The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-15
DOMESTIC LIFE,
The Newest scRNdsl-Ths Frank leslie
DsvOros Case.

ubyD u mOUOn LOT almODy was tnhue III tuO 49,
bIoUgh hit by Frank Leslie against his wife, oy the
defendant. The compliant says that IN loSV
Mrs. Leslie ran away with one rhomas e;
Croxon, iron New York to st. Th0mas, I ANU
from there to Toronto; that Mr.. Leslie purS1eu
them to Toronto, but ultimately torgaVe MS
wife and lived with her; but that her lnIlmaot
with CToXon was continued IN Boston "Ituo
his knowledge. He also charges more iecen'
adulterles with various persons. The know
ledge OF al the adulteries except tnat WHICH NC
forgave in 1851, was, he says, Unknown 70 nun
l quite recently HfF 6o answer wtb oeGes croxon m
makes special aVermeut that her husosnd
puIposely threw her in his way and then aban-
ooneu her. 20 that she might be dependent on
him Tor pecunIaIy and other AID, and might be-
or at least appear 10 be- guilty with hlm. She
iurher charges adultery on him with number
OF women. The eflidavits produced by her ON
this motion are much fuller. They aver that
they were nafrIed in England by his, then,
name OF Henry Carter; that on one occasion he
took from her all their furniture; that when
about to leave England, he sold all OF the furnl'
ture and great part OF her clothes, aud lett
her with but f20 to support herself ana her
three children Tor six months; thai after they
bad been here n short time, ner husband
became estrauged from her, and on his
repeating The avermeUts as to CIOXon, she
became by his estrangement and aoan,
donment deranged IN healtn and
mind, and went she knew not where, but with
out actual crime. TnaJ her husband subse-
quenty sought her out OF his own wtll, and she
consented, on his eutteaues, to reside again
reason to suspect his fidelity, and at length lett
him and entered Into negotiations Tor separa-
ton. That she has since discovered proof otln
fidelity by HIM since the separation. As to one
OF the persons with whom she Is accused, she
says that she does not know his name. Tie
afidav It's of the others oenying the charge are
appended. That oi one o. these, Jesse W. Bnne-
| Let, her counsel, adus flll account OF the
| negotiations entered into Dy hlm with Mr..
| Leslie for separation, and saws that at one
| time Mr. Leslie was desirous OF having an abso-
| lutte divorce procured against him. That even
| the amount OF the alimony was agreed on, but
| the negotia ion went off through the failure OF
Mr.. Leslie to give sutcl security for the pay
melt OF such alimony. He denies Indignantly the
cha5ge OF adultery, and says tnat he believes MIR.
| Leslie only prefers these charges to frIghten
! Mrs. Lese's tIiends, aud make them AID him IN
| de r'ying Mrs. Leslie OF her rights. An atli1agit
! OF MIR. Fortune ls added that he Is the pIoprle-
! tor of Frank LPSiieS frustrated, Illustrate ZeI-
! tung, Illustration, bds'iOn Mdgdztae, Boys and
! GT'S HeekIy ana was, uuder his Drother's
! name, owner OF The Last Sensation, tor
! which The Days D0ingS has been sIb,tituted
! That he owns four i've printing establish
ments, whose furniture 10 worth at least
! Sl60,0u0, and that his income is worth more
| than 100000. Mr. Lesiies affidavit is q lite
| lengthy. He has, he says, been restrained by
Seli-respect ana o regard Tor the feelings OF his
ch ldren from answering the attacks made on
hlm by Mrs. LeSllc, but time has no " arrived
| tor hIm to break silence. He was born at iCs-
| wich, England i'll 1921. AT nineteen years OF
| age lie became acquainted Vltn Sarah Ann We'll
|
! one she then being sixteen. BY his marriage
| he alIenated bi5 fathers tamiy. He devoted
| himself TO wood engraving, and, by laboriug
| sixteen hours day, procured livelihood Tor
| his family. His name was Henry Clrter, but
! havir g used The name OF Franz Leslie "a an
| eneraver's name, or nom dc p uIne, and having
| used 1t also III tue publication oi his ne Yspl'
| pers, thus gaining or ~ kind OF trademark
value, he caused his uam9 TO be changed in
1857. As 10 his selling the furniture before
! leaving England, he SAYS that in his struggles
! t. get alonp he gave kind OF chatlel mortgage
| on his furniture which was foreclosed one day
| during his absence, but, on his return at nIght
| he at once proc eded TO make his family CON-
| Portable, and lhe furniture va returned within
| te " days. Finding the )oug credits of Eus-
| laud fatal 10 him, he resolved to come to this
! country md sol off his furniture, but not her
clothes, and made, as be supposed, an equal
! division OF the proceeds, Giving her f20 CASH
! and about GlO0 in noes. When he landed IA
! New York, IN lS46, his capital was about ESQ.
| The NOES were not promptly paid, and Mrs.
Leslie suffered some irconyenlence. MIR. Leslie
thrn gives his account o. the e-opemeut IL 1850.
| He entered into a publishing speculation IN
connection with Jenny Liud's concerts,
which necessi,ated his travelling with the
! ledge aud consent. He left her in
Wefurni- he'd house and gave her money
! for hou, ehold expenses. Just before leaving he
| sent her $500 piano. As soon as ne realized
! ANYTHING IN Philadelphia he sent her S25, and
similar sums from other cities. He received no
| letters in reply. On his return in May, 1851, he
! found his house occupied by strangers, and all
! mis- letters but one dGopy ned. She had eloped
with Thomas F. CroXon, taxing he1 youngest
! Cb Id. 1le other two, after some difficulty, he
| found with a poor woman, Bartlett By name.
| He found that they had zone to TORONTO, and
! p rsued theul there but hey had been w4ruet,
ano had gone in different dire,nons few hours
before, MIS-. Leslie Tor New York. He tele-
! graphed in the name OF CroSon to hOtei-keeper
al albany, and thus stopped her. On her en-
treaties aud peultence he iorgave her, and they
| went 10 Boston. she refusing to 20 anywhere on
| account Of her shame, but he says that within
! one week Afterwards she rene wed her cOnnec.
| ton with CruXOn, tasing advantage of her
! Knowledge Of hi business nourS. Otthis he says
he knew othing till November, 1867. After
years residence III Boston they returned to New
! York, and 10 1854 went 20 Housekeeping. Here,
he says she annoyed him by demands for mo-
ney, BY her encouragement OF his eEertions,
! by Der eYhi bitions OF q moro;e disposition, by
her IL its 10 the friends he invited home, and
by her accusations OF inTigues with every
wouSn with whom he coBvCrsed. He then
accuses her of most gross neglect and inatten
tion during dangerous illness, resulting from
q severe accident, IN December, 1859. tie says
that the idea OF his permitting divorce was
suggested By hel counsel, hut tne demands for
| RlimOnY Werr raj 'cd continually, aud he ultl-
marely for n j impossible TO make any arrange
ment. Tbs WAS alIeI separation which
took place in 1861. Alter TINS separation he
allowed her $50 week unul as he SAYS, he
ioul that she was crCu atlng injur Gus
teDorts concerning him, and stopped IL; that
she has continued these annoyauces down
to the present time. lie denies the charge
o adultery, and saws that II is an effort TO drag
| into this controversy the names Of respectable
married ladles, t. stir up enemies against him.
aud TO prevent enjoying respectable societV.
A nun Der o. affidavit are annexed, supporting
the individual aVerments OF Mr. Laslir'I afli
daVit. MIR. oardmau, on behalf Of the de-
a of Il xyit II a