The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-09
KAUFMANN'S MARRIED LIFE.
THE ACCOUNT NE GIYES or 1T IN DE
FENCE TO 4 DIVORCE SUIT
Failing In Love while Carrying Letters, and
Resolving q" he n Bachelor No Longer
Mr.. Knunnnnn's verY POetical AnidmviI

Failing In Love while Carrying letters, ana
Resolving 90 he n Bachelor No Longer
Mr.. Knunnnnn's vcry POetical Anidnvit.
The divorce suit OF Louisa Kaufman
against Martin Kaufman. who for i've years
has been letter carrier in Brooklyn. was before
Judge Gilbert in the Kings County Sunreme
Court Yesterday on motion for alimonv. The
wife il n comedy woman Of French descent with
whom Kaufman fell in love. after meeting her
at the door " her sisters house on tho route
where he delivered letters. They lived unhap-
PLY and in November last she had him arrest
ed for assauhng her. her charge being that he
had slapped her in II jealous fit because n gem
tlcman who had been attracted by her good
looks had given her u pet dog. She did not
press tho charge. and the husband WIS dis
charged. In February she began n suit for
limited divorce. alleging cruelty and failure to
provide for her. Since the suit was begun Mrs.
Kaufman has been taken into the home of an
other letter carrier. In the proceeding yester-
day many anldnvts were presented In behalf Of
Kaufman TO disprove his alleged cruelty to his
Wife There was nm affidavit 10y Kaufman
himself given on Feb 2S. before Justice Sem
Ter. In which he says:
Il stamp each aud every allegation charging
me with acts of cruelty and abuse us nnught
| but n stream OF wicked insrhoods flowing
from the gloomy pool Of plaintiffs diseased
imaginHtiOn fed with the moisture generated
| in the ATMOSPHERE OF pOthouses AMI poured
| into the eurs of the C)urt and over the public
through the nssiduous pumping 81 hrr lrHai
| advisors. ris true | hurried phiniin. and
| most true TINT whrH ! dill 90. she WIS un"u-
dowed with tn" riches % THIS world, the ass ST.
| ance OF powerful fricn Is or the accomplish.
mcnts Of education. | provided her n home
| and forsook the paths NJ harh"lorhoOd. the
| haunts aud nmusemrrts Of the unmarried. and
began NJ the age Of 80 10 devote my time. alton
| ton. and energies To- the improvement 81 my
| home. the > and culture Uf nav VIE. WHO ~
came not only H." companion OF the hours re-
| served from husineas nut ni.o the depository of
| the fcw PENNIES saved ironi r1y salary. amount
| ing to ti5 week 10y economy AMI m'th"dwal
mcthoi of liiy. Ny cnd"ayors w"rr ear
Of life scanned solved. and hnstrn"i to
| make ~ me time wasted ~ bachelor and
! drone in natures brrhiva 10y becoming the
| iather of "A family and "A useful citizen. Ihcra
WIS rapture. too in my new aud douhlr "N.
i-i'nce, uneNp,ri"n'ed IN the lon,ly lays Of
| single wr,srl edne~s. was happy e this bliss
| ful p'riOl. for | h"lirVrd tina ShHrrr 81 my
| hcnrhstone without u srriOus fault perfect
! child OF nniurc. Tor such She had been pi'-
| turrd TO me- by IN enthusiastic sister with whom
she was living. when ett"r-rarrying threw me-
| across her path. She could neither rend nor
| write. and my greatest pleasure was to instruct
| her. The duties Of a housewife w"r" myst"ri' =
rs deem to her : tho rIt.s o the D.lph e ornrln
| and my amusement was tn cXtlan them for |
| WAS proud 10 know that my ctbacy had been
| fruitful OF one result. aud that could make up
| n bad ~ we'll " lie In II.
Thus time wore on. and was happy because
| ! WAS vir'uOus; but when the honeymoon had
MNnr'l 10 us t-N fiiluFlffs WIS lWtkfuffl from
| inc, hlisS my lEnpt'n'" created, Nv nuuihi
| on the LIST OF December 1877, when ] returned
home from my mail fOut". hungry, cold. ami
| weary my vito emunrpntrd from IN" influence
mai sought tp exert oyer her, AMI IN the thrHl-
dom Of intoNi alton. Instead ui lips fragrant
| with sweetness OF mn ton. | found a mouth
| tainted with the fetld fumn OF the still; tho
! pennies cunild"d - her keeping w"r" gone
! squanderrd for drink and TINT too. IN t'ir COM
! pnny OF d.-so!utc persons. Th"-g.l-- f"il from
! my eyes. Tn rufuufS of my wiir'S lntrmp"r-
! anre began to foat IN me pregnant air. tnn
/ tuuuts and l"ers 81 aFluilntHu'ss cum" tO my
| ears. while children n IN" street pointed with
| fingers Of sa'orn to the broken idnl ot my home
| AMI heart. On Or al. mt o. p 1878 my cup ~
! misery oy"rnlwrd from hndiuG my wife irsni .
| with IN" drlrium OF drink. and my home the
! rrd away hy tho Violence Of her a tons. I'll"
! Disgrace heaped upon me-. and IA" abuse Given
| me- hy her, | confined her t. her room. From
! that day | ~'a-ed 10 provide my wife wth
money II satisfy her cravings for tirinS. P'lce
fled, hope vanished. ami the skeleton Of shame
! AMI misery wis hun- M in my closet Prom
/ thht day my wife abandoned all thoughts ol
| shame. her time WIS spent IN drink ing and
! borhood. 10 Wit; Jni n Auruhrimrr. a harD' T
! and rorn doctor on Fulton avenue; one Marcy
| living In Chauncsy street. and man named
Kaufman further raatea that his wife on
coming TO his house aud finding II closed. broke
in the back window that things grew from had
! 10 worse, until he WIS left monarch of a ruined
home He AYERS tn he Is ready to Civ" Is
wife proper protection II she will return To hi-
home rs a reformed henmeet and ne adds:
indulge IN the luxury OF lawsuit against my
n curious public. but am an innocent man
whosa only fault is that he loved not wisely bu
too fondly."
An affidavit was submitted by Mrs. Kauf
mann. expressing her repentance Tor having
Instituted the suit. and asking permiss on tC
withdraw V.