Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-17
THE NEW HAVEN DIVORCE CASE.

The following summary of the last evidence
i'll this case is from the Boston Post:
AS the Bennett divorce case progresses at
New Haven we regret to observe that the doc
tor stammers out some very awkward obser-
Yatons concerning his wifes general demean-
or in their unhappy household Grave reports
of strange men going down stairs rather late
at night encountered by the doctor, her embar-
rassment and guilty questioning, and the very
rude manner i'll which, as alleged, she kicked
her husband off a sofa are not calculated to
increase the sympathy at first felt for Mary.
Still worse, the beautiful verses produced as
the original tribute from a loving wife to her
adOred husband, are now said to have been
copied out of book ; and the charges of un-
Iady-like epitheths bestowed upon her protector
do not appear to have been satisfactorily refut-
ed Furthermore, if Mrs. Bennett took the
walk in the woods with the gay young Horace
Smith, stated for the defence by the colored
coachman in the employ of the BENEFITS, she
is indeed not particle better than it is her
duty to be. Mrs. Bennett is reported as a
young and pretty woman, and she monopolized
the greater portion of the spectators kindness
Ill the commencement Of the trial, while
the doctor, with hair like a shoe-brush, sharp
Ylsaged, elderly, deaf, and generally of unpre-
possessing aspect, found small favor IN the ewes
Of curious listeners. But things look different
ly at present, and Mary must bestir herself
and find some extra rough treatment, or pills
Will carry the day against her, and she will be
married woman for the rest of her life.
Scipio Devonshire is the name of the colored
coachman who testified to Mrs Benefits sus-
picious promenade in a forest, and he also
swears that the doctor her husband, was uni
tormly kind and gentle to his children, bringing
them toys and sweetmeats, and always seeming
anxious to contribute to their amusement The
''lady in the case" before becoming Mrs Ben
nett, gained her livelihood by making panta-
looms; subsequently, if the doctor adheres to
the truth, wearing them. That she spent
money more freely than she has admitted
seems to be proved by the sums given her by
the doctor-S40, $50, and $50 at a time She
bought expensive fans in Havana, had at one
time money to the amount of Sl20 concealed
in her trunk, owned diamond cross valued at
$780, and a ring worth $50, and her jewelry
bill alone was, on one occasion, $500. Some
Of the doctors testimony is really blantive
He seems to have been very fond of his wife
and she fond of everybody but her husband
he bought diamonds for her while they were
on a visit to New York, worth $500 gave her
a handsome present for reading the Bible
through, held his temper even while counting
Mrs. Benefits dresses, finding from thirty-five
to forty, and among them one which cost S125.
let, Wnen lie was ainlcted with b0llS, so stu
ated that he could not attend to them himself
poor man-she refused him any aid whatever;
so that, left to the mercy of hired nurse, his
pain was allevated at the expense of his mod
esty. Such heartlessness brushes all sympathy
for Mary. Henceforth, we shall consider the
doctor an injured man, though, as pill vender,
he did falsely represent himself, in pamphlets
meant to aid the sale of his medicines, as the
son Of a wealthy English nobleman, the pos
SCISSOR of valuable recipe, the father of twelve
children, several at the breast, and in many
ways encourage deceptions which were better
for his income than his character