The sun., 1871-03-13
SUSAN STRIDER'S WRONGS.
INDIANA DIVORCE OPERATIONS OF
ONE or THE p. n. VS..
Another viper Warmed ut tho Hcnrthstene
The Nlistrcss OF the Household StunE-

The mllllnffN ftfth W NAtmnNAfs
In the September Term Of the Marion County
Gndana, Common Pleas Court raalero r. suidor
personally appeared ind through his ttcrncy, ufc-
scnicd pcutio1 for divorce lis plea was cruel
tcat ont and abapdonncnt on the part Of 'iiq wife,
u-an Strii'r, which ho was prepared 20 prove 5y
tie tc -umony Of q dimscl wto accompanied Lin
Mr.. 5ui.er was well dressed, cpncly Young INN,
oil ycr ars tnirty ycara o ugc. lie might have been
older; Ter lie had uic 9ir complexion and light hair
and eyes wiich carry 'gc-mstks lightly Lis com.
panion very iair 10 look upon, and she be-
comnsly dressed in dcep mourning. Sic was re.
presented az his daughter, and was ia weeds for Ecr
mother.
Tho nctition was read and ss the Court
a'out TO decide upon Tvs merits. an able attorney
unexpcccdly called attention to an answer" by
Mrs. strilcr. The case was deferred, and, In tho
ull Of divorces consequent upon the pending change
In divorce statutes, haa not yet come up TIE Legis-
laturo adjJurning without reaching tho proposed
amendments, the freedom seekers at a distance VIII
no doubt take fresh ngnt to 1ndiina aud the next
two years may be NJ full of incident aud fraud is the
closing days OF Congress.
rug ANSWER OF SUSAN TO rALttFrRo
bears Cato Oct. ~, 1870, and Is juy attcsted by
Samuel u Preston, ,clerk,wh is certified to- in turn
by the lion. j. Garland. Judge OF the Corporation
Court Of the City Of Lynchburg. Va. Mcqsrs.
Micon an1 Logwood OF Memphis, Tenn. have
the credit Of drawing up the instrument which with
unconsciouabie yerbiAzs says that Susan, rcservng
all exception TO the many errors IN uo com
plainanrs bill for material answer thereto, and
admits that she is tho lawful wife Of Taii1fcro,
was married to him tile % ! Of July, 1919, In
Columbus, Franklin county. Ohio. sho denies his
allegation Of cruelty :and intoxcation; denies ever
having beaten or struck him. or that slo ever
during TIE whole course OF their married lIfe WIS
not faithful aud devoted wife denies ever having
Abandoned hun, but ivc-s the contrary, that she
always clung to him with unwavcrug fidelity. not
only through the carly years Of their union, whom
her young life WAS bright with happiness of scom.
ugly requtcd love, but also IN the latter period.
whom by "A strange fatality that happiness
oh cured BY terrible cloud she narracs with The
deepest rain the LEADING uapsal tons OF tho last
four yosrs, which sro the real and only moving
eSusce for the present application o. the complain.
ant. lnu lew days before, wien alo uret lc4ruCd
o. this suit. sho viewed her husband a man ire
s.stiby led by secret arts prachsed upon him by
DEpoS IN woMAs's roRu.
A youthful widow--ore Fanny c. Cbewnirg ne
February, 1865. m Tire respondents store la llcl-
mond, Va. first made the Acquaintance OF the com
paihnut and the defendant By becoming an omploycc
IN their scryicc. Tie parties hberto were engaged
| IN tie "Mantua and cloak makinL" business 10
or rsar sixth and broad streets. where they have
been h,iIE ever since TIC war. On Application OF
ssid Fanny tho kind hcaric susan, actually by sym.
p1ihy for her, AMI not by tho need OF her services.
iuducod her husband 10 tako hcr into their service
Twas a. oyii hour. tdtl To tho respondents han
| pine =. BY cruel lsie, hcayen.born charity,
bsca ae the destroyer Of AL thit made tho il . OF
this re- Youicut ~urth living Tor" from the time or
| her union wi'h 1aiia,ero p. Strider, more than
Tho conpai iants heart, very soon after his b..
| coming acq tainted wuh Fanny, began to be c,.
| tran cd from tho respondent, Sas4n, and ere lie
was aware Of Il the intruder had wJn from Lin "a
ihcc ion which Nv tho iIvs of society. religion ana
OF ndtIic be un4rd lrIeV0cahis 10 TIE wife. About
TO Al OF January, lad9, be aud SAID Fanny Caew.
ming
EuortD rSou RICHMOND,
and travelled and ivo together as r,her and Jo,rb
ter. In March or Aprr i6ls they won't W lndarl,o-
lis AID ououCl dross and nAntua ma ling r.ttb Ill.
ment in tic name OF fPstrider, a. ~ Illinois slroet
S.ftdCr passing her oil a his widowed dlugAtor
some tine after they len Richmond toward tie last
Of September, 1869, the complainant and Fanny vent
| 70 Memphis and ODcned q coax and dres snak lnt
establishment, with pattern storr. s1e publisllng
| her cards IN the name Of Madame De F0nford, "A
living in the house aud on suen terms witn tht cou-
painsnt aai e"liag him pa soon nt'r his coinr to
LCmUns, hc wrote 10 tie respondent, rCuu sstiug
ter To 90 ana joan nm tlcr', ltafi"g nor to boeNe
that he hai abandoned Fanny AMI wished 70 rcccyi
tlo respondent ns his vie. 80 tho RESPONDENT
| promptly aud joyny repaired TO Memphis But
| 80, she met a. her husbands house and place 1f
| business was Fanny Chewing. Tno respondent re-
manned there stycral months. though it was y
wrctciied No 10 Gnd herself nogectel AMI dcspisc
aud urcarcd .or. suhce II TINT the rc ronicnt vas
entirely supGlautcd in her husbands heart By t.o
ruAMELEss MRS cuEwSIEG,
pou-h his illicit amour was IN the presence OF Other.
masked under tho prctence q fatAer ana d1ugutcr.
by which prctence many respectable persons were
decr we'd Tho respondent denies tnat she habtu4IlJ
discharged pistols in the comTlainants house. rrue
it 10 That ouce, while IN heWp 80, EOaded by tie
rrieyous and procuring Nrongs beapod upon
er by the complainant and TIE iasoisnt woman VIE
at - usurper and mistress where She should have
boon servant, she did dseharre p'sto at herself
no at any one olsc-not 1t the woman who lad thus
| Invaded righss more dear t. the respondent taaH
llic .tsclf.
o. the complainant, ami Fanny. anl others, which
sHe believed Fanny had ao~iTcied nom Ter trun@.
She learned and charged rat Fanny did take thou;
t"al hrs' l. y b.rnoar. Womn tAcn, ana now
as the respondent believes, IN tho employ mcnt NJ
Ialiif.r told Fam to yet them oUi Of Susan's
uuuk, where Mrs. B had seea her deposit them,
WHAT HHs sTRIDGR THINKS or nRs. BARBouG
| Susan further charges that ibis Mrs. Barbour,
| Fannys constant friend and companion IN Memphis,
| IL IN cider botor Of Fanny in her scheme %
| alternating Taliaiero T. from susan Strider, aud
who in iuttherRnco Of this conspiracy Is import.
ant ~unoss used by him, ~ Susan Is informed.
| In Fenruarv, 1870. the wiley Taliaiero induced
| Susan To go TO Concord tumpbeil county Virginia
to sell her house and land in that place, tens her
| h sine Won sell t and come back tucy would take
| the money and start q store IN Memphis some
| wacre elise. and t,at he would usNo notaoE more
TO say 10 Fanny Che wniug but would Ays with her,
| his wife. as he ouchL
Susan went US requested, bu, has no. effected a
| sale she mas remained ever sircr m Concord and
| lS9a,,ro knows a. lei sho learns that ne syers
| that ne would have informed neg Of proceedings Il
| lie had Known Ter whereabouts.
| Juat be.Orc Susan left Memphis, nom Wof o.
| dropped by her husband aud other
sUsrIcIous ciRcuNsr,NcVs,
she felt that tie sending her OF was only 70 ret her
| ont OF the way, that by secre,lY arpivrs for Il
divorce he eou d graaiy his called daughter bs
| marrying her. SO, on The eve Of hcr leaving Nom
| phts, the visilant SusaH retained counsel TO tkU
1 ! otico OF his movements, and inform her whether
| suit vas entered Tor divorce, 80 that Size might
through COUNSEL defend IL
| che AYERS and ciatges that Taliafcrn T.. Stria OF
went TO Indiana Tor the express purpose OF this suit
leaving, therefore. lis home IN Memphis. where lp
| had been living more thaa year since Sept, 1862
| Her counsel Informed her by letter y few days e.
FIRE she filed her OF hrs discovery Of the suit
| pending IN lpdiana. and BY her instructions glSei
him pei return matt procured a certiicd COPY o. IN,
| complaint 30 that she might answer IT,
MISTRESS SUSAN sTRIDER
earnestly rcslsls this divorce. both from motives o
the love she st feels towards him who has NIonged
her. and tOprevont him from the comw.ss ssi1n v. su
| great a crime US he contcmnntrs. she denies that
he Is citizen OF Indiana, OF that he was 10 within
| \ ear OF tic said application she dealos that IN
1 home IN said time, has been anywhere Out Oi Mem
| rhls, where she lived with him lour months ending
Feb. o. 1870.
Susan. you perceive mskes out a plain case o
non-resldence ana ~ as conpols ter husband TO ts
hing VI a nov com laint, tic lazy rcqurur ye ~
residence bofore ming Of petition. Appended 10 the
ueual form OF answer, glanced ot by yopr CORES
pOndeEt is a most
TOUCHING coDEuAch SUSAN HERSELF.
IN her own handwriting II viii not admit Of para