Daily national Democrat., 1861-03-03
An Interesting Divorce Case--Charges OF
Poisoning, &c.


considerable attention, from the nature Of the
very peculiar developments to be made, will
shortly be tried in the District Court of SUIT
ter county. Mrs. Jane A. Noe sues for d-
vorce from Bart l.. Noe. (for a long time a
resident of this city on the ground mainly Of
alleged neglect and cruel treatment. Noe
complains, on his part, that he has been most
grossly outraged by the conduct of his wife,
for number of years past, and that, so far
from treating her badly, she has most brutally
treated him.
! The answer which he has filed to her com
| plant sets FORTH we are informed the follow
ing points:
That it is true, As set forth in the plaintiffs
complaint, that plaintiff and defendant were
married in 1884, and lived together as hus-
band and wife till February, 1861 that for
several years past they have resided in Cali
fornia that the issue of their marriage was
two children, boy nineteen years Of age and
another eleven that il is not true, that, dur
ing this time. the plaintiff conducted herself
ly, although she managed her household
affairs properly enough that it is not true
that he, the defendant, has treated her harsh
ly for the last five years that it is not true
saulted and beat her; that it is not true that
he is a man Of violent and ungovernable pas
sons that it is not true, as she alleges, that
he ever threatened to take her life THAT it is
not true that he ever neglected to support and
provide for his family that it is not true thai
certain real estate ia house and lot in Marys-
ville) was purchased with the proceeds O
| plaintiffs own labor, &c.
And furthermore, as we are informed, Mr.
Noe makes, in his answer, the followin.
charges against his wife,
That about four years ago he began to dis
cover a change in her conduct towards him
and total disregard of the proprieties 0
life; that her general conduct was such as t,
arouse his supicions of her chastity that she
at divers times, came at him furiously an,
made violent attacks upon his person tha
she, on various occasions threatened to spl
open his head with an axe, and frequently
threatened to poison him /; that she was in the
J habit of going out at night, alone, refusing to
be accompanied by her husband that on or
about the 18th of February 1861, he was up
about daylight, reading a newspaper in the
bar-room of the hotel he was then keeping in
Yuba City, and using candle to assist his
eyesight, when the plaintiff came into tn,
room, talking angrily, and attempting tC
forcibly take the candle out of his hands
that he took her by the shoulders and pushed
her out of the bar-room, and, in doing so
stepped upon her dress, whereupon they boil
fell to the floor, 10y accident and this is til
only violence he ever offered to her in tn
whole course of his life that for this act sh
went before Justice of the Peace, accuse
him Of assault and battery and succeeded i
having him sentenced to the County Jail fu
fifteen days that, for more than a week be
fore this occurrence, she almost constant
beset him with petty outrages of like charaC
, ter. tearing up his newspapers and THROWN
| tle fragments III his lacej lnat, alter he &c
:. out of Jail, he was informed of the previou
conduct of his wife, with respect to one Henr
=, Shade, and charges that about the first da
of June 1851 the defendant was guilty {
adultery with the said Shade, and was gull
$ ty afterwards Of the same offensc with til
e said Shade, on several occasions he charge
n also that the plaintiff, about the first day ,
d August, 1851, administered poison to hin
t. and afterwards again administered poison t
't him. on the first day of September, follow
rs ing.
b, On these grounds, he asks that the applica
E tion Of the plaintiff for a divorce from hin
: be denied, and that he be granted a divorce
from her. He also prays for the care anc
custody of his children, and for an equal di
!. vision of property between himself and th
Il plaintiff.
" 1t is customary, We believe, for the paper
> below to comment on cases of this character
- but We refrain from any remarks relative t
y the merits of the case, not caring to give a
. opinion in advance of the legal tribunal.