The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-25
MAGGIE SEAGER'S HUSBAND.
A GIRL UNDER EIGHTEEv " fRRIED TO
MIN or SfXTI-IITE
How OH W.. Nu..rimnr Advcrtiscd for -
Young VIE, n"d Got One a Wedding Tour
and "A Divorce Suit-tn Agreement 90 Fart.


81 am the defendant in tho divorce cnso
Mu-s hnln n.t. Muss .mau. now prn.lin in
Tue filt zenith u STIR Cont ia your rity. VIII
tivr you the du .umcuis bear M upon tio euii.
] viii ud 90 them certain othnr unrt iDni0. "a
You viii lnd that the cas- sa phrnnm nal ON.
ln giving you tli' points make only one con
az on; You may litn me us nuD IL MS over Won
phns' but YOU must not brrnthc WORD against
the woman
Tho person who Introduced himself to a re-
porter IN this dclib'r g.. matter Of fnct why.
aud mnd" such chyulrOus order il not only
'hn d,lcnlnnt IL the cusc he eitet. bat he IN his
own attorney. II was an old man. gray hai red,
VITA wrinkles In his face g. ut bstukonod sun r.
ing ny we'll ~ years. Of medium height hut
slightly hcut; trunk 'nst Of features. the
hpul sunk litt with ugc, hut with humor-
Gus lincs around II. eyes clcnr AMI scar hing,
WIN az Times a suspia ious glance. but often u
He said; | am SO. and snc cnnnot ho ont Of
hrr teens. | mnrrird her In 1874. I wanted II
young wife. and adycrtis Il for one Aud she
head at that time was stored with thoughts nf
love and adventure. This Il was that induced
her to reply Ia my advertisement, II appeared
IN my own newspaper. | WIS then editor ami
manager 4 the S"o. published in Logunsport
tisomcnt2 To be sure it WIS. There was no
conccalmont. As we'll IA can ~. ollrct ap-
pll1d Tor young wife. between the ages of is
onset Tor The disparity ngro"d TO enter into an
c.nupiinl contract. | agreed To- convey TO
her tlOuOu in life insurance policies. The
1lNrrNs incnt was answered 10y Maggie l..
Srager. the plaintiff in this case. | saw that
Miss Scaecr was under the agc stipulat'd
III the advertsnmont hut she. was pretty.
accomplished. and sympithetic. / advised her
us par Mt Her father was dead. and her
mother rafus al her cnusnn To- the mitch Ncv-
"rihrlcss Miss Maggie was determined to marry
me-, AMI We went into Mi 'higan-a Stat where
a sir. has the right TO marry a II much earlier
period thnn is allowable in other parts of the
Union. The marriage WIS sormnizad in the
city " Niles. at tn" time mentioned The ante
conveyed an additional s5 600. iogether VIM
,har"s 81 stock ia the D.murrntic Printing and
Fuhlishing Assocmuon 81 Logausport, aud
!9t IL IN that n.y. About three months after
the marriage. aud immediately on our return
from our wrddngtour. WAS taken sick. was
III for nearly year. and WAS ordered to Cali
torna for tn" benefit oi my health. She fol-
sake found 1t advisable h. return with her.
After getting back was t,k.n ei i, nni while
was ill | WAS advised that she had gone back Ia
California. NJ soon ~ felt able Ia travel on'e
VIE in san fran'is'o. Being OF a romantic
turn. although sharp usSa needl she needed
And now, 10y SUIT filed on the 18th OF last July
she nsks for "A divorce
On what grounds p
" Hero IL the complaint It tells the story
clearly enough: That since the marriage tho
drt"ndunt has treated plalntiii IN n most cruel
and inhuman manner. TINT without lust cause
or prevention the defendant within four
months fruul the date of her marriage grossly
abused plainuh. addressing her in foul lam
gu4ge. and ihrclt'n.i To leave plaintiff alto
E"th e. ana abandon hrr. ana she Wa forced To-
leave him Tn" r9mplnint u ~ s"t- forth that
rlNri q believes Il i'udant has in his posScs-
rl'l s@'tN". ana INN SD" II iniigont AMI m III
health. she therefore asks for "a dissolution vi
,nr larti,s', i"r 9,m.ny fer snh Other sums
-" onlon'i nom pacing l"y "a bis control the
mM,N now IA bug pcs --ion.
Well. do you deny these charges -
, deny NOTHING | only say that | have no
Know DIG Of having mu.lc eu % threats mud
e,N" y9,u ne loliG~ii affidavit TO show the po-
sit''n take In the mn'ior:
lghn MUS imam. nion OBJ. oaih. swear' he b. 49,.
a. ,1rm 't'v M "'.n ~ i''i' ii~