| Show COOKE DENIES Hf HE I sum ISSUED STORY Of WIFE TO PAPERS Admits He Required Her Herto to Relinquish Home Before Before Before Be Be- fore He Released Child The origin of a purported cious story delving Into the alleged al al' dl- dl indiscretions of ot Mrs Hilda Betty Cooke and syndicated to a achain achain chain of oC newspapers ne In the x States Wa was denied by James Henry Cooke her husband Thursday when cross examined 1 by Samuel A A. King Mrs Cookes Cooke's counsel The last witness in the habeas corpus proceedings instituted b by Mr Ir Cooke to gain custody of the 1 year G Shirley is Ja ex cx x to appear Thursday aft aft- I tODo lur Both counsel un announced U I that no arguments would be ma made da before Judge Chris Mathison who Is acting as referee for tor the tie s1- s1 preme court in the case It Is Ia problematical problematical problematical whether Judge can complete hi his findings for pr presentation pre to the state supreme tribunal tribunal trib trib- unal by Monday the date set eeL Mr Ir Cooke denied that he furnished fur fur- the stor story or the photographs of or Mrs lire Cooke her ber mother Mrs Frank B. B Scott and Shirl Shirley e to American newspapers as hinted by Mr King In his question The employment ent of or det detectives to towa wa watch h Mrs Cooke while In Toronto and after arter her departure to the United States was Wall brou brought ht out b by Mr King during the cross examination nation GOT HOUSE KEY An agreement as all to the custo custody v vot of ot the child entered into between Mr and Mrs Cooke In Toronto was waA discussed Mr Ir Cooke admitted that he be demanded she sM relinquish the Gothic avenue a residence and that he did not turn Shirley over to o oher her until he had the key to ti house Mr Ir King J asked the witness witness wit wit- ness if It the exchange of ot tr tt house houi key and the child took place Illace at the Ui same time He lie dented denied It Mr Mi Cooke said he had employed e the PInkerton national detective agency to watch hH bill wife while she was in th the tha United States addIng adding add add- ing that a detective e was In Reno Rena I at the time lime Mrs lire Irs Cooke was wall placed under arrest in the deportation case The witness denied that he be had deposited to cover United State J en's ens eju en c ane and eai he be did not give the agent a red red cent for Cor arresting Mrs Mrs- Cooke Mr Ir Cooke was asked if it his former formet for tor- mer met wife was arrested C on Sunday Sunda so that she would be thwarted In obtaining legal advice and be Unable unable un Un- able to Institute habeas corpus pro pro- He sal said the arrest on the Sabbath was merely a coincidence coincidence coincidence dence and that no attempt wa was made to Inconvenience her It a fact that Farrell br bragged about the Sunday arrest and didn't he attempt to force Meto erto her Me herto to go to San Francisco that lameda same lame da day was the question Mr Ir Cooke professed Ignorance of ot such an oc oc- oc- oc currence durrence 1 Mr Cooke Cooko said eald that he was VAS In Reno only a few tew hours hour on the day dt of ot the arrest and that he only went there to make sure It was his former former former for for- mer spouse claiming they were living under an assumed name ENLISTED AID The Tho witness told of ot going olna from Toronto to Ellis island and then thea down to Washington D. 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C to In Institute Institute In- In deportation proceedings Ung charging that sh she entered the United States improperly lie He said he enlisted the aid of the American Ameri I can enn Immigration inspectors Broadcasting of police circulars from Detroit was known to Mr Ir Cooke who said laid the they had b been n printed and composed competed In Toronto He was vas asked whether ho lie had given out the allt alleged ed salacious story atory regarding his wife vIte Ho Ito termed It a positive lie lie He ald said he did not learn of or tho the newspaper ne story until he lie reached San Francisco Mr Cooke wax was questioned as In to Inthe the police circular language In which his hili wife was wan accused of ot kid naping a a. child He lie said h he was waa not certain as all to the phraseology of ot the charge claiming that Chief of Police Dixon of Toronto composed the circular One thousand circular circulars tara lars were distributed In the United United Unit Unit- ed States he said Mr r. r Cooke on Wednesday uttered n a general denial dental to many of or his hid former wife's charges Including Continued on pa page l' l 6 6 COOKE DENIES HE ISSUED STORY OF WIFE TO PAPERS Continued from from page 1 1 t- t abuse buse and cruelty the incendiary burning of the automobile the crimInal crim- crim crim inal nal attacks upon her relatives and andrie the rie throwing of champagne me In Mrs Cookes Cooke's face bec because use she was a poor poor sport DENIED KISSING When Wilen several of the alleged IncidEnts incidents in- in were recalled and he lie had bad agaIn gain denied he lie had been caught kissing Sadie McCormick in the pantry antry several times and had been seen een leaving her bedroom and that he le had not attempted to assault Irene rene Smith Smith Smith-a a half-aunt half of Mrs Cooke Coole Mr 11 Cooke finally a answered Well ell Mrs 1 Cookes Cooke's a liar Mr Cooke explained that tha the reason eason charges against thirteen n men accused of intimacy with Mrs Cooke were withdrawn was to save time ime in the hearing and that that he and his counsel felt that the three remaining charges were strong enough to defeat her The witness said he did not charge his wife with improper relations relations re- re lations with a detective he lie had employed employ em em- ploy ployd d to watch her Mr Ir Cooke said that when he learned Sidney Sidne R. R Reid was a liar lie he le did not attempt to use an any of ot othis his lis evidence in the Canada divorce hearIng rearing The witness said that an attempt was being ma made to regain 20 paid to Reid who said before the he trial that he had testimony re regarding regarding re- re garding two men who were said to have lave been intimate with Mrs l Cooke At t the time he lie claimed mistaken identity Sheriff Sherif Ben R R. R Harries of Salt Lake wired Mr r Cooke two wo days before Mrs Irs Cooke was vas arrested here the witness s said Later when she was taken into custody on a charge of having havin neglected her child lie he le was notified and instructed his attorney to come to Salt Lake and do what he lie could SCOTCH TRAITS I suppose your good Scotch traits accounted for you treasuring that hat slip made out fn the Knickerbocker Knickerbocker Knicker Knicker- bocker hotel Mr 11 King asked when the he witness said he was was was' of Irish and Scotch descent The slip was as an accounting of expenditures when they they hey wore were on their wedding trip to New York City seven y years ars ago Mr 11 Cooke said said- he had explained cI how he happened to find the aged ca capitulation H. H W. W Gustin as associated with Joseoh Jo- Jo senh T. T Pence as Mr 11 Cookes Cooke's counsel counsel coun- coun sel el asked the witness if h he knew A. A W. W Young Young- Youngho who lio has IJas been freQuently frequently fre fre- fre- fre mentioned in the case Mr Cooke said h he knew Young and d de declared de- de dared he knew him as a bootlegger Mr King Kine entered an objection The witness told of several adul- adul tory ten charges being confirmed but buthe the he court ordered the st statement stricken He closed his morning testimony with th assertion that a a kid naping charge waS was pe pending a against his former wife if in Canada |
