The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-18
SOME LOVE LETTERS READ.
ADDRESSED TO BELLE STARR BEFORE
SIZE BECAME MRS KURST
Taken from her sntchei by her Husband, and
Produced In u suit for Divorce-A Middle.
Aged Broker from wan street Involved.

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MIS-. lsapel T.. hurst, TAIL lady, OF COM
handing figure. dressed In the highest fash
ion. was the plaintiff in remarkable divorce
suit in the Special Term OF the BROOKLYN City
Court. yesterday, before Justice Reynolds She
Is pronounced brunette. and while her coal
black hair ia becoming silvcred in fin" strcaks.
her eyes have remained lustrous. She sat in
the centre Of a group OF young mon. who were
Chorics II Kurst hnr h,.ho,d q r,an ~ ior,,s
figure and kindly face. was formerly manu-
featuring mnchiniet but grief at the Lose of Il
cbcrisb,I dnu,,b,or ord n, uc conduct, ~ n VIM.
wv .sne" "'"E"'ci "uu Ut NV V"iiu".'o " WY
ward son depressed his mind ana sent MIN
into n retreat for the insane. His business
80, W "'". Va "i..''',o" NV
forced TO sell II on coming from the asylum.
Fnur vpnrs MOO his wife oncncd n faghionnllc
hoan,t,,,,s -, -, 40, v.ahi,,,,,,, a,,,,,,,
'"i 't'''E mus Ut ~ ""'u'nH''" "''""V'
Brooklyn. ana from that date their troubles be-
gan. In the uau,rs In the suit. Mrs. Hurst
IL, ,.i 49,, tt,,,.,,, ',,o,,,,,..,,, ,,,l A.
nleEes ,ruol "nu innuni"n ',c",'''ou'' anu "r'
familiar with lanes X Frothinghnm n wild.
,,',. -, ,.i,i. ,o. n,,d ,hn, .to ,',,
over VINO boarded with her' ana thht she con-
Quoted lovc-sicF correspondence with George
| A. buckingham n broker of GO Wall street
rr,tt,.ri,,,,,, 4, ,,,, ,.,,,,,, So, -, o, .i,t
red hair and side whiskers and silken nous
tache Of the same hue, tossed nervously back
L.. l.
ana iofth III a chair that ne had tipped against
thi wall. and snapped his eyes with lightning
RAJ idity whenever his nUme was introduced.
Mr.. Buckingham. m aged man. with a high
Roman noso on which black-rimmed cyc-
glasses wcrc perched' sat unconccrncdly
against the wall the most observation-disclosures
| ing man in the room. Twenty-siX of his love
letters wore. however scattered over the law
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lika "A rr,,acl,nr " "''''N '0' """ '''"e"
Mr.. and Mrs Hurst We're married on Dec. TO-
| GEORGE aged a. Mrs Hurst before her mar
| r'age was Miss Belle Starr. and taught in
,r D al 81 ~ ,,iS { ,i nun
| friendship. il g. averrci. began when She was
2nly II Years Of age. i IS also alleged thnt the
Miss STAIRS marriage. Mr. Buckingham sign
| ed hlm@'N MIshun IN most OF ne letters ana
ch"krd her and struck her, and bnI 'nii"l I hr
| yile names 20 that She was afrad 10 live viii
| him. Ne became insane on the denth Of their
| eldest daughter and was sent TO Blooningdac
| Asylum. hut he aftcrward said that he was
| sulmmiug. She added that she was "A member
| Of DR.. Cuyl"r'- Church. and n SUNDAY school
l"ncher and that she had tried To 10 her Chris
~, ,s.,.,t,i ,y.f. tv.,.,.tv ,,nrs nij IT. IN,
band TOOK them rom her sa,chel. and ne coun-
ro ST gm"n ' aisd u from eg C GsS Hag 'g cnn
| tIins tls following:
Ah sweet sos sr GOO ~osi goo tlni too iniuiscrtt to
Ni'Nf dearly I'Ar h-iuh Ir NM over To lii
ng mnr hut snii ia' love, YOU hnow my Impoverished
"1e 49, cher,,h and worship a. a., ,, ,oi MI"
know ,,,r, hhr. Of lint nature ,d love. ar, ready
NH ti. V,n r ; l N i ,' au "i'' ~" "t
wuiie ,,u thu. promptly anal r,ey pardon at D., t,e.
n't wuuNc rom my susc heart ii' 'uns that have
"' nus % "'"'''n' '."F '"'n N'",t
Ihrn follows IN ulp-troplc 70 her picture"
| written at \. NJ. in his hulc sanctum with
uulr hlEnun swr,t p't la", between TWO
| lights. resting upon an inkstand:'
How lowing and .cnu, those rrcciou. cy,. hook into
I min H. NN|H J.. .H
n'' Ni' ~'m u, 'aN, hi,s in't sWrt w. tn,
M i' i in r. ,i l.NnV t i, M gu
mrfIf i,r 4, r,e nas il .,,.,t sini,f H. ,- swev
u souii Oat be- with tico nov sweet angel ct thou
wouhsi ipc throw ny ,yn an NJ, arm, aud be- Al rest
r "'. n. Tg ,n 'sn ,. T ,, '' , l',, ,,
r'.c re,tats n, IN d. sun hnTnns faV III. ,t,i~t
h.u,hrs vif-,,u b., tho tell But acrc n,thns love
! is A. my ,wu N.uon icu Will come home
Wa .ir N'f m ih". i'l arms nhd pres h.f io ihis
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,'r,, Mr. Kurs, ~ ''''I's'u ~ ''"" Wv -
| 1ir. a., 49,. t,,.,,v az, If, nil ~, ,bos, l,,,s
most ~ ,yh IN tbe cSi,nsnl r"aJ bni nil ~ Hmm
! wore .,rnu.,siv AHA in len@ro.,e end srnti
Nm, OTIS ~ } w., 80 "a ,,i ,,1 - "i S't''
Mrs Kurst said thnt sHe ti,op,.it sbs hn,i No.,
Il W., e, i e. ~. - IN II = luE He "u 10y
| hr rorr',, sh t , s ~, i i, ~ .
III u'.i, i,i am f,., . ~, ar, ",' '''V'S '"
Dr,, r aa'N Iri, ahI ~ II tos,ieo1 -
heyi, so. his fsthr stril ~, us,1' III, ~ n
rhstr- and a., Imtin HarI ~ nI. Nh u
~ ~ him, unfnithf1l T., him On"e IL fnt1,r
| hrnke op"n t6e door Of her room and str1,rk h.r
NH WIN. M hsr uc INA AS s.on AZ f"tnr
aH M al XXI nu a "sp 5""h mds l9Imr ~,
n ,i., h b, he NM , ",'r .Ia" y.'t II H., i,ii
c,';,,,,n"n1nn i,h. tbe VIM ,,o7iI ct II, Xxx
IIis m,',,bar ma fotbor bad fron,,,.ri 9s,,,,t
ah9ui Nr rrnTiu',hau, Once hi f1,r l,'t,1
| Hnr viii III. hna1 H., 49, saw ~ f.tb.r
draw n, uisi"i on hi. hrnther CIarIie II" hod
seen bruises on his mother's meek caused 6y
| his fother's cbotina, nor 49," -
| Mr. ChSrles ii Knrst the defondon,
| te-ti6nd thaf he iivad ha,'nilv win his VII,