The evening world., 1921-04-20
DAUGHTER THREW
HER LIFE AWAY IN
MARRYING STOKES
Mrs. Miller SWearS There Were
No Kisses for Hal
Billig.
ASSAlLS FRENCH NURSE.
Says She Is in Pay of Plaintiff
Tells Inside Story of Lost
$4,000 Jewel Robbery.

Mrs. Emma Miller on the stand at
the Stokes divorce trial late this
afternoon, swore that when she had
heard of the marriage of her daught er
to the millionaire she said, "she has
thrown her life away"
What did you think of your daugh-
ter's marriage to Mr.. Stokes?" Mr..
Smyth asked Mrs. Emma Miller, the
mother of Mrs. w. E. d. Stokes. on
cross-examination in the Stokes di-
vorce trial this afternoon.
II thought that she had thrown her
life away and brought disgrace on
u.s." was the reply
q. Did You always think so? A.
occasionally had a glimmer Of hope.
tried to make the best OF it.
Q. When did you first have a glin-
mer? A. When little Jimmie, my
grandson, was born. But it proved to
be only a faint glimmer
TIE witness said that Stokes had
written to her 10 say that II Helen
CMrs. Stokes) wanted a divorce she
could have it.
A letter was shown TO Mrs. Miller
and she was asked If she had written
this sentence to Mrs. Stokes; "Al
this talk Of divorce and separation
is so infinitesimal compared with the
,n,nrly h.Afnra Won "
Mrs. Miller took the letter in her
hand and Inspected it.
'I do not remember writing that
I will not swear that it is my hand
writing, with all these handwriting
experts in my son-in-law's employ
HAL Billig was never more atten-
tive to my daughter Helen (Mrs. w
f. d. Stokes) than to Beatrice and
Marcella, my other daughters. His
attitude toward her was that OF
brother to sister"
This was the reply of Mrs. Miller
when asked by Mr.. Littleton to de-
scribe the department of Billig, one OF
the correspondents.
Mrs. Miller said further that Ha
Miller home in Denver for months a
time and she was thus enabled tc
note the relationship existing be.
tween the young man and her daugh.
ter.
With several emphatic mods Mrs
Miller characterized as "a5solutolI
false" the testimony OF Juliette Gass
ner, a one time nurse to the Stokes
children, who had stated that she saw
Billig embrace and kiss Mrs. Stoke!
on the stairway of the Miller home
Also Mrs. Miller referred to the nurs,
as that paid witness Juliette."
Mrs. Miller admitted she had neve
gone on any OF the weekend motto
trips from Denver, during which Ha
Billig drove the car, but said that on
OF her daughters and the nurses an'
children always accompanied Mrs
Stokes. Her daughter, Mrs. Mile
said, was always devoted to her chill
dren and never permitted herself t
be separated from them for an
length OF time. "She is the bes
mother in all the world" the witness
added.
Mrs. Miller related in marked de
tail incidents to show her daughter
affection for her children, such a
always putting them to bed and hear
ing them say their prayers.
Q. The nurse, Jullette. has testified
that you told your daughter to obta!l
n divorce from Mr.. Stokes. A. Tha
Is not true. l do not approve o
divorce.
On one OF Mrs. Stokes's trips I.
| New York in the fall OF 1917 jeWrlr,
amounting to about $50 900 was s;oleI
from her. Juliette Gassner trstifc,
that on this occasion Mrs. Stokes re
marked, NOW, MT Stokes will learI
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