On her way to Washington she stopped in Baltimore, to confer with a well-known Communist counsel there, to be briefed. It began as a business confab. They arranged a follow-up rendezvous in Washington. The Baltimore attorney’s wife suspected him, followed him to Washington and caught him in the act with the lady lawyer from New York.
The wife sued for divorce. The co-respondent testified, admitted intercourse but denied adultery.
“I was raped,” she cried.
Cross-examination:
Q.—Did you have intimate relations with the defendant?
A.—Yes.
Q.—Did you consent?
A.—Yes.
Q.—Then how do you make that out rape?
A.—I found out since that he is a damned Communist!