The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-05-26
COMPROMISING ~ rEtRs.
The Unexpected Termination Of Mrs. Bcnia-
min +. Trumpy'- Divorce suit.
,,,.sNwIcn, Conn, May %. 80 happier

,,,,..,rNwIcH, Conn, May 70. 80 happier
bridal pair ever went from Greenwich on n
wedding trip. and none ever began married life
with brighter prospects tlan did benjamin L.
Trumpy and his wife. Mary. Mir. Sanford
Mead. the father of the briic. WI. wealthy
farmer and all that money AMI triniue could
give Was bestowed upon his q. l,licu. MIR.
Trumry also had early advantages. The
couple worc married ON the I'm of August.
1869. since that tim" four .hdrru have been
born TO them. Tho first two. Was. died. the
Other two. now lad. II five and t.rno years of
agc respectively. are living. and lot the custody
Of thc- children divorce suits ha," boon iu~u-
tutri Owing. rs Mrs. Trumry suys. 10 her
husbands intol rablc cruelty. especially on one
occasion. onlya few day = previous to the young
est chilrs irth she abandoned him. This
was in 1874. and soon aftcrward Col II. W. II.
lIolt WINS retained ly hcrto petition for an alb
solutc divorce. This petition was nlci in the
fall of l,il. and at the time Mis-. Tfumpy was
living with her brother and had both children
On thr SUNDAY following tho Christmas Day
% ISL lrumiN. AiS brother r-in-iiw Henry W.
ia hey. @nl i"g other men,. it7i t'rr way
~ t' tilrrn. hnli W"s Hit. ~ a. "a an J. ,"i''- ~,
NIT 4 for trial In t4' SHp. s,Vr Court, nut ne
ON suit OF IN" diNNtr" proceedings.
Mr.. lrumpy. ia her first petition ior II di-
; Nurr, alleged, As causes. hNhtnHi INT mprr-
! ano. iutolerablv cruelty. and other bad '''n-
/ duct. ANY ono of these a proved. Is SUM rirnt
cause. under Connre etrui Hiws. f.r the granting
I of au absolute divorce. Tn" ,N-e wAs tried IN
] Bridgeport iu Tia, Sprin. of 1873. The petition
Wu- diSml,-cl. Mr. TrWmpy simply d,iiiDd the
gintscs- Mts. Iiunpy. hoWcN r.Was not salts
Last summer she. with her counsel. Col. Ioyt.
believed That sh" llui cuil,ln 'lnE proof oi adult
tun Was llicd. with The old all,.uti.li- and the
additional one of atuli ~. Alr Trqniy at
walk and Nl.i u gross hiA. with q denial of t.c
/ charges Col. Huyt then called Groig" H.
NG,rous % NV Havoc anl ps lnrat NAs wDt"
nl,.e for "a H. Su f,ir iisht.
When TIA cnsr ou.n"d On Weincs lay. Nrs
| Trumpy was tne first witness, AMI her test.
tins morning. 81. ,iId. in irlti. .ft4t@o1n uit =
| hrr marriage. indeed ON her Wedding trim. her
hu-i and began to drlnk ia Niolat. ,u of a PRONE
hrl hand. In thu fall ~ 1902 som. m.ni' s.
AIT the marria-' theN moved to N,w York.
to-, lal lray ltp@,'hrr, b, wou ST. .llhcr. H.
! ami hl. condu { showed "a laHk of a'lN ton.
IN'n th' twins wrr' born. ani W.T. tHkou 81. ~.
1ruupt wrotsa o death mott .' oi ioih whiNh he
! re1t 40 h.r. s1yinE t.1t cNtiy time % man elt
hl- name itlo th. n.w,p"u - n nd''ti.s' his
| luls th came to Of 'tuNlHn. ANA her faith r.
! iurn-hcd money to start him in ite gr1 cry
! business. Th,n her iatler died and left hrr
/ $1,000 which she loaned tn hor brother On
mNr-ug security. After This hrr husband =
c.udu I became uuh.arAb.n. N WIS frequently
intUNl .atrd. amt he treated hrr as a slave
rVni,rr nfi IN .,'i..n.i H. shoot IA r '- MINIS,
! This ruiminaivl her iruuu.o ai,d she lrit him.
! Her lhst cnild WIS born MO w. ks alter he
thr.at'n'd to shoot h"r
Mhrn she ended hrr testimony this moruin.
| Col. h,Nt reserved n.r. -p'ciA and severe
chnrsg- until later i'm thc trst.
| Mr.. IrumpyA counsel -iif that the-n chare =
could hc oy'rhr. Wa us ia ) h.i boon two y.ar~
! ago. and that hc WIS prepared lu show that Nr.