Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-04-17
DIVORCED ON SHIPBOARD.
a Eascally Attorney who Divorced Him
self by Fraud
Frgu ths New York World

a EasCally Attorney who Divorced Him.
self by Fraud.
From the New York wald.
The publication in yesterdays U'Orld
Of the llivorce revelations in Bowes versus
Bowa5 --One of whom never was married
and 'hg other of whom never existed
formed the staple of conversation among
lawyers and judges who we've in the court
house All agreed that under the concur
rent aniion of the judges in the three prin
uipGl vii courts of this city. which was
agreed lpon not long ago, neither cOllu.
siyl U5r fraudulent divorces could ever be
obtained within this county. An old court
clerk lied the reporter into his office and
said Take out your notebook young
man lnd will narrate to you for the
N'Or. readers the story of how young
lawyer n this city once undertook to pro.
cur .Iyorce by fraudulent papers and
their um service. Twenty twoyears age
there vas at this bar a handsome, gay
Young awyer, by the name Of Lucius
I. Bu aley. He was an attorney at law
He wa married IN 1852 to most charm
ins laGr, with whom he lived apparently
happy own to OctoberG, 1856. They had
one ell |, who was young. On October B.
1855, sa', with her husbands consent, left
the ci,} Or New York, on board the steam.
ship illinois, to pay visit to her mother
then vng in Sacramento, Cal. He nc.
yampred her to the steamship and spent
the a- hour before its departure in the
mos Iendly conversation with her in the
cabin When the order was given on
Jo3gj iur all persons not bound for Cali.
toruW - 90 ashore he was seen at the
moment of bidding her farewell to en-.
O,aca and kiss her and then hand her Il
package. This package, as was after.
wards proven, was in Il small tin box,
closed covered with paper and the paper
sealed, and at the time of handing it he
informed her that it contained Il present
'lr bog mother. After Mrs. Bulkeey had
Ioa Sandy Hook and was out at sea her
UUu. ? induced her to unscal and open
the package. Upon opening the tin box
she discovered in ita summons directed to
herself as Il defendant, and which her
husband as plaintiff had filed out in his
own handwriting, containing the usual
notice to her that an action was thereby
commenced IN the supreme court, and that
the complaint would be filed in the clerk 5
office In Saratoga county, and that if she
failed to put in an answer in twenty days
The plaintiff would apply t) the court for
the relief Of divorce as demanded in the
complaint. The box also contained letter
to her informing her that he had
witnesses by whom he could prove
the necessary facts. The box CON
tanned no letter to her mother, not
any other thing but the summons and let.
ter. When she arrived at Aspinwall she
made an effort to return, but was then in
Il condition Of body and mind that made
her friends demonstrate with her against
it. She could find no vessel that would
return to New York within twenty days
She had not with her the necessary pc
cunlary means to obtain herpaSsagc back
She had her tickets taken through to CAL
ifOrnla, her baggage was checked through
and could not be obtained for her there,
and she could find no friend or acquaint-
ance who WAS returning to New York
She was persuaded by her friends to go
forward. She went to California, and re,
TUNED to New York about the middle OF
January, 1851. Before she saw her hus-
band Il decree of divorce had been OBJ
tanned. and ut their first interview he
gave her copy of It, From January to
May she remained in New York, negotiat,
ing with the plaintiff in relation to her
condition, but principally in the attempt
tn cnn hnr ,,hill-lnrinu nll ,rli,l t,r,n
however, she was not permitted by him to
see it. He made two propositions to
her; that if she would keep secret what
had tranSpired about the decree. and
would raise him $1,000 he would give her
the custody of her child; the other, that if
she would raise tor him $500 he would
get from the clerk of Saratoga county the
record of the divorce, and thus obliterate
all the evidence of its existence. But she
Indignantly refused, and finally returned
to California for aid, and obtained there
the necessary corroborating ailiduvits to
make motion for opening the decree.
She made an unqualified denial of all the
charges set forth in the complaint, ard
this denial was corobonted by some afi-
davits. and in due time her application
came before the court Now see what a
good Judge said" The court clerk read
to the reporter as follows:
"We think that human ingenuity may
may be challenged to present the parallel
of this case, where any one by design and
cOntrvance, by the aid of circumstances
and occasion and by the prctense of en-
plOying the process of the court and the
forms of law, has been so eftectually dis
franchised, outlawed, and cut off from all
relief as that which this case presents if
this Judgment is permitted to stand.
After the representations of the plaintiff
to her as to the contents Of this box, he
knew that if she did not even wait her ar
rival in California to unseal it, she at least
would be beyond the power to return in
time to seek and obtain those rights which
the law could furnish. For all the purpo-
ses of seeking the benefits of those rights,
which the law intends to every citizen, he
might as well have thrust her into a prison
and have been himself her custodian,
safely keeping her from intercourse with
any living being; and yet he seriously
asks this court TO hold that, even if the
first service by giving her the box should
be held irregular, from the time she open
ed the box and read the contents of the
summons it should be regarded as good
service. 1t is u sufficient answer to this
proposition to say that when she first read
this summons she was beyond the juris.
diction of this court, upon the broad ex-
panse of ocean, and service there was no
service at all in law.
The Educated Young Lady.