Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-06-07

as early as 1000 the plaintlH threatened
in her letters to him 70 abandon the de-
fendant and never to return to America
that shortly after, in 1864, she became
more threatening in her letters, and de-
fendant therefore requested her toreturn
home under an escort to be furnished By
the Consul General at Frankfort on the
Main. She promised to do so in the
spring of that year and live in Washing
ton with athant, but failed to comply
with her promise; and in the spring of
1864 the plaintiff again promised to re-
turn to America, and again failed to full
fill her promise. In June or July, 1865,
the plaintiff gave defendant formal notice
of her abandonment of the defendant by
letter.
From that date until August, 1867,
he was unable to ascertain where the
plaintiff lived, although, it was said she
was living secretly near Geneva in adul-
terry with one Edmond Rossell, the son
Of rich jeweler in Geneva In the
fall Of 1864, he alleges that she removed
his two infant children to Florence
against his expressed will, where the
youngest child died, October IL, 1864.
and the other was placed in a military
school until removed by Mr.. Hill in
August, 1861 During the greater part
Of the time between October, 1864, and
August, 1867, she, as he is informed and
believes, was travelling around in Europe
alone and unprotected, and making her
headquarters in Geneva or its environs,
where she eohabited with said Edmond
Rossell,
The plaintiff had pretended that her
trip to Europe was necessary for the res
tOration of her health, which, she alleged
had been broken down by child bearing,
she having had three boys during the
first four years of her marriage with this
afiant, and he took her to Nassau and
other places for the restoration of her
health lie had afforded ample support
for herself and children for one year
Instead of remaining where he had
placed her, she travelled abroad and neg
leeted the care Of her children At Ber-
lin she attended court balls, operas and
other places of amusement, without any
consultation with and in diEaet violation
of the wishes of this defendant The
coin left in bank payable to her order,
instead of lasting a year was spent in a
few months, and coin drafts were drawn
on him in 1868, which were paid with
great difficulty and sacrifice.
The winter and spring Of 1861 she
passed in Frankfort, and threatened to
commit suicide if he did not send her
large sums of money. The 3400 forins
she had four months previous, and the
21OO forins she paid for dresses, did not,
he said, look much like reform in her
habits, and he concluded that he could
not afford, in view ,af the high price of
exchange, to keep her travelling in Eu-
rope unprotected, and he would no lon
ger encourage such course of life, the
impropriety Of which had already
reached across the Atlantic and was in
juring his reputation. He therefore
sent her letter requesting her return
home, furnishing an escort and all neces-
sary moneys. She refused and remained
in Geneva until October Z, 1864, when
she went to Italy and carried the two
children, having previously threatened
she would commit suicide, and the chill
dren should share the same fate, unless
he sent her all the money she wanted.
On the 18th of 0otnbsr the youngest
child, Rritton Hill, died under eireum-
stances raising strong presumptions of
neglect aud bad treatment. Before the
death of Britton she put the other child,
Preston, six and one-half years old, out
of the way by placing him in military
school, and in a couple of days Britton
died of eenvnlsiens IL the night, She
then began her travels again in Europe,
abandoning her child to a school at his
tender age where the language was
strange to him-impairing his health.
On the 9th of March she promised
to return to America and drew
$500, but did not return, On the 9th
of March, 1866, she wrote a letter
threatening a suit for divorce unless
money was sent, and he sent her 6055
francs in coin, bat again she failed to
oome hoAe.
In August, 1857, he went to Europe
to get his child from the military school
in Italy, where he remained while Mrs.
Hill was living in Geneva with her para
morr. He stopped at Geneva that she
might see the child, when she begged
him to take her home to st. Charles, she
at the time being in great distress and
and destitution. he paid her debts,
about 500 francs, and consented to bring
her home on condition that she would
live with her mother at st. Charles, en-
tirely separate and apart from him, to
which she consented. She then left her
paramour in Geneva and went to Paris
on Septembers4, 1867, with Hill and the
child Preston After remaining two
DAYS at the Hotel des peux Mondes, and
after he had paid for her passage to
America, she desired some money for
purposes in Paris, and he gave
her about 500 francs, and the next day
she seized her six trunks and FIVE hand
bags at the hotel aad disappeared, leav-
ing letter stating she would never live
with him again, and he might take the
child and 60 to England.
He came 70 America and says be heard
no more of her until September 12,
1867, when shs stated that she had saved
his life by abandoning him in Paris, for
Rossell had followed him to Paris and
bunted Hills steps with loaded revolver
to shoot him that the deluded young
man was then, September 12, 1867, sick
With brain fever, and that she had
warned him In Geneva and Paris in vain,
and begged respite Of two weeks. She
demanded barely enough money to get
home, and hoping she would repent he
sent 255G francs By draft on Rothsehild
fTeres. Paris. She did not return as
promised, but remained in Paris until
She had broken her arm, as she said,
while riding with one Bibieof, nephew
Of Gen. BibicoE, a Russian Prince She
finally came to New York on the 10th