, 1875-11-27
THE MENDOZA "EL0pEMENr ,, CASE,
MndAtno Juncau,s Version OF tho Al.
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4AAAAI0o 0HAcAu'e FGfa&0H OF tho A.
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Special Catretpordtnc4 Of Tia CAseaao TJt3nnx
MENDOZA, ILL.,, 1oy. 25.-31adams Juuesu,
alIas Mrs. Gibbouh, was visttcd by your co.rs-
spondont, and her version Of tue elopomcut case
IL ~ follows - I a7:a glad you baso called
vas anxious you should do to, that my sids Of
ths question should DO heard. had feared tbst
should beae tho stigma oaat upon ma
without having change to ylodfcato myself. l.
is only too often that NO women have to endura
With patience tho vilo raprohcllss oaet upon Il,
BY depT&ved mon and whom wo hre Gas, ont
from society. In many tnathnoos through
IN uadesorveily-blightcd character, no have
to boar silently and atono a weight
Of grief known only to. ourselYos. This
I could do, and drain my ouo OF bitterness
to the end; but from stnao Of duty, and for
my famtly's sake. l wish the tsath To DO knunn.
I married Junesu aotuo ak yoats ago. Tho fist
two years Of our married life wore comparative.
II tappy-he did not drink 30 mae4 thco.-
but tho thEoc subsequent yeats made lilo hl.
most inaupportablo. Ho drank to s1ocs',
sud bis temper became ungovornsb!a. He would
como to my bodstdo at night, sud, gitb kn!!o
in bis haud, without tho loast prorocatlon.
threaten to cut my throat. This MAS OF fto-
qucnt occurrence. and was generally compelled
10 aeek refuge 1t Homo neighbos'b. When he
VIVA sober, did not faro mitch bettor. lilo wAt
Jealous OF every QUO and any one. ue has6oneo6
and loft mo As long AZ six weeks at time, With
out dollar to live upon ; and, when INF faler
would scnd me soms noney, be would nocuas 90
of getting 1t Improperly. perhaps AID quick
tempored, but suoh treatment Was not eAleu-
lated to improve me. and I sometimes To-
scented tho vilo impltatIonA he cast on mo
without, however. descending to tho Low
language to which he gouefsty hadreeoutse. Ibia
did not impEtvo matters, For threo long years
ashamed TO hare permitted myself to endure.
God only knows what havs suffered, With ny
life In constant danger, my home pet-
feet loll. we finally agrced to seps.
rate. was to keep ny lstio ~
bsst Of fathoss to mo. came for NE In January
last, and wont homo with him. soon aitss
sued for dlvorra IT. tho Circuit Court Of "o.se-
utdo County; and here are the proofs tba1d'og
mo tho dosuments ,',.a .hst my ~, ns'm,ss 'on.a
Of a1trsEne and repeated cruelty and habltual
drunkenress. Signed by Judge lIe.son. There.
foro an no longer lIis wlfe. His statement
tlIat I have wiitte., asking his forgsycnesA
Is asA f.,so. ! have written to bin fre
besn to 500 him swlcs. am now she vi!o 81
another. I am married to Janou Glbbona snd
Jeneau knows 1t, too. llo tells a SMOOTH s1ht
about finding mo here. lie camo to atondosa o.
drunken spsoe. and threatened tny lfes but
he had better look out tcst, in the astompt. hla
owu may no tAkan frat"
hIrs. Juneau, now Mrs. Gibbons, is rather
prepossesalng-tooking woman, about 81 years ot
age, quetly but tastofutly dFoascd, with rather
carawurn e1press'on. She saoms to have hAas
f&is education. ard belongs to hsgb!3 teapessa
bio family. Bhe gave the above psltlenls!tss
calmly, and With degree Of delicacy and slneeti!
that could not fail to carry conviction 10 1n'
most skeptica! OF mluas.