Show JOY WHIP p CED J. J Stuart Stuart- Blackton Admits Ad- Ad mits Striking Hollywood Holly Holly- w wood od Instructor I I f LOS oS A ANGELES GEL S March 25 AP- AP 1 L Gerard de fr fray r and agile n-gUe World orld war aviator alator whose skill with the tolls foils won him a position as fencing Instructor ot of many Hollywood film stars Is de de- scribed as one who cowered beneath tho light blows ot of a toy riding crop rop and b bogged for fot mercy J. J Stuart Blackton film director who de charges thrashed him hini soundly furnished the description tion yesterday when ho took the thesta sta stand nd in his defense against the ther r fencing masters master's horsewhipping horsewhip ho ping damage suit 11 I considered him Irresponsible and unbalanced but not dangerous Blackton told the jury In ad admitting having struck de l You know Shak Shakespeare speare says sas we are all alla ti a little little mad Blackton p produced d a crop light In weIght about sixteen inches lC long g. g and tipped with a carved horses horse's head which he said he has haa applied to the tho cing Instructors Instructor's arms and sho shoulders The director denied he had attacked de O from the rear and said he en- en dP to avoid striking bun on the head He recalled having that de l was was' wearing a a. sll- sll In his h head ad as a result of a wartime airplane accident BEGGED FORGIVENESS Blackton saId he encountered d de In the latter's after his in the servant quarters wife had come to him white as as death displaying her swollen a arms ms and bruised finger When Mrs Blackton gasped It Is Gerard the director said he rushed pronto to confront de He accused fie Ie l of having struck his wife and then en cn the whip De l I veaux pleaded for forgiveness forgiveness for for- and said sad h he must have been craz crazy Blackton n related I told him vIgorously what I thought of his de despicable ingratitude I I. I told him I much preferred to use my fists but th that t I did not want to tb soil roy my hands hands' Blackton explained that that le de Mer- Mer veaux had ben engage engaged to his two daughters In fen ing bu but t that ho he soon discharged him after he had rec received unfavorable reports concerning the conduct Later de l was In the home to perform odd jobs when he prof professed to be out outu em- em m and friends SHOWS CHRISTMAs CAR CARDS OS During was shown three Christmas greeting gr cards addressed to de l and asked whether the InscriptIons had been n by the wife De l alleges tl at Mrs in New NewYork Paula H. H Blackton now York was responsible for the whipping whip whip- ping Blackton said on onea of tile tHe cards sIgned Paula stay nay have been written by his wife vUe It read To Gerard Just a useful tolen of the Yuletide Y ThInk of me and the cups of coffee we have had together to- to gether conveying heaps of wishes was initialed P H. H B B. The The third was as signed The Blac and bore the initials ini- ini B H which the director said were those of Mrs 1 Blackton's sister |