The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-25
HENLEY TELLS
SORDID STORY
OF 'COURTSHIP'
Adjutant- General Sticks to
Denial of Marriage, on
Witness Stand.
DETAILS FIGHT IN AUTO
Pair Exchange SIapS in Car
When He Resented
Accusations.
BY BEN STERN
Times staff Correspondent

GREENFIELD, Ind, March 20
Portraying himself as pursued con-
stantly, with accusations that he
was the father of her children"
Adjutant- General Manford G. Hen
ley today testified in his own de-
Tense against Mrs. Ethel Williams,
who charges he is her husband.
Henley took the stand early in the
morning session to detail a story of
alleged intimacies with Mrs. Henley
and to deny other allegations hurled
by her. She appeared in court
while Henley was on the stand, after
her attorneys had said an attack of
appendicitis would prevent her pres
ence.
Henley said that on two occasions
Mrs. Henley said she was going to
have a child and that after the
alleged marriage she accused him
of the parenthood of baby which
she said was in Detroit.
They Exchange Slaps
He told of an auto ride in August,
1929, on which, he said, she accused
him of parental responsibility.
ct became furious, probably swore
at her, and called her a har," Hen
ley testified. "She slapped me when
I called her a liar and the car
nearly went off the road. slapped
her back"
Defense attorneys then shifted
the questioning to Sept. 10, 1929,
when, Mrs. Henley charges, the adj
jutant-general married her in
Toledo.
Did you sign this marriage IL
cense?' Henley was asked.
Il did not" he answered. Its
not my writing"
He said he signed his name IN.
G.. Henley" not Grant Henley"
as it appeared on the alleged il
cense.
Denies He Married Her
"Did you marry her on that day
or any other day?"
ct did not" he answered.
Henley then related that he was
with members of the rifle team the
afternoon of the alleged wedding. A
picture taken at the camp, in which
Henley was included, was intro
duced.
Were you intimate with her?"
Henley was asked.
He replied in the affirmative, CIV
ing dates as the latter part of Sep
TENDER and the first of October. He
told of a trip to Detroit on which,
under an assumed name, he and
Mrs. Henley stayed in hotel room,
accompanied by her sister.
He admitted signing false
name to the register and said Mrs.
Henley acquiesced, saying Tit is all
right with me-"
I'm April, 1880, she claimed she
had a baby in Detroit in March
under the name of Mayer" Henley
testified. She accused me of be-
ing the father. 1. never saw the
child, which she told be was Grip
pie. Later she asked for $500 to
have an operation on the baby's
crippled limb. had the records
searched and could not find any,
thing.
"Then she told me she was going
to name the baby, 'Davy Lee
Tells of South Bend Trip
Henley estified he offered to take
her, along with attorneys, to De-
troit to see the baby on several &C.
casions.
"She told me every time that the
baby was SICK" he said. Then 1
talked to a woman who said Mrs.
Henley was trying to adopt a baby"
This was followed with visit to
South Bend, he testified, when, at
the home of Charles HARRISON, now
living in indianapolis. Mrs. Hen
ley brought a small baby to Hen
ley.
Here's your baby. 1t looks like
you, doesn't p" Henley testified she
said.
mo, it doesn't look bit like
me-" Henley said he answered.
She asks for $50 to pay HARRISON
for caring for the baby, Henley teS-
titled.
Mrs. Henley was called to the
stand before Henley was croSs-ex-
amined and denied any relations
with him before marriage.
When asked if, at any time, she
wrote to Henley and accused him,
she said, Absolutely not. I had no