Show VAIL DIVORCE CASE ITo I-To Defendant CrossExamincd by J Attorney Straup The Vail divorce case was not taken up till 2 oclock yesterday afternoon In j Judge Halls court the morning being occupied with probate matters The T defendant Elmer A Vail was called i for crossexamination by Attorney Straup He was on the stand all the I afternoon and his examination was not concluded when court adjourned until this morning when the trial will be re flumed The crossQxamlnation elicited few new facts Vail stuck to his original story in the main He was very closely close-ly questioned regarding his relations with Mrs Sherman and he retold his Btory of how he mother casually at her I t mothers house where he was boarding e board-ing The Incident of his being out horseback riding with her he explained by saying that he was riding to Kays met Mrs Sher vlllc and accidentally man and her young brother on horseback horse-back He said he had no affection for Mrs Sherman had not seen her twice Qince 1S05 and didnt know where she was He denied that he ever lanta Mrs Vail her Mrs j llxed 1h B Val by showing 211 o SbcrmanH picture and held to the statement that the only time he had her picture was when he at her request 0 re-quest called at the photographers and got three proofs or her photograph t which he took to her the photographer having failed to send theni He showed the pictured to his wife he said and she was not angry Mrs I Sherman ho said did not come to his house for dinner at hlu Imitation She llt had been Introduced to Mrs Vail and < he understood I she dropped In casually I y The witness was questioned at seat length la regard to his alleged npglect of his wife and following her around npylnff upon her actions without anything any-thing new being brought out |