New-York tribune., 1921-06-02
Chew's Wife
To Make Good
Bogus Checks
Counsel for Army Captain
OH Trial at Governors
Island Declares Intention
TO Pay All Bad Accounts
Identified by Hotel Man
Shopkeepers Testify Pair
Ran Up Bills and Paid
With Worthless Paper

The worthless checks alleged to have
been passed by Captain Beverly Gray
son Chew, the young army officer on
trial at Governors Island for forgery
impersonation of fellow officers and de-
sertion. will be made good by Mar
lcrie Blanche Chew, his wife, accord.
ing to statement made yesterday by
William e. Leahy, the Washington at
torney, who is chief counsel for the
defendant. This intention ives sup
ported by testimony at the resumption
OF the trial yesterday, in which it was
stated that payments on two Of the
numerous "bad accounts" charged
against Chew already had been made.
1t developed during this testimony
that all witnesses thus far examined
do not agree as to the identity of the
woman who registered with Captain
Chew at hotels where they are said to
have stopped.
the Traymore Hotel Atlantic City,
after testifying that Captain and
Mrs William T. Redfeld" had stoned
there for several days last October,
identified Chew, who was seated within
SIX feet of the witness chair, as the
Captain Redheld' who registered for
the pair. When shown the photograph
OF Mrs. Chew, however, he could not
say positively that she was the "Mrs
Redheld" in question.
Milliner Identifies Her
j: j. Sraell, of the millinery firm of
SADLY Il Sraell, Atlantic City, from
whom the "Redfields" had purchased
with another alleged bogus check an
evening gown, tan tailored suit.
attire of the total cost of $51O.50, test-
fed that Mrs. Chew yesterday morning.
in this city, gave him S400 as part pay
ment on the check he had been unable
to cash.
He added that he did not think the
woman who had come into his store at
Atlantic City was "as heavy or as old'
as Mrs. Chew.
Ques ed as to Mrs. Chews motive
IN paying him the $400 when she denies
that she was the woman with Chew
when the acts complained of were com
mltted, Sraell said Mrs. Chew told him
sne Desired to keep her husband "out
of trouble"
Frank W. Davies, cashier of Wood
ward & Lothrop, a large department
store IN Washington, another witness,
was able to identity the photograph Of
Mrs. Chew as being that of the Jean
Chew" who last year cashed check
at his window for s25.
Edward J. Kelly and Arthur Scrihner
Washington detectives of the metro
polltan force, who arrested the couple
IN a Washington hotel on November
ls, 1920, also identified the photograph
OF Mrs. Chew as that of the woman
whom they arrested along, with the de-
fendant on charges of grand larcen,,
growing out of thefts of clothjnp in
the District OF Columbia valued al
more than $1,000.
Her Mother on Stand
Mrs, Mary D. Brannon, the mother Of
Mrs. Chew, who lives at 2410 Avenue
", Brooklyn, was another witness, She
gave the court no little amusement Nv
an occasional sharp retort to Questions
addressed her by the prosecution.
Asked if she remembered when hey
daughter was married or how many
times, She replied crisply: az donit
know" then added:
That's her business. 7 don't soe
why you ask me such questions. IF
she had married a dozen times that's
her affair"
=, The judge advocate showed her Mrs.
Chew's photograph. ~ -
Is that her picture ?" he asked.
yes, of course; what right have you
with t?" she demanded.
With regard to Chew, her son-in-law
she said she was surprised that he
had any mind at all after The eXneri.
ence he had in the war" The war
she said, had changed him greatly and