Evening star., 1923-10-10
both stokes WEEP.
| SHE SHOUTS DENIAL
Divorce Case Marked by
Dramatic Scene When Grave
Accusation Is Made.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 10--The re-
trial Of the divorce suit of w. e. D.
Stokes, wealthy hotel owner, against
his wife, Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes.
today was marked by one of the most
dramatic scenes ever seen in the
supreme court here when, following
an implied grave accusation on the
part of a witness. Mrs. Stokes rose
In her seat, sobbing. and shouted a
denial, while her husband perceptibly
began to cry. -.
Under cross-examination by Sam
uel Untermyer, chief defense counsel,
Elmer Henshaw. former chauffeur for
Mrs Stokes said;
II was very friendly with Mrs.
Stokes" and then added: II mean
just what / said"
DO you mean to imply o.
Yes. l do" answered the witness.
At this point Mrs. Stokes mother,
who was sitting beside her daughter,
rose, began to wave her hands almost
franticaIly, and shouted: That's d
lie."
Mrs. Stokes, shaking with sobs.
arose and shouted: That's lie and
he knows It. Make / i'm take it back.
He will take that back or I'll kill
him.
Mr.. Stokes. sitting at the defense
counsel table. bowed his head and
began TO cry.
Several court attendants rushed to
the side of Mrs. Stokes. They told
her she would have to keep quiet or
leave the room. Under directions
from them. her mother changed her
seat and sat about ten yards away
from her daughter
When quiet had been restored Mr..
Untermyer asked the witness:
did l understand you to say you
had improper relations with her?"
. "Yes, did," said Henshaw. "She
was giving me money to frame up Mr..
Stokes to give her a divorce"
Mrs. Stokes again rose from her
seat and shouted. 81 never gave him
cent in my life
Testimony that Mrs. Stokes fire.
quently during the fall and win
ter of 1916-1917 drove In her motor
car to the 35th street apartment
house where Edgar T. Wallace. chief
correspondent. had his apartment.
was given by Elmer Henshaw. her
or auffeur at that time. at the re-
trial today of the divorce suit of w.
E.. D. Stokes. wealthy hotel owner
Of this city.
Henshaw, questioned by Max D.
Stouer. counsel for Stokes. said he
usually had waited outside the house
about an hour for Mrs. Stokes. but
occasionally he was dismissed as she
entered the house.
Miss Catherine Kramer OF Kansas
City, who testified on Monday that
che had seen Mrs. Stokes in Bunce-
ton, Mo, nineteen years ago in COM
pany with Wallace and g. man named
McCor mick. today identified as that
OF Mrs. Stokes one of fourteen pic
lures shown her by Mr.. Steuer.
Samuel Untermyer. chief defense
counsel, cross examining the witness,
demanded that the plaintiff offer in
evidence an album of photographs of
Mrs. Stokes, from which, 1T is under
stood, the fourteen pictures were
taken.
Repeats Testimony.
Miss Emma G.. Goodwin. yesterdays
principal witness for the plaintiff. re-
iterated testimony she had given in
the divorce proceedings two years
ago that she had seen Mrs. Stokes
in the. apartment building where she
conducted a lingerie shop and where
Edgar T. wallace, chief-eo-respond-
ent, had his apartment.
She testified that she was visited by
Mrs. Stokes and another woman, one
of whom said she had lost the keys to
the apartment above and desired to
use the telephone in Miss Goodwin's
shop.
Cross-examined by Samuel Inter
myer, counsel for Mrs. Stokes, the
witness admitted that it was possible
that she was mistaken in her identi-
fication of Mrs. Stokes. While she
would not swear that she was posi-
tive she saw Mrs. Stokes in the hall
she asserted she was positive she
saw Mrs. Stokes or her double in the
store use the telephone. After she
had asserted she was certain that
Mrs. Stokes never was her customer
Mr.. Untermyer produced bill of ac-
count of 6 shop bearing her name
and in which she admitted formerly
having a large interest, charging
items TO Mrs. Stokes. A number o;
rechnicalities remained to be cleared
up in this connection.
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