The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-18
MATRIMONIAL NISERILS.
A Limited Divorce Sought by
Mrs. Kurst.
CRUELTY HER PLEA.
Her Husbands Discovery Of "Mipnon's"
Too Aifectonate Letters.


Hurst against Charles H. Hurst Judge Reynolds
presided, and the plaintiffs counsel wsre MessrG W.
H. Ivens and Ernest Fellows. Msssrs Cooper
and Roc appeared In behalf OF the defendant. TIE
cause OF action wac declared 10 be "crue and inhu
man treatment on the husbands part.n Mra Kurst
Is about ior,ynve years Of age, comey aud nclined
sabonpoiat, and has boon married 10 the do
fsndant since December 10, 1854 Previous
to that sho was q teacher Public School
No. 81, In the Seventeenth ward New York
The lady has kept . boarding house
Washington avenue in Brooklyn tor q number OF
years Her husband is i've years her senior, and
formerly IN very good circumstances; but tho death
OF his daughters and business disasters preycd upon
his mind much that he has been subjected TO per-
sonal restraint twice since 1872, in Middletown
and another time in Bloomingdale Asylum. After he
was discharged cured be wont to 1.-Two with his wife
and sons, and, TO use his own Words stried TO make
himself generally useful"
SHADOWS LOWER o'xR Housk.
OF late there been distrust and suspicion Turk.
ing IN his mind begottsn by the discovery oil q num-
Dor OF letters signed Mign M, which Hurst declared
yesterday no believed to have been written mis-
wife by Ar. George A. Buckingham, who was school
Trustee In Now York whom MIRA Hurst teacher
and known as Miss Starr Mr.. Buckingham, who
was present during the hearing yesterday, IL Wall
street broker and about sixty years old.
In her testimony the plaintiff charged that In July
1875. ut Ciormont avenue her husband, in . nt OF
passion. choked her until she tainted, and that hs
again assaulted and abused her In the following
year Indeed, she sworc that he had repeatedly
threatened TO take hors, going 90 tar OCCASION
10 point pistol At her. The man, she declared.
unrsasonably jealous of her and acted hcc
IN the most violent and unseem,y manner very oton.
The death OF his eldest daughter had mado him
THE DEFENDANTS pLEA
For the defence Kurst's counsel offered In evidence
batch OF letters which II was claimed wrisleu
10 the plaintiff by Mr.. Buckingham. The principal
diiculiy about these letters that the date was
not written many Of them and OF them had
been torn. One Of these documents, written before
Mrs. Kursts marrsge and found by her husband with
the rest Is as follows:-
coxoasss HALL, A. oIHl
sisa. i:s isr .Is ssia iss, saaas
sr Il roas sSa IN: hsa d,s &C.
sSs1se upon her the nsnuiamsas d Draasss Ai
dearly loved Aignon for complain murmur
i%peaossy in Everything shas .ppaS.in. QUE isss
cherish ana Worship You who every a!rs
viii you viii bless you Tor It. my iovod
s rdaa aos: not remove from my ssaays heart IL.
ns s. have 'ssa Hs y n
letter On she seaa.e chsm1sr, proessdea V ass
my Srnon ls.is pet. what ssasar wss now ny soul
sour ' oa ia M svs e
: kind aud ssnts rebako il was Tor the lsstsi
mott fas TX. so % 70 ~.
sadnesoy that had received loving and ascsonAss
know reception my latter asy would. Tor she
s: you 81 nn my MAD
1oa rss a . 70
know tina. 4 y freely and generously Svsu And now
nevertheless: desire % 70 besides
your note. sweet pet Ind Il dated TIarsa.y ana posi-
letter. when was ''''''-s = course 'a '''a 10
is,eI. Taaa;a.y ana xssd i.::ii
Sf ssy. hiA nS one Aa nas sss
lately iee. my promise only think o. IL: AZ:
% .a IN srs' AZ. in as s sss II two s sfsis
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Tss her
her 10. 20 s!
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soul sends up i: sp..on. ssd ssra.s. iSs s
ssa,a hsf la. rs s' iA:s '"Ss s-.:. :ass
thou wouIa.. indeed 4, throw row. .ss.slf IN my .,%.
sumsd with the Law. Of egrning love. 'Tis mid.
alter DAY Inc pI@lo.. retreat. rom q:
ii e. sy:' my
saDs.ssS ,ssS q the note me
per- ps,nsys cai. viii ooMe no%s viii en-
circle he; IN ise.. f..d arm. ..a p.ass Sor 9:
s~es, lips ten thousand kisses burning love and
sr.sssi-sSieA loss:er s.ar..
united eternal This the Burning pas
Kisses from MIGNOS.
Another Lotto. Of recent date, referring 70 "Dass
@ WALL ssRE.r. sArusnA! EN-
fs st.' ., H. Isl, is.s -, =.
the familiar manner Of addressing whom say to
Ss, s.aso. rssl.s sI.m hey orns 5aes 10 ns-5ri1s
eaes DID ssy ,No no Is NO. and ever has been With
those p.ea..n, Of sns past The silver lining s.d
or dia m s. through
S tho; saa % % s .s %
remains
rho letter closed thus
Believe M. my ass, Belle am sysr sss syy; ysss
MRS xuRsr's DENIAL.
MIRA Hurst said IN RELATION TO these letters that She
since marriage, aud that sho only forrtesn
years old the time sne became acquainted with that
gentleman two years beivre her wedding. THESE let
isrs she avowed were no, found In any hidden
ot-tnc-way place by her husband. Tor they were NOS
regretted or ilci Mr.. Kurs, had had access 70 the
drawer IN which they wors kept and from which ne
Al TINS point sho Court took recess aud when 10 ~
assembled Mr.. Robert IA. Dunkiy testincd that he had
been called down stairs, when no boarded with the
papt by her son. VINO said that hrs father vas abus-
ing his mother; ntcring tho room all wtnsss saw
heard Was The vile charging the husband with hav-
| ing bn thsir son, which the man denied.
ornsK TESTIMONY.
Tho son George testified That his fathcr did abuse
his mother frequently. the defendant denied that
he did SO: but Ia HIS behalf he swors that HE
vile intimate with maio friend named From
inghain and also that she acted suspciousiy one
| occasion with Mr.. Ernsst Fellows, her counsel lie
further declared that he found l35 letters hs wiiss
/ satchcl, among them those signed Mlgnon His sons
had been thing out duuful him, he added, and
| ono oil thom. Charles. drew = revolver him when
no called him 10 account ior doing something wrong II
| one time
Alter some further testimony on both sides, the
| Court TOOK the papers ana reserved dccispon.
EXHIBITION OF FLOWERS.