New-York tribune., 1921-03-18
;nt of Double
For Wife Given
IN Stokes Trial
Iaitleton Refuses to Dis
cuss New Development,
but Says Client Was Not
in Wallace Apartment
Court Adjourns 20 Days
California Oil Man Is
Coming East to Deny
Charges Against Woman


AMID Mrs. Helen Eiwood Stokes have
dauble!'
This element of mystery, though not
as,Iy developed yesterday, crept into
a. trial OF ". E. D. Stokes's divorce
III against Mrs. Stokes, which was
.oat;nued before Justice Finch.
The possibility that Mrs. Stokes,
no has been positively identified by
..veral witnesses for Mr.. Stokes as
Il, woman whom they saw in the
snartment of Edgar T. Wallace, an oil
nan. now of San Francisco, had a
dauble. woman who looked so much
Hke her that the witnesses who thus
tsssiaed might be honestly mistaken,
yas suggested by the testimony given
Yesterday by Mrs. Emma E. Goodwin,
corset specialist, at II East Thirty
efsh Street. Mt Wallace had his
apartment at IS East ~hirty-fifth
Street.
Mrs. Goodwin testified that she re-
nembered Mrs. Stokes coming into her
shop to use the telephone and that the
defendant was the same woman that
the witness frequently saw going into
and coming out of the house two doors
vest
Qualities Testimony
Daring examination by Francis L.
Wc'!man, counsel for Mr.. Stokes. the
witness qualified her Identification of
the defendant.
Il would not want any one to be
hanged upon my testimony" said Mrs.
Goodwin. $50 far as l am able. / am
telling the truth. There may be some
one who looks exactly like her"
aSome one who looks enough like her
10 be twin?" asked Mr.. Wellman.
"Yes," the witness replied.
Martin ". Littleton rose to object to
ttis line Of testimony. He asked Mrs
Goodwin several questions, one OF
which. was whether she knew that in
this case Mr.. Stokes seeks to obtain the
custody of his two children by the
plaintiff.
"No. don't follow such cases." said
the witness. II have been subpenaed
and come here unwillingly."
DO you now testify that this woman
is the one who was in your place of
business once, between 1915 and 1919 %
'Yes, unless she has q DOUBLE" was
the qualifying answer.
Mr.. Littleton was later asked about
the p0Ssibility of do1fhle
II don't know anything about that
said the attorney. II do know that
Mrs Stokes was never seen by these
Witnesses, as they allege."
BESIDES this positive statement by
counsel for Mrs. Stokes, word has come
from San Francisco that Mr.. Wallace
denies he has seen Mrs. Stokes since
lsl0, year before she was married
although witnesses have told of seeing
the defendant In the apartment of the
correspondent numerous times from
1914 to 1918. Mr.. Wallace has started
or IS about to start, across the continent
to appear in the Supreme Court and
oeny the charges against Mrs. Stokes
IN so far as they affect her acquaint-
ance with him.
Five Others Testify
FIVE other witnesses testified yester-
|. cay for Mr.. Stokes. Lillian Payne. who
was employed as maid by Mr.. Wal
iace and also worked in the same capac-
~ Tor Mrs. Genevieve La Croix De
Anqulnas, who has testified against
nrs; Stokes, said she had seen the de-
iendant come to the Wallace apartm ent
win weekend bag The witness said
she could not be mistaken about the
Identity and that she knew Mrs. Stokes
as Miss Woods.
margaret A. Conway, a trained nurse
gave testimony yesterday that she at
xnaed Mrs. Stokes at the birth of the
sets sSeetsndans's daughter on December 20
ecsi9' and that ten days later Mrs
ctokes went out.
inns testimony was offered in sup
pols Of that already given that on
ssnuary 10, 1915, Mrs. Stokes was seen
sla sla her mother, Mrs. Miller, at the
rssa Eam inirty-fifth Street address of Mr..
Mrs. Mary McNulty appeared In
Wurs with an iniwnt In her arms. her
presence being due to the pressure of
subpoena. Mrs. McNulty took the
~.saess stand and testified that she
was waitress in the tea room at 13
ss Sast lmrty-hfth Street. She said Mrs.
osokes patronized the tea room and
sa0o s sometimes went upstairs. AT
s' sHmes' while Mrs. Stokes was in the
ssOuse' there would be calls for service
..vla a; tne Wallace apartment, said the
sn''aess, who added that the visits Of
~ sae oeiendant created talk among the
uneip; Mrs. McNulty testified tina,
m's. stokes was known to her as Miss
irial Halts for Twenty Days
The trial u7as ,d;o, -.