Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-10-14
THE HARRIS DIVORCE CASE

The remarkable Harris divorce case, al New
London, Conn, is still progressing, and new
developments palatable TO scandal lovers are
developed in each days evidence. Both par-
ties have sued for divorce Oh the grounds Of
mcompaubillty, infidelity, &c. Mrs. Harris
was the daughter Of a New London citizen
named Brown, who accumulated a fortune in
the whaling business, ana took into his employ
the youthful Harris, on whom said Brown
eventually bestowed his daughter. After mar
riage, assisted by the generous father law
Harris becomes grocer. ship-chandler, pro-
prietor OF the " Perry Davis PainkiIIer State
Senator, and Mayor of New London. his wifi.
meanwhile presenting him with eight success
sIye tokens of conjugal regard; and finally. 10
crown the happiness, Mr.. Thompson. presi-
dent of the First National Bank of New YORK
asks the hand of the daughter Jennie or
course the /" first families" are much scandal
lZed- but the weight of the evidence seems de-
cidedly against Mrs. Harris, the husband,
daughter and affianced Thompson testifying 10
most alarming impropiieties on her part with
sundry officers and gay civilians, including
Major '"illiams, commanding Fort TrumbuIE
one ScoNLle, of the navy; CT. w. Ricketsou,
and festive Frederick Miner The nosI
ardent and favored lover seems 20 have bpen
tns MAJOR, 10 whom the tenderest letters were
indicted, and who figures in the principal ac-
cusauons OF infidelIty. Harris saw ScoyiIle
embrace and kiss his wife on the verandah OF
his own house, one night, and she kissed hIm:
he turned Scoville out of his dwelling A ser
want saw Miner kiss her, and she returned the
KISS Miss Harris saw gentle men caress her
mother IN the reception room, and Mr.. Thomp-
son took Mrs. n. from the apartment of Rick
etscn at 3 O'Clock in the morning Harris
slapped her face for swearing and for bad con
duct he struck her on two occasions-"ehas
tlsed her, he says. Her brother threatened to
horsewhlp him (Harris) III he ever struck his
vile again, and he did not strike her after that
She abused Harris, calling him by hard names
and assuring him that she s.hated him. Once
Tor refusing TO tell him where she had been on
a certain suspicious occasion, he threw her
down and choked her. to make her tell; but IL
She lay still and lei him choke her until he
was tired
On the other hand Mr.. ScoyIlle testites that
the kissing of Mrs. Harris by him, as witnessed
by Mr.. Brown, was an I'M nwarran table INNER
tinence on his part, and done without the per-
mission of Mrs Harris and before she could
have suspected that he was going 70 do SO Mr.
Miner explains his part of the transactions. as
being perfectly platonic, and Miss Minnie Har
rls contradlcts the testimony of the servants as
10 the appearance of Mr.. Miner en- diskaI1I, a.
the Kitchen. Mr.. Maurice Bacon who is innpli
Gated as a lover Of Mrs. Harris swore thai Ne
was never alone with Mrs. Harris in his IIfe
MISS Helen Lawton explained the conduct OF
Mrs. HARRIS on the occasion Of her forcible re-
polltan Hotel by Mr.. Thompson, and stated
that she was with her during the whole time,
ladylike
Thus the case stands at present each party.to
the suit directly contradicting each other TIE
engagement between Jennie Harris and
Thompson Is terminated, and the family pretty
much broken up Mrs. HI. is described as a
plump, attractive woman of IS, full
of electricity, bouyant life. ct oetera, and 10
ielicities. sr-EF.E y =. - - --7I'fT