The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-11
PASSAGES SCANDAL SUIT.
a REAL ESTATE AGENTS WIFE IND HER
FAMILY PHrSICIAN.

a REAL ESTA TIE AGENTS WIFE AND HER
FAMILY PHYSICIAN.
The Confession that She Says She signed Under
Her Husbands Compuisiou. md that ue
Ayers was Made after n Night OF Prayer.
The trouble in the Calendar family, OF
Passaic began In April. 1875. when Mr.. Wm f.
Calendar. real estate dealer in Pine street. New
York. suspected the relations between his wife
and DIR. John Nottingham. She admitted the
general correctness Of his surmiscs. az appears
from the following confession. which sho die
tated to a stenographcr;
l. Sarah J,anncue Calendar os pas.eic Now ter.nv
soumia, aplenriny 90 dcpo-c and say That made the
OF cmber. 1874 unon the occasion Of his being called
To aNnd upon my children; who were then .ick thamy
Ss mn & es pR na the 1Ss day # Ap sS & our "%s
occasion. me, him at III. once; that no i@pr"psr n.
April aforesaid, upon which dsy ai,he cice Of DR. not
hs 3 day Xpr s75 at he tsmc % place % assn a. S1n Sp%
m,,sd with him H. same ogence that since that time
siSsn JK,ssKrrr CALENDAR
Mr.. Calendar removed to New York. leaving
his wife. their three children. and his parents
living together in Passaic. He hoped TO avoid
scandal and publicity. So he continued to pay
the house bills and went over to soc his fam
Months elapsed and the suit was not tried. 1t
was ready for trial In November. but counsel
agreed To have IT sent to a referee, and Mr.. Geo.
". Parsons was appointed 10 that authority.
original and novel line OF defence. Through
her counsel she applied TO Judge Donohue for
an order to restrain her husband from using
her confession against her in his suit. and tho
Court granted n preliminary Injunction which
has not yet been dissolved.
According To her complaint her husband ac-
nam and continued T. reitcrate that accusation
and to accompany II by threats. all to induce
such adultery, nj He said that he had SI,ns for long
time employed two detectives at an expense Of
swear that they had seen her visit hotels in
Paterson and houses Of ill-repute in New York
with Dr. Nottingham: that she could not testify
on her own behalf and that he could, on their
that he would do so and would take her emil
the other hand. II che would mako a con-
fession In writing. he would not bring any
separate her from her children and that no living
human being but himself. her, and the person
who drcw such writing should ever know the
contents of the same and that the plant n and
dcfcndapt would continue to live together as
husband and wife. and that in taking this course
the defendant would hc furnishing to the plain
III proof Of me strength and sincerity .nf his
love for her. This he assured her. on May l.
, was the only thing which could save her or
her children. ut the same time kissing her in an
apparently anectionate manner, and assuring
her that II sho would sign n confession h,
would faithfully keep his promises t. her"
. - -h" came over to his place OF business in
New ork. and, accompanied 10y his sister and
ms partner. won't TO some place whore person
wrot" out nni sll" signed ia" hcfor"-uuotrd con-
trrly innocent of any adultery with Dr. John
Nottingham. and that the confession was n lie.
Incn she goes on tower TINT Tor many days
inter- the above accusation WIS made against
her 10y the defendant she was IN state of great
anNicty-bcing person of feeble health andcx
ceedingly nervous trmpernment-and excite
ment because of such outrage and bccause Of
the threats made by the defendant and she con-
fesses that she has but an ndistin,t recollection
oi what she said or did during that period. and
stating to- any one that she had thus committed
MIR. Calendar gives an entirely different ver-
sion of tho Obtaining of that confession. He
SAYS that when he first uttered his suspcions t.
her and advised her 10 pray for strength to open
kissed the Doctor and embroidered handkrr-
rhi"is iur him, hui denying any greater guilt and
promised not t. soc him any morn. Mr. CallDn-
dnr h'li'N"d h"I, ana obtained the hHndk'r-
che'- from the Doctor. hut subsequently saw
horw.th him IN ferry boat and. IN her rrni-
tnrrih'n. she ilr~i prayed all night and then.
knrrns ut hi~ bedside hcior. h. was up, ON tho
morning of Mny g. ls7i. confessed fully. profess
INK at tho -dmo tim" great rruiorS,, ana vuwinx
thereafter e. lend hcttrr life At that time. he
says. sh" Voluntarily offered him her written
Nurcc without publicity or disgrace To hcrnnd her
children. and ON the subsequent day She made
the cont, i,--un without his knowledge or influ-
.nr", voluntarily anu solely moved thereto 10y
At M lr-t hearing before tho rcfercc. Miss
Belle 'uilrndur. a maiden sister Of the plnintiN
testified positively that the defendant had. on
May g. $50. voluntarily con cs-od To- her :and fur
thrrmore runl, -S''i 10 oNrrhsHring tho dricnd-
ant iuukr : lnilar tonlt --luN- a. servant Lirl
and u gardener. She also narrated certain little
III 'idcntS within her observation tending 10
snow an undue intimacy between Mrs. Callcn-
dnr and nr. Nottingham
The plniniin profr--.l to hc able 10 prove that
Mrs. ,Mtrnihr confessed her "a II 10 other per-
a