Evening star., 1948-11-03
+Spiyak WouIdn't Wed
Mrs. BeIoff i He
Could f, He Testifies


on her fingers, Mrs. May Beloff, 81,
Of 1851 Spring road NV, today at
District Court heard the man her
husband has charged was her sweet
heart deny that he loved her and
emphatically declare he would not
marry her If he could.
These statements came from Leon
Spivak, 40, of 1641 Longfellow street
NV, named as correspondent in the
suit for absolute divoyce filed by
Simon Beloff, 81, Of the 1900 block
of Decatur street NV, in his suit
for absolute divorce.
Mr.. Spivak, a short slender man
with graying temples, looked at Mrs.
Beloff when Attorney John Alex
ander, representing Mr.. Beloff,
shouted "Tell us what your feelings
are for Mrs. Belof."
my feelings" Mr.. Spivak, said,
would be the same as for, any
woman I met with my wife in the
home of a-business associate"
Asked About Marriage.
"Are you in love with Mrs. Beloff?'
Mr.. Richardson asked.
Decidedly not" Mr.. Spivak re-
piled.
would you marry her?" Mr.,
Richardson asked.
"Mr. Richardson" Mr.. Spivak
said, Gould you tell what you would
do five years from now?"
Mr.. Richardson then asked Mr..
Spivak If he would marry the at
tractive bright-eyed brunei If you
were free and she were free to
marry you?"
mo SIR" Mr.. Spivak said.
Categorically, Mr.. Spivak denied
he had ever kissed or Rugged Mrs.
Belof or had ever sat on her bed
in his shirtsleeves. Likewise, he
fatty denied that he had ever en-
tered or left Mrs. Beloff's home
through the back door.
Puts Lime on Walk.
Mr.. Belof testified yesterday that
he spread lime over the walkway
TO the back door Of Mrs. Beloff' &
home and, from a hiding place,
watched Mr.. Spivak walk over the
lime and enter the house. The next
morning, Mr.. Beloff testified, he
found lime footprints in Mrs
Beloff's bedroom. -
Mr.. Spivak and Mr.. Richardson
clashed frequently as the witness
again and again said his memory
was not clear about events that oc-
Cured after he met Mr.. and Mrs
Belod early in 1947 when he rented
Office space in the elderly real
estate mans Office. At first he could
recall visiting the Beloff home on
only three occasions but later under
ruthless questioning admitted that
he may have visited the home "sev-
eral times"
Testimony Of . ,colored maid in
the Belof home, who said she re-
ported for work late one day in
April, 1947, and saw Mr.. Spivak in
his shirt sleeves seated on Mrs. Be-
lofts bed, featured yesterdays ses-
sion of the divorce trial. Mrs
Beloff emerged from the bedroom
attired in a red velvet dressing robe
over her nightgown and told her
to take the rest Of the day of, the
maid said.
Maid Tells of Earlier Incident.
The maid, Mrs. Margaret Byrd
said that on another occasion, she
saw Mrs. Belof and MIR. Spivak ex.
change kisses. She said Mrs. Belof
showed her a gold wedding rins
and said she had received it from
Mr.. Spivak. Mrs. Belof said, &C
cording to the maid, that after sh'
obtained a divorce from Mr.. Belof
she and Mr.. Spivak would be mar
ried and build home in the coun
try.
Mr.. Beloff has told the cour
that life with his attractive young
second wife, whom he married IL
December, 1943, was tranquil ane
happy until Mr.. Spivak rented desl
space in his Office in 1916. Soor
after Mr.. Spivak met his wife, tn,
elderly real estate operator said, he
attitude toward him changed ane
he discovered she was meeting hi
young rival secretly.
Judge F. Dickinson Let's last weel
disr"'Ssed Mrs. Beloff's suit for di
Vol on the ground of cruelty
After deciding the present case, II
which Mr.. Beloff is asking custod.
of his 4-year-old daughter, Judg'
Let's will hear Mr.. Beloff's $100,O0
alienation Of affections suit agains
Mr.. Spivak.
In 1870 Congress established tn
United States Department of Jus
tice.