The New York herald., 1870-12-18
NEW YORK HERALD 49, ls7oTRiPE SHEET

afrecnonate towards him; but on many occasions
when depSnent has been In their company since she
nus eXhbtted c0ltness and indifference, and even
vindictivenesS toward him upon the slight
est occasions painful TO behold. And depo.
nen,u nena SAYS Is saat s since her arrival IN tins
disposition and taste. Retiring az she was before
her arrival she has since become more extrayagant
III her dress and changed the color OF her hair and
dyed her eyebrows and eyelashes, and az
snmes a style at variance with her past
life. And deponent says that, beyond ex-
poslulatiDg with the plalntin upon her changed
lfe he has never during the whole course OF his ac-
auaintance with the parties heard The defendant
speak harsh VOID toward her. and from what he
knows OF the defendant deponent believes HIM 10
be Incapable OF committing a violence upon any
woman much less the plantlif
MR.. wALLACK'S STAGE MANAGER ON ANTEcEDESr
HISTORY
James Schonberg, being duly sworn says that he
is the stage director at Wallack's theatre, IN New
York and re des ut No. 2l0 East Fourteenth street,
In the city OF New YORK: that he Is acquainted with
BON parties 70 this acton, having made the ac-
after ner arrival In this country and having known
defendant first about the month OF June, 1870; and
deponent SAYS that about the month OF June,
1870 the plaintiff ana defendant caG.e TO board at
deponent's house, where he now resides, and re-
manned there until about the ed OF August last and
deponent says that nc has lad opportunities OF seeing
the sd parties during such time daily; that durlng
such time he has never seen the Defendant treat his
wle IN any other way than as u gentleman and q
kindly disposed husband might do; ana deponent
says that IN regar to the painT he considered her
temper exactlng and trying
CONCLUDING ACT OF THE DRAMA.
win that c0mmendabe patience so strik.ngly
characteristic or him the Judge listened 10 the read
lug of the above papers and the subsequent speech or
Tue counsel During the reading Mr.. James insisted
on certain name being given, which tho counsel
"a cannot anu will not givc the name,u said Mr.
Tow nsend.
II win" said Mr.. James ''Mr. seaver is the
namc.r
"rhe entire name, d. Seavern said legal gentle
man present, but not sufficiently SOTO hut that
IL was generally heard and as generally laughed a.
r.. lpuofhx IN "a
laughter OF the court and a smile from the bench
rdlculed with mucn humor the TACT OF Mr.. Alexau-
DER Henderson coming forward 10 aSsail the charac
Ter OF deienceless lady, and stating In MS a1idavt
'tnat her disposition towards her husband mad
changed The color OF her hair.n This from Mr.
Alexander Henderson, the counsel observed, whose
troupe OF Blondes had introduced the novelty INTO
New York, and who derived his profit by putting
before the public nightly young ladies 80 metainor-
phosed about their heads that their English
mothers across the Atlantlc would never recog.
nize them. With this humor. however, he
intermingled a strong plea for his client,
ana pressed eoquenty upon the Judge the necessity
whole matter thoroughly sfted, and he knew the re-
suit would prove his client rs pure as the driven
snow and as chaste rs Diana, and her husband a
brute IN human form.
Mr.. Townsend said that nothing thought or In
tended against the moral character VI the complain
ant The only thing her evil associates and her
nordinate ambition. She aimed 10 do more than she
could accomplish, ana had been nattercd into too
nigh an opinion OF herself by the miserable crowd
oil base natterers who haunt the green rooms and
80 behind the scenes OF every theatre. Efforts had
been made by friends TO stop the complaint but her
story had been published at length exclusively III
| the HERALD and now they wished his story to be
heard. tie insisted that Mr.. Murray mad always
treated his wife Kindly.
"Yes,n interrupted Mr. James, scaled her by the
viest imaginable names and told her to walk Broad
way Tor a living as other women DID,"
''He loves her yet." persisted Mr.. Townsend: ssthe
only trouble Is he loves her tso much.u
my client desires to be relieved from such love,
retorted Mr. James.
There was considerable moro talk between conn
se but it amounted to but ttle AT the concluslor
the lawyers passed up their respective bundles o
papers. The Judge reserved his decision.