The Washington times., 1921-03-25
MR.. Stokes CLAIM
A myth, HE SAYS
E. 7. Wallace, oil Man Named
by Wealthy New Yorker, Calls
Lingerie Stories" Lies.

NEW YORK.. March 25.--Edgar
T. Wallace. the last correspondent
of record in the Stokes divorce suit
arrived in town yesterday. brimful
Of indignation over the charges link
ing his name with that Of Mrs. Helen
Stokes in neRligee parties at 13 East
Thirty-fifth street.
DENIES LINGERIE STORIES.
There is just one thing about the
testimony of the whispering women
that Wallace Is ready to concede. He
was unfortunate enough to reside
there. For the rest-nothing or Al
most nothing.
All tho stories OF lingerie ladies
parading through his apartment all
the gossip of amorous intrigue will
Even the testimony of golden hair
pins mid the pillows and of Titan
strands among the gray in his ha..
brush will be repudiated by the own
er of the pillows and the brushes.
The Weterns oil man will admit
that he occasionally entertained
friends in his apartment and that
he left his keys rather loosely with
other occupants Of the house-but
these are the only faults he will
confess.
As for meeting Mrs. stokes there,
he asserted yesterday that he had not
seen Mrs. Stokes since she was mar
ried. He never called ON her in New
York, Denver or elsewhere and was
never honored by q visit from her.
Mr.. Wallace has married since the
time when he occupied bachelor apart
ments in Thirty-hfth street, and he
resents for many reasons the un-
pleasant fame he has acquired a. a
Correspondent.
With the arrival Of wallace the
theory of the Auburn-crested double
of Mrs. Stokes vanished into thin
air. The Westerner could give no in
formation regarding q double Of Mrs.
Stokes or any other lady who might
have come to the homo. So that's
that.
SHE'LL he FIRST WITNESS.
Mrs. Stokes will be the first wit
ness called for the defense when the
trial Is reopehed, Martin Littleton.
her attorney, said last night. Supreme
Court Justice Pinch has allowed two
weeks more for the defense to pre-
pare. Mr.. Littleton Ii inclined to
take every day OF It.
Mrs. Stokes. who 10 receiving 81 500
a month alimony, is remaining in the
city, as are all her witnesses.
Littleton said last night that Mrs.
stokes story will be one Of the most
wrought on a wife In the history Of
he aAaAA.
when this; young woman has de-
scribed what she has gone through
at Stokes hands, and suppoeted her
statements with the strongest kind
of proof, the public will wonder
whether the man IL sane.
SENSATIONAL CHARGES.
1--WE will demonstrate that Stokes
sought to show that his wife was
the mother OF iiligitimate children,
that he combed every disreputabie
resort in Denver and Chicago in a
mad attempt to find evidence OF IL.
and that he was absolutely unsuc-
cessful in discovering a single fact
that would discredit her. These d.
vorce suits that he is now carrying
on are but part Of his systematic
persecution"
wallace will be represented by
personal counsel when the trial IS
rcopened. The telegraph wires be-
tween New York and Denver have
been S-r. :, arm with inquiries and
informs ie n the last week regard
ing the history of Mrs. Mabel Mat
teosian, one of the chief witnesses
against Mrs. Stokes.
Littleton said he had learned much
concerning Mrs. Matteosian's career
there and the death Of her first hus-
band which will be used in cross-
examining the woman.
Similarly, the activities Of Mrs.
Genevieve La Croix De Anduinos.
another witness for Stokes, in this
city, are under inquiry by Littleton's
Investigators. He stated last night
that he had evidence that Mrs. De
AnQuinos at one time stated she
was employed by w. e. D. Stokes in
research work. On the witness
stand Mrs. De AnQuinos denied ever
receiving any income from Stokes
for aiding his case.