Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-09

SAID that expenses Immediately fol.
lowing the wedding were defrayaa
py $zoOO paid him by a tabloid news
paper Tor q series OF articles run
over his name on How I Wooed
ana Won Millicent Rogers" He said
ne old not write the articles but
authorized use Of his signature as
auInor with his wife's approval.
When that money was gone. he
SAID, the remaining expenses of the
noneymooHo on the Riviera were de-
!rayed with money furnished by the
bride. This amounted. as he remem-
pered 1t, to some $1,000.
he also admitted under question
ing that since his wife left him he
had never done a days work. liy-
Ing on between $4,000 and S12 900
she has given him. When she left
him, he said, she gave him an an
tomobile and deposited $1,000 to his
account, sending him other sums
later.
The most heated clash of all came
when Conway asked him If it was not
true that hotel bill he owed at the
time OF his marriage had been paid
with the proceeds of bonds he got
from his wife and sold. The count
ASAAANSA StOOd SAc lawyer TO nave SAID
stole" instead of Sold"
'What?" he screamed. starting from
the chair with blazing eyes. The law
yer retreated toward the counsel table
with placating gestures.
You didn't think I said stole did
your" he asked after repeating what
he had actually said.
Il misunderstood you," the count
acknowledged. calming himself with
apparent effort and reseating himself.
In connection with the financing OF
the honeymoon and subsequent life OF
the couple together and after the wife
left the count on January l, 1925
Conway asked Salm If it was not true
that he had not even paid for the wed
ding ring. 1t was admitted that he
had not specifically paid for it, though
he made an obscure statement about
its being part of other jewels he pre-
scented to her.
Once only a touch of humor entered
the proceedings and then it was in.
jected by the count himself He had
said on the stand that he is the rank.
ing tennis of Austria. During his
honeymoon, he said, he was not entered
in tennis tournament. but merely
training for one, and so had to pay fol-
hotel accommodations.
when you are in a tournament you
get your hotel accommodations free
don't you?" Conway asked.
"Are you asking me as an agent OF
Mr.. Pyle?" the tennis player countered
with a sardonic smile.
In offering three letters from the
American countess. plaintiff counsel
sought permission from the court to
omit certain portions dealing intimate
ly with her physical condition.
Justice Levy ordered that the letters
should be read in full, however, as
they had been received in evidence If
their entirety. Countess Salm was
not in court at today's session. which
was adjourned until tomorrow with
the plaintiff still on the stand.
When the case was called Conway
told the court that It was conceded
that the count had prima facie case as
abandonment by the countess was ad.
mitted. He asserted, however, thai
the case would be fought as the de-
Tense held the New York court had nc
jurisdiction in that it considered the
count an Austrian subject
Conway said that if all the count
wanted was a separation he could gel
that by agreement.
1--WE don't want a separation from
you,' Salm's lawyer retorted. we
want it from the court"