The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-03-16
HINTS THAT STOKES
WILL NOT TESTIFY
TO HELP HIS CASE
Continued FROM First PaEe.)

wore a lSimono.
Under REORGANIZATION the wit
ness said she remembered very dis
tinctly her first visit to wallaces
apartment just before Christmas
1917 Both Wallace and Mrs. Stokes
were IN the apartment that day, she
said Since spring Of 1918. she stated.
she had M seen N Stokes until
about three weeks in Justice
F'ord's Court during the argument
over the amendment Of the Stokes
complaint 70 admit Wallace as CO.
respondent.
LYONS SHOWED HER PICTURE
OF WOMAN.
The witness said that a man named
Lyons had taken her from Mr.. Well
mans ONCE to the court
@. Did Lyons ever ask you il you
had seen II woman in WalIace's apart
ment? A. He asked me II l remem-
bered seeing any one. 4.
Q. Did he show you a photograph OF
a woman? A. Yes
ture did he tell you who It was7
A He didn't have to. knew the Iic-
ture as that of the woman 1 had
served meals TO in wallace's apart
ment.
Q. Did you know her manner A. 4
only knew her as Helen"
Leslie S. Petrie, secretary and
cashier to Mr.. Stokes, succeeded on
the stand and was asked by Mr..
Wellman to state when Mr.. stokes
went TO his Kentucky farm in 1918.
Mr. Littleton objected. retorting that
MIR. Stokes could best answer IF
you'll put him on!" Mr.. welman
made no rejoinder to this
Mr.. Littleton says call Mr.. Stokes
Mr.. Wellman interjected, land IL /
do he'll say all the defendant can
testify to is the date Of the marriage"
"Oh, no, Mr.. Wellman," the oppos-
ing attorney replied. He can testify
to his acts OF cruelty"
Mr.. Wellman did his best to get
Petrie's testimony on the record, but
Mr.. Littleton's objections, sustained
by the Court, we're an effective bar
rler. Petrie had a large and formid-
ably thick volume which apparently
recorded the comings and goings Of
W. r ID. Stokes, but he made no
use or it other than to pack it under
his arm and leave the stand.
Joseph A. Thornton, a colored man
who used TO be Superintendent of No.
10 East s5uh Street, said that he had
seen Mrs Stokes come to the house ia
1914 and 1916.
q. How many times? A. So many
times l couldn't telL-about two dozen
times. didn't keep count
Q. Arc you sure of the identity Of the
woman?
A. Yes. She used to call me Joe.
l never called her anything.
Q. Did you get taxis for her? A
Yes, at 34th Street and Park Avenue.
Q. How did you know she wantedI
taxi? A. From the maid or Mr..
Wallacc's asking me 10 get one
This question and answer were
stricken ouL)
Q. What time did the taxis come?
A. In the afternoon and sometimes
at night.
Q. Who got into the taxi? A. Mrs.
Stokes.
Q. Did she give any address as 70
where she was to be taken? A. Not
in my presence.
The witness, who said he lived in
Spring Valley, stated in answer to
questions by Mr.. Iittleton,a that he
met Mr.. Stokes last April. That
day, he said, Stokes came to see him
at No. 1856 Fifth Avenue. But he
didn't know Stokes nor OF the exist
ence of the case of Stokes VS.. Stokes
Last September or October Stokes
took hun to a court room in the
| N fhaRa
out TO him a man on a third row
bench.
| Q. Who was the man? A. 1 don't
remember his name now, but no was
a friend of Mr.. Wadlace's.
Thornton testified that he had made
IA, statement in April, 1920, to Mr..
Stokes, who took It down. Later this
was signed and sworn to.
q. Did you know thgre was
then?
A l did NOT.
Q. Didn't you Know the man you
were talking 10 was Stokes? A Not
until l had signed the statement,
Then 1 saw his namo in printing at
the top OF the page
Q. DID he show you picture Of q
woman? A Yes,
Q. Was she dressodI A Yes.
" DNu YOU ONCN HAA6ul8p VI W ally
work nor Mr.. StokesH A. Yes,
looked up two people he wanted to
locate. They were lille Brown, who
was maid TO Mr.. Wallace, and Maggie
johnson, who worked tor me at the
35th Street house.
q. Did Stokes pay YOU anything ?
A Two dollarB for Clrfare,
Q. Has he promised you anythtn &
in case no wins TINS oase7 A No.
The witness said he brought both
women 20 zee Stokes and they made
signed statements.
q. When did you SEQ Mrs. Stokes
INST after having seen her, as you
say, at the S5th Street house7 A.
Here in court last Tuesday. I had
not seen her since May or June, 1915.
Then she was getting out OF a taxi
cab and going into No. IL Fast 95th
Street
Q. When DID you nrst Mrs
Stokes there7 A. In the ner OF
1914, when abe came in txicah
with MT. Wallace. They T. AL
day in the house.
Mr.. Lttleton tried TO pin ne wit
ness down to dates when he saw
Mrs. Stokes at the 18th Street house,
but Thornton could only Eeneralize.
He said. he was sure he had seen her
In the autumn OF 1914. Sometimes she