Evening star., 1926-11-17

| Padila, is living at the present time
| at Wardman Park Hotel. The EN-
bassy is located at 1873 Columbia
road.
ment with him prior to the time he
was found dead?'
| NO"
Miss Markey stated then that tho
enpagement had been broken of as
, far back as year ago and that she
! had attempted to return his ring
! three times, but that he had stead
fastlv refused to take 1t back until
the Monday before his death.
| At the request of Corporation Co'ln-
sci Ringgold Hart she described In do
tail the attitude of ,Scrtvener and In"
conversation upon that occasion.
Says She Refused Him.
Scrivener, she said had asked h"r
to start all over again. She refused.
| "He told me that ! should realiz"
| that we had been very happy 10
/ ether" Miss Markey continued. Ute
remembered places we had been. per
| sons we used to meet ana Things w"
used to enjoy together.
| She again refused him and returned
the ring. she testified, which she had
| wrapped in handkerchief and was
| mot wearing because she had decide 1
to give it back on that night.
| She detailed a conversation regard
,no Scrivener's marriage, which she
! said he then told her about. She said
| she expressed the hope he would he
! happy. to which he replied:
! ''It doesn't make any difference
about me. If I am happy or not: the
ONLY thing that counts is that YOU are
happv." She then placed the ring
| i'm his hand. she said. and he declared:
| well, Catherine, l am not married
vet. and God knows what will hap
| pen--
| Said He Was Nervous.
Miss Markey said Scrivener during
! this conversation appeared nervous
and was continually biting his lips and
| necessarily tossing knob from the
| gear shift lever of his automobile.
| from one hand to another.
! Miss Markey also detailed another
conversation which took place on the
| Thursday previous to the tragedy.
She said that Scrivener came to her
apartment at about 345 o'clock and
| seemed to have something on his
mind. lie said he was very tired and
worried.
! I'pOn crOSS-eXaminatiOn. Mr.. Horn
ing asked her If Scrivener's conduct
had any bearing on her decision not
| to marry him. TO this she replied in
| even tones.
IL lust found out | didn't want to
! marry Mr.. Scrivener.
Mr.. IIorning pressed her to find ont
! if she noticed any material change In
| SCrivener's attitude over the period he
! had known her. She said that he was
| much more worried in January Of 1926
than he was in January of 1928, and
| did not seem the same.
| The long awaited testimony of Miss
! Helen Barnes Parker, pretty stenoG-
! ia pher of Mclean, Va. who was tn
have married Scrivener the day he
! met his death. began at 1215.
| Coroner hewitt opened the testimony
with the following line of questions:
| q. How long had you known SCriv-
! ener?
| A. Approximately II months.
@. Where did you meet him?
| a. At social gathering.
| q. Were you TO marry him?
\. Yes, on October 13.
| q. Was another date ever set?
| A. Yes, a later date of October 30.
Had Ring and License.
! q. did you ever talk over where
YOU would live after you were mar
/ ried?"
A. "Our only plans We're TO take
rooms at the Hotel Martinique"
Q. at what time and where were
! you to be married?'
| A. AT S O'Clock at the residence Of
Rev. DIR. Wilfrey."
q. Did he tell you he had the ring
and license"
! A. Yes"
Q. Did he give you a ring?"
A. yes"
Q. How did 1t flt?"
| A. "It was loose
O. WAS there any conversation
over the size of the ring?"
| a. "IIe apolOgized and said he
! should have asked me tho size
When cross examined by Mr.. Horn
| ing, Miss Parker told of meeting Scriv-
ener for the last time at Eighteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue. when
he took her To her home in Virginia.
She said that he looked the same I"
her as always.
Witness Becomes Confused.
Miss Parker became confused and
testified haltingly when Mr.. HOrnins
asked her If she had ever asked ScriV.
ener for an engagement ring between
] the time they were engaged and IN"
time that was set for tha marriage.
MIR. iIorning then asked her u
| they had planned In he married
secretly and she said they hadn't de
cided
Mr.. IIorning drew from Miss
| Parker the fact that Scrivener had
asked her what she was going ="
! wear at the wedding and she had
! replied she had decided on darh
| blue dress. She said she had IN
tended 10 take a week of without
pay for her honeymoon. but she had
not made application for It.
Miss Parker was on the stand
about IN minutes and testified in 4
low voice. at times appearing
| a shed. She seemed especially en-
| barrassed when she related that tn"
engagement ring did not fit her
finger
Following Miss Parker's testimonl
Detective Kelly and Darnell took the
stand separately.
With unexpected strIdenness tho
hearing was closed and the ease went
| 10 The jury.
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