The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-11-22
GRAHAM FAILED
IN ELEVATOR
ETIQUETTE
Witness in Alienation Suit
Says Lieutenant Let Wife
Go Behind.

ladies' to enter elevators first and
should remove their hats, accord
ing 10 David Ralph Baylor. Of 10
South street, Cherrydale, Va
now employed as a LAkrr at the
Connecticut Pie Company In
Georgetown, but in charge OF the
elevator at Woodward apartment
at the time Lieut.. Lorimer G. Ora
ham, u. 5. NJ, and his wife. Elsa
POrtner Graham, resided at that
place In 1919.
Testifying in the $500 900 aliena'
ton suit OF Lieutenant Graham
against Augustus l.. ii um \,
wealthy lawyer Of New York. now
on trial before jury in Circuit
Court, No. /, Justice Hitz presid-
ing. Baylor said that he was EN-
| ployed as elevator man at the
Woodward apartment from January
to November. 1912. and had many
opportunities TO observe the con-
duct OF Lieutenant Graham toward
his wife.
Graham Different. lie Says.
| What did you notice." asked
Attorney Rudolph Fl. Yeatman OF
COuIlSti LOT I1ufIleS.
| 81 noticed Graham always en-.
tered the elevator first and left
first and never removed his hat
when with his wife.
| "Why do you remember that"
Because he was different from
other people in that respect" On
one occasion, while Mrs. Graham
was away, Lieutenant Graham
came home late at night and com
planned to witness about the food
I'm the refrigerator in his apart.
ment.
| What did he say to YOU about
h. asked Yeatman.
Criticized His Wife.
That wife of mine al
lows the servants 10 get by with
everything" replied Baylor.
| This remark was made. according
to the witness, on account Of some
food being spoiled and Lieutenant
Graham asking Baylor to throw 1t
into the garbage can, which witness
| said he did.
Judge Daniel Thew Wright. OF
counsel for Graham, objected to
Baylor being allowed to testify. but
Justice Iiitz overruled the objection.
Judge Wright asked witness
whether he had testified in this case
] last year, and Baylor said he had not.
He said that Mr.. Burhans came
to see him last year and that he
had been sent by Mr.. Yeatman in
whose office he is employed. Bay
! lor said he told Mr.. BurhanS ev-
erythlng he testified on the stand
today. Witness also said that Mr..
| Yeatman came to see him al his
place of employment at Georgetown
last week and talked to him about
ten minutes
Saw Only Relatives.
Did you ever see any other peo-
Pile in the apartment with Lieu
tenant and Mrs. Graham" asked
Judge Wright.
| mo one, but Mr.. Graham's
| mother and brother"
| Counsel for Lieutenant Graham
suggested a number of friends Of
Lieutenant Graham and asked wit
ness whether he remembered seeing
them in the apartment. Witness
said he didn't and that he could
not remember: il was ten years ago
he had been employed at the Wood
ward.
Cross-examined by Judge Wright.
witness again repeated in distinct
and loud voice that Lieutenant
Graham said that c. dam wife OF
mine allows the servants to get by
with everything"
! HE didn't say that these
servants get away with everything
while my wife is away" suggested
Judge Wright to witness. who an
swered in decisive voice with no"
Polite to Other Ladies'.
Being asked by Judge Wright
about Lieutenant Graham not re-
moving his hat while in the ele-
vator with his wife, witness again
repeated that he never removed
his hat when alone with Mrs.
Graham; he would take It off when
| other ladies' were in the elecator."
Witness said he thought 1t was
| proper for men to let ladies enter
first, and also to take off their
hats.
Mrs. Hilda Portner Derby, sister
of Mrs. Augustus l.. Humes, told
the jury about the marriage of her
sister to the plaintiff. She said
that her sister deplored the fact
that the wedding had been a run.
away" affair and cried over 1t.
| Mrs. Graham complained to wit
ness of the conduct of Graham and
said he had struck her in the face
on one occasion. Mrs. Derby had
a room in the Graham apartment
and shared the household expenses.
She testified as to quarrels about
living expenses and the. cost of
clothes.
| Sat on Graham's Lap.
Referring to the summer at
Spring Lake, N. j., in 1918, Mrs.
Derby told Of an incident when
Graham and others. including Mrs.
Mary B. Glennan, went on an auto
trip In a small car to the Ross
Fenton farms. Mrs. Glennan, wit
ness testified, was the last to en-
ter the machine, explaining that
! she could sit on Graham's lap.
Mrs. Glennan occupied this position
both on the way to the farms and
on the return trip, according TO
Mrs. Derby, who said that Mrs.
Glennan would not dance with any
one but Graham.
| Justice Hitz at the opening of
the trial this morning decided in
favor Of Lieutenant Graham when
he excluded testimony concerning
a suit in the New York courts in