The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-11-22

plaintiff Mrs. Dorritt Van Deusen
Stevens Woodilouse, the admission
that she had written to Douglas
Woodhouse early in June 1913
that ''if this thing fails. you must
find some way to take care of my
body. We must die sometime. |
don't care much anyway but you
must get doctor and a good one
This is more serious case than
normal birth Of achild."
Further testimony by Mrs.
Woodhouse indicated that she was
wearying under the nervous and
physical strain Of being on the
witness stand. She continued to
answer questions regarding letters
written by Douglas Woodhouse,
her husband, in nearly every one
which were professions of his
great love for her. She testified
that "the union of love" which she
described as existing between her
self and Douglas before they were
married took place early in June
1918 when he was in Vermont on
a leave of absence from the camp
in New Jersey where he was sta
toned.
Denial that she sought OF re-
, ccived any social distinction
through her marriage to Douglas
Woodhouse was the testimony of
| Mrs. Dorritt Van Deusen Stevens
Woodhouse, the charming plaintiff
in the $1,000,000 alienation of af-
fections trial against Mr.. and Mrs.
Lorenzo Woodhouse, which was
resumed today in Chittenden
county court house. The
crowd in the court house
was the largest since the
trial began. Hundreds of people
hurried to the court house to find
all the seats and standing room
taken long before court opened at
9 o'clock.
Mrs. Woodhouse said that she
was teaching music to support
herself since her husband had
failed to support her and that she
had four pupils.
Asked by Attorney Austin what
was her conduct as a wife, the
witness replied that it was all that
it should be. She declared that she
was faithful to her husband and
| that she never treated him with
cruelty and never deserted him.
Attorney Y. A. Bullard went in
to her past in detail, laying con-
siderable stress upon the relations
between the witness and Douglas
Woodhouse, leading up to their
marriage.
The witness did not rccollect
that she had ever written Douglas
cross letters, and said she could
, not remember to what he referred
in his letters, when he spoke of
these.
! Queried in regard to an explain
alton of statement made to her
in direct examination to the effect
that the relation of Douglas Wood
house to her was that of a hus-
band after the early part of June,
1916, the witness said that a
union Of love" was the eXplana-
ton.
Queried as to whether her mar
rage to Woodhouse gave her any
social standing in the community
the witness said she would not
consider it did. She denied she
had dropped the name stevens"
in favor of the name "Van Deu-
sen" following her marriage.
She testified she first met Doug
las Woodhouse in 1912, that She
dill not know where he lived at
that time, that She neve' called at
his home, that she next met him at
d wedding in 1918, from which he
walked home with her.
Referring to a time when the
mother of Douglas received her,
following plans arranged by
Douglas to have them meet, the
witness said Mrs. Woodhouse ST.,
received her in the garden of The
" dollhouse property in June, 1917.
Mrs. Woodhouse ST. in no way
snubbed her, the witness said, but
treated her like d lady. The wit
ness said she never called upon
Nine. Woodhouse, that it didn't
occur to her Nine. Woodhousc
would care to have her call
Referring to what he called the
sudden ceasing of letters from
douglas to the witness, shortly be
fore the marriage took place, at
torney Bullard asked:
"Did it ever occur to you the
time was approaching when Doug