Evening star., 1921-11-30
GRAHAM IS SCORED
in ALIENATION SUIT
Humes' Attorney Alleges
4 False Statements by
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Lieut.. Lorimer c. Graham. L. 5. n,
who is testifying before Justice star
ford and jury in Circuit Division
in his half million-d dollar alienation
suit against A. l.. Humes of New
York. was accused of ''purposely ana
falsely misstating the facts TO-DAY os
Attorney NJ. 4. Hardy of New YORK Oh
counsel for the defense. who was
cross-examining the witness
Lieut.. Graham was emphatic In ms
denial of the accusation and the oot-
loauy between the lawyer anu WI
ness became acrimonious. Both
raised their voices TO high pltch. "A.
one time Mr.. Hardy referred 10
statement of the witness as Jocu
lar remark" and when Judge WrIshl
of counsel for the plaintiff objected
Justice STAFFORD requested the lawyer
to discontinue the characterlza'ioh Nv, oi
the answers of the witness: me
court cautioned the lawyer that the
examination of the witness was nol
being conducted accoranhs 10 aenan5
of court and the court would depeho
on his honor that there would De no
further infraction.
Denies Answering Wife's Letter.
"The accusation of false swearing
came when Lieut. Graham positively
declared that he wrote no response to
a letter from his former wife in the
fall of 1918 in which she said "she
cared no more for him. Lawyer
Hardy presented and read to the jury
a letter from the witness to the tneh
Mrs Graham under date of November
%, in which he declared his love Tor
her "even though you say you 90 NOT
care for me any longer" Counsel
wanted to know if that letter was
not in answer to the wife's letter
Graham insisted it was not. as he
claimed his wife had telephoned TO MIN
the next day that she did not mean
a word contained in the letter anu that
he should destroy it.
Witness admitted that he had PAID
nothing toward the support OF his chill
dren ard had not exercised the prlvi-
lege contained in the Reno divorce
decree of visiting his children month
ly Mr. Hardy here closed his cross
examination.
Former Justice Wright took the
witness on redirect examination ana
brought out the testimony that on
his advice Graham had ignored the
Reno decree and had made no pay
mentS under it. The witness said Mr..
Hardy told him that A. L. Humes had
employed him as counsel for Mrs
Graham
Explains Reasons for Suit.
Asked by Judge Wright why he
brought the alienation suit, Lieut.. Gra-
ham said:
II knew there were only two things
to do. either kill the man or resort to
the courts. The latter is the ap-
named the damage at 100000 De,
cause | wanted the publicity ana
wanted to be vindicated.
When Judge Wright inquired why
Lieut.. Graham had entered the war,
ATTORNEY Lambert for the defense OBJ
jected Justice Stafford. in permit
ting the answer, suggested that the
opening statement of the defense had
indicated that Graham was cow
ard and his wife knew it, and that
Denies GIennan Intimacy.
The witness said his wife and Mrs.
Glennan were on friendly terms. and
, his wife had told him they were
schoolmates. He denied any init
macy with Mrs. Glennan, whose hus-
band has sued him for s5O,000 dam
ages for alternating the affections or
Mrs Glennan. The witness said the
charges against him were absoiuteiS
false.
At the conclusion of Lieut. Gra-
hams testimony his counsel. Judge
Wright, rested the case for the
plaintiff The defense began the in
production of the evidence this after,
noon with the reading of SeVerai
dispositions of absent witnesses. At
torney NJ. E. Hardy of New YORK was
the first witness to be offered for
Mr.. Hume.
Denies .Unmarried' Status.
After the Stars report closed yester-
day Attorney Hardy of counsel for
defense asked Lieut. Graham if after
II ho1 sid.
cred himself unmarried" and so act
ed The officer made emphatic de-
NAL, whereupon the lawyer presented
and offered in evidence two legal doc
umentS connected with the convey
ance Of property. signed by the VIII
ness in which he was described as un-
married.
These papers, it was pointed out,
were recorded two weeks before the
filing of the alienation suit. and some
months prior to the suit for an abso-
lutte divorce brought by Graham
against Mrs. HumeS, in which Mr..
Humes is named as correspondent.
To prevent service of summons in
this divorce proceeding counsel for MIR.
Humes some days ago secured from
the court writ of protection and
privilege by which they are now i'm
mune from service until twenty-four
hours after the jury returns its ver-
dict in the present alienation pro-
ceedings.
Wrote to Wife mt Reno.
Proof that Lieut.. Graham commu-
nicated with his wife at Reno was
brought out on croSs-eXamination
when Attorney Hardy produced a let
Ter from the witness to his wife. Gra-
ham admitted sending the epistle to
his wife's Nevada address. but claim
ed he was following the advice OF
Representative Flood. In this note
x1yff a
Give for her alone II she would re-
turn to him.
Lieut. Graham admitted that he
spent the night of July s. 1918. at the
home of the parents of Mrs. Mary
Glennan, wife of Norfolk banker. at
Princeton, n. J. He explained that
his car broke down. and that he re-
NAMED at the invitation of the fif-
teen-year-old brother of Mrs. Glen
nan. He only saw Mrs. Glennan the
-. aa. uhen he WAS about to leave