Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-08
MRS. BYF|ELD AND
HUSBAND RECOUNT
DETAILS Of FIGHT
Plaintiff Frequently Weeps
During Long Period of
Testimony in Gambler Suit
Hearing

Mrs Sarah *. Byfeld, plaintiff in
a 100000 suit against Walter T..
Gambler, with her husband, Clyde X.
Byfield, testified Thursday afternoon
in DeKalb superior court, at Deca-
&tur. concerning the incidents on the
= Berengaria en- route to Europe in
the summer of 1922, leading to the
damage suit which went on trial
Thursday morning before Judge
John 5. Hutcheson, of the stone
Mountain circuit.
Both recited parallel versions Of
what is alleged to have occurred in
the stateroom of Mrs. Byfield, the
plaintiff charging that Mr.. Gambler
entered after she had gotten into bed
and that when he was found there
by Mr.. Byfeld a fight ensued. Mr..
Byfield asserted that he went
crazy" when he found Mr.. Gambler
in his stateroom and that he beat
both Mr.. Gambler and his wife.
The first days session concluded
with the cross eXamination Of Mr..
Byfeld and court adjourned at 4:4O
o'clock, to resume Friday morning
at o'clock The case is expected
to consume all of Friday and run
into Saturday.
Frequently i'm Tears
The plaintiff was on the stand for
. approximately two and one-haf
hours, and her testimony frequently
was interrupted by fits of weeping,
as she charged that Mr.. Gambler en-
tered her stateroom on the last night
of the voyage. after she had retired,
and was found there by her husband,
when he returned Unexpectedly, after
bidding good-by to other passengers.
She described the alteration be-
tween her husband and Mr.. Gambler.
asserting that Mr.. Byfield has beat
her BLACK and blue" Under cross
examination by Attorney Reuebn Ar
mold, for the defendant. she said she
had left her husband last June and
now resided in New York, where she
was employed by the MineralaVa
company.
She declared that her husband had
acted coolly towards her as the re-
suit of the incident on the steamship,
that he had taken her ring, and that
she .'hardly thought she would re-
turn to him. She said she went to
New York because she wanted TO
earn her own living"
Under cross-eXamination, conduct
ed by Attorney Reuben Arnold, Mrs.
Byfield said she had known Mr.. Can
der since the summer of 1921. She
said she was introduced to Mr.. Can
dler by her husband in front of Mr..
Gamblers home on the North Deca-
tur road.
did YOU ever so ont to Mr.. Can
dler's race track?" Mr.. Arnold asked.
Frequently"
did you and your husband ride
on the track
yes"
Didn't your husband buy
horse?'
yes"
"Were you present when Mr.. Can
dler asked Jonas Ewing to so with
him to Europe?"
NO"
Explains Incomes
"What did your husband say when
Mr.. Gambler askedS him to take you
to Europe?"
* "He said he didn't have the money
I to spare at the time"
Where was that $4,000 your hus-
band made the first year you were
married." Mr.. Arnold asked.
Tied up in his business"
Mrs. Byfield then explained, under
questions of Attorney Arnold, that
il was in 1920 that her husband made
$4,000; in 1921 about $4,000 or $15,.
900. Mrs. Byfeld said her husband
gave Mr.. Gambler his note for $1,000
on which to make the trip with the
understanding that Mr.. Bytield could
pay it at his convenience osl his re-
turn. Mrs. Byheld said the Gambler
Byfeld party spent several days in
New York before sailing, staying at
the Commodore hotel.