Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-15
Doctors Affidavit
Says Spite Caused
Lafta Lawrence Suit

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filed in District Court in support
of the contention of Navy Capt.
Harold A. Latta Lawrence that
his wife's maintenance suit was
designed to hold him up to con-
tempt and public ridicule" and de-
prive him of his livelihood.
The affidavit. filed by counsel
for Capt. Latta Lawrence, was
made out by DR.. Albert c. Sanity. a
New York physician, who stated
the wife, Mrs. Eilene Llama Latta
Lawrence told him last February
at the Shoreham Hotel that she
did not want any of her husbands
money, but that she would cause
him TO be thrown out OF the
Navy"
The conversation with him, DR..
Sanity said in the new affidavit.
took place in the hotel after he
had gone into the corridor, after
visiting Capt. Latta Lawrence In
the latter's room.
DR.. Sanity said after he had left
the captains room that Mrs. Latta
Lowrence told him she believed a
woman was in the room. He said
he told her no one was in there
except Capt. Latta Lawrence put
she said she would testify that
there was a woman in the room
$50 }"
Describes Threats.
DR.. Sanity also declared in his
affidavit that Mrs. Latta Lawrence
told him she would ruin" Mrs.
Rogers in order to injure Capt.
Latta Lawrence, and "that her
action would be the biggest news
story of the century and would
be given to Walter Winchel."
Mrs. Latta Lawrence has con-
tended that her marital difflcul-
ties are due to her husband
friendship for Representative
Edith Nourse Rogers. Republican
of Massachusetts,. This statement
has been termed fantastic" by
both Capt. Latta Lawrence and
Mrs. Rogers. In an AFFIDAVIT OF his
own, filed eight days ago, the Navy
captain said Mrs. Rogers had In
no way contributed to the sepa-
! ion.
DR.. Santy's affidavit was filed
along with two other affidavits In
support of Capt. Latta Lawrence's
opposition to, his wife's request
that the court grant her tempo
rary maintenance. pending final
outcome of her suit for separate
maintenance.
Both of the other affidavits con-
cerned Mrs. Latta Lawrences
acquaintance with DR.. Frank
Hammer, who has been living In
her Hollywood. Calf. house. and
who she said has contributed fire.
ouently to her support. In his own
affidavit filed eight days ago, Capt.
Latta Lawrence charged that ref
erences Mrs. Latta Lawrence made
to DR.. Hammer as an uncle" were
a smoke screen" to cover up their
living together. He pointed out
that she since has stated IN papers
filed in court that DR.. Hammer is
no kin.
An additional affidavit now on
file was by Grace Steenberg, who
describes herself as having been
manager of apartments where DR..
Hammer and the late Mrs. Ham,
n1er lived in Hollywood. Mrs. Ham
mer died in June, 1916.
Mrs. Latta Lawrence has de-
scribed both DR.. and the late Mrs.
Hammer as friends of long stand
ing.
The California apartment man
ager in her affidavit said Mrs.
Hammer was never visited there
by Mrs. Latta Lawrence, who then
was Eilene Gibson. In the latter
part of 1916, DR.. Hammer intro
duced Eilene Gibson as his niece,
the affidavit said.
The third of the recent affi-
davits was by Emmy Schneider.
who sair she was a cook for DR..
and the late Mrs. Hammer and
that she never saw Mrs. Latta
Lawrence until August, 1916, after
Mrs. Hammers death.
Capt. and Mrs. Latta Lawrence
we're married in April, 1948. The
next court action in their case
is scheduled for May 10 when a !
motion pertaining to taking a |