The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-11-05

effects. Upon these conditions she
would take out the divorce against her
husband on ee,eral charges. Capt.
McGilvery objected to these terms -
being too high. and proposed the
following:
Mrs. Hill to give up al her property
here and in China and two thiuls Of
her personal estate to her husband,
who would pay . suitable allowance
STATED by Capt. McGilvery At 81. 800
a year, during the rest of her life.
On the 9Th Of October the Captain
called At the Stirling House to have .
sinal talk with Ms. Hill. Before
seeking her, he met Mr.. Atwood. one
of the proprietors. who had eepoused
Mrs. Hills cause, and her brother.
Frank Adams. High words were
spoken by the three, but the trouble was
compromised BY Mn Hill sending
down word that she would zee the
Captain for the last time in the pre-
sence of witnesses. The interview
was in the ladies' parlor in the second
story Of the Stirling House-a large
low ceilinged apartment. The parties
gathered around q handicapped
centre table. Capt. McGilvery occu-
pied q low chair On the right. Mrs.
Hill sat wrapped in her shawl directly
opposite, with her arm leaning on the
marble. Mr.. Atwood occupied achair
to the left ofthe two. Just - the
conversation began . waiter tripped
into the room bearing q porcelain ice
pitcher filled with water and ice. This
he placed on the m.rble-topped table
Just at Mrs. Hills elbow, What fol-
lowed is thus stated BY Mr.. Atwood !:
capt. McGilvery pat out his hand
to Mrs. Hill, but she drew back and
said: Captain l shan'l shake hands
with you. You are no friend Of mine. I"
The Captain assured her that he was.
and then che said: If you are. Why
can't you give me what J. ask for ?
After both had said what they would
accept, Mrs. Hill drew her shawl
around her and turned away. Capt.
McGilvery said: Mrs. Hill, ii it
hadn't been for your brother. we
would have had this thing settled. He
is dirty, low lived puppy"
cat this Mrs. Hill snatched up the
ice pitcher and walked over to the
Captain. She caught him BY the hair
and TANNED the pitcher several times
against his head. In the struggle the
pitcher broke, and the Captain putting
up his hand to catch hers. received .
cut from the broken porcelain. There
was also a wound on the hack Of his
head, near the neck. Then I jumped
up, seized them both, snd said: This
things gone far enough Mrs. Hill.
then retired. The Captains injuries
appeared to be Insignificant"
Capt. McGilvcry. who vas found at
the Office of NJ. d. Wilbur. his counsel,
tells q somewhat different story. He
says:
.'She rushed at me like q fury.
clutched my hair in one hand and
pounded me on the head with the
pitcher until it broke. and then kept
on striking me on the head with the
sharp fragments. All this time she
cried, with her face livid with rage.
.D-n you. iii kill you. d-n you. III
kill YOU = with other language no
lady would use. and which l will not
repeat. was cut over the head in
three places, and the whole of my
shirt front was covered. The upper
part Of nv undershirt was actually
sopping with blood"
The Captain denies that he spoke
Of Mrs. Hills brother As q puppy"
He says: Il told her that her brother
was low and dissipated. and had given
her bad advice, and l have abundant
proof that all that Is true"
The doctor who sewed up the Cap
tain's wounds with silver wire SAYS
that Il the cut on the back Of the
head had gone an inch lower it must
have penetrated the skull and caused
instant death. The blow on the right
hand severed two of the cords Of that
member, Gripping the 6rst and
middle fingers. The Captain is GO
years old and gray haired.
Suits were Immediately instituted
by both parties. Capt. McGilvery
suing for SIC, 600 damages tor assault
and battery, and Mrs. Hill bringing
action for = similar amount for assault.
Atwood 4 Whiting. proprietors Of the
Stirling House. went Mrs. Hills bail,
but the Captain, being . stranger in
Bridgeport, had some difficulty in
finding sureties. Mr.. Frank B. Nor
man went on his bond for $40. 900.
Then q SANDER suit for $4,000
damages was instituted BY Mrs. Hill.
the papers being served on the heels Of
those Of the suit. Mr.. Norman offered
to 20 on the Captains bond for $l5..
600 more, but the plaintiffs attorneys
objected on the ground that he was
already surety on the other suit. Mr..
s. Z. Nickerson of Bangor, Me-, who
happened to be in town, heard Of the
affair. He went to Mr.. James A.
Staples, one Of the wealthy citizens of
Bridgeport, and told him that IN old
Maine sea captain aud friend Of his
had been grievoosly assaulted, and
was to be locked upin Jail on SANDER
suit for want of bail. Mr.. Staples
drove down to the Sheri6s Office, and
said:
Gentlemen, want the honor Of
going on Capt. McGilveryis bond. II
you want SIS. 900. or any amount,
am ready to furnish it"
The feeling between the two parties
is very bitter, and mutual recrimina.
lions flow freely. The Captain and
his friends say that there was . plot
m the mart of Mn. Hills narty In