Daily Republican., 1879-02-27


smart Young Man-The IiQuo
Bili-The Festive Tramp to be Lee
tsiated Agalnst-Other Matters.
Special Correspondence ofthe Republican.
DOVER, DEL., Feb. 26th, 1879.
To judge from the amount of worl
imposed we may say that the most in
dustrious of all the Committees is tha
one to which Is referred the divorc,
business. Much has bsen said, ant
quite pertinent to, Of this branch O
legislation. But notwithstanding i
al, THE petitions continue to increase
and that too, to such an extent as tt
fairly bewilder the minds of the much
ly-exsrcised committee. Fitting across
the even tenor of this committees ses-
sions come floating now and then, testi.
mony bearing incidents salient with
humor and rsdolent with the spice
usually attending matrimonial unpleas
antness, which in measure serves az q
highly appreciated diversion to the
less Puritanicjot the Legislative breth-
ern. Sometimes these It'd bits come tC
the common surface in the chamber
below. and are seized upon and talked
over with the same avidity and with
the same relish and reach the same
common conclusion: that the same kind
Of social discrepancy would reach among
the same number OF old women at a
Sunday evenings tea gathering in Sus.
sex.
The most interesting case yet b.fore
this committee is that of Hale vs.. Hale.
Mrs. Hale wants a divorce. She claims
to have been hoodwinked into a mar.
riage by man "whose sides had never
been touched by the first principles of
truth or manly virtue" The evidence
in the case is quite voluminous and ga
vors strongly OF the dime -novelists.
The man Hale was the beau-ideal of a
lady's man. He came to Dover, wsre
store clothes, kept his locks parted in
the middle, twirled the ends of luxu-
rlous imperial, and cut q dash in gem
eral. OF money he had plenty, and
lady friends not few. Among the
first who succumbed was the petitioner.
He married her, and afterwa ard went to
Middletown where he went into keep
ing hotel. Here he made money and
thinking that $6,0 900 was sufficient for
fair enjoyment Of the worlds bland
ishments, wrote to the petitioner, th at
he had bought fashionable cottage at
Bordentown, N. j., and had had it fur.
nished in luxuriant manner, and
bade her pack up and come to him, and
also suggested that shs shsuld bring
all the available funds handy.
She packed and borrowed and started
to meet her husband. He took her to
Wilmington and from there to Ph!la-
delphia where he left her. In "making
tracks he "scooped in' all her loose
cash, confscated her baggage and left
her friendless and penniless. She never
saw him afterwards. Subsequent infor-
nation traces him to London where he
lis lying i'll and in destitute circumstan-
ces. OF his previous history it has been
stated that he came to St. Georges a
vagabond and because of this appear
ance contemporaneous with the at
tempted bank robbery at Wilmington
and the arrest of Big Frank and others,
it was th0RQht that he was satellite
of this noted gang" After his appear
ance at st. Georges he was bpfrended
by a contractor there, d. w. Lloyd by
name, and gradually elevated to the
position Of book keeper. Here in this
position he returned tie kindness of
Mr.. Lloyd by robbing him of upward
of $500. 1t was Immediately following
his dismissal by Mr.. Lloyd that he came
to Dover and figured in the little mat.
rimonial affair as narrated above. To-
morrow evening the committee will
again be in session upon the petition
and hear more evidence relating there
to.