Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-02

of separation or not Is solely in the
hands of Justice Seegar-
On the stand today Browning de
MED he was cruel husband, to sup
port him in his statements that he
was kind, affectionate, thoughtful
and bounteous,' he brought into
court several of his friends.
These were nursery furniture
manufactures and his wife, of tha
Chicago suburb, Evanston, Ill.,;
president of q defunct social club
in New York; woman publicity
writer, and an elderly black -garbed
grey-haired woman leader of orches-
tras, many years ago.
Their testimony was much alike.
Tt all related to external evidences
they admitted, of signs Of happiness
between the elderly real estate man
and his young wife.
Browning, on the stand, was I'm
definite in many answers, particus
larly on cross examination after his
direct examination had resulted in
a lengthy categorical denial of every
act of cruelty and eccentricity his
young wife had charged against him
when she herself was in the witness
chair.
Even the African honlSing gander
came in for explanation from Mr.
Browning, who said that his wire
when seeing the young goose among
its fellows on a Staten island farm
had expressed so great desire fol
it that he borrowed it for her for
couple of days.
did you tie the red ribbon around
it's neck?" asked Mr.. Mack, of tho
Browning counsel.
'No, Peaches did," he explained.
I'm not very good at tying bow
knots.
AT one point in the cross-question
ing of Browning during a period in
the afternoon when the courtroom,
hacked and stuffy, was particularly
heavyaired, Browning was perspirins
profusely and his vigorous inter-
rogator, Henry Epstein, counsel for
Mrs. Browning, suddenly reeled and
nearly fell He asked for five
minute recess tor recover. He reu
sumed his questioning.
Browning replied: 'T don't rememc
Der" to several questions. The cour
admonished him and thereafter
Browning responded more readily.
"Remember Mr.. Browning" saio
Justice Seegar, "you are now in a
position where man must think
before he speaks"
Interest turned suddenly, aftel
Browning left the stand, to the reA
cali Of Mrs. Browning.
She denied she had ever before
seen the hoy FRIEND, James \ p,
Nixon, who testified against her
| yesterday. She .testified that to
! Browning she had been a wife in
all tine marital meanings of the wore
and not, as he had said, "a wife in
name only"
Dr. George 3lakesleei neusologist,
was asked lengthy Hypothetical
I question. 1t included all the eccen-
tricities and alleged cruelties charged
by Mrs. Browning and denied by her
husband. sy~,ss
ION the basis of this question, Be-
: lieving the facts to be true as /
4 stated" Epstein began, what would
4 you say was the cause of Mrs.
Browning's nervous disorders which
have manifested themselves during
| the latter part of her life with Mr..
| Browning and which have not re-
~ think" DIR. Blakeslee said, "thar
it can be fairly stated that Mrs.
Browning's nervous condition is the
result of psychic trau1naus and
emotional reaction from disagreeable
environment"
would you consider further living
with Browning detrimental to her
lhealth?' A
"I would" the neurologist said.
Justice Seeger, in short comment
upon the closing of the trial, said
that he had been criticized for
having permitted the trial to be
Fopen to the public, but that he had
no regrets on that account.
"However," he added, 'if there are
any more trials like this in my juris.
diction, they'll have to be heard by
another judge"