The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-21
LAWYER Flags
AFFINITY Of
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MR.. A.
Defense Charges Mrs. Robins
son Took Part IN $3.50, 900
BlackmaiI Of Prince
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reminded the court, was a imam
of color =
On the heels Of this he asked
her II the British aide de camp,
accused OF having shared in the
$75O,000 extorted from the regal
@"Mr, A." was white man.
YES" Mrs. Robinson flashed
back at the lawyer. That's about
timonoy, Mrs. Robinsono said that
Bevan planned to 90 to France for
Robinson paying Mrs. Bevan's exr
penses out OF the income from her
patent medicine business, Sir John
called upon Mrs. Bevan to stand up
among the spectators bencues.
The gawlring courtroom found
her to be q woman " handsome
features and dark complexion. Sir
John intimated he would call her
to testify.
Sec Early Sensations.
Promise Of early sensations in the
defense's fight was held out when
Lord Halsbury, counsel for Charles
Robinson, asked for a statement
from the defense.
Sir John Simon replied that the
defense charged several overt acts,
including allegations of meetings
between the conspirators when
the plot was Matched against
''Mr. A." and charges that Mrs.
Robinson had endeaVored to lead
''AIr. A." into intimacy with her
while agents Of Montague Newton
and William Hobbs, alleged confed-
crates Of Robinson, We're on watch.
Sir John charged the conspirators
met during November and Decem.
Der, 1919, to hatch the plot, at the
same time that there were frequent
meetings between Mrs. Robinson and
''Mr. A" and Mrs. Bevan, Mrs.
Robinson's companion, and the sec,
rotary to "Mr. A." Mrs. Robinson
was posing as society woman, the
defense charged.
The conspirators decided, Sir John
continued, that Robinson lacked the
appearance of the husband of So
ciety woman, and, therefore, Newton
was elected to play that part and
Robinson absented himself from his
wife's home.
Given Key to Home.
Newton and the aide de camp Of
the potentate, who was q Captain
Arthur, member Of British family
with literary connections, were
given latchkeys to- Mrs. Robinson's
home, Sir John charged. to aid
them In entering and discovering
her with the young potentate.
Meantime, defense counsel
charged, Hobbs was selected 10 act
as solicitor" for Mrs. Robinson's
pretended husband in making the
legal threats necessary to fruition
of the blackmail plot.
Mrs. Robinson was smart1y
dressed and wore handsome rope
OF pearls when she took the witness
stand. She said that following the
expose of her relations with the
young princeling Of India in Paris
she suffered q nervous breakdown.
There was no room for Mrs.
Bevan in her home, and she was
forced to ask her friend to 20 to
make room foD q nurse, Mrs. Robin.
son continued. Mrs. Bevan was
without money.
Save Friend 5000 Pounds.
AS was requesting her to leave,
I gave her some money" Mrs. Rob.
inson said. II thought / had been
the means Of upsetting q perfectly
happy future for her and I gave
her 5000 pounds sterling Of which
she afterward returned to me 500
pounds in cash and q cheque for
another 500.
mrs. Bevan said she was com.
ing into a legacy and would repay
the money. AZ It happens, Mrs.
Bevan has just come into this
legacy.