Show COOKE DECLARES WIFE INDULGED I IN JOY Jm Testifies Former Mate Daubed Lipstick on Cheeks of Festive Men Gayly Galy breezing from table t table tc ti table able daubing festive mens men's 1 p I lw h her lipsticks while the the the- jj Jt I dished out crashing crashing- j I tunes as the New Xe Year came friand fri 1 I and finally at 2 a a. m. m after shi had drunk excessively from th the Ul Ulof M I of of jo joy she was taken from th company of ot a strange America army officer was the spicy sta that James Henry Cooke told of hJ former wife wire Hilda nUda Betty Cooke Cook Wednesday morning In the Cook habeas corpus proceedings Mr Cooke told the tale of hit wife's aUe alleged ed celebration while thes thea were on their honeymoon trip t 15 New York City only after he had ha heard eard his time one-time mother In Mrs Frank B. B Scott call caU him hini miserable old dog In a bitte vitriolic denunciation that tH spurred by a l fire cross of caustic questions asked by Mr r. r Cook Cooke Cook counsel Before Defore the end of or Wednesday session the testimony ma may bo completed com in the hearing in bid Judge Chris Mathison is Ie sitting ai a f referee for the state supreme coutIn cour cout in the habeas corpus proceeding instituted h by Mr Cooke to gain custody cuS cuS' cuStody tody of year old Jey y 1 Cook Cooki i MRS SCOTT TESTIFIES Mrs Scott was the first ij Wednesday morning Samuel jA King associated In the defense defence vi J l Mrs Cooke with Thomas Mad MaB loneaux asked her as to her opla Ion of ot her daughters daughter's ability to cag for the child and as to lo whether sh ISh thought Mr Cooke could provide amply for Shirley I J should say MY not Mr r. r Cooke waso wa so cruel she answered as to his hi hb ability to take the tho I 1 t caused us nothing but tear sorrow He lie was a 1 nagger If Jf bill came to he was tas afraid 0 give a nickel over Mrs Scott said she had been be bequeathed some property front l i mother laws estate in NC Scotia and that her wealthy sister later Mrs Campbell Johnson had aided her financially over ever since she and her daughter were forced to com conn to the United States She l added d that her sister whose wealth estimated at t closer close to Ms willing to continue to aid them J Upon the death of ot her ro husband Mrs Scott who prior f her marriage to Frank B. B Scott 1 Salt Lake attorney In February was Mrs Anna Bowman said eh she went to live JIve with Mrs Mm Cooke ana aM for tor a time was superintendent o 01 0 a fraternity house in Toronto dO li dUJ-li In which time tIe she sho lived with h daughter and son lion Upon examination cross by Joi to Joiseph seph T. T Pence Mrs Scott was questioned regarding the aid from Mrs rs Johnson witness said she had been with thousands which brought ta following question from the pl pa plan tiffs tiff's counsel Youre willing 4 depend upon the charity of sister f NOT CHARITY Mrs Mra Scott said saia she felt that it was not charity She said she h hafl received between and RD monthly from Mrs 1 Johnson Bine leaving Canada She told of ot dis disposing df posing of worth orth of S. S and SJ 01 shock absorber ber stock through her attorney v She was asked as S to whether 4 h knew the stock was Irna of ot the promiS Uon tion type and worthless worthies SheI She aa- aa I he did not know but that she did get the money for tor the tue sale Again when asked as all to fly knowledge of ot Mrs Mra Cooke al being Accompanied d when left ai home Mrs Scott said she he was POI POsU live tive because we had sU such h a vt man to hound us from li M lAr to post we never had a 1 mom moment of or peace and the tho family had tob toaS constantly on guard T Several times timet Mr r. r Pence asked a the undertakers undertaker's bill In connection with Mr Bowmans Bowman's burial had bt paid Mrs S Scott ott refused to o a aH awer and finally In rage told court her opinion of her form formed r son in J He lie was wa nothing but a mise old dog Six years e of or sorrow Is Islas has las caused us she he an were l. l s sall all the while he lie maintained art ati apartment to entertain fast women Continued on rape pAJe 6 1 COOKE DECLARES WIFE INDULGED D' D DIN IN CUP Of JOY Continued from page 1 An old oid do dog who came home and set setup setup set setup up liquor all night If It I had known what kind o of a beast he ho was aas I would never have gh given en up my beautiful bab baby girl to him Mr r. r Pence apparently had no nJ ob objection ob objection to her liei outburst t and spurred her heron on to further comment WAS AFRAID My 1 daughter was so afraid o of him she would would not notify me when she had to go to the hospital and three months after Shirley was born he had the telephone disconnected so we could not talk together I continued Mrs Scott Why Vh he really should be servIng serving serving ing ten years for perjured evi evi- dence He lIe never asked for a true stor story All he ho wanted was to blacken black black- en my girls girl's char character Didn't he arrange with a young oung man ian to tell tail the story that Mrs 1 Cooke was drivIng driving ing with a taxi driver one summer evening and charged that she committed com corn adultery and then when the case was called the witness sat eat Inthe in inthe inthe the court for a n. week and was never summoned to the stand tand And my sister wanted to object to the marriage promises three I times while they were being married par mar I ned ried because she saw what kind o of ofa ofa a man was taking my daughter Mr p. p Pence nce Interrupted her to say Well Veil your speech is long enough you had better quit I have made a long sp speech ech but I could make It Ita a lot longer she an answered answered an- an Judge Judg Mathison asked Mr rr Pence If he besought sought to strike her statement from the record but the counsel said he was willing it stand and the defense attorneys smiled Mr Mc Cooke was vas called to the tha stand tand He said he w wanted to provide provide pro pro- vide tide a good home for Shirley apt and to give her an education He reviewed his pur purchase o of Mrs rs Cookes Cooke's wedding trousseau and said that four or five da days daya B after arter they theY had gone to New York City on their hone honeymoon moon a discussion arose when she asked for or some money noney to buy clollie clothes Mrs Cooke was at a writing desk and jotted down the figures figures' on a telegraph blank and he later wrote down the Items he had purchased The torn and tattered telegraph blank with the Items and fig figures re l was produced Tuesday She had complained she had nothing and wanted more morel mor money Mr MI Cooke testified so ilO aoi after arter sneha sneha ha d written the figures I I told her Now you see I have bought some things It was only by the merest c chance ance that 1 I found this slip because I had tucked It away way in a wallet Mr Cooke explained hl Wg lis finding ind indIn ng 10 or of the year seven accounting He Be said he had spent close cose t to In f furnishing the the- Go Gothic avenue aye ave nue flue home and 3 OO for construction l and for 1200 furnishing t tri ine Lake Simco cottage The mother law was wasI blamed for most of the domestic trouble I by bythe the Tor Toronto nto attorney Twice he lie was was forced d to put pu Mrs Intoxicated Intoxicated Cooke to bed while she was on their wedding trip he h al al- al She hat had previously testified she did not drink to excess Soon after their af rival in NewYork New NewYork ew York In December 1918 he le ref refused sed t to go with a friend o of Mrs Cooke but she went vent in spite of his protest he claimed She came back t to the picker Knicker Knickerbocker bocker hocker hotel at 3 a. a m. m drunk he charged and he took ot off he her shoes and she slept through toe night with most o of her clothes on ac according accord ora- ora ing lag to Ms his testimony On New Ne Ye Years Year's rs r's eye he canceled his reservations for Churchill's and went to the Knickerbocker grill in company with Mrs s s S friends He was not drinking drinking- that night be because because be- be cause his stomach was out of or order or-order order h he s said ld She went from table t to td table painting mens men's faces with her lipstick lipstick lip Mr lr stick and she was intoxicated Cooke charged Then at 2 a a. a m. m she was seated at the the t table ble o of an an army officer so I thought it was wasa a about out t time me to take take her her to her room The officer asked me me wh who I was I 1 answered Only her lier husband d. d |