The Washington times., 1921-05-20
CLAIM MRS. miller
]. WAS DRUNK kA0FTEN.
Witnesses In Divorce Trial Tell
OF Wite's BibuIous Habits in
D. c. Home.

BALTIMORE. May 2O.-Witnesses
for JohnsH. Miller. restaurateur. yes
ttrday testified to alleged acts sof
r,isconduct on the part of. his wife.
Mrs. Sarah v. Miller. in ths cross
divorce proceedings Continued in the
circuit court.
The witnesses were Mr.. and .Mrs.
Warren X. Grymes. of Warrington, d.
c.. brother-in-lsw and sister of Mrs.
Miller; Mrs. Amelia H. Russell, who
described herself as a companion OF
Mrs. Miller when the Miilers lived In
Washington. and Mrs. Grace Z. Glen
denning. OF Washington, wife of Cap
tain Clendehning, At one time pa
tient at the Fort McHenry Hospital.
ACCUSED or MIsCoNDUCr.
Mr.. and Mrs. .Grymes testined that
Mrs. Miller was frequently intoxicat-
ca. Grymes also testified that return
ing to their home one night they
Looked through the dining-room win
dow ans saw man with his arm
around Mrs. Killers neck.
GrynAes said he and his wife did
not 80 Immediately into the house,
but stood outside waiting for the man
to leave. Finally. he said. he ex-
preAsed his determination to 60 in
end throw the man down stairs.
hresk' his neck or shoot him." His
wife prevailed upon him TO let her
&C in instead, he said, and q few
minutes later ihe caae out and said
the man had gone.
Under cross-examination by Moses
w. Rosenfeld, attorney for Mrs. NIL
Ter. both Mr.. and Mrs. Grymes ad-
mitted that Miller had helped them
on a number OF occasions. Mr..
Grymes. now . member Of the Wash
hston police force. was formerly q
| bartender for Miller.
ALLEGES INroxlCATyON.
Mrs. Russell testified that MRS. NIL
itr would hardly be sober when she'd
set drunk again" Once, whom Mrs.
Miller was intoxicated, Mrs. Russell
ssid. she chased Miller, who locked
himself up in his den. Mrs. Miller,
she said. attempted to reach him
ty climbing over the transom. but
got caught halfway and Mr.. Miller
Lad to pull her out.
Under cross-examination Mrs. Rus
sell declared. that Mrs. Miller had
driven her out OF the house At ]
O'Clock In the morning. When she
returned the next day to get her be-
iongings Mrs. Miller gave her a check
for 800, she said. Counsel for Mrs.
Miller asked her whether her enforo-
ed departure from the Miller home
" as not the result OF an Argument
.he had had with Mrs. Miller over al
legged intimacy with the latter's hus-
band. Mrs. Russell said it was not.
Mrs. Russell admitted that she
didn't like Mrs. Miller She also
highballs on an automobile trip to
Baltimore but denied that she was
intoxicated.
SAYS BOY RAN AWAY.
Mrs. Clendenning testified to In
stances in which she. had seen Mrs.
Miller intoxicated, and of one in
stance IN which she had found the
Miller child fMenges) also suffering
from drink. The boy ran away from
tis mother At this time. the witness
said, and later. in Washington. when
Mrs. Miller. accomp pa MED by a police
man, went to the ClendeDniug home.
boy again ran away from his mother.
The mother. at that time, accused
Mrs. Clendenning of KIDNAPPING her
son. the witnsss said.
Mrs. CIendenning. who Is a niece OF
Mr.. Miller, will 90 under cross-ex-
animation today. A number of letters
Sere produced yesterday for the pur-
pose of Identifying the handwriting
A. Mrs. Miller's- They have not yet
been admitted as testimony.