Evening star., 1935-01-09

not been in the water since the chill
| dren were and years old.
DO you think children of that age
should have been taken sailing?" he
inquired.
She replied that the children wanted
to go and that she thought they should
have been taken. Fahnestock, she
added expressed the belief il was in
| advisable. and would not take them.
She also objected to the fact that he
had never taken them fishing.
Says Letters Destroyed.
Claude r. Branch. representing the
husband, asked Mrs. FahneStock why
she had made frequent trips to New
York from Aiken while she had the
children in the latter place The wife
| replied she had gone to the metropo-
! lis to see her lawyer about obtaining
divorce.
/ is there not one person you saw a
great deal more than any other in New
York;" the attorney inquired.
Yes"
And have you received letters from
that mani"
Yes
DO you have them here?"
No. I destroyed them. ! always
destroy letters"
Branch, however, then read into the
record letter she admitted receiving
| from her husband last December 20.
This letter expressed regret that she
had left him and declared his hope for
a reconciliation. 1t also related Fahne-
stocks affection for his children and
his desire to have them with him for
Christmas. He stated in the letter that
he did not intend to let her take the
children permanently when she left
him, but only let them 90 in the hope
their presence might induce her to re-
turn.
No Reply Made.
The wife said she made no written
reply.
At one point the wife was asked If
she knew the age OF Mrs. Fahne-
stock, sr.
Yes" the wife replied, Mrs.
Fahnestock is rs years old
The latter, sitting in the court room
beside her son, shook her head in
vigorous denial.
The wife said her husband went
with the children and her to church
on Sundays when they were living
together, but that he had seldom, If
ever, heard them say their prayers at
night. She said she had been told
the children had not been saying their
prayers since they have been at the
home OF their grandmother.
FahneStock, in asking the court to
award him custody OF. the children.
charged his wife as admitting she was
infatuated with a certain man of
prominence" In an apparent effort
to keep his name out of the case.
counsel had referred to him through
out the hearing as 1.-The man"
The request for a private hearing
was made by Attorney Claude r.
Branch. Providence, r. l., representing
the husband. Branch told the court it
would become necessary to present
evidence which will reflect very seri-
ously upon Mrs. Fahnestock and an
unnamed man with whom she is said
to be infatuated. and who is not a
party to this proceeding"
Says Windows Nailed.
Mrs. Fahnestock told of coming to
Washington with her father, and of
going to the Massachusetts, avenue
home, where she was refused admit
tance
The butler said the door would not
open to me- went around back
and found them mailing up the win
dows. I didn't know whether nv
children were there and became nery-
GUS. fearing my husband would place
them on steamer for Europe. That
was the reason I engaged detectives
for the home. was shadowed my
self by a man, who dogged my foot
steps from the moment / stepped of
the train
Mrs. Fahnestock then related how
she went to the house. after OBJ
tanning a court order permitting her
to see the children during the after
noon.
Il didn't want to enter that house
myself, and did so only when I found
there was no other way to see nv
children" she declared.
She said she was kept waiting at
the front door 91a minutes on this
occasion. Going back two days later,
she said, she found the older child
was i'll and not receiving what she
considered proper care.