New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-13
Grill Woman
Stokes Witness
On Her Affairs
German Hearts Don't Break
Easily, Says Mrs. De An
quinas, Explaining Why
She Ended Engagement
Won $2OOfor Broken Rib
Plaintiff ''Infamous Liar" if
He Denies Signaling in
Court, Littleton Declares

Mrs. Gencvieve La Croix de An
quinas, one of the chief witnesses for
w. E. D. Stokes in his divorce suit
against Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes,
passed several seemingly unpleasant
hours yesterday under the grilling
Contamination of Martin W. Little
ton, counsel for Mrs. Stokes, and Henry
A. Wise. counsel for Edgar T. Wal
lace, of San Francisco, one of the CO.
respondents named by Mr.. Stokes.
The two lawyers went into some Of
the affairs in which Mrs De Anuuinas
has been involved and questioned her
closely about the places where she had
lived from time to time and her mode
OF life. The witness said she formerly
was a manicurist and became an in
terror decorator.
At one point in the examination of
Mrs. De Anquinas Mr.. Littleton arose
and vehemently complained to Justice
Finch that Mr.. Stokes WAS making
signs to the witness.
Challenge Stokes to Deny
II saw him making signs to her and
signalling to her. said the LAWYER. "He
is an Infamous liar if he denies it. He
doesn't dare take the stand and deny it. -
Justice Finch said he did not OBJ
serve any signaling by the plaintiff
He added that the remarks Of Mr.. Lat
Teton were not temperate, to which
remark the attorney replied that he
did not intend them to be.
Mr.. Littleton questioned Mrs. De
Anquinas concerning her acquaintance
with Mr.. Stokes. She met him in
July and had lunch with him and Mrs
Mr.. Stokes, at the Westchester Coun-
try Club, and also at the Hotel An
sonia, formerly owned by Mr.. Stokes
she testified. She and her husband
also accompanied Mr.. Stokes to the
polo games at Meadow Brook Mrs
De Anquinas said Mr.. Stokes took his
Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners
last year at her Bsyside q. u home
"He told US that he was all alone,
said the witness.
Mr.. Littleton went into suit which
Mrs. De Anquinas brought against
Henry Msillard, because she said, she
curry at his place. Mr.. Stokes ate at
Maillard's the same day the witness
said she became i'll. 1t was at his
suggestion that she decided TO sue, said
the witness. She added:
"Mr. Stokes called me up a few days
after I became i'll and said that Mail
lard's had no right to serve such stuff
He said it wasn't even chicken. 1t was
canned ostrich or something"
Under examination by Mr.. Wise Mrs.
De Anquinas told Of several places
in which she had lived, including the
house at IS East Thirty-fifth Street,
where Mr.. Wallace. the correspondent,
also had an apartment. Counsel asked
her about suit she brought against
Clifford Horton for assault, in which
she asserted the defendant had broken
one of her ribs. The case was tried
twice. On the first trial Mrs. De An
quinas recovered q verdict of 81 and
on the second trial she won q 5000 YER
dict.
Tells Of Her Hotel Life
In 1911, said the witness, she lived
at the Maryland Hotel.
"You received gentlemen in that
apartment, did you not?" asked Mr..
Wise.
81 did not replied the witness
emphatically, and complained to Jus
tice Finch about the question. Mr..
Wise wanted to know whether Mr..
Horton did not visit her every night
in October, 1911.
"He proposed marriage to me-" said
Mrs. de Anquinas.
The witness denied that she was
told by the police to move from a
house she occupied in West End Ave
nue.. She said she did not remember
whether she had ever been associated
with man named Graves, "by mar
riage or otherwise"
Questioning revealed love affair of
the witness before she became Mrs. De
Anquinas with one Won Klerk. She had
promised to marry Won Klerk, she said
but broke off the match.
Il liked him we'll enough as sweet