New-York tribune., 1922-02-03
Wife Beat Him
And Tore ace,
Stokes Swcars
Carries Mark Yet. He Says. i'll
Telling How He Was Spat
Upon. Kicked. Chased by
Angry Mate With Knife
Saved by Cook in Kitchen
Have Temper, but Hope 1t
Is Under Control. He Adds.
DENYING He Struck Woman

W +. u. Stokes. pictured by Mrs.
oand who abused her physically and
a.so made her tho victim OF mental
cruelty by holding her in q state Of
fear. rctouched the picture in tho Su
prcme Court yesterday 30 make it
show that he was the victim Of cruelty
and violence at the hands Of his young
wife and accuscr.
I; vas on her story Of her husbands s
supposed abuse that Ms. stokes few
months ago obtained n scparat on from
The millionaire real estate operator. In
that case, however. Mr. Stokes did not
20 on the witness stand to deny the
charges and it was due TO TINS lack of
denial, the court intjmated at the time,
that Mrs. Stokes's uacontradlcted re-
citsl entitled hcr to decree.
Now Mrs. Stokes is trying to have
sct aside conveyances OF forty-nine
parcels of property made by her hus
band TO the Mcrwyn Realty Company,
controlled by himself which. it is
charged. was done to defrsud his wife
Of her dover rights. Mr.. Stokes dc
clarcs her signature to the transfers
vas obtained by durcss and threats.
Swoars Wife Tore His Face
Having sworn on Wednesday that
Mrs Stokes's expression of love for
MIN had induced him to propose mar
fiagc. Mr.. Stokes told for the first time
Noste rdav of the abuse he declared he
rad suffered at the hands of tho wife
WHO complained Of his cruelty. Telling
% conference on November 20. 1916,
at tho residence of Mrs. Phil Kearncy
i05 West Seventy second Street, Mr..
Stokes said: "Shc tore MY face to
shreds. One of the marks carry now,
She spat in my face and kicked my
legs. Then she seized knife and as
| Ned from her to the kitchen the cook
came out and saved nc
Il did not strike her or touch her
the witness went on, adding that he
could produce persons who saw him
after the alleged attack. One Of these.
ne said. was former Judge ". NJ. K
Olcott. For long time after, said Ny.
stokes, he was compelled to have mcdi-
cal treatment.
The supposed assault at the home
OF Mrs. Kearncy took place at meet
Ag Of husband and wife after the rc-
turn OF Mrs. Stokes from Denver. She
sent for him, Mr. Stokes said, and told
'im she did not want TO continue to
live at the Hotel Arsonia, which was
owned by her husband. She wanted d
A home of her own. Mr Stokes sa id
ne told his wife that he could not have
her live apart from him. that her hotel
apartment was commodlous and that
II She persisted he would be com pei ed
TO subject himself to the humiliation
Of informing real estate agents that
an apartment could not be rented with
his authority or OIL his credit. Then
( was accord ng to MIR. Stokes that
his wife assaulted him.
Was Willing to Forgive Her
Ehe same day Mr. Stokes wrote his
wife letter in which he mentioned
hat his face was 50 badly lacerated
hat he was ashamed TO be seen in
public He also wrote: Il married
lou a. time when your family had
ordered YOU home and have tried to
make YOU happy. Blows, splitting
threats to Kill have been my lot. But
IN spite of all am prepared to forgive
and forget what YOU did to-day, though
II must cease now, forever
Mr. Stokes dehiet he ever struck his
eifc. He swore that he had never
struck any woman. ~ have u temper
but hope have it under cont~o'." he
said he defendant vas under the
REORGANIZATION Of Samuel Inter
mycr when court adjourned to TO-DAY