Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-18
THE EVENING STAR.
F1ssaeYeinary Divorce Ca..-Cuy;su. New.

Extraordinary Divorce Case-Curisue Rev
Citations.
Aremarkaoie divorce case, displaying othe
skrIetoh ID the closet" is bout 20 be tired in
Connscscuf,rpe history Or which appears in
ne New York Sunday Herald, as follows:
HapPears that Mr.. Nathaniel & Bishop, OF
.sen .. Lioer,y street, in tots city, the person
sesusea In the present instance of conjuRal
stniess ness, was born IL Winthrop, in the
Saaie OF Maine, on the els. Of June, 1905. he
Sas therefore entered has si1ty-sesond year.
ne commenced business At Bangor. Maine.
AT subsequent period he came To this city,
ana ormed connection with one or two
nfms- In ls5@-being then in The Insurance
brokerage business-he married the lady who
n now bringing the action against him for di.
voTee. His income at the time of his alleged
snfaithfulness TO his marriage vows was esti-
mated at $4,000 per year. He had been pre-
viousIy nsrried, one daughter being the issue
Of that marriage. About nine years axe and
eut q short time after his second marriage with
we Iady VINO now institutes the suit, the nus
band conducted himself In such a manner as
% arouse TIE suspicious OF his wife. .rt b
No open rupture occurred between them
nntn about three years ago. Mrs. Bishop then
gave Her husband to understand that she had
eecaH aware of the manner in which he was
breaking up her happiness and the peace of
ms bome. She ascertained that Young wo.
bau, named Cara b. Wallace, who, u is sup
posec, belonged TO the deai. monde, had sup
Riantsd her IN the affections OF her husband
Inc Distress and agony OF the wife at this
moment may we'll be imagined. Peace and
happiness were. Of course. banished from the
household; and the husband, finding that he
q iuid not without the rsmonsrance OF his
VIII carry on the hason, fed with his mistress
10 Sta nford, Connecticut. In that locality in
Nav In st ne took up an elegant house of
vhieh he made his mistress mistress, and.
as 10 allrye, :, formed the design of procuring
. divorce iron his wife. But the energy Of
Mrs. Bishop de. 'eated his plan. She tracked
Mr. Bishsp ard Jiss Wallace to Stamford
Going into the hon Sc she ordered Miss WAL
lace 10 leave. She su, 'ceeded In driving that
person from her preseA &c, oat me husband
and Mrs. Bishop was left in possession of the
residence at Stamford, where, we oeieve, the
almost sympathy was manI"sted for the
painful position in which she hao been mus
placed.
Mr.. Bishop resolved TO bring her husband
before the tribunals OF Connecticut, AID by
legal process, 20 get separation from the l,ian
whom she accuses OF having torn her hear
strings and wounded the finest and deepest
seneibilities of her nature. Acting up to this
resolve, she placed the history Of her sad
wrong IN the hands Of eminent counsel, and
before Dir. Bishop left Stamford the papers
were served upon him. All the necessary pro-
seedings for the commencement of the action
have been taken, and the hearing of the suit is
set down for the 18th OF the ensuing month, at
Danbury, Conn. Mrs. Bishop is, we under
stand, now residing AZ Stamford, and VII.
probably remain there till the result "a the
sal: Is known. when she may, iI all Dkelihood.
revisit this city and take up b.. abode with
her trends.
IL Is asserted that wher 1dr. Bishop saw that
ms wife really under.sood the character OF his
amours he projected and attempted to carry
snto execution ! plan for placing the unhappy
tady IN iunafie asylum. For this purpose
M Dishop, As the statement goes, employed
detectives from the police headquarters i'm
Mulberry street. To these officers Mr. Bishon
made a statement, declaring that his wife was
in sane-a fit subject for a lunatic asylum-and
the detectives having entered Mr., Rishon,s
house, seized Mrs. Bishop and conveyed her
IN carnage, Notwithstanding all her profess
tafioDs Of perfect sanity, to the police Station
at Mulberry street Here the lady was locked
up in room. her screams for help were loud:
the officers who were accompanied by Mr.
Bishop, opened the door, and they soon ssatis
fed themselves that the allegations as to the
insanity Of Mrs. Bishop were without foun
daticr.
In 1865, Mr. Bishop appeared to grow fond O.
his wife, said her health was not good and
nrsed her TO travel for the benefit OF It. For
abe purpose OF making arrangements for a
journey 70 see her husbands friends in Maine
and her OWE in 81. Johns, N. b., she went for
? short time 10 her sisters house in BROOKLYN
While Mrs. Bishop was preparing for her trip.
her husband established himself at 13Sl
Broadway, and, as IL alleged, introduced Clara
Wallace 10 his house. W hich he represented TO
there with her Mrs Bishop wen: to this
house, and found Clara there, but no strong
suspicion OF wrong then occurred to her mind
Clara invited the lady to call again. saying she
would De glad 10 SEE her at any time After
this Mrs. Bishop proceed on her journey
East. There she heard seldom from her hus-
band, whose remittanees TO her became few
Towards the close of 1eG5 he informed his
wife by letter that he would never see her
again. While in ST. John and Maine. Mrs
Bishop was obliged, not having received funds
from her husband, 10 contract debts: and il is
alleged that Bishop caused a report to be cir
cniated that the lady was not his wife, but his
MISTRESS report which seemed TO gain credit
from the fact that the unhappy wife was
obliged 10 contract debts in order to support
herself. The report was believed in SEINE
quarters. and bad serious effect on Mrs Bish-
ops health which suffered much.
Without entering into the smaller particulars
OF this sad story, IL may be added thar Mrs.
Bishop made her way back TO New York
while the weather was very severe in the
month OF March last. She suffered great pri
yations on the way.
She went at once 10 the Office of her bus
band. who had removed from Liberty street to
broadway. He sought to shake her off, bu,
she insisted on going home with him. Finally
they both went 10 the house Of Mrs. Bishop;s
sister. IN Brooklyn, and there dned After
mother Of his only child by this marriage. a
little boy, and went ont of the house Mrs
Bishop followed, but being unable 10 keep mn
with him from want OF strength, she tainted
and bad To be taken hack TO her sisters She
had another interview with him, and inst as
che entered the Office she found uessen ger in
the act of handing s note from Mrs. Wallace %
MI Bishop, making an appointment TO meet
early that evening. -
These. we believe, are the main facts of the
case. There are minor details, but we have no
room for them now. .I..f 80 -
81 A Prussian named Freedsam. who KENT
saloon At the foot OF Brush street, near The
Detroit and MilwauKje Railroad depot in De.
treit IN 1853, when draft appeared imminent
not rellshing the idea heinC foreoI ;o,o So