Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-23
NOT WE'LL At JTELLER,S.
And Mrs. Weller Bound to Have a Crisis.
Around among tho acquaintance of the fam
ily the mention has been frequent of late that

And Mrs. Weller Bound to Have a Crisis.
Around among the acquaintances of the fam
lily the mention has been frequent of late, that
MIR. and Mrs. Emery A. Weller were unfortu-
nately we'd. Rumor had it that they were de-
cidedly unhappy, and that divorce was con-
TEN plated, the wife to institute the proceedings
for the family Acknowledgement. Along about
last Sunday it was confdentially mentioned
among friends that Mrs. Weller had run
away'' from her husband; that she had taken
her and his child with ther and that
this step was only preliminary to a
divorce suit. Rumor for once was right,
for this domestic drama which had skinned
around Just on the verge of the social horizon,
doomed up yesterday to the public in bona fide
proceedings for divorce. Mrs. Weller, since
She left her home, No. 252 West Third street,
has been residing with friends here and in
Minneapolis.
her intention. Her case was committed to the
care of Messrs. j. B. and w. 81 Sanborn, and
due notice, in regular form, was given, that
the wife sought release from her husband, and
that separate maintenance would
be prayed from the court.
of the complaint for divorce Mrs. Weller
alleges that her husband has failed to support
or maintain her; has neglected to furnish her
with the necessaries of life, and when appealed
to for such needful support has accompanied
his refusal by violent abuse.
To summarize the whole business it is an
| other case Of a couple unhappily mated, un-
suited in age or disposition. Mrs. Weller is
| reputed to be about IS, while Mr.. Weller is 62.
| One child is the result of the marriage.
Mr.. Weller belongs to the firm of Rey-
nolds g. Weller, grocers, No. lac West
Third street. The pair have been married for
fourteen years or thereabouts.
| MIRO Waller has MANY frian1a 1pho sust,;,
her in her designs and contend that she is a
| greatly aggrieved person.
MR.. wELLER's STORY.
The above gives one side of the unfortunate
affair. The other side is stated by Mr.. Weller
himself.
He was encountered by reporter of the
the matter. He said that the proceeding was
as much of a surprise to him as it was to the
! public. He had been married about fourteen
years, and had always treated his wife with the
| utmost consideration and kindness. The dis
parity between their ages-he being 62 and she
4O-did not cause any unpleasantness, and she
could certainly not accuse him of dissipation OF
infdelity. He had pleasant home though
mott gorgeous one, and had given his wife all
| that she required for her comfort,
though not what she desired fol
dress, simply because he could not afford it.
ALI the property he possessed aside from his
home was about $500, which he had invested in
the grocery business he is now carrying Oh.
His wife's mother was blamed by Mr.. Welle,
for the whole trouble. Ever since their mar
| riage she had been the cause of ill feeling and
| when she left his home she had gone deliber.
ately to work to bring about a separation.
When his wife left home few days ago he
thought nothing Of it, as she was in the habit
of going to visit her mother frequently and re-
maing over night. He was thunderstruck
when he learned the next day that she had in
stituted proceedings for divorce. The allega.
lions in her bill were wholly false,
as he would be able to prove, and while he con.
fessed that he had not given her all the money
she wanted for dress, it was because of his in.
ability, not because of his iadisposition. Dur
ing the past year he had bought her silk dress
costing $40, besides givin, her such othe,
sums Of money as his resources would permit
He closed by pronouncing the trouble bad