Evening star., 1922-11-16
HEART BALM TRIAL
DEFENSE OPENED
HiIda Portner'S Ex-SeCretary
Testifies for HumeS in
Alienation Case.
TELLS OF MONEY ROWS
Declares Graham Made Wifes Sis
ter Pay Third Of Expenses-Com-
planned of Cost of Clothes.
TELLS OF MONEY ROWS

Former Justice Daniel Thew Wrlsh
| counsel for Lieut.. Lorimer c. Graham.
| who is seeking 100000 heart balm
from Augustus L. Humes. wealthy
| lawyer Of New York, for alleged alien
! alton of the affections OF Mrs. Gra-
ham, now Mrs. Humes, today an
nounced the close of the case chief
i for the plaintiff AS Attorney Wilton
]. Lambert had made his opening
statement for the defense at the be
ginning of the trial. he and his as
sociates, Attorneys. William l. LeahN
and Rudolph II. Yeatman, began 2
once rhe introduction of testimoDs
in behalf of Mr.. Humes.
| The last witness offered by the piaiii-
| tiff was William f. Mattingiy. private
! detective He testified he had been ei,1-
pioyed by Attorney Lambert when Gfa
| ham entered suit for divorce asails
his wife III this jurisdiction ana shao.
owed the naval officer Mr.. Lambert had
| not directed him to shadow judge
| Wright the witness declared, but he
had been requested by Attorney VI. l.
| HARDY Of New York. who represented
| Mr. HuInes at the former trial. to see
/, if Judge Wright had conference VIII
a certain Man in the metropolis. Mai
| tnSiy said he assigned Mrs. AcEei.
! an operative IN MS employ, 10 Hldhc th'
Trip TO New York on the same tram
with Graham's lawyer. Mrs. Acker had
/ nothing to report on her return, the
witness asserted.
Mrs. Mary Stott Miles. wife of Co
! Miles. L. S. A. stationed at For
Leavenworth. Kan. was the first VIZ
! ness offered for the defense. She ha"
been employed by Miss Hilda Port
! ner, sister of Mrs. Graham. as secre-
/ tary, when Miss Hilda lived with fh''
Grahams. She declared Graham eTi-
i denced little concern when told Of .
/ serious illness of one of the chill
dren. She admitted that the news
was not commun! Gated to him unth
! after the child's recovery. She state
J the officer required Miss Hiida Port
| ner to pay one-third of the living eA
! peNses when she came TO The G!a
) Of the household expenses and n"
cost Of the clothes. although the
! were paid out of Mrs. Grdhams es-
, tate, witness said.
/, The cross-exanaination Of Lieu;
/ Graham was completed yesterday h
Attorney Wilton J. Lambert. couns.l
for Humes. at the trial before Justice
Hi!z and jury in Circuit Division J
| Graham admitted that he had not
| only known of the charges of crueltt
; preferred against him in the divorce
| action at Reno but had employed
counsel in Nevada to repre- esent him
! In the letter To the lawyer at Ren"
! tie naval officer went into particulars
! as to what he wanted in the decree
/, in reference to his visit to his chill
| dreR.
! Before he was shown the letter b,
Mr. Lamber:, Graham had insisted
that he took the divorce papers
| served on him at Reno. placed ther
| in his travelling bag. carried then
to San Francisco and back to Vast
! ington without reading them. H..
! knew only in general way, he had
stated, the contents until he turned
| the alienation suit was about to b.
| fled In September Or October. 1919.
Letter Engaging Lawyer.
| Mr.. Lambert then had him ideni!f>
| a letter sent to lawyer named Jei-
1 fries, in Reno, engaging him as couD
! sci. Graham insisted that formel
! Representative Flood Of Virginia
Humes. had dictated the message /"
| the lawyer and Graham had writer
according to dictation.
Why did you bring this suit" Was
! it to get s500.0o0 out of Mr.. Humes"
I inquired the lawyer.
1T was not. 1t was to get posses
/. sion of my children, and, naturally.
! I was going to get everything l could
! and hook him just as rotten as I could
/, for what he had done to me-" ar
\ S"eTeO Lieut.. ouEI 10
| have shot him, as they do in Nir
/ ginia.' he concluded.
f; Justice HitZ today warned the law
, yers that there was TOO much per
| sifage between counsel, and stated
/ that he would hold court Friday and
Saturday in an effort to expedite the
trial
Graham's Mother Testifies.
Asked by Judge Wright why IA.
sought the publicity incident to a Law
suit, Lieut.. Graham stated he wished
ito expose IIumes.
Mrs Andrew b. Graham. mother O.
the plaintiff. testified this afternoon
She had an apartment in the Neither
lands, where the Grahans also resided
When her daughter-in law returned
from Spring Lake in 1918. Mrs. era
ham said she called at the Graha-
apartment the following cay 10 IN
yite Mrs Graham to luncheon. TI,s
witness said she found .ium"s -
the parlor of the Graham aparIiren'
She saw Humes entering the out
side door of the apartment build ne
on other occasions, she said. when
she went in or out of the building
Once she saw the defendant tslkinE
to Mrs Graham and the latter's sis
ter at the door Of An automobile il
front Of the apartment. Asked how
Mrs Graham was dressed, the witness
said she could only recall black
dress and a huge bouquet of orchids
Attorney Lambert objected to the ties
timony about the flowers. but tn
court overruled II.