The New York herald., 1921-03-12
SCHROEDER NAMED
AT STOKES TRIAL
Counsel Try to Have Him Iden-
titled as Tall Dark Man Who
Visited Household.
MANY SERVANTS TESTIFY
Hotel Proprietor's Wife's Al
legged Misconduct Described
at Divorce Case.
MANY SERVANTS TESTIFY

George S. Mosby, former negro butler
OF w e. d. Stokes, introduced the name
OF George Schroeder. one of the core
spondents. when ne testified yesterday
before Justice Finch In the Supreme
Court in Stokes's suit for divorce
Through Mosby's testimony and
procession of Wallets and chauffeurs that
followed him to the witness stand
stokes's counsel sought to identity
Schroeder as the tall dark man who,
according tothe previous testimony, wan
dered about the Stokes household while
Stokes was away on business trips.
Mosby testified he first saw Schroeder
IN the Stokes summer home at Long
Branch when Mrs. Stokes introduced him
10 her husband Schroeder. the witness
said, kissed Mrs Stokes when she met
him on the front porch of the Long
Branch home IN 1911 and later went
with her to Stokes's bedroom, and the
sliding door then was closed. They re
NAMED in the bedroom about an hour.
While the witness was testifying Schroe-
der. who is said to be an engineer,
walked in and listened to the testimony.
Mosby said Schroeder called Mrs. Stokes
frequently on the telephone.
Mrs. Julius Strube, the housekeeper,
took the stand at the morning session
and corrected her already revised testi-
mony by saying her first story that
Mrs. Stokes was in the habit Of meet
ing Billig in her room was ths cor
rect one.
Il made a mistake" said the wit
ness ut all comes TO me now. Mrs.
Miller Mrs. Stokes's mother) was
sleeping in Mrs. Stokes's room, and
therefore Mrs. Stokes slept with the
children. Mrs. Stokes would get up
very early with the children, put on
her kimono and come down stairs, have
breakfast with the children and Mrs
y Miller and then go upstairs, while Mrs
Miller would go outside with the chill
dren. Then I would go up and fix the
room. 1t was then ! found Biilig
there"
Fred Beard, Stokes's former chauf-
feur, was brought into court in an in
valids chair. His testimony was identi-
cal with the negro buffers. Both wit
nesses said that they thought II highly
improper for a lady married for such
a short time to be kissing another man
than her husband.
Valentine A. Kubicke, former chauf-
feur OF Samuel NJ. Roosevelt, an artist,
testified that in 1917 or 1913 he walked
into his employers studio on West
Seventy street and found Mrs,
Stokes clothed in kimono and sitting
on a chair with her legs crossed smok-
ing a cigarette. Mr.. Roosevelt, he said,
was in front OF an easel with brushes
in his hand. In the room was the
picture OF nude woman havin5 the
same pose as Mrs. Stokes.
Kubicke testified that on many occa-
sions he drove a Mrs. Kearney and Mrs
Stokes in Roosevelt's automobile, and de-
scrIbed an occasion when he went tc
III Broadway and took Schroeder and
another man In his car They returned
TO los West Seventy sixth street, Mrs.
Kearneys apartment, whore Mrs Kear-
ney and Mrs. Stokes were waiting. The
four then drove 10 the Castle-by- -the-Sea
at Long Beach and returned to New
York. where they visited the Palais
Royal, and then returned TO Mrs. kear-
ney's apartment Schroeder. the witness
continued, came out OF the apartment
about 2 A. NJ. and the witness took him
TO an address IN The Bronx.
Under cross-examination the witnessl
memory became hazy. He could not re-
call whether the incidents he described
took place IN 1917 or 1918. Mrs. Stokes
was not in the city in 1917.
Mrs. Stokes was srnuggled out a side
door yesterday to escape the throrG that
packed the corridors for a glimpse OF
her. Justice Finch adjourned the case
till Monday.