Show HOW THEY FELL IN LO LOVE VE Toni romance ance of the griffin courtship disclosed BEGUN BY correspondence at the urgent request bequest of 0 a mutual friend miss payne wrote to griffin aitio ano responded forthwith and a wedding followed soon further testimony as to the relations between griffin and the berkman woman spicy letter from a companion of the latter it transpired upon the trial ot of the griffin divorce case yester yesterday day that there was nas a touch of u Tor romance nance in tile the courtship and marriage marr lAge of mr and niles mrs griffin in fact they beio married at their third meeting mr griffin having visited hta his intended wife at her home in Mantha lUon n la ia upon only two occasions prior or to the marriage which was mas solemnized at louisville ky the acquaintance according to sirs birs griffins testimony began with a letter I 1 which aich she wrote to griffin at omaha neb a a few months before their mari cape sho she ua w a induced to open the by it a mutual lady friend who nho admired gillun very much and who did not like a young man k jio at that time lime was paying very assiduous attention to mrs immediately med lately answered the iho missive and other letters a were exchanged until aunill griffin went to Marshall lown where ho he met tho the coi respondent their engagement and mai ilage follo followed ned within a eloit period of time and tile the world knows the test TENDER MISSIVES when the hearing was resumed yesterday morning tile the defense defene offered in evide evidence ilice a number of letters which have passed bean between een mr and mrs ill rs griffin since their matlage man lage and also alao a noto note alleged to have been written by to bliss berkman berhman in december last the note to the berkman woman was addressed dear dots and signed your affectionate pop she was in the hospital at the time and griffin expressed tho the hope that her checks would soon bloom again even as aa tue the roses which accompanied the note the letters willich which passed between on griblin and ills his I 1 wife ife were introduced to show that they were very affectionate t toward award each other and that mrs airs griffin spoke kindly of griffins parents in one letter griffin advised his wk to take a big drink of brandy and in another he be mentioned sending bc her wine and whisky still another letter was introduced in which griblin said that tin tile council had allowed him 2650 and that there would mould be no veto as baskin was waa in washington and loofbourow was mayor mr zane offered in evidence a letter purporting to have been written by mra birs winifred ll esnault a former friend and associate of the berkman woman to mrs perkins ns who controlled the room renting in the harmon block during tho the period that griffin ba alsa ISO bermon berkman and mrs hesnault roomed there tile the offer was objected to on oil various gi grounds anil and the objection was sustained mr ar Z zane site then asked bermis blon to read the letter to the court but that was also objected to with mith the same result mr bir zane then made a statement of what he desired t to 0 prove by the letter and in doing so BO read from it AS follows RATHER SPICY LETTER letten now my door clear friend I 1 am going to ask you questions 1 confess I 1 was murld enough enouf li not to slim peet it at tile the time but bit was wail not fic to mo me about pop making kicking hr her out as a she eho expressed ia it at the time I 1 left all a put up job to set get ma dav from chete aul in fact away froni from salt jike I 1 believed believe d her tit nt the ile time as I 1 could not wo a her object fotij ct in ili lying to me I 1 repeatedly iskol both hor her and chati pop if they were perfectly willing that I 1 should remain there they always iia me they were as 03 they could not live there it I 1 waa not with them unit and I 1 believed them of course but so BO iny things that I 1 have heard since I 1 left has made me seo see it all no one hero here bellowes liol bel loves everything she alb says say or writes but overlook it a on account c of hw her hi health reference Is ia then made to a surgical operation performed on the Peik beikman maii woman and the letter continues I 1 think tho 0 operations always leave a woman noman a little daffy and when I 1 ot of b how ow she khe hoodwinks that poor tru man who did everything tor for her that at a man could do for it woman I 1 feel fed so no indignant and an ry 1 can scarcely rantala myself und and I 1 vonder now liow how I 1 ever did m ahn hon I 1 realized she li biad ul turned pop apala t me if lie only know knew 14 it I 1 was tile tho best friend lie ho had lit in that aholo hole crowd I 1 wonder if the baby ever came cutno she bho hail bail led cd illin him to expect I 1 W steele was then called and tee tea tilled that lie he sold griffin a shetland diony alter september 23 tills this testimony was introduced to contradict the statement of herrell who ho tes tea tind tin d that lie ho saw mrs griffin and john stahl in a compromising position in tho the barn at griffins residence about september 1 and thit that the pony was there at the th time sira mrs lena campbell recalled testified that she aho taw griffin at the berkman place on first street upon the day of the berkman comans womans arrival there glinin reached tile the house before the furniture arrived benkman WOMANS reputation alfred 11 ralaigh that thai lie he know inow bliss ml berkman dining her test i evidence in this city find and further testified that her reputation for N girtue and was waa bad on choss examination sir bir raleigh admitted that lie he had been attested airen on oil several occasions for or fighting but was waa never convicted ills his vocation he sald said IV waa that of a mining man mr bir ra elgh denied that ho he knew that thai mr birr nn an associate ot of alsi berkman mas related to him but admitted that site alie was reputed to be the daughter of big father when asked to name persons pel sons who he had told him that the Berki nall wo irana reputation was bad mr bir raleigh named his hi wife joseph E obrian on cn phil raleigh alice raleigh and mrs jennie Eldr bira eldredge told him lie he said cald that miss bliss berkman wits was living up mith grillon the witness denied that he was be ing paid anything in excess of the reir ree alar far fees for or hla his testimony K and also denied that lie ho hod had ever talked to mrs birs griffin or any of her ter attorneys until yesterday morning court then took a 11 recess until 2 0 clock in the afeei aft Pinon non at 2 k mrs alm griffin w was calla to the tind stand and testified that her little boy had owned but ono on shetland jid pony and that he had it yet yel it was waa purchased rd d from mr steele who fled in the forenoon STORY OP THE COURTSHIP mrs griffin testified on cross crosa exam inaction that she was married to griffin arlt at Louls louisville ville ky in january IMS she kho had only known him about three months but had corresponds d with him bilm briore meting mo alne him she ahe brote rote the llant letter and subsequent y invited griffin to call on her at town she had ticen ert him but emice lefore before 1 hrar marriage on oil redirect re direct bam grit grif 1 in fin said eald that ck a azre ra sage an intimate friend of griffin as aa well as hers was very anxious for her to meet griffin and she eho wrote to him lie he answered the letter immediately anil and later visited her at her home tho the engagement t and marriage ensued at this time the attorneys tor car the iho defense announced that they would rest their caw case in chief find and witnesses in acre ere called by the iho plaintiff in rebuttal TESTIMONY IN REBUTTAL F r E U barker testified d that ho he took tiro the depot 11 of dr W C pane to bo be used in the case but denied that dr pane paine before signing it called attention to a mistake which ho he had made in the deposition and that tho the attorneys ya told him that the matter was immaterial as testified les tined to by him attorney Atto iney joseph T i was called and also denied that dr payne asked sillon to change the deposition dc before signing it or that the attorneys told him that it was immaterial frederick C loofbourow coir tod ted tho the testimony of barker sail and richards mr loofbourow was then asked if hn h had a evvie mation with tit dr B G colllns collins la in TOS los angeles lie he replied t that att he did but denied that lie told collins that griffin was mas bound to get rid of his I 1 wife ife that ho he would spend any amount amoun t of money or that he brou would d do anything to ruin mra griffin at tho the conclusion of mr rows testimony the depolt deposition lon of mrs margaret A erickson Erick aon formerly of salt lake but now of omaha was read mra erickson deposed that site bhe had r resided with bliss berkman at tile harmon block and also at no it 11 I 1 east ast third south street jn this city mra at rs erichson denied that she ever saw anything improper between griftin griffin and the berkman woman and further deposed that tho the battees lat physical condition condl llon would not have admitted of criminal intimacy on crow examination sirs mrs erickson refused to answer a number of questions and mr air zano zane moved that th the I 1 deposition be stricken out as a a result of that thai tact fact the motion was opposed by adverse counsel and the court took the matter under advisement THE DISPATCH TO DR PAYNE IL B brown manager of tho the western union telegraph company was waa then called and asked it if lie he had ln in his tho the copy of a telegram sent by mra griffin to dr W C payne on february vill last lie he replied that lie ho had bad and mas as asked to produce it to this he objected upon the ground that the rules of hla his company did not permit hini him to divulge such ile he asked however lit in the event of tile the court holding that he should deliver t the lie telegram legram tp that an order of court be entered to that effect the order was entered and the telegram wits was produced lie ho could not say as to whether or not mrs mra griffin brought the tele grant grain to tho the office or ordered it sent bent the defense objected to the introduction of the telegram upon the ground that hat it waa not shown that the telegram was mas sent to dr payne and that it was not shown shon that tho the telegram was the identical one received by the doctor the objection v as a overa overruled aled and the telegram vas mas read as follows tr dr mr V C davne Marhall town trai in when yock get this telegraph me your mother sick can ou como come it if mires u ircel you tole griph him thu the same it lit id for tho the bc act t mr L young toting knows now saw bo be sure and not fall me telegraph at once I 1 mall not bring harvey MINNIE NIE dr payne it will be remembered testified that griffin was not mentioned in the telegram tele telo giam AIs aa the plaintiffs had no further mit lill present tho the further taking of testimony wits via postponed until monday |