New-York tribune., 1922-09-30

ClotHlng was kept IN BeauValS'S room |
"ln September Of 1919 the said Beau
vais and said adult defendant slept to-
gether in her room in the white cot
tage at Grande Anse and that at vari-
Gus times in the blue cottage at Pleas
antville, and in the main residence
there, the said Beauvais and the adult |
defendant were guilty of acts of mis-
conduct
"In support Of the above and as
tending to show an adulterous dsposit
on the part Of the adult defendant to- |
ward the said Beauvais, a number Of
letters and a number OF alleged acts
and conversations on the part Of the
adult defendant are offered in evil
dence
"The defendant not only offers evil
dence tending 20 establish the untruth
and falsity of the evidence of adultery
on the part Of the plaintiff, but also
tending to show that the agents Of the
plaintiff offered Inducements of money,
position, and to purchase clothes for
witnesses if they would testify as 20
some misconduct between the adult de-
fendant and tho correspondent Beau
vais, and evidence is offered on the part
of the adult defendant 10 show that
in December of 1916 the defendant did
not stay at the little club on Little
Lake Wyagamack, but that on such oc-
casion the adult defendant had taken
the train from Little Lake Wyagamack
to the big club on Big Lake Wyaga
mack, where she was stopping at the
time.
"The testimony of the witness
Adams to the effect that in November
of 1917 he had creased a rollar shade
curtain and at night had peeped
through the crease and saw the adult
defendant and the correspondent in
compromising positions, is unlikely, un-
the testimony Of the adult defendants
witnesses that there never was roller
shade curtain in the house and that
the small room in which it is claimed
| the correspondent slept, was not at that
| time used as bedroom but as store
room for dufflq, the effect of this testi-
mony is absolutely destroyed.
Keyhole Peering Questioned
"The testimony as to the occupancy
| of the Blackburn house in the summer
of 1918 and as to the defendant and the
correspondent sleeping together, in June
that year, deserves careful scrutiny.
The witness Grenon testified that on
| fifteen different mornings he peered
through the keyhole of the door Of
Beauvais's room and saw Beauvais and
the adult sleeping together. 1t is con-
ceded by all the parties that at the
time mentioned the defendant was at
the white cottage mentioned by Grenon
three nights only, and this, coupled
with the testimony of Grenon and
Page, to the effect that they also gazed
they were standing on scatfold, when
the greater weight Of the evidence
shows that at that time no scaffold
existed, and the fact that an observa-
tion made through the keyhole would
disclose only the foot of the bed, to-
gether with the participation of Grenon
and Ferdinand Page with La Fontaine
in a room on the second floor Of the
Hotel Windsor at La Tuque, in a con-
ference in which arrangements were
being made for the payment Of money
to Page and Grenon for testifying, de-
stroys all confidence in their testimony
Page as to the adult defendant and the
correspondent occupying room to-
gether in September of the year 1919.
| Children Near BY
"It appears that on most Of these
occasions the children, and at times
visitors and friends, were Occupying
the same premises as, the adult de-
fendant and the correspondent; that
the partitions between the rooms were
simply board partitions, without plas-
tering, and that at least part Of the
time rooms adjacent to that of the
adult defendant were occupied by her
daughter and her son, all Of which
tends to cast doubt on the reliability
of this testimony.
"The testimony in relation to the
moccasins, and with relation TO find
| ing the Beauvais letters on the bureau
/ and the desk of the adult defendant.
lying around loose, where any Of the
servants could read them, the Variance
between the testimony of the two wit
nesses who claimed to have seen the
so-called Beauvais letters, and the fat
| contradiction of all by the witness
/ Oliver, failure of the plaintiff TO show
how such letters were obtained, except
! the four letters which he claims to
have purchased for s15,0Oo from the
correspondent, Beauvais, In Canada, are
all unsatisfactory.
"Upon the whole case I do rot find
/ either sufficient or substantial proof
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