The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-04-04
Mrs. Stokes to 4
Young Wife Of New York Multi
millionaire Of 70 Uses $i9,50O
Alimony TO Collect Proof Of
Charges.

10 years u ctutfAi lihhif ~ ht'
bizarre life of Ncw York. succeed In
diNorcing his young bride2
lie says that he will. She says that
Mrs stokes ADDS she will divorce
her husband and make him pay in
blood for the shame he has brought
upon me"
'rh. case rivals the s,illman divorce
suit. with its charges and counter
charges. In which the parentage OF
two little children is the issue.
ON March n, the stokes case was
suddenly halted by Supreme Court
Justice Finch and Stokes was per-
emptorily ordered to hand his vile
S1g,bOO In cash. Justice Finch, ad-
dressing Mrs. stokes from the bench.
suggested that she use this money 10
gnther evidence TO refute the testi-
mony presented by witnesses for her
husband. He reluctantly gave her
the money In lieu Of going TO Jail FOR
contempt.
Immediately after war Mrs. stokes
lawyers announced that when the
case IL resumed April G. they viii
have the evidence. Martin W. Little
ton. who n Mrs stokes chief counsel,
said today
''Mrs stokes will be the first wit
mess Tor the defense when the ttini
reopena.
''licr story on the stand will be- one
Of the most remarkable revelations
eyer heard la any court In any land.
when she Describes what she has
cones through az Stokes hands and
| supports her statements with proof,
/ the world ~ thinking men and wom-
On will be- astounded that any man
could infiict so much suffering on any
woman.
we will prove that stokes sought
90 show that his wife was the mother
uf illcritimntc children, and that hc
personally combed disrcputahic re-
sorts In Sew York. Chicago ami Den
Yer IN mad attempt 60 secure evil
dcnce. but that ne was absolutely un-
| successful IN discovering single
fact that would discrcdit hcr
we will bring witnesses from
each city 20 show Just what he said
TO them and what he offered them.
This divorce suit which hc is now
prosecuting IL hut part of s5Ftomati,
persecution with "a terrible object ir
view. We viii las that object bcfors
the world
The story which follows Is an ac
curate history of the stokes case
taken from official records ANA cnur
documents as we'll az from swurf
testimony ON tile.
CHArTIR {.
Aftcr preliminary litigation dutini
from 1919. the trial proper OF Stokes
suit for divorce opened before Justice
Finch aud "a jury on March =.
Tho silvvr-huircd millionaire Of -
appeared az unpcrtubvd az what WI
bound tn he the unNvlling of his 60
capad's 's u this were merely e pcti!
business wtnuElc.
Mrs stokes, still In hc. thirtios
F sat near her husband. she was WIS
ihly nervous. Chnging 90 her arm
were their children. little Jimm
Stokes. o.. and Helen Muricl Stoke,
l.
At the counsel table sat Harol
p Billig Mrs. Stokes cousin and one q
D the seven correspondents named b
the millionaire. ". T.. D. stokes ir
Y SON of the laintim by his forme
q marriapo, ana also mentioned an e.,
- respondent. glarcd al his father.
Gust Of TESTIMONY
. At the close Of the DAY the SUI
o. and substance OF "damning test
;, mony" was 10 the effect that "a hous'
y maid had seen Mrs. stokes wcarin
10 oVcralls. that she had kissed Billi
q and on one occasion had used the 81
Y dcaring term Of Carrots when Blli
y entered her bedroom tate at nigh
= smoked q Eold-uppcd cigarct.
During the days that followed q
p divorce suit was litt'd from the fic
,, OF comedy TO the plane Of molodrau
:, by tho appearance, ON the stand ot
/" witness who sworo she saw MI
], Stokes In the apartment of Edgar
!, wallace. al i3 East Thirty N-fif
~ street
-y ON March -. Edgar r Walla,
oil maguatc of California, arrived
4 Sew York.
~ Bumful of indignation at bcii
N. named "a correspondent by stokes ai
"a denying that he even knows M
o. stokes he SAYS when the cas-" go
Is N,nes On April q, he will tell of
r. own happy welded lifc and prove q
i- | fllstN of vhargrE concerning 1
nd conduct in bis sutrtment
Tn, western Oh man says ne "
admit ne occasionally entertain
friends Boz his apartment ana that
dy l,n his KEYS rather loosely vi
nd others. but this b. all
ai CuNPTI.R 3.
IA In tho Couuter-arti,u for ciNol
ub brought by Mrs. stokes she uses ih'
words iu sworn AFFIDAVIT
"AS husband is so moruse and
mthy and degraded iu his h1hits, ID
generally $50 coarse. disgusting d
luathsom, us a. man, that ltr W
hm has become lutulvraulc.'
Then she adds "For a long q
my husband has h,tn sChcmi
v plotting and planning to d"ffaud
OF my legal rights and destroy
good unmr
CHNT'TIR {.
! II n wac ON Fobll. 19i1 that v
4 III liam T.. u. Stokes Wus married
| II Jersey city s. 4. to Miss IT,
| II ElWood of Denver. Colo.
i stokes then was 90. his bride
4 90
l II In less than month, she av
.l she was in tears over the disillusi
l meut ur her dreams.
Al the very beginning uf
honey moon. >Iys Mrs Siokos
daNit. "my husband insultcd and
l 1 a