Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-14


| The Huddleston divorce business appears
at the front again. This time it is in the
shape of an application by Mr.. Haddleston
for the custody Of the children, and he files
the following affidavit:
| Thomas r. Huddleston, the defendant in
! the above entitled action, came before me this
| day, and having been first duly sworn, did
depose as follows:
! The plaintiff. Helen III. Hu5dleston, and
| myself were married at Buffalo, New York, on
| August II, 1870. From January %, 1868,
! had been widower, my first wife, Julia NJ.
Huddleston, having died on the latter-men-
toned day, leaving two children, Minnie
| Dunbar and Lyman Cert, then aged respec-
lively 6 and 3 years.
| At the time Of my second marriage I resided
! turned thither with the plaintiff. and we resid-
| ed there until sometime in the year 1873, when
we removed to St. Paul.
few months prior to our marriage. and in
| contemplation thereof, l purchased house
and lot in Hastings, for our residence, and had
the same extensively altered and reftted, at a
| total cost of about 50, 500.
| The greater part of the articles used in fur
nishing the same were purchased, about the
! time of my marriage, at Buffalo, New York
and Detroit, michigan. Most of such pur-
| chases Ewere Emade with the assistance of
| the plaintiffs advice, and, in making the
| same, deferred, as far as means permitted, to
the tastes and inclinations of my wife, which
We're usually very extravagant. The furnish
| ing of the house cost about $500, and we
had one of the most comfortable homes in the
| neighborhood where we lived.
| I also bought, about the time of
my my ma marriage Hso - horse and d. buggy
the family; bnt my wife was
always greatly dissatisfied with the buggy, ap-
parently thinking mere buggy not stylish
enough for her use; and then bought family
carriage. Shortly before marriage pre-
| sented the plaintiff with diamond ring,
which was worth the sum Of $780, and at the
time Of our marriage presented her with a
| watch set with diamonds and chain, which
| were worth $3.50. My wife contributed to our
establishment nothing save some silverware,
| which had formed part of the wedding gifts,
some bedding and some linen. About a year
afterwards she purchased with her own money
| china to the amount of about 300. In the
year 1873 collected, with great difficulty, from
the plaintiff S brother, the sum of two thousand
| dollars, part of a debt owing by her brother to
herself, and invested the same in our residence
in Saint Paul.
The plaintiff had also a snail income, derived
from the Indebtedness due her from her
brother for two or three years after our mar
riage; but the whole thereof was expended by
herself for her individual purposes, and very
little, if any of it, went to diminish the de-
PENDANTS family expenses, save as have
just stated. My wife has never contributed
any money or any article for the comfort and
| support of the family, but all the family ex-
penses, including the wearing apparel and Or
naments procured for my wife's use since our
marriage, except some trifing presents from
her friends, have been paid by myself.
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with handsome set of coral jewelry, and some
silver plated ware.
In the year 1872, about the holidays, pre-
sented her with heavy set of gold ear rings,
and also a handsome set of Dickens works.
In the year 1873 I presented the plaintiff
with heavy and handsome gold chain and
locket, worth about 1925.
During that time the deponent also present.
ed the plaintiff with several handsome articles,
including gold scarf ring set with diamond
star. For some time prior to my marriage
with the plaintiff, I had been engaged in the
practice of the law at Hastings, and had en-
joyed an extensive and lucrative professional
business in addition to various profitable in
vestments. and during eight years of that pc
Rod, had held the office of county attorney
of Dakota county.
But notwithstanding these facts, the plain.
tiff soon acquired great dislike tor the city of
Hastings, and for the people thereof; although
formly been treated with kindness and consid-
| Grafton by the best people of the town.
To such an extent did plaintiffs dislike of
and contempt for the people of Hastings pro-
coed, that in q conversation between her and
myself. touching the relative merits of the
people of Hastings, and those of Buffalo, N.
Y, where she had lived for short period, in
| response to an expression of myself Of a favor
able opinion of the people of the former town,
she declared that she would not wipe her feet
on the Hastings people; and this although she
was aftable to the people of that place, while
in their presence.
In consequence of such dislikes conceived
toward said town and the people thereof the
plaintiff, in the year 1872, began to 1mportune
| me to remove from Hastings to some larger
place. She said Hastings was no place for her
self or myself.
| fessional man to take leave of good practice
for an uncertainty. She told me that if I
| would 60 to St. Paul, she would get her money
| from her brother and buy house in St. Paul to
assist me in the start; that she didn't want to
have her money invested in Hastings. The
| moneys referred to we're her share of her de-
ceased fathers estate.
| The amount Of the same, l tried to ascertain
about year after our marriage; but was I'M
able to ascertain the same with any
| degree of accuracy, nor whether the same
was secured or not; nor did she appear to
|
money she asked her brother for money and
got it; and he was reluctant to tell me much
| about it. l said that she onght to know the
amount of her money aud how it was secured,
for the child's sake we'll as her own.
! told her that since our marriage it had cost
| me great deal for our house and furniture
| and living, and expenses of travel, ETC. That
| we had lived beyond my income. That if went
! to st. Paul her buying house would help me
a great deal, because did not expect to sue
| coed at once and I should lose considerable bv
| selling my property at Hastings.
That some capital would be needed to make
a respectable appearance in St. Paul. I yield
! ed to her repeated opportunities and promises
and being soon afterwards offered twenty seven
hundred dollars for my residence and three
lots which had cost me, but two or three years
| before, about 4, 300 dollars, sold it and gave
possession April 1st, 1878.
My wife and came to St. Paul to look for a
| house for her to purchase asked her if I
made a contract for purchace whether she was
| sure that she could get her nancy; because if
did buy and she could not get it, my bust
| ness standing in St. Paul would be much hurt
by failf,re to fulfill my agreement. She said
she couh ret the money at any time. l finally
| told her t. she and the children had better
go East and, with her friends, and that I
| would close up my business at Hastings and 20
to st. Paul and look around before buying, in
| order to become better acquainted. with loca-
tions. prices, etc. She then went East, taking
all the children with her.
! I moved to st. Paul on May LIST, 1878. and
opened law Office. I bought lot for 2,5UO
dollars, which I paid for wholly with my own
funds. She wrote me that her brother, Mil
ford Hammer into uhoao handa <ba ,rnono,, ~