New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-26

30 ass led by that peii,op hell 10 by her . rxs
/ ara SCOTT as coward AMI 8 roihaoi e. sae sRsb
destroy the obarscier upon Nhi,h my p"s.n'a ssi
subsa tetce depend, from motives eqasly ciev al
nnvcrby cannot submit q 5s tSas exhibited sss
| thus reyed, without presenting ~ my deiesse a,
toe sud SAD history Of my mar-i,i lue, and ernzs
I answer 10 the m. mb.rs Of yoCr honorable BODY A
fathers husbands ard gentlemen for my own iaiess,
srd TIE justice Of ny csuse.
Aua your resp resu; ST. ever pray, Sc
Horace II. Fry berg 5nlv sworn, cota ssy ,hGa,
facts set forth in the above ausSsr are jnsi sd ss
S~orn and subscribel thi. 81 DAY Of Jsruary, AID,
IS5q joins b KENNY, Adermaa
MIR. GRrGG DEFENDS THE POSITION OF Ins
DAUGHrtR.
7, re Sesq,e azd I5r,. y coasss~,As
~ PsHtififs go, .. GsHe'ei A''e~ ~ net
The Petition Of John Gr sg Ct the Cay Of Palsls.
pbia humbly sboseib:
That Horace Il. Fry in bis answer TO be VIE \, /
petition FOR divorce. has wantony aCt uGnecesArly
hteled your Pet toner Ia such manner az tocle.
tran i'm - intervene, snd 20 present the iollFhy
ststemsD NJ on behalf Of hIs uuhaepy c1ii, Enl'y l.
Fly, hose muoTiIy, inexpsIi-nce ADD heipse ssaes
demat al the prOiec TOO which iather, 9adei TIA
distressing circumstances of Der condition, may be per-
miited ~ ttOrd.
AH,ra long, and I trust a well spent he at aaA
ysI,ed sge without any fault Of nay own, DAD nv.
SET sucGrIiy stricken Gown ny heart broken, and M,
hearth made desOls'e by the deepest sorrow that ever
x upon mar. Not satisfied with the toEtoIes Ia
which Mr.. Fry has alTesdy suhjeted me by ro55isy
NE of nv child in bis eager pursuit Oh her fortune.
by cruelty aud inhuuanly dTasipg Der into intscre
tiors and By Systematically, Ia The public re ssplpes
aud elsesl ere, tTaduclDg ner character AS VIE,
he still further seeks to gfay his mAi'gnan. dispos
ton nv chsrging re with becoming wiling ins,ra-
meut" in all tcI sleged outfaSes on propTieiy ssi
with so conducting mS self as "t0 destroy whatsye
sense Of right she might stl possess
Agsinst these cha yes presen, my most sJemn h.
NAL The statea mt Of Nj Fry in al these partira
.ah. int. 1y fax aO 81
"OutTsges % prOpriety, nor became q" q wiling IA,
sirumtrt IN perpetTating them, nor have az zap
tine 50 conducted mgseh as 10 q" DIES roy sense u
? ght' in my child. Ny 0hepse against Mr.. Err hss
y greater extent than she expression OF opinion
that no ge,teB q. would open his vie letters; anl
after | saw that the hsppiLcss Of my ehli was 40.
sipUyed-thst the cruelty OF her husband had driven
Der mtO tOn but not elm e hst she wH de-
teImIod 10 escape from his tyrau y, even II she be.
cane ruiz ed and hopeless OutCast-ald ths. under
the allegations Of guilt Der reputation was exp)set
TO CERTAIN Destruction, i told her that, althoasa
| would not take her away from her tusoaa,
II she determined to leave hlu the doors Of her
fathers house shoull not be closed against her, Ia
all this did no more than any father, " ia hamaa
heart would have done did not then believe IL pos
,ible hist any husband having spsrt OF mssy sens.
bity about bin would desr 10 Va with q wife after
be had become convinced, as Mo Fry pretended 10 be-
that she guilty of corjugal inhdry and after 10
had made bis coIyictIOLs kIoFn % MS numerous
friends agents spies sD1 advisers. Bat in the ws
deceived. Tie merceDaTy motives shca sclusted the
matrimonial fortune huLier when he laid HE snare stl
governed bin in CT nging 10 lis victim.
My daughter has Stated under oath that Mr. Fry &c
kno9ledged 20 her that he married her Tor her
morey This charge he attempts To parry By the la
Tin alton that she bad no fortune 70 expscI ddnug ny
lie that - she had nothing at all AT the tune, AID
never did, ard cOee not now, possess any hE
she was likely to have nothing except by the sil@
her father, man 10 tee iul vigor Of health. an
not in the full vigor OF health. am nearly seventy
wears old, aud am rapidly gOi to my grave, With
II any sorrOws and iUiImltlss. But khoEs
better hsn Mr.. Fry that his statement in al taat
laes 10 this part of the oase ~ arliul and deceptive.
To prove 50, am reluctantly compelled to state tho
provisions which / made before and sloce the mar.
rage, To promote the comfort and happiness OF my
daughter an her husband. purchased the house ia
Which they lived, end paid for It the sum Of birsG
thousand collars improved 1t ard furnished y VITA
everything necessary for their comfort, even including
the COAL groceries and wives IN the liar, At the add
tlOnal cos. Of nine thOu.and dolars Theseplf
chsses were made in July preceding the marriage !
aferv ard furnished my daughter With money sufficient
to psy the expenses of her bridal tnp. On the %
September, 1888. gave Mr.. Fry himself i've hn,drd
dollars TO purchase marketing, and told hun when aA
was exhausted would furr ion more. have ba,tW
daughters. l have settled Elk thousand collars PER
az pun on the other.
MIR. Fry knew very well, ffom the affection havs
always shown for ny children, that 1t would BEL
pleasure to do equal justice to al oitkem, and y
make immediate end ampl prov sion for tneir com.
font; and yet With q 0razen eh'Outery that stands
without parallel he attempts 10 impeach my dsugi.
ttIs statement under Oatn, of hrs hvo yef msrcenay
motives, bys prevaricaton shamsfuLy false In spirit
and in truth.
Ihave alrea dy said that Mr. Fry has sys.ema.icAIl
eIGeay0red 10 destroy the reputation OF my child, aud
to prejudice even her parents against her AZ prod
of this, annex to this ttsiement The United Stla
Police Gazette VI the 18th September, 1858, containing
a scandalous attack upon her character as vie.
That paper seIt TO my house the lsta Septerr
Der, 1858, with envelope which bore the direcnon
" John GIigg, esq, No. ,023 Walnut street, PhlS
deln 1 "a II.
writing ard, from my knowledge of II, believe hs
direction on the envelope arescy mentioned 10 be
disguised handwriting OF III )raco Is. Fry. annex e
dispositions OF the ,tber witnesses, acquainted VIZ
his writing, establishing the same fact.
Th, act is in exact correspondence with his whoN
conduct in relstion 10 my daughter, IA the ioAosmf
facts will show. When IL became psi lf1ly maais9
that my daughters happiness could not be promotes
by any longer continuance IN state OF n'asIlmcZ
with Mr. Fry, i sLxiously sought for the meaaa
obtaining her liberation IN the mole least likely"
cause public scandal aud this not only for her SKA
but for that Of Mr.. Fry. IL was, therefore, ct ny
suggestion that three mutual friends, al web knosu
ard highly respectable citizens, were aothOlzeay
me- and kindly undertook the Office TO suggest 10 ~.
Fry-who, it was presumed, onoer the crcanstsss!
ged by himself was also DESTROYS vt kss
sepaI ation-'bHt be should apply 10 the LegisHm
for divorce, the ground of my daughter cesertc
promising, on my part, that ho resistance saoah
made to II. He took time 10 consider the mstter Ms
then declined II, with full koo Wedge, when no az
go, that the present application would be the aeS~
tive. .
That be declined the mode least injurious 10 bdn
parties eithsr 10 enable him 10 Rratiy his hendsn P
pose Of destruction, his MOI bd appetite for nsa
paper notorety, in the hope OF ertorsing mooeyw
secore his cooperation in the measure least rlnnoay
and least painful 10 all parties soeDnly believe
think his conduct she VS. this. He has not been eou
tented with ring one answer u the petition OF ~
child and sending IT IN the usual form 20 the Legss
ture, but has written three answers Al Of whi nav.
been printed and extensively published thronyh ~
, agency. The last answer, and the most sandsivs,