St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-07-23


the sum of >2.JOO. and his counsel cN-
poets To give in the bonds for his release
from Jail Price has not been ariaigncd
nor is it thought that the District At
torncN will press the cas-, against him.
He is still. however. held in custody.
The Divorce Suit against DR.. Howard.
We have already published the result
of the suit of Mis-. Howard against VIM.
ii. II. Howard of West Fairlce. for iii
volcc. The case was heard in the late
term of Orange county court, and the
Court granted Mrs. lloward'S bill. de
erecting her Il divorce for intulrrahlr
severity and -S:},OUO alimonN also
granting her the custody of hcI child.
Catherine Sumner Howard for whose
support an additional sum of S:'.OO0
WAS dccrecd. t" he placed III the hands of
trustees. Said sums are Ia he paid in
scmi-annIIll in>tallmcnt> of 300 each.
The case excited very much interest.
y. Il. Carpenter. of Bath. y. H.. and
Leslie and Ro%cI> Appeared for Mrs.
| Howard Hon. W. Iichard. G.. W.
Clark, and others. inI Dr. Howard. The
following is Il small part of Mrs. How
ards evidence. is we find il Icpurtcd in
| the lrJHS:
Was married at Dalton. y. H.. Sep
/ tcmhcr L.. l-,;I. 10y Rev. Daniel Me
/ 4
said her father MAS james l.. SUMNER.
of Dalton: he has bccIi sick since Last
| OcIohcr and .iicd ON SUNDAY last At
ten marriage / resided with Dr. Howard
at West FaiIlcc until August. 1913 ::
have been At my fathers since. bHr
daughter WAS born JANUARY =. I-n! !:
/ had II" children before thai time. hut
/ had been twice rnciruIc prev i'iII>lN {:
the, iil- time in the winter of l-,ai. The
| Doctor then said that he had consulted
several ply SiciiII>. al Lowell and else
where. and that | could never live Ia
bear u full grown child. | reluctantly
consented /" his operating with imStIu-
mcmt>. and Wa- sick two weeks. Sub
>equcutiN. when again pregnant. he said
/ / might live la beau Il daughter.
but NOT Il son. AND performed au"thrr
operation. Being asked I" rive a gen
cral idea OF his Treatment of her. Wit
ness went on To stale. in substance. ~
follows: soon after our marriage. he
] said he WAS master ot his own estate. and
that | must weld to him in everything.
! At times he WAS very severe. Once.
in l~6-. he forbade my leaving the
/ house III the evening: >WOIc at me and
said | WAS II & Il Il II @o>>iping h Ii:
/ he WOULD swear. and then quiet down ::
We went tolr>t soon after. Next morn
/ ing. he WIS sitting in the office. and
forbade my going ont asked why he
WIS :" severe He threw Il cake ct
soap and said. G. Il Il II You. take
that , 1t struck me on the lip. | kept
It handkerchief i'll my hand. and held it
up I" my lip: WAS ashamed t" have
ladies see it: | gave him no proNoc;i-
ton tor this. He WIS frequently ont
IN the morning: | demonstrated and
said did not like to he alone he said
il WAS none of my & Il IN business :,
that he should go when and where hc
chose. and stay a> long AZ he had Il mind
to: this WAS in bed. He then seized
my arm and bent my hand until il
cracked it WAS in the winter of I>G1
and :. ut > o'clock in the night he
had been over to the hotel: most al
ways set up for him. On another ncra-
sion. witness said the doctor received a
letter from Mrs. Phillip Walker. living
III the village. whose tinill he had
helped: took it M. know nu il WAS
from her: we then had considerable of
Il quarrel. suspected that she wrote
hmm for money. and said would rather
. h.., .rtl Il
med 1t. got very angry, turned over in
bed, ch"krd me. and asked if would
stop my noise | WAS not in Il situation
to make much answer; grew black in
The face. and he then stopped. saving |
WAS Il q ii d II medlling h Ii, Some
time III lists. while dining. he thrrN a
potato. hitting me on the check and
SAVING d II You. take that. Again. he
once came home from Il long drive.
about D o'clock. the time we usually
dined. | WAS all alone. the girl. Kate
. Brlen, having gone To see the priest
Instead of coming in. the Doctor went
over to the hotel, returning ut 10 T.. VI.
and wanting to eat. | told him he
might have stayed long enough To dine
when he first came nome. He repIicd
that WAS his affair. not mine. He also
held IL stick of wood over my head.
many minutes. threatening to knock my
d-n head off, | remember that he
once took me out of bed for something;
it WIS i'll the spring. and having sold
our house, there WAS no Other bed he
kicked me out had either to sit up
all night. or go to bed again with him
this | did after he went to sleep.
Witness here detailed long and
serious illness she had in the winter of
ISL. caused by miscarriage, in which
her husband neither prescribed or cared
for her. but she was cared for by the
ncighboIS.
The following July went to How
ards boarding house at West Hartford.
twenty-five or twenty-five miles dis
tant: had got SO H. to sit up Il little in
Il chair: WAS anxious to 90 10y ears. and
started for the depot, the Doctor wis
indignant. and had carriages brought
to the door ii l:}0. | rode with MIS-.