The Washington times., 1921-12-06
REN0J0URNEY
DETAILS GIVEN
BY MRS. DERBY

sister OF Mrs. humeS Also els
About Mary Olennan and
Lieut.. Graham.
Cross-examination of Mrs. Hilda
Portner Derby. sister of Mrs. A. l..
Humes, formerly Mrs. Graham. took
up the entire morning session of court
in the Graham-Humes alienation case,
in which Lieut.. Lorimer c. Graham.
U. 8. NJ, is seeking a $500. 900 balm for
his lacerated heart.
Upon cross-examination by Attorney
Daniel T. Wright. counsel for Graham,
Mrs. Derby reiterated her statements
Of yesterday and explained in detail
the automobile ride at Spring Lake,
N. j.. upon which occasion she said
that Mrs. Mary Glennan insisted On
sitting on Graham's lap. She also
spoke Of Graham's efforts to obtain q
position In the navy before he was
drafted, saying that he didn't want
TO fight"
Supports Other Witnesses.
Her testimony also supported that
of other witnesses. who testified that
when Mrs. Graham and her sister left
for Reno. New, they were met at the
Union Station in Washington by Mr..
Humes. She also stated that Mr..
Humes accompanied them as far a.
Chicago, at which place they left him
and continued their journey to Reno.
Mrs. Derby declared that II was
after she and Mrs. Graham cane back
TO Washington from Spring Lake in
the fall Of 1918 that her sister decided
to go to Reno to obtain q divorce from
Graham.
According to the deposition of Ida
Johnson, maid formerly employed
In the home Of the Grahams, Ora
ham on one occasion slapped the
face OF his little daughter, Valerie.
because SHE used her left hand in
eating. Graham is himself a left
handed man, she said.
Scenes from the domestic life of
Graham were wildly portrayed at the
afternoon session of the trial late yes
terday, when Mrs. Derby was called
to the stand by Wilton j. Lambert, OF
counsel for Humes.
Called Fault Finder.
The sister OF Mrs. Humes declared
that her sister was never happy with
Graham. and that during their entire
married life Graham nagged his wife
necessarily and was always finding
fault with his wife because Of money
matters. According to the testimony,
Mrs. Derby was the constant com
panion OF her married sister and
lived in the Graham household for
a long time.
Mrs. Derby testified that when her
sister would talk TO Graham about
his going to work. he replied that he
didn't have t, bother, that he had a
roof over his head and food to eat,
SO why should he bother about doing
Unything7"
On ono occasion, Mrs. Derby said.
Graham struck her sister.
Had awful Fuss"
They were having an awful fuss
about something that went wrong,
and he got awfully excited and up
set and he struck her in the face.
After a while he said that he didn't
mean to do IL, but / am sure he did,"
the witness declared.
Mrs. Derby also supported the tes-
tmony OF other witnesses regarding
Grahams alleged penuriousness in
regard to household expenditures.
In referring to party that Mrs.
Graham (his alleged affinity is
said to have arranged for Graham at
sey, Mrs. Derby declared that they
all rode in an automobile, and that
Mrs. Giennan insisted on sitting in
Traham's lap.
sand after we got over there"
said Mrs. Derby. "Mrs. Glennan
whispered to him the whole time and
always wanted to dance with him
and did not want anybody else 70
have anything TO do with him.
MY sister and 1 were Just like
we were not there. She did not pay
any attention 10 us. And coming
back she had to sit I'm his lap again;
and then when we stopped over TO
the house Of friend Of Mrs. Glen
nan, she said that she had one cock
tail left and that was only for Ora
ham; nobody else could have any,"
Mrs. Derby said.
That night, Mrs. Derby testified.
she heard Graham and his wife hav-
ing fuss about the Glennan
woman.
Sister Was Crying.
II knew my sister was crying, and
heard Mr.. Graham talking very
loud, and I knew 1t was about this
Glennan affair."" she said.
Mrs. Glennan, the witness said.
called up on the telephone the next
morning and invited them all to 10
bathing at the Allenhurst pool. but
when they got there Mrs. Glennan
could not get in.
''They did not seem to want her
to get in. and she was very much
upset and tried to do everything and
said that che could not understand
It," said Mrs. Derby. They even
went to the head man to see what
was wrong and offered to pay him
extra 40 she could get in. I do not
know exactly what II was. but
know she could not get IN. and
know she did not get in"
"Did Graham go INF" asked At
torney Lambert.
mo, / don't think he did" said
the witness.
did Graham at that time or did
your sister say anything to Graham
about his having stopped over at
Princeton and stayed all night in
the house with Mary Glennan?"
Lambert asked the witness.
"She asked whether he had stopped
there and he said yes that he had