Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-05-05
A FIFTEEN WEAR OLD HUs-
BAND.
Hsw YoaaE PaImor Married the
Chambernafd-Ho Finds Matri-
moay an Expensive Luxury.
From the n. 7. Globe.

From the N. Y. Globe.
On Tuesday, Mrs. Kate Palmer, re-
siding at 2ll East Seventeenth street,
sued her husband, John Palmer, In the
Essex Market Police Court, for abail-
donment. The story developed was
an extraordinary one. The husband
Is a boy not yet quite eighteen years
of age, according to the statement OF
his mother. Notwithstanding his
youth, he has been married two years,
and Is the father of one child, now
about n year old. His parents some
years ago resided at 1888 Greenwich
street, where they took into their
service a chambermaid named Kate
Launsbury. They then moved TO o
West Eleventh street, bringing kate
with them. Two years ago the Doy.
John, then little over fifteen years OF
age, was observed bestowing marked
attentions on Kate. These attentions
were palpable to the other servants,
but escaped, the parental notice for q
long time. At last the cook told her
mistress that Kate, the chambcrmaid,
was endeavoring to inveigle her son.
1kta. hilucI, LIC uiOetiVit 10
ished. To remove her Vol from Rates
influence, rs the mother represents,
she sent the boy out West to live with
her uncle, but in three weeks time he
was back again on her hands In New
York. She could not imagine how he
contrived to return. At last she ascer-
tained that Kate had sent him money
Il m hrtnn lttn honls EennN fhaf fimn
forth hs remained ut the parental DOM
icile, where, Kate for a considerable
time remained rs chambermaid. But
the relation between Johnny and Kate
now was q new one, and altogether
unknown to any but themselves. They
were married. As DOT as Johnny got
back from the West, he and Kate pri-
yately tripped off to the Catholic
church In Second street, and were
united In wedlock by the Rev. Father
Everett. In due time Johns father
and mother were informed Of the mar
rage. They were amazed, but 1t could
not now be helped, and they had to
reconcile themselves to the fact with
the best grace they could. They put
away Kate, who, howoyor, was pro-
yided with lodgings and maintenance
by her boy husband. His parents re-
moved to Port Richmond, Staten
Island, where the mother kept the
Continental Hotel, while his father
came daily to his business In the city.
They took John with them. John and
his parents at present reside at New
Brighton, S. l.
For q length Of time John continued
to remit from $l2 to $l5 weekly to his
wife, but finally the remittance ceased.
For months now, the wife says, she has
received nothing from John, and has
bcen obliged to support herself and
child by working for Mrs. Danclifson,
with whom she lives. Counsel for the
married boy John tried to break down
the case by impeaching the girls char
acter. As n presumption against her,
he alleged the first person she recog-
nized in court was the notorious Nine.
Widger, the clairvoyant. Justice Led
with, however, thought that rs long rs
she was the boy Palmer's wife, she had
a claim on him, and decreed her :! n
week for support. The mother de-
clares her intention to institute imme-
diate proceedings to divorce her boy.