The Washington times., 1921-03-17
BAREPASTSAT
STOKES TRIAL
Counsel for MiIIionaire's Wife
Will Turn Light on Hus-
bands Witnesses.

NEW 1Ohh, March l1.-olRnu-
icant revelations were made late
yesterday by Martin w. Littleton,
chief counsel for Mrs. Helen Elwood
Stokes in her divorce suit, regarding
the two mysterious women who have
testified against the young wife.
Wellman and Smyth, attorneys for
Stokes, stated that he would take the
stand after Mrs. Stokes has been
heard.
MAY SEEK ADJOURNMENT.
Mrs. Stokes attorneys intimated
that an adjournment of week may
be asked today to permit them to
gather the necessary data to cross
examine Mrs. Genevieve La Croix De
Anquinos and Mrs. Mabel Reilly Mat
teosian.
Both women testified that they saw
Mrs. Stokes In a compromising posi-
tion with Edgar T. Wallace in his
apartment at 13 East Thirty-ffth
street. Their testimony came into
the case Unexpectedly after Stokes
had f1led his suit for divorce, naming
hls own son as one of the correspond
ents.
SO essesntial did he profess to re-
gard the women's stories that he
hled new suit for divorce to that
basis, naming Wallace.
Mr.. Littleton learned yesterday that
Mrs. De Anquinos was familiar fig-
ure in the New York courts few
years ago. She achieved notoriety
then by suing Clifford Horton. a
wealthy young cigarette maker, for
$4,000 on a charge of felonious as
sault in 1912. She did not press a
criminal charge, Mr.. Littleton stated,
but merely sought financial recon-
pense for injuries received At that
time Mrs. De Anquinos-the then
Miss La Croix-was living at the Ho-
tel Maryland, No. 104 West Forty
ninth street. She had formerly been
a manicurist in the New Willard in
Washington.
-~.- AWARDED 81 VERDICT.
Newspaper records show that when
the case was first tried the jury dis
agreed. At the second trial a verdict
for 81 was awarded the young wom-
an This was set aside. and at a
third trial another disagreement was
registered. On the fourth trial the
young woman, who had married De
Aquinos in the meantime, obtained a
5000 award. Mr.. Horton. who had
since died, according to Mr.. Little
toms statement, had offered her
she had refused it.
The suit grew out Of visit by the
young man to the manicure's apart
ment on October 81, 1911, after the
Yale-Harvard football game. He in |
vited her to tea with him, It was
testified, and she refused pleading an |
engagement in Philadelphia.
That night, he entered her apart |
ment. with a friend. She hid behind !
an. named Anna Wells. entertained |
the visitors. Finally, she testified.
Clifford caught sight of her, dragged |
her to a couch, half-suffocated her |
with a pillow and cracked her rib by |
pressing his knee against her chest. |
She said she would never be able
to wear corsets as a result nor to |
go swimming.
A FRIENDLY sCUFFLE.
Clifford testified that they merely |
had q friendly scuffle and that he did
not believe that he injured the wom-
an. Five years were spent in litiga-
tion before the young woman received
the 5000 award.
Mr.. Littleton said he also had been
informed that Mrs. De Anquinos re-
Gently sued a chocolate company for
damages said to have been sustained
by her as a result of eating poisoned
or impure confectionery. which made
her. i'll for a prolonged interval
He began checking up the dates Of
Mrs. De Anquinos court appearances
and Illnesses yesterday to see whether
they would have any bearing on her
testimony in the Stokes case On the
witness stand this week, the woman
testified that she was never known
by any name except La Croix and De
Anquinos. Later she refused to deny |
that she had signed the lease OF an
apartment as Genevieve Gray.
TESTIMONY CONFLICTING.
Mrs. Matte0sian's testimony is re-
ceiving equally careful attention from
Mrs Stokes attorneys preliminary to
cross s-examination. This witness, who