The Washington times., 1921-06-25
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cause Of wounds received in action.
and that while he lived in Wash
ington and other places with a wo-
man she was not his wife.
Stress has been laid by the de-
fense on the resemblance between
Mrs. Chew and the woman who lived
with the Captain.
A few days ago william Il. Leahy,
counsel for Captain Chew, promised
a sensation. Yesterdays announces
ment of Mrs. Chew's Identity was
that sensation. 1t came through the
testimony of Jules Larvett, the
atrical promoter of l5t7 Broadway.
He pointed to the woman in court
as being Jean Sothern and produced
a letter-contract and Cancelled
check to show that her salary called
for s24 900 year and that. In addi-
ton, she was receiving many thou
sands In royalties from the Color
graph Company of Leadville, COL,
owned by Larvett.
TELLS OF MYSTERY WOMAN.
In substantiation of the contention
of the defense that Mrs. Chew was
at her home in Richmond, Va. dur
ing part of September, all of October
and part of November. the period dur
ing which Captain Chew is said to
have committed his offenses, Larvett
swore he visited the actress In her
home in Virginia, on October, ID. 1920,
with regard to renewal of contract.
He said that he saw Captain Chew
and a woman at the Hotel Emerson,
Baltimore, in October, 1920, and at
the Hotel Astor. New York. On one
of these occasions he thought the
woman was the real Mrs. Chew. and,
approaching from behind. slapped
her lightly on the back. He said he
learned to his consternaticn, when
she turned that the woman was a
stranger. At first Captain Chew de-
MED his Identity. but later admitted
IL. His companion, said Larvett, was
of smaller build and more pro-
nouncedly blonde than the movie
actress.
DIsFIGURED BY BEATTNGs.
On two occasions. said the witness,
tho star presented a disfigured face
that made 1t necessary to. postpone
scheduled productions, with loss to
him of $4,000. He said that Mrs.
Chew complained she had been beaten
by her husband and that after ono OF
these beatings the officer demanded
sch inform the army authorities OF
the attack, Captain Chew. SO Larett
said he was informed by the actress,
wished to obtain treatment for his
mont al condition II the authorities de-
cided, from these beating and other
Incidents, that he had been rendered
unbalanced by the war.
Larvett said the salary contracted
for with Miss Sothern was payable
only when she was actually engaged
and that "she has worked very little
the last two years" She Is still
drawing royalties from two produc-
tions In which she starred. June
Brides" and "The Virginia Girl" pro-
duced by the Colorgraph Company.
She also appeared In several pictures
that have not yet been exhibited.
Douglas s. Brennan, brother OF
Mrs. Chew and station master at
Richmond. testified that his sister
was I'm that city in September. Octo-
Der and November, except for three
days when she went to New Haven.
William A Toler. an official Of the
Richmond police department, told
the court he knew she was In Rich
mond during that period.
Both men testified that Mrs. Chew
showed bruises on her face from
what she said were beatings by her
husband. They described her as be-
ing nervous and, lacerated on the face
when she arrived in Richmond.