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Show 8H DIVORCE Sealed Verdict of Jury to Bo Returned Re-turned Into Court Wednesday Wednes-day Morning; HUSBAND ON THE STAND SAYS THAT WIFE LIES Grows- Excited When Denying Charges of Improper Conduct Con-duct With Other Women. NEW YORK, Oct. If). A jury in the supreme court will tomorrow announce an-nounce whether the second matrimonial matrimon-ial venture of Frank Work's daughter, Frances Work Burko -Iioche - Bal.onyi, and the second venturo of her second husband, is to be called off, but the decision will not .be known until tomorrow, to-morrow, -when n sealed verdict will bo opened before Justice O'C-forman. A 11 rol Batonyi, a native of Austria, and a former professional whip and hdrsoman, took tho Ktnnd himself this afternoon to deny his wife's charges of improper conduct with two women. After much family history had been aired, counsel for hoth " sides had sum nicd up, and tho court told tho ,iur-ors ,iur-ors if they accepted the denial by Batonyi Ba-tonyi that ho had visited :ln npartment in Central Park West or had taken a taxicab ride with Beatrice Bovaine, an actress, they must bring 111 a verdict in his favor. If, on the other hand, they did not accept the denial, there yet remained lo them the duty of determining de-termining from the evideuce of the seven witnesses for tho plaintiff whether wheth-er or not a statutor3' offense had been committed. When the jury camo into court again, after throe hours' deliberation, it. was announced that the question should be further debated. They wcro therefore sent homo for tho night, with yisl ructions ruc-tions to report in the morning. Calls "Wife a Liar. The dy was marked at the opening with more testimony by witnesses for Mrs, Batonyi to prove tho Austrian whip had been unfaithful to her. This was followed by emphatic testimony of the defendanr. who spoko so hcat-cdby hcat-cdby and with such feeling that ho was admonished by the court He denied his wife's allegations, branded them as lies, said he tvus hounded by detectives and accused his wife's relatives and others of alienating her affection, in connect ion with which he has a suit for damages pending. Mrs. Batonyi was in court all day, but nu sign of recognition passed between be-tween Lor and the man she is suing for absolute divorce. Batonyi in previous pre-vious proceedings won his suit for separation sep-aration and they buve been living apart since. Cross-csuanination of the defendant by Mrs. Bntonvi's lawyers brought out some new sidelights ou tho case today. "What is your real uainof' he was asked. "Aurcl Batonyi.'' "You have liad another name?" ''Two other names," responded the defendant. "What wore thoy?" "Kohn and Muremberg,'' he replied, changed my name just as the Works did. Their name was originally Worth when they were sailors." |