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

sary wants and clothe the children. and
was very irregular.
That while defendant was in Ger
many in the summer Of 1862. he repre-
sented himself as Mai Gen. Hill. oftbe
American army, and talked 50 largely
Of the services he had rendered hiso6un-
try and Of the intimate relations he sus-
tanned toward all Of the high officials Of
his government, and insisted so much on
the great Importance Of the secret mis-
sion which had brought him as the ae-
credited agent Of his government to Eu-
rope, that defendant was forced. notwith-
standing her protestItions to the con-
trary. to be considered as the wife of a
wealthy and important personage. and
the defendant having represented to pso-
pie whom he met that his government
needed him and had sent a special man
of-war after him to carry him home.
placed her (plaintif) in such estimation
in the minds of the people that the
most rigid economy on her part was ne
eessary in order TO live at al comfort
ably on the means that defendant sent
her"
In has letters to her he used insulting
language aud charged her with vile con-
duet. In February, 1865, he suddenly
and Peremptorily ordered her to return
to America, declaring that if She did not
return at once he would leave her 10
starve or rot in Europe. Knowing from
his letters that his cruelty was unabated
she chose to remain in Europe, and at
tempted TO support herself by instruct
ing the children Of the Princess Bib
kof, in whose fsmily she remained on
terms Of friendship She lived in the
family Of the Princess until August.
1867, when shemet defendant at Geneva.
Defendant frequently, in response TO
her request for means Of support. in
sisted that she must obtain It herself.
that he was unable 70 doit. and urging
her to procure bread at the expense of
her virtue, recommending the most iHde-
cent and insulting propositions to her
consideration and her action.
At Geaeya he promised better treat
mept, told her be had reformed. and
asked for enc more trial Believing in
the sincerity Of his declarations she
went with him to Paris. a few days
after this, however, Gas she was after
wards informed by Prince Butera that
at Florence he had spoken of her as an
abandoned woman, etc. she met this
Prince at Paris, and he was about to
challenge defendant, when defendant
fastened away from Paris and returned
to America, He sailed from Europe
leaving her in Paris, and sent her $500
or $500 to pay her expenses. After they
returned 10 America he expressed his
approval of her conduct in preventing
the duel in Paris,
The reunited couple, on returning tC
st. Louis, took up their residence at the
Planters House, where for day or two
he was kind to her, but soon. he relapsed
into his former ways. They remained
at the hotel month, she suffering from
his brutality and savage threats, and
finally separated from him and applied
for aiydree. The concluding portion
Of the affidavit is occupied in defense
of herself against the charges contained
in his answer to her petition for divorce
The document covers about forty pages
Of legal cap, and We have not space fo1
the whole Of it.
IL regard to the charge of her at
tempt to asPhyxiate him with gas, she
alleges the he had drank an enormous
quantity of liquor that night, and if any
gas escaped in his room, it was eaused
by his blowing the light cut Instead Of
turning the gas Of, as Is customary with
men in theiF sober senses,