The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-20
Love LETTERS
INTRODUCED IN
HENLEY TRIAL
'Trickery' Charge Hurled by
Woman, Asked to
Identity MiSsiveS.
GENERAL TO TESTIFY
Handwriting Expert to Pass
on Penmanship on
License.
GENERAL TO TESTIFY
BY BEN STERN,
Times stan CorresDoudent

llmcb etau CORRESPONDENT
GREENFIELD. Ind. March 20
Love letters Of Mrs. Ethel Williams
Henley to Adjutant- General Man
ford G. Henley we're brought for
ward by defense attorneys today to
batter the allegations that Mrs.
Henley is married to the adjutant-
general.
Mrs. Henley took the stand and
added to the general courtroom con-
fusion when she refused to identify
some Of the letters and envelopes
and yelled charges of "trickery''
from the stand at defense attorneys.
Henley still has to take the stand
in his own defense to the suit seek
ing support money and attorneys
fees, filed by Mrs. Henley prelimi-
nary to her divorce action.
Judge Arthur c. Van Duyn must
sift the charges, and counter
charges of fraud, blackmail and
love piracy that have been hurled
from the stand to determine
whether Henley married Mrs. Hen
ley in Toledo, Sept II, 1929, as she
alleges.
Trickery, Woman Charges
When Mrs. Henley was asked to
identify a packet of letters and en-
velopes, she refused.
II know you lawyers are trying
to trick me, she shouted. Il won't
recognize my handwriting until I
know what is back of all this. In
fact, / won't identify any of them"
She said she would have to ex-
anime these envelopes thoroughly,
they are so changed about
Why are you trying to deny you
wrote these letters?" defense attor-
ney asked.
I'm not trying to, but you've put
so many tricks over on me I'm just
being prepared for you.'
Writing Expert Called
Mrs. Henley's dilatory tactics on
the stand irked her attorneys who
demanded: IF that is your hand
writing tell the court, and If it's not,
tell that"
High point of the trial today was
expected this afternoon when plain
tiff's counsel said they would bring
q handwriting expert from Indian
apolis to examine the marriage Ii
censes and other admitted speci-
mems of Henley's writing. He will
take the stand TO tell whether the
license, in his opinion, was signed
by Henley.
Henley has charged that Mrs.
Henley obtained another man to
pose as him for the ceremony and
preliminaries. Henley said he was
IN Camp Perry, Ohio, few miles
from Toledo, with rifle team of
the Indiana national guard, when
the marriage was being performed.
Letter Is Read
A letter, the envelope of which
was dated Aug. 1, 1880, was intro
duced. It was addressed to Henley
at Camp Knox.
In the letter, signed Ethel" the
writer said she had gone as far as
/ can without some word from you"
Il think and think about you and
try so hard not to do this, for your
sake, but I don't seem able to
change" the letter read. please
forget what I said the last time 1
saw you. You know I never would
hate you. 1t does not make the
least difference what comes up I
have the same great love for you.
Guard Officer Is Witness
You seem 10 inspire people to
love you. 7 have heard that the
boys Just worship you l stopped
going with wild crowd. Things 1
like stop the ache in my heart for
a while or a few hours, but / did
not like to think that it would do
in the long run. Then there is
some one I must think of.
Il wish I could write all the
things I feel. l wonder If it would
do any good and make you like me
Just bit. At least we are not to-
day as We were last fall. Grant,
dear, I Just love you. Ethel"
Lieutenant Roy L. Proffitt, New
Salem, Ind, member of the national
guard rifle team, testified that he
had been on the rife range at Camp
Perry with Henley about an hour
before the marriage was supposed to
have taken place.
Mrs. Guinan TeStifies
Mrs. Norman Beck Guinan, head
Of the Florence Crittendon home at
indianapolis, said Mrs. Henley
talked with her about adopting a
four-months-old boy because "he
looked so much like Grant"
Mrs. Guinan testified that Mrs.
Henley said she was important in
social affairs. being 'the next lady
in line to Mrs. Harry G. Leslie in
the social affairs of the state"
Additional testimony that Henley
was at Camp Perry Sept. II and IL,
1929, was given by Milo G. Snyder.
Cromwell, Ind, salesman.