Show VERY SPICY I A Millionaires Divorce Proceedings Pro-ceedings < THE LOVING CORRESPONDENCE IIIOW Ross 11 Wiiians Held Out the Pretty Complainant as His Wife I A Stroll Case of Holilinj Out NEW YoEKMay 19 Stephen P Nash the referee appointed to take testimony In the divorce suit ot Alice OKeefe against Ross B Winans the Baltimore millionaire began hearing the case at I I his office in Will Street at noon today i The plaintiff a handsome woman I I elegantly attired was accompanied i by a younger sister and I I Mrs Thorn a middleaged woman who is said to be arfUmportant witness for Mrs OKeefe ExJudge D M Porter Por-ter counsel for the plaintill was with the ladies Mr Winans the defendant was present with his lawyers The parties par-ties to the action sat opposite each other but Winans eave no sign of recognition but stroked his beard nervously from time to time while his alleged wife leisurely and gracefully fanned herself The desk of the referee was strewn with photographs of Winans taken at various vari-ous times On the back of one picture where the defendant appears as a swell in a loud astrakautrimmed coat the following is written To Miss ioal field as a help for the remembrance of Ross R Winans On another the following is scribbled < To Ally from Bossy with the sweetest of kisses and the best of from Rossy to his little I devil Alice j The first witness examined was the j complainant She testified that she first met Mr Winans at Langham hotel in London in 1871 She was introduced to him and he sent her gifts of books and flowers She left the hotel soon after because Mrs Hunt by whom she was employed as governess failed to pay her salary She subsequently obtained a position in the same qapacity with Lady Dukes of Lewes England When she departed for Lewesr Winans went to the depot i with her He told her he was fond of j I her and asked her to correspond with him He wrote to her frequently She came to London and had lunch and a I drive with him Winans proposed marriage i mar-riage to her but she said she I could not wed him as her I mother and family were not there I when lIe asked her the second time to marry him she consented but insisted that the ceremony take place in church Winans said he was an American and that in his country a church ceremony was not considered necessary and that a man and woman who agreed to live to getherwere regarded as husband midwife He finally induced her to acquiesce and I they went to the Grosvener hotel in London where he gave her a ring and solemly pledged himself to take her as his wife He put the ring on her finger They lived at the hotel as man and wife She was known to the servants in the house of his wife They then went to Cambridge were he called her his wife before the servants and others The couple journeyed back to London Lon-don and went thence to Spa Germany were they remained five or six weeks rhe articles shipped plaintiff while at Spa were addressed to her as Mrs Winans The defendant spoke of her as his wife and he introduced her I to Mr Latrobe and to his Winans own brother as Mrs Winans Plaintiff and defendant came to this country on I the steamer Scotia which arrived here May 30 18i1 They were booked on the passenger list as Ross L Winans and lady They put up at the Brevoort House where the respondent respon-dent registered in his own handwriting hand-writing as R R Winans and wife Upon her arrival Mrs Winans so called found that her mother was living in Chicago She wanted a public wedding but he demurred alleging that his father was very ill and he did not want to break the news of1 his marriage to him The defendant consented con-sented to a repetition of the ceremony gone through in London just to ease her mind She then went to Chicago I to see her mother while he journeyed to his fathers bedside at Baltimore He wrote to her every day while she was in Chicago They met again in this city after an interval of a couple of weeks and went to the St James Hotel hut subsequently removed to No 19 West Twentyfourth street where she was also known as Mrs Winans In adJition to her wedding ring he had given her a ring which he said belonged to his mother A number of letters from defendant I to plaintiff were here put in evidence I Tlie following letter was written from I Baltimore while the plaintiff was in i Chicago June 4th the day after arriving I arriv-ing j 1 ingMy own sneel tlllckyl suppose by i I this time my poor little pet is pretty near home What a long tiresome j lonely dusty hot journey she must II 1 have had My poor little darling if I I I 1 I YOU had seen Rossy as he was going home OH the ferry boat you would have pitied him much more than yourself I your-self He went to the outside of the boat and cried like a regular baby and would have been ashamed of myself if it had not been that I the cause had been so good I So I excused myself and let my tears come as fast as they would which was I freely I can tell you I swear that I regularly bQohooed so much in fact that an old nigger came up and stared at me to see what the devil was the matter mat-ter I arrived in Baltimore and found mv brother in the station My sister was in the carriage while Bell and I I talked to the carriage If you like my little ducky must not expect a very long letter if 1 writeevery day I hope YOU have not got it so hot in Chicago as it is here I am half dead with the heat Do you know that I never knew how fond of you I was until now that I am parted from Yon But be at rest Rossy will not be away longer than he can possibly help I am so anxious for a letter I hope to goodness 1 shall get one tomorrow I must get up now for breakfast Oh how lonely it is in this big bed all by myself Well my little darling I must say good bye with ns many kisses as will last you till tomorrow Believe me to be your loving and sad Ross Counsel for plaintiff rend thu folloW hag letter for nil It Is worth ruesday Mil Little lJatlill7I have received no letter again today They must be disgustingly irregular with the posts You said some gentleman asked von togo to-go to the theatre My dear little girl how in the world how did you allow yourself to lose your good sense so far I as to get acquainted with any of I them as to give him a right to dare ask you to do such a thing My God you I ought to have got as mad as hell at this presumption to ask a married lady on so short an acquaintance as that such an insolent question I Have nothing more to do with the damned blackguard black-guard or he will want to visit your bedroom next My darling I cant imagine how you ever allowed him to I suggest s9ch things and say you did not feel well enough to go anvwhere I Why hell What must lie have II thought of you Be very careful I darling Have little to do with them i I have not time for more now but must continue my lecture tomorrow I Many many kisses from your loving I old boy Rossy Jos I Choate of counsel for defendant I defend-ant in his crossexamination elicited the facts that Mrs OKeefe while Miss Soaltield studied music in London un der the name of Haller and in Paris I under Heller She acquired her German Ger-man and French in Wiesbaden and Paris respectively t I |