New Britain herald., 1925-03-05
JURY HEARS MANY
 STARTLING TALES
Numerous AfidaYitS Read Into
 Evidence in Stokes Case
By The Associated Press.

Chicago. March 5.-W. E. D Stokes. on trial charged with con. spring to defame his wife, Helen Ellwood Stokes. ir furthering hi. unsuccessful suit for divorce tried ir New York, was on the witness stand again today.
 He started to detail further stories told him by servants as outlined in many affidavits the defense sougb, 10 have entered in the record, but the state objected.
 The defense maintained that tho afidavits should be permitted in the record as evidence which caused Mr, Stokes 10 entertain a reasonable doubt Of Mrs. Stokes and 10 initiate the investigation which resulted in the present trial.
 Judge Gemmill sustained fine states objection. because no means Of rebuttal would be available.
 C. F. Rathbon, counsel for Stokes. insisted that in the absence of inc 1urY the information should be road into the record to perfect his case for possible review by a higher court.
 Judge GemmiIl ruled that the sf- idavit under discussion might be read, and that others indicated as available might be mentioned.
 Rathbun yesterday said he had a whole trunk full Of affidavits" and insisted he be permitted to read each one. Upon the judges ruling. Rath- bun began digging into his stack of documents and briefly describing each.
 The only one read in entirety pur- ported to have been made by Vclen- teln kubicke. formerly chauffeur for s' Montgomery Roosevelt, d New ork attorney. Rathbun read that kubicke had sworn he frequently had driven Mrs. Stokes in campanv with men other than her husband to various cafea road houses and apart- ments.
 Mrs. Stokes again was not in court, Nor was her mother, Mrs. Arthur Miller of Denver. They flnst absented themselves yesterday atter the prosecution had rested
 Daniel r. Nugent, formerly stokcs' New York attorney, and Hattie Johnson, New York negroes. against whom indictments were dis missed yesterday, also were absent from the court room.
 AS Rathbun continued 10 read hja stack Of affidavits lle dropped his voice when he read a description of q statement made by former ser wants ln the New York apartment of Edgar T. Wallace, named as core spondent in Stokes divorce suit.
 Stokes, sitting silently on the wit ness stand, glanced apprahensivcly apout as the short description of that affldaNit went into the record.
 Several other documents were read In tone that the court room tull Of women wondering just what accusations against Mrs. Stokes thev were missing.
 Alter 46 affidavits had been read, the jury was called back and Stokes resumed his testimony,
 Rathbun's question led Mir. Stokes immediately into the heart of the defense, that the aged millionaire came 10 Chicago on September 20. 1920, on legitimate investigation of Mrs. Underwood, who his aftidavits had indicated, was not proper person to have charge of their chil- lren."
 Ills detailed search for an cva- slye Helen Underwood" q former innate of the Everleigh club, a Chi 2ago resort was given in a hurrying speech, giving names of persons who directed him 10 other persons in an endless chain that never quite caught up with Helen Underwood" He hurried through the old Chicago evee district to q small town near Kansas City. Mo. back to Chicago, Q New York, to Brooklyn, to Chi ago and again 10 New York, aI- ways upon information that some 'ne just ahead could give him in- ormstion about his wifos alleged ormer associates and lif,.
 He said that at Joliet, In., he 'ound Homer Catlan who had 1een married to red haired Helen Underwood, who had deserted him liter two months.
 In Now York he found Jeanette Jackson Wilson who said she had lnown a red haired Helen Undcr- wood from CoIEado as an inmate 'f the Eyerlcigh club
 MT, Stokes said that hc was uided during most of this Chicago lvcstigation by Mrs. Ella Frior- on. who knew many of the Ever eigh club inmates.
 He said that heon countcrrd ulia Iancey in his search and that he threatened him with R broom. threatened 10 blackcn both Of his yes and kick him into the midllc f the street. I'm not here 10 give way Helen" he quoted Julia.
 "l thought it best to retire" said ir. Stokes, describing Julia's at,i- lde, And l did" he added, cm- hatically.
 His next tip came from the son f a former cook at the Eycrltigh lub, he said. That man told him a red-haired Helen at tho club, 'ho associated with a negro man.
 One woman 10 whom Ella Fricr. on guided him looked at Mrs. tokes' picture and said Yes, that's Lelen, all right; shes like old wine. nproves with age" Mir. Stokes tes- fled.
 In his story the millionaire mon- oned several payments Of &5 Hnd 10 10 various persons who had ssisted him in the investigation nd said that he had b"rn willing 10 ay sS, SIC or even 2cr, for a cata- 'gue of the girls at the old Ever 'igh club, which one woman told i'm had been printed just before the esort was closed.