| Show LEIf LEMP MP CLOSES HIS OfFENSE Lavender Lady Will Be Heard in Rebuttal Today Divorce Case Nearing End St Louis Feb 15 l William J Lemp Jr closed his defense today in Ia tho the suit filed by his wife Mrs Lillian Handlan Lemp Le JP for a divorce Mrs frs temp Lemp will testify in rebuttal tomorrow Besides Lemp today toda former and present servants in the Lemp household appeared for the millionaire Miss Iss Rosie flosie a former ser servant s servant r vant testified that after Mrs Lemp locked her husband out of his room he waned walked the floor all night as the guest room was not prepared for sleeping sl Miss Sachs berger said that after Mrs Irs Lemp temp tele telephoned telephoned telephoned phoned her husband had choked and threw her down stairs she looked at M Mis Is s but could uld see no bruises However r Mrs Irs Lemp was much excited and gritted her teeth teth Mr Lemp Lamp testified he objected to his wife wearing lavender laender constantly and ap approved approved proved a newspaper article which first de tie described scribed his wife as aj the Lavender Lady He continued to live hive with his wife fur fir more marc than a year and a half after the finding of the Dear Little Pal letter written by her Edwin Lemp a t brother of or the defendant testified that in lOOt 1006 while Mrs Irs Lemp was in the cast east his brother entertained lila his Mrs Irs A H Handlan and Mrs Irs Hattie Hattle Evill at the Lemp house for fora a short time He said eald Mr Sir Lemp accident accidentally accidentally ally upset a table containing some bottles but that there was no singing This was Intended to offset testimony on behalf of Mrs Mr Lemp that t at during her ab absence absence absence sence her husband was as in the habit of or If entertaining parties of women at their home and that they th y drank and sang on one occasion overturning a table p |
