Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-05-03
Peggy's Hardest Work Was
To Act as Mascot for Firm
Not Hard to Pose as Mermaid, Mrs Sellers Tells At
torney; Judge Has Doubts About Oil Interests
Claimed to Have Been Owned by Woman

did you go to Sioux City on the way
from Omaha to Belle Plaine?
asked Attorney William Whitaker
THAT'S none Of your business and
has nothing to do with this case
Peggy sharply replied.
why did you have your mail sent
to SIOUX City as Peggy IGilchrist3'
Because Mr.. Chrisman introduced
mrs as Peggy Gilchrist." -
Anticipated Marriage.
did you tell Mr.. Chrisman that
you did not want Raymond Bolonge
to know that You were married, be-
cause you were engaged to Bolonge
and because he had bought furni-
ture and you were to have been mar
ricd to him on last Christmas day?"
mo, did not, but / can't help
some man buying house full of
furniture because he may anticipate
marriage"
Didn't Christian tell you that you
were walking into trouble"
NO"
Didn't you go into Mr.. Chris
mans room when he was sick and
you were crying and you told him
that Jimmy had been a brute and
had spent your moneys
mot as blase as that"
l"What did you say?"
: That Jimmy haa been indis-
"On that occasion, when Mr..
Chrisman was i'll, didn't you go to
his dresser and take $20?"
Il did not"
Then / am sorry for your lapse
of memory
"And | am sorry for your ungen-
tlemanliness."
| Didn't you and Jimmy sit on the
edge of Mr.. Chrisman's bed on Jam
uary 4 and you said that you and
Jimmy had made up?"
Chrisman Offers Backing.
Daddy Chrisman told me that he
| would back me for $4,000 and that
if Jimmy was not good to me he
would take care of me himself"
Have you said anything of a
threatening nature to Mr.. Chris
man since this action was started?'
Since he has taken all of my
clothes away l haven't spoken to
him except to say How do you do.
when l saw him carrying flowers to
woman"
did you ever say to Chrisman
THAT you had killed a mani"
"No, but before we left Billings
for Kentucky I showed him horse
whip and said that if he ever in
suited me l would horsewhip him,
and l told him that l had horse
whipped man once"
Didn't you and Marie Casey so
to Chrisman on the night of the at
tachment of your things?"
! Eyes, and | told him that he
should crawl through a knot-hole.
and he only laid on the bed and
grunted."
Mr.. Bolton and DR.. Sample tes-
tilted that they had never beard
Peggy introduced by Chrisman as
a Kentucky heiress, or as the mas
cot
| Had No Connection. z
Il know that she had no interest
in the company" testified the doc
tor, referring to the Kentucky De-
velopment company with which
Peggy claimed to have had pro,ni-
nent connections.
Mr.. Bolton declared that Peggy
was introduced to him by Chris
man as the owner of the Miracle oil
land lease in Kentucky. Peggy ex-
planned that the Miracle oil we'll
was located in a cemetery.
| Peggy reiterated her former tes-
timony that Chrisman' coached her
to represent that certain Kentucky
foil wells produced IS to 20 barrels
a day, instead of 3 to S barrels;
also that she fixed up oil land maps
with rivers and trees and oil wells
to make showing on paper.
During the afternoon Judge
Holmes suppressed an incipient dis
pute between Peggy and Chrisman.
Many cross words were ex-
changed yesterday morning in Judge
Holmes division of municipal court
between Peggy Sellers and oppos-
ing lawyers, William Whitaker and
George Mertens.
Several times Peggy pointed her
finger at Whitaker and declared
that his questions were insulting,
evasive and everything like that.
Whitaker threatened to have the
diminutive lo-year-old bride cited
for contempt of court.
Whitaker and Mertens clashcd
several times. ..E.,
"If | was as sarcastic as you I
would quit" exclaimed Whitaker
Don't get excited" retorted
Mertens.
II am getting tired of your
tactics and I'm going to- shut you
Off" was the next rejoinder.
"1f you keep on in that way there
will be trouble"
Rises to Feet.
"I'll meet any trouble there may
be whep | reach it." replied Whit
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