WALLACE DIVORCE CASE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 75, 21 December 1907, Page 5

WALLACE DIVORCE CASE.

FURTHER EVIDENCE, / BT^.TELEGEAm—PRESS ASSOCIATION'—COPTEIGnT, / Melbourne, December 20. .the hearing of. the divorce case Waliaco. v. AVallace -and Dr. Strong (husband's' petition) 'a-witness deposed that her husband .had; asked her to givo up her acquaintance with' Mrs. Wallace, as ,Wallace had 'represonted; bis wifo in a bad light. Mr.- Wallace told him that Mrs. Wallace had metßraurid, the | English cricketer, in the Albert Park, and had taken a large sum of money to buy back' 1 letters, as' Braund had attempted to blackmail'iicr. . ' . ' . ~ Ih. cross-oxamination by Mr. ■ Purves, : the. petitipUeri Charles Dunkley Wallace, said he had. not" accused his wi'fo'of iDiproprioty with Br'af hi; lie did hot believe she had Deen guilty of, Uiiscflnducc with anyone but the co-respon-dent; Dr. Strong. He had seen respondent and B'fituiid;' patting each other's, feet :under the tablfe, ilka he had spoken to her about liranntl. ;..Did ypu .accuse her of secreting herself about t)i|^otel-..with • him?—l thought she was about wi'tlr him. • ,■ . Then; your reason for becoming , suspicious was, .' foot-tapping, and that, you could ' not ahvViys:sce her when'you wished to?— The' footpattirig;-, and'■ because she was always saying Braund'was'a .gentleman', and I was not, and llor?general conduct-, towards Braund. i.'What'Was ; her- conduct?— Making too much of ; him. . . \ ; A.^'.Sn'other-stage of -his evidence, petitioner said :—I • argued "with her'about Braund,'and wo'ritjpii my 'bended knees to ; her and asked her, .to. have nothing more' to do with him. She^tlirefr'her head hack and' laughed, saying', "A nice'sort of man you'are to admit'that ypu-,-can't '. keep ' your wife" to yourself. ■ Why the,'devil don't 'you get another one, and not como,'worrying-me?" .. ' '• •'