The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-08
TlIEVAN MARRIAGES
THE DIVORCh TBAr WAS DECREED
~ lunar HILCOM.
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Interesting Pnpcrs that nrr Kept in the Once
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Judge BnlCorn who delivered tho decree
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uNOfc'hR Judge van bruht ana MS hrst wife, on
the 2Gth If December. 1874. has been an invalid
for ne rlv two years and Ia a n.tient IN n water
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cure es'aohsh'heht III hlhgn ih'Vh, III "hlch
ciiy he lives and holds court. His Illness Is the
result Of a partial suustroke that stratod him
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Wulle ne ""s Oh " nu"''nE INV
A SUN ret orter found Judge Balcom In the
,.,or ,,x. os,.,.n.hnent and asked TO he
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allowed TO copy the complaint and other papers
la the Van Rrunt divorce suit His Honor re.
,i,od tho, I, would h. necsssorv 10, hin, On In
pneu thA1 u "oulu DO heceseary iot w" W W.
uoduce the reporter To the County Clork, ana
TO give the Clerk an order TO allow the papers to
be copied. Slowly aud with feeble step, the
Judge led the way to the Court House, cOnyecs-
ing as he walked, about his knowledge Of the
case.
The Judge said that Mr.. Giles W. Hotchkiss,
an ex.Consrcssman, "A LAWYER Of ability. had
presented the case for the wife. The complaint
hnd neon seryeJ uunn Judge Van Bruut IN New
York Judge Balcom had asked MIR. Hotchkiss
why the case was presented before him. why
W s 1t not tried in New York The reply WIS
entirely salts factory New York was the home
Of the Judge, and the wife felt sure OF fairer
trial elsewhere, and II Judge Balloon was not
strong enough TO sit on the bench duTing the ex-
| animation Of witnesses, they could be exam
| lued before referee, and their testimony could
| be submitted to him htterWaru.
Twenty DAYS elapsed JUDGE Van Brunt took
| no motifs OF the complaint, and the trial went
| on before a referee. without any defence being
| set up. Judge Bllcom examined the testimony,
! saw that there was no denial Of the charge Of
| a lulterv and, concluding that Judge V IN Brunt
| va. guilty, granted the divorce. A local news-
! paper published the decree but later still an
| amended decree was delivered. and this the re-
| porter of Tar SUN could copy 1t had not ct
| been published. Late list summer the Judge
| was informed of Judge Van Bruut's second mar
rnge somewhere IN Europe
| The CountS clerk was not In his uice. and
| Judge Bilcon showed the reporter tne law
| books he had collected. Ills finer law
library he said. than any other. except the lbra-
rla- Ia New NuTk and IN A lbany. rs he spoke, ex-
| Congressman Giles ". Hotchkiss entered the
| room. aud was Introduced the counsel for
| MIS- Van Hrunt In the suit for divorce.
Nil Hutchkiss said it was nobOuy's business v
| about the divorce suit, and IN his opinion the
papers In the cause should not be gwen to any
| one.
In the County Clerks ONCE, when Judge Bal
! com was about to hand the compliant IL the
suit to InE SUS reporter. Mr.. Hoich,iss grew
| eloquent in protesting against the exhibition OF
| the papers-whoeVer published the mat ter CON
| tanned IN them. would be prosecuted to the
! seyerest extent the newspaper the reporter
| even the County Clerk. should suffer. Judge
| Van Brunt had COMMITTED no offence against
| the law. Our law does not reach To Enal nj
| Nnpre lie married his second wife. The enemies