Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-12-17
TWO PIRTRAITS
The Court Case

.preIIy DuC unhappy. one Hdu
never dreamed that Jerry with
all his dirt would ever do this to
ner. She remembered how he
had asked her father to marry
he and how he ha dpromised to
care for her.
Il am spelling my little baby
he would say.
She remembered how she had
.confided to Sal that Jerry loved
her and spoiled her. Sal must
have been jealous, and must have
planned her ruin. Perhaps she
had set her cap for Jerry in order
TO bleed him. He rmind came
back to what was happening in
the court room. She looked at
all these curious people. Thep
We're getting a kick out Of her
private affairs. Sal, Jerry's mo-
Their, Mrs. Deceit, Mrs. Unknown
and others had persuaded him
to get into this mess. They didn't
care what happened to him So
great was their jealousy of her.
They didn't care whether he
made fool Of himself Or ruined
himself officially or not.
Did Mr.. Deceit treat you kind
~ and tenderly as husband
shou1d?, Lawyer Honest said.
"He was lovely at times, but
sometimes he was cruel and com
pletely inhuman.'
"Why?"
Il have ound cut through var
lous confidantes Of his mother
that she had sworn to break up
our marriage from the beginning.
Of course she was deceitful with
me. have letters to prove this.
She wants all the money she
could chise1 from him for herself
and her family. She was jealous
Of our happiness.
did she ever advise him."
Yes, | heard her a few times
with my own ears, and friend
Of mine heard her talk to him
over the phone.
's--T- why did he listen to her
"He had been starved for mo-
ther love as child; hadn't thou
ght too much Of her because she
had mistreated him. 1t seems that
he was the darkest one in the
family. She was mere fond Of his
brothers and sisters than of him
and he resented this. Later when
he got monep, she began to make
over him, bur- he knew her to be
deceitful, and he ignored her."
"Then how did she get to him"
''Finally BY he drip method
she wormed her way into his
confidence. Every time we had
the slightest argument she was
there to advise. She got in with
me too, took money from me, and
was cutting my throat all the
time"
Then Sal began to talk fast.
Before anyone could stop her, she
said:
Mrs. Deceit, my mother-in-
law, let me know that she want
ed her son to get chance to run
around with a lot of pretty,
young girls. She, herself was 20
years older than her husband and
she held on the homt mwamtuth
she held on to- him, like leech,
but the interferred with all Of her
ohildren's lives. She advised
them always SO that they could
mistreat their mates and come
out on top financially.
She was confidence wom-
an" She even made the mis-
treated mates think that she was
oh their side. She was a COM
plete double crosser, and her son
is aim ost like her, because he
allows himself to be swayed by
her erroneous advice. She is
abrnal, not fdl mawam
a moral, not immoral. You can't
help falling for her lies Of con-
fidential 1--WE just as you fall for
his. He is infantile, easily led,
weak and that tied to his moth
ers apron strinng.
Attp. Crook wanted to Question
Audrey.
Didn't you strike jerry"
mo, but he struck me in front
of Mrs. Protect and Mrs. Kind
heart, and he threatened to kill
me-"
Did he injure you or was it
just a little love tap, now tell the
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