The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-10
MR.. Massey In England Sues the
Captain for q Divorce.

Mrs. Massey I'm England Sues the
Captain for q Divorce.
| COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE, LONDON.
JUNE 49,
Before the Judge Ordinary.
Massey vs. Massey. petitioner,
who was Miss Caroline Sarah Turner, was
married to the respondent, Nathaniel Will
lam Massey, on the 21st of June, 1860.
He was a Captain in the Thirtieth Foot
There had been one child of the marriage,
and the cohabitation lasted till July, 1862
The petitioner sought dissolution on the
ground of her husbands cruelty and adul-
terry.
Inc principal evidence in support of the
FORMER charge was that of Mrs. Massey
nersei1' She said Our marriage was
private one, and was kept secret from our
respective families. lived with Captain
Massey at various places in England till
the 10th July, 1861, when he went with
! his regiment to Canada. At the time of
my marriage, had e1,1OO in money.
| tl,7OO IN Canada bonds and upwards Of
| "a, 900 in India bonds, all of which cave
up to him at various times. Captain Mas
sey returned from Canada in June last
lived with him till July, 1862. when we
| left London. On our way from London to
Newhaven, I saw Captain Massey put
something into the guards hand, that we
might have the carriage alone. l said |
thought it was pleasanter to have some
one with US !; and he replied, II dare say
you do, and used most abusive language
to me. He also struck me with the back
OF his hand in the face. From Newha-
ven we crossed over to Dieppe; and
on the morning of the 18th, he beat
me with strap, he struck me with a Dill
low and used abusive language. Icalled
out tor mercy, and he then stopped. He
| then went down to breakfast. After a
time he came back and asked me WHY I
did not get up. l told him that I could
not move, and | asked him to let me rest;
ne took up the strap again, but seeing that
l was already marked with it he did not
| strike me. On the 18th LIE went to Paris.
and stayed at the hotel de la Prix. l
went into Mysteries on account of his treat
ment OF me; he took me up and threw
me from one end of the room to the other;
he put me on the sofa and tried to stife
my screams by putting his hand on my
mouth he then opened one of my eyes
and put some au de Cologne in it. On
the 2lst we went to Havre. There he
threw water into my face. He abused
every member of my family. and said
that his mother despised me. I said she did
not more than despised her Capt Massey
left me at Havre. | showed the servant at
the hotel the marks which he had given me
by blows and pinching On his return the SER
want told him had been dull. When she left
the room be complained of my speaking to
| her He struck Inc several times at
Havre, and spat ia my face. He told me
| that l was mad, and that was /. lunatic
On one occasion when he came in he
found Inc with Mrs. Atkins, and he said
that he would not have me speaking to
anybody He then told me to ring the
bell. | said that as he was so near it he
could do it himself He then strobe across
the room, dragged ne off the seat, put the
bell rope into my hand and made me ring
1t lie finished by pulling my nose and
ears The same night he called me by his
bedside, and told me to sit down He
said, +" Now, Caroline, think you vii
own that have succeeded in treating you
very cruelty since have been with you
on the Continent I said, Yes, you
have succe eded" He then said. Nov
listen to me. It is not in my power to
treat you more cruelty than l have
done; but if you don't sign a paper
that | want you to sign, you shall
&C with he to TrUeville on Friday,
and undergo terrors that you have
no5 yet suffered. You shall be treated as
a iunatic, lave o nurse, and doctor shall
come to see you twice week / shall
give you a month of that treatment, and if
you don't sign the paper at the end of that
time will put you in the lunatic asylum,
and give the physician one Thousand pounds
when he tells me of your death will
give you till nine O'Clock to morrow morn.
ing to say whether you will sign or not'
| laid my hand on lis shoulder and said,
"Surely you cannot be so wicked" He
clenched his fist and said, "By all tie
powers of heaven and hell, | will! I
morning the paper was prepared. He made
me write a part of it and sign it. I after
wards destroyed it. He left me again
alone, and | quilted Havre without seeing
him.
Mrs. MaSseyS evidence was cOrroborated
by the servant to whom she had shown her
bruises.
Hugh Sherry, bootmaker at Honheur,
knew Mr.. Massey very well, the Hon Mr..
Massey having done him a great service
in pecuniary matter In July, 1862,
Capt. Massey came to him, told him that
he was married, and asked him to engage
apartments for him, as well as nurse for
Lis little boy, whom he called Nat. Capt.
Massey could speak very little French.
Saw Nine. Massey, and treated her with
all the respect due to legitimate lady.
He called her Nelly. She was not the pc
titioner.
This part of the case was supported by
a diary which had been kept by the re-
spondent, and of which the petitioner had
obtained possession. There were entries
in it showing that the writer was at Hon
feur with Nelly at the time deposed to.
Sir @. Cresswell said the learned doctor
had abundantly proved his case Some
times it was fortunate, as exposing the
true character of such man as this, that
he should go through the extraordinary
| operation of recording bis own inuuities to