Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1909 — TAXICAB FIGURES IN BATONYI DIVORCE SUIT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TAXICAB FIGURES IN BATONYI DIVORCE SUIT

Driver Tells of Long Ride Taken by Defendant Id Case. New York, Oct. 19.—The suit by Mrs Frances Work Batonyi for an absolute divorce from Aurel Batonyi, the whip,

is on trial before Supreme Justice O’Gorman and a jury. Attorney Olcott told the jury that much of the evidence against Batonyi was circumstantial. He mentioned Margaret Allen and Beatrice Brevaine. Eugene Arcouet, a taxicab driver, was the first witness. He told of Batonyi'g long ride In a taxicab with the Brevaine woman. Harry A. Swinton and Adam F. Haupt, private detectives, told of watching a house where Margaret Allen lived. They said they saw Batonyi there. Justice p’Gorman denied a motion by counsel for the defense to dismiss the complaint. Batonyi will deny absolutely all the testimony against him.

AUREL BATONYI.