, 1860-11-19

The Burch Divorce Case.
THE PROCEEDINGS OF SATURDAY
Highly Interesting Prelfmi2arIes
fun. $. a. cuvnlAs TO FIGURE In THE CASE.


huAs d A. t4VGlAS ~ ftlnkE Ia The GAess
Alleged Conspiracy Against Wiee.
@H1on11s OF Ez. PARTIES.
The Chicago Household Expenses
T15 Wf1s Wa11robe-Presants
A FoREsHADowlNc OF THE. CASE.
IFrom Cur owu Reporter.1
nrs sss !: i na,<s ea,<s' Dn Page Circuit Court
HON. JESSE o. NORTON, Presiding.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
s|r DEcKwlTH moved the Court for COM
mission to examine the lion. Stephen A.
Uou.las and wife as Witnesses, on behalf OF
the defendant such commission to hc directed
to any Judge or ott,cr person authorized to adj
minister oaths i'll any Statc. lie said that 4
commission bad brcn sued out Of tue Clerks
oiIcc directed to m officer at New Orleans,
but that the commission had fhiled for the rea-
sun tlat Judge Douglas had lett that city be-
fore 1t arrived tlctt. he c}tcd the case Of
brown t. eouthworth 70 Paige, 33551 as to al.
tLoriiy oftlc Court to issue sucl. commits
sion.
Ar. A1ILEn opposed the motion, denying
the power Of tho Court 10 order tue commits
sion, The statutory notice not having beeh given,
aud insisted that it ought not to bc Issued st
this late hour.
The Court intlniatca that lie should order
the commission as asked, but held the mattor
under adyileEacnt until tomorrow morning:
SATURDAY MORNING..
tic respective parties appeared for the discus
sion OF preliminary motions, it having been in
tiIuatcl BY the defendant that motions would
bc mndc to suppress the greater Eart Of the de-
positions for the complainant.
Mr.. BEcKwITn moved to suppress wholly
ground that tue matters contaIucl. IN it were
Irrelevant to the issue.
Mr.: VAS AnMAS said It would be necessary
to refer to the answer in the case to under
stand the relevancy: TIA. it Was there set up
that the complainant pursued parstlnoni0us
course In the management Of his household.
That testimony tlal been tnkcii to show The
contrary. If it had been tine that Mr. Isurcl,
did not furnish groceries for the fanlly, tlat
would not bc IN excuse for adultery. The an-
swcr bad been shaped for the PURPOSE Of crca-
ting public prejudice.
! air. Dzckwieu. The purpo.t IF the answer
Is misapprellendcl by the COUNSEL It gives 4
n;story Ct tho laets occurring in the family;
which show Il gradual aid certain alienation Gu
the part Of Mr. Burch towards Luis wife, which
led him to adopt certain extraordinary mcas-
| ures of getting rid of her.
tic inovs1 10 suppress paris o1 Inc 1cpos'.
tlc:A Of William II. Brown taken on behalf o.
conipaainan1, gong 70 snow t1e domestic hao.
as OF sir. buIch; where nc spent ~ time out
! of business hours tue luxnrics *ith which Ao
snpl'ned hls house: anu the manner auop1cu
| in giving parties by Mr.. GurclL
uc a'so lnosEd 10 suppress tAose parts Of the
evidence oil Alice trauces Hubbard, having
| reference to the value and comparative cx-
pehse o. the wardrobe 81 alrs. hulea; to tue
| value Of curtain presents made by Ar. Burch
10 ais vile, being dress, shawl, a clrfiaSe
aud horsSs, anu sleigh; anu remarks madc
by MIS-. bnrc'1 about aliss Spa!ding:
an a:1enilt Us maae 10 give gu I1ea oi tho
ample wardrobe supplied Tor Airs. burch, by
testimony STICK as this, aud other testimony
! such Us the amount OF the bills paid to mcr~
chants, when the fact is, as will appear III pro-
| per tine, great proportion Of such bills &C
| crucd for articles given to other women by
alt; Elrc1-
ie moved 10 suppress Inc aepo5inon OF Mrs.
tatberine lall3Ia, rs coming within the Foine
wedding present by A1r- Dnrch Of five sliares
ol =. u. u e. II. *. STOCK to The sister OF Mrs.
Burch.
| Tic Sald taas II was irrelevant 10 Tue Issue.
bnt II necessary he could sho" that The cir
cumstanccs were fueh as Demanded present
from Alr- Burchi anu thai were the otlcr pres.
ents sa'en ut Tic TINE SGT 1ortA the Que noticed
would alpear small and lnsig1litsant.
~, He N9se9 y suppress liic uclaosltloh ol
lhohlas u. Gatsf, FetnlnS ch{lrclyto thc at1i-
t clss ol lacrs11inlzc iu1nishco oy Al'n upon 1ac
account OF ar. bufeh.
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"p9a' ccllaln occasion.
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-: iao.Ta ~ go ~ suplaGss ~: oSlosit.on u
sn'r ~ ri.t, o u between lr - ths ~ honse, 70 Of
Coftl'nT q -, :no /. ~ naGeh q Co., aha Inc
| -A.11'hs ny nauh, aAu :. IL. ousch;
,, ~ ino'eu 20 suppress tne ocp9sltlonol Cssnt
nsnflcy, So LIT Is u related 10 INC Mafufone o.
afs. burch and the tsood ch2rce1er OF tas
company received al hef nonsc.
me y 'aGseu 1so 10 suppress thc aeposMon M e. o.
ANNA II. bentley, ~ so iar Us 1t related to Int
"3:srocc " MIS- burch.
Tic moved 10 suppress the deposition o.
Margaret OnarEa, rs to the words: "w]lcn u
came down {reterrny to Charles Layton) ht
SAD tha! Mr.. burc:i and we ooiy we're playing
chcckcrs VI, stairs, rs beng hescsay; aud also
tue words ~ remember Ills (Stuart} carrying
hooks under bis arm, and lie said that thi
! i,ti9ho"Fs should nor know oi h's coming
t thcre SO o1tcn," a. being declarations not matt
! III lac presence 0f tht parties.
i ~ moved to suppress other questions II
this deposition IS leading, and framed for the
! purpose Of indicating her answer to TIC wit
INC opinion OF the witness
Ah. FAnSsWoHTH moved to suppress ths
deposition OF Charles Layton. taken Tor tht
complainant, IS to certain portions, giving ths
Euploeltlon ol tue witness that Nib. Burch:
brother carried note for Mrs Burch to Mr
stuart; and IS to the fact Of N7s. BNrcl n1t
Mr. Stnart having been in tho srapcry while
the witness MAS down town, he learning taE
lact from another servant; and that upon re
turning irom to%n to the grapery and sceilli