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the defendant is of black blood and
has a substantial strain of 1t, coming
through her father. The first line OF
proof will be documentary evidence
"The father and mother of this
defendant came here from England
in 1891 on the Majestic. In March,
1906, Mr.. Jones applied to the City
J Clerk of Mount Vernon to be ma
turalized. He declared he was a
colored man. He waited until 1912
! to make further application, and in
the Supreme Court at White Palms
on January II, 1912, he again de-
! clared himself to be colored man.
, That was before his Honor, now on
the bench.
"The couple gave birth to three
children in this country. The birth
certificate of Emily, dated December
IA. 1895, certifes that she is a mu-
latto. The defendants birth GER
tifcate, dated July 8, 1899, gives her
color as black. | will take this OPP
portunity to point out that she is
four years older than the plaintiff.
, "The certificate of Grace, dated
July II, 1908, gives her color as
black with the notation negro mixed,
March II, gives her color as black
She. was married to colored man
il have subpoenaed them both to
testify.
con October\14, 1924, in her mar
iriage certificate, the defendant swore
that she was % years old, when
actually she was 26. The color that
she gave with this young man at her
side was white. Jones, when he ap-
piled for an auto license certificate
on September 80, 1924, again swore
that he was colored.
81 have found myself faced with
the defendants denial that she is OF
colored blood, and had to use every
possible means to trace the ancestry
of her parents. The father, IN an
affidavit, swore that was born in
England sixty-two years ago. | sent
a bright young man to England TIC
Investigate, and we shall prove by
certificates that there is no record
of his birth in that country.
Tells of Daughters Birth.
] "In an interview in a newspaper
The said that he was born in Coventry
England. | sent the Investigator back
again, and he found no records there
In a neighboring voltage we founo
the birth certificate of daughter
born to Mrs. Jones. Her name wa
Ethel.
"Some years ago Jones entered
into partnership with a man namec
Briggs, also colored. Ethel, whel
she was II years old and was living
with the Jonses, for she had come tt
this country with them, was hireC
out to a friend of Briggs named Car
son, in Dutchesses County, at SIS {
month. She has since married {
farmer named Moore and has five
children. l will produce certificate
to show that the birth of Ethel prs
ceded the marriage of the Joneses.
81 do not deny that Mrs. Jones wa
possibly married to another before
she met her present husband" ex
planned Judge Mills.
"The thing that we must prove i
the general fraud. The latter par
of 1921 or the early part of 1922
the plaintiff, three or four years
younger than he is now, was sent tt
ranch in Arizona for two years
His mother had died in 1915. w
shall show that he was suffering from
physical ailment He is tongue-tied
Sometimes he can hardly get a wore
out of his mouth. The ailment ha:
been with him since he was 8 year:
old.
when he was II, just before he
met her he went to an institution
known as the Orchard at Stamford
Conn. His father arranged for hin
to go there for his affliction, and his
mental backwardness. He was giver
abundant money, an automobile anC
no watch was kept over him. He fel
in wit ha miserable wretch known
as Carl Cracker.
Tlels How Couple Met.
Zone day he was riding with Crack
Ter in his automobile on Pelham Road
in New Rochelle when the automobile
broke down. While they were work.
ing on the car young woman came
from the sidewalk. She was Grace
Jones. Cracker went off with Grace
and came back an hour later. Crack
Ter made a date with Grace for two
days later, but he was unable to keeI
it, and Leonard went down to explain
to Grace why Cracker could not ap-
pear.
''While he was doing so, who
should come along but this defendant
and he thus met her for the first time
Grace sal dto her sister:
"'You take Leonard and / will get
another fellow They climbed into
this boys auto. Grace hailed another
I boy, and they went to Prostor's, in