The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-19
Adiutant- General to Tell His
Version of Mixup on
Marriage Charge.
WEDDING IS DENIED
Woman's Testimony Near
Close; Claims Beating
by Husband
BY BEN STERN
Times staff Correspondent

Acknowledgement Manford G. Hen
ley will take the stand in circuit
court here this afternoon to tell his
version of the charge that he is
married and that his wife is Mrs
Ethel Williams Henley, who now is
suing him for support.
Henley's counsel, near the close
of the plaintiffs case at noon, an
nounced that Henley will tell a
story of being the pursued in the
romance Mrs. Henley has outlined
from the witness stand.
He will tell, attorneys declare
that he was in Camp Perry, Ohio,
with an Indiana national guard
unit, when Mrs. Henley says they
were married in September, 1929.
Henley, despite assertions by Mrs.
Henley during the weeks preceding
the trial, has made no statement
other than to deny emphaticaIly
that he is married.
MIS- neIlIcy 10 nest case
Defense counsel also said they
will bolster their case with the testi-
mony of five members of the ma
tional guard rifle team who are to
testify that Henley was with them
in the Ohio camp when the mar
riage is alleged to have been
Solemnized.
Mrs. Henley was to rest her case
early this afternoon.
This morning Judge Arthur C.
Van Duyn heard three witnesses
corrobate much of the testimony
Mrs. Henley gave Wednesday.
She had told of the alleged ro-
nance, the marriage and charged
Henley with beating her shortly
after their marriage.
Mrs. Henley said she was "starv-
ing to shower mother love on q
child"
Struck Woman, Says Witness
Charles HARRISON, 500 Virginia
avenue, former South Bend resi-
dent, testified today that Mrs Hen
ley offered to adopt child in his
home. He said Henley and his at
torney, Garrett Olds, warned him
not to become involved in ANY
scheme to blackrnail Henley"
Mrs. Jessie Stages, wife of a for
mer apartment custodian, said Mrs
Henley lived in the building and
she had seen Henley strike her. She
said the Henleys we're quarreling
and that Mrs. Henley had followed
Henley outside the apartment. She
was clad only in a nightdress COW
cred by fur coat, Mrs. Stages tes-
titled.
"She seemed to be pleading with
him, she testified. 'Then he
whirled and struck her in the face.
She became hysterical"
Discussed Marriage Plans
Plans for the marriage were dis
cussed by Henley several times, Mrs.
Irene E. Burton, 1929 College av-
enue, sister of Mrs. Henley, testified
Colonel Henley said he would
arrange the details" she testified
This was a month before the we'd
ding in Toledo. He said the mar
riage would take place either in
Ohio or Detroit.
Shortly after the marriage he
said they wouldn't live in Indian
apolis and then I overheard a
phone conversation from Camp
Perry in which Henley said my
sister should get her things ready
and they would be married in
Toledo
Warned Against Publicity
1.-TWO days after they returned
from Toledo he told me to put the
marriage certificate in the wall safe
Later he asked for it and I never
saw it after that. He often said he
wanted the marriage kept secret
and at one time told Mrs. Henley tc
pack her furniture and they would
clear out in ten days
Mrs. Burton said Henley men,
toned possible jobs in Chicago ano
Detroit, but later said he had been
offered the post of Acknowledgements
and warned there should be nc
publicity"
Mrs. Burton said Henley paid the
rent of Mrs. Henley's apartment
although they maintained separate
residences after the alleged mar
riage. She said that Mrs. Hen
ley received an allowance of $50
or 5000 month from Henley. but
although he came to the apartment
Mrs. Henley always went to "ele-
waited railroad tracks on the south
side, where she met him, to get hel
allowance"
Show Marriage Records
Included in evidence offered by
Mrs. Henley's attorneys Wednesday
we're photostatic copies of the mar
riage records, affidavits of telegraph
messages and other correspondence
claimed to have been sent her by
Henley.
Included also was a deposition
by DR.. Mary Carpenter. Detroit,
friend of Mrs. Henley. which re-
lated that DR.. Carpenter was with
Mrs. Henley and Colonel Henley
the day of the alleged marriage
Dr.. Carpenters deposition also re-
lated that Manford Grant Henley
was the same man who had called
on Mrs. Henley when the latter was
visiting the ,,l,r-e5cioy1