
him, she said. for some time pre-
viously, as he had done other work
for her. Asked what this work was,
the witness said she had employed
him to come to her house and guard
it while her husband was away.
Mr.. Gibson, she declares, would go
away without giving her notice and
stay for days without telephoning or
writing.
Apparently greatly relieved when
told that her presence on the witness
stand was no longer required. Mrs.
Gibson again took her seat beside her
uncle. while Attorney Galley read a
deposition of a private detective,
named Raphael S. Klein.
This deposition was taken at Den
yer, and might well be entitled Life
Of Society Leader, Minute by Min
ute for Three Months"
Klein deposed that he first became
acquainted with Mr.. Gibson, whom he
trailed, he stated. for more than
three months, at a meeting of Yale
alumni at the University Club. in
1912.
Exciting Chases.
Exciting chases on the heels of the
husband from the Metropolitan Club
20 hotels in New York: to Belvedere
Hotel, and the Maryland Country
Club in Baltimore. and other places
were graphically described.
Mr.. Gibson was drinking heavily"
at the time, the detective deposed.
Cocktails, highballs. and champagne
were his favorTte drinks. a
Even when the society leader and
|ubman and his friends ordered
zone" at the Shoreham bar and other
public places to which the detectives
had entree the sleuths would set down
who paid for the beverages, according
to the deposition.
Frequently throughout the testi-
mony Klein deposed that "Mr. Gibson
had a drink with Mr.. MajoI," "Mr.
Gibson bought at the KnIckefbOcker
with some friends" and with other
persons and at other places
Day after day, the witness deposed,
he would pick Mr. Gibson up" at the
Metropolitan Club. follow him by taxi
cab to the clubman's office in the
Colorado building or to the Shore
ham or other places, and stay right
on his trail throughout the day and
i night.
Followed Him to House.
The detective deposed that he fol-
lowed Mr.. Gibson to a house in West
Forty-ninth street, New York city.
The deposition set forth that Klein
had subsequently learned that the
house into which the defendant went
was one of ill-repute.
The detective also deposed that he
had followed Mr.. Gibson from the
Metropolitan Club to the Belyedere
Hotel, in Baltimore. and thence TO a
house in st. James street. This house.
the detective deposed, was one of ILL
repute also. Klein gave the name of