The Washington times., 1922-11-09
HOT COURT
bA 7 TIE IS.
INDICATED
Wife Had No Affection Lett
for Lieutenant, Defense to
Contend in Suit.

Inc priHSiPaiS III WV
alienation suit of Lieut.. Lorimer
C. Graham, u. S. NJ, against
Augustus l.. Humes, New York
lawyer, were respectively char
acterized as a fortune hunter
and a home wrecker in the open
ing statements of attorneys for
the two sides in Circuit Court
No. / today.
Hau Bomb Proof Job. Is Claim.
Graham, Wilton j. Lambert. lead
ing counsel for Humes. told .he
fury, had no desire to look 'ior
work subsequent to his marriage 20
ELSA Portner, now Mrs. Humes, IN
1911. but. sunk large sums loaned
10 him by her in Improbable ven
lures.
Lambert made FREQUENT references
to "the handsome young lieutenant
who, he claimed, secured Dohlp.
proof" Job, in the navy pay corps
after awaiting the progress Oh the
draft with smuch anxiety ~
Attorney Daniel Thew Wright
leading counsel for Graham, sum
ming IN in his statement to the
iurv' said his client brought action
Lecause his home had been broken
nm and his two little children taken
away from him.
Hot Fight Is Forecast.
Several interesting Tits between
opposing counsel indicated that the
case will be as peppery legal fignt
as il was last year, when i. eiioeu
IN disagreement by the jury. w
Lambert protested to Justice Hi.z,
presiding, against Wrights alieseu
attempts to depart from STATE
men. OF fact in addressing Inc jury.
Wright tartly declared that he
vould ..giye YOU enough before this
And well givt it right back re-
toined Lambert.
The main point at issue was
clearly demonstrated in the two
opening addresses. In opposition 70
Wright's allegation that Humes hao
broken up Graham's home, Latn
bert replied that the wealthy new
York lawyer had given the dasning
Washington society girl her 'first
chance for happiness.
No Affection Left, Is Claim.
In regard to the allegation that
Hunes had alienated Mrs. era
hams affections from her husband
he questioned whether she had any
affections left to transfers aiter
what he alleges to haN| been Ora
hams treatment of her.
Graham, declared, Wright. was
. deluded man, in that he was
induced nv the late Congressman
Hal Flood Of Virginia. Mrs: era
ham's brother-in-law, and M. =:
HARDY. the lawyer who obtained
for her a divorce in Reno. Nev.'
TO 20 West in hopes OF a recon
citation, when the real intentioh
was to serve him with divorce
The divorce case, Wright main
tanned, was called early In jan
uary. 1919, through legal macnin.
atoms and he further alleged that
Flood hired a man, purporting 10
be a lawyer for Graham, without
Graham knowing anything about IL.
After what he termed a fly by
night" divorce, on January =,
Mrs. Graham, said Wright, went
70 New York and was married
to Humes as soon as she couN
get out Of the hospital after an
attack Of influenza.
Sketches Married Life.
Lambert drew a sketch Of the
Grabams' married life far from
flattering to the dapper young neu-
tenant. who flushed frequently as
he sat at the counsel table. ne
declared that Graham had no IN.
come which would have warranted
his marriage and that subsequently
he depended upon what ne couia
get from his wife.
"Oniy a short time after they were
married." said Lambert, we wli
show that this handsome, able bodied
Iieutenant told his wife he had no
money at all and that she would
have 10 get some to support him"
Lambert averred that Graham bor'
rowed $1,000 on securities loaned him
nv his mother and that Mrs. Graham
later repaid $500 on this loan, and
also arranged to get some money
from her Inheritance.
Said He Wouldn't Work.
Graham had made the statement,
eaid Lambert, that he was not
going to work, and she would have
to support him."
He continued with the allegation
that testimony would show Mrs.
Graham raised $4,000 with which
Graham purchased place In a
brokerage firm which afterwards
burst like a bubble" losing her the
whole sum.