The Washington times., 1921-04-23

II. This young woman should be
allowed to show what peculiar forms
OF cruelty she has endured for eleven
years. He admitted his relations
with other Women frequently to her.
and 1t was the worst form of cruelty
to keep telling a wife Of such at
fairs"
Mrs. Stokes, scarcely stirring. went
on. as silence came again:
HE kept chickens in the kitchen.
I could not even eat in the apart
ment. everything was SO filthy. Some
of them died. I could not stand it.
had to eat with friends Shtside in
their homes. There were forty-fye
Of these chickens"
FOR THE CHILDREN.
Again Stokes whispered and again
Smyth snapped:
"why, they were little fuzzy
with. What kind Of chickens did you
think they were?"
Laughter then from over all the
court. Justice Finch frowned in i'm
patience as Littleton, reverting to the
old joke, retorted:
VERY we'll, but we will tell you
all about the other kind of chickens
later. He told her. without shame,
Of his other women, and expected her
to endure 1t and to tolerate him. We
have charged and will show that
these women had threatened to mu-
tilate him, and that he had to send
his butler to precede his wife. when
she went out. so that she might not
be attacked.
"You can slap a wife in the face
with such an admission just as hard
as you can slap her with your hand.
Such admissions were common ana
he would tell his wife to cause her
agony and that is cruelty"
TELLS OF HER BABIES.
Stokes attorneys insisted that II
such admissions had been made, they
were confidential and could not be
repeated as evidence, just as Justice
had ruled out the "hys-
terical confession in the Stillman
suit. Littleton said that the admis-
sions were not confidential under the
law. because they were deliberately
intended to hurt the wife. Justice
Finch took the question under advise
ment.
Then Mrs. Stokes was asked about
her children. Jimmy and Muriel. and
she said:
Eyes, nursed them for weeks after
they were born. There was only
month and a year between them, you
know. / cared for them. was with
them always. tucked them in bed at
night"
This was in refutation OF the testi-
Fony of servants that she had neglect
ed her husband. Hal Billigs name
was brought up, and Justice Finch
asked just what relation he bore to
her. The witness said:
i've known him since he was born.
He lived with my mother and father.
His grandfather and my mother were
brother and sister. So he is my cou-
sin-not my first cousin, but nearer
a first cousin than second cousin"
UP TO LITTLETON.
Justice Finch pondered the prob
lem. then gave 1t up, saying:
We'll let Mr.. Littleton figure
that out"
She said she had motored and
driven with Billig frequently. but
always with her children or her
mother. too. They had been on week
end outings in Colorado, she said.
hut never occupied rooms near each
other. and he had never. never,
never entered her room while she
was undressed. Had she ever kissed
him? Never. in any circumstances.
Had she ever embraced him? Never
at any time or place. Were their
relations affectionate. continued Lit
Teton, and Mrs. Stokes said:
mo: but / cannot account for the
evil in some minds"
This was directed at Juliette
Gassver. the maid who asserted there
were evidences Of intimacy between
Mrs. Stokes and the youth. The
young witness continued:
No. I never went on long noun
tain walks with Mr.. Billig. lido not
like mountain climbing. never told
Juliette that she should keep a diary
&c help me get a divorce, or that I
would give her money and lony
vacation abroad. She was not nv
confidante even IL I had anything to
confde. and I had nothing.
NEVER GAVE HIM MONEY.
II never gave Billig money, as she
said, except to pay our hotel bills
when i was busy getting the chill
dren ready to leave. l always paid
my own bills, and my servants"
Littleton suddenly stripped the COW
ers from big fat package, about
six by four feet, and revealed a half
finished portrait OF Mrs. Stokes, signed
ny Sa'nuei hooseNeit, tne artist now
dead, with whom she IL charged with
intimacy.
The picture revealed Mrs. Stokes
three-duarter length, seated in an old
fashioned armchair In an apple green
evening dress, cut low, with pearls
about her neck. and hands resting in
her lap. Her brilliant hair was piled
high. ard her face, thinner than now,
wore .thoughtfuI expression. e.
This was the mute dramatic ankwer
OF the young wife to the charge OF
Kubicki. the artists chauffeur. hint
ing thai she had posed nearly nude In
the studio. The chauffer said he saw
her smoking, with crossed legs. i'm n