The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-25
A SECRET HlyORCE.
singular Story of Domestic Happl.
ness and Unhappiness.
New York Times.1


A decree of absolute divorce on the
ground of adultery, was made eleven
years ago by Judge Ingraham in favor f
james Dongrey and against Jane Amanda
Dongrey. 1t was made on the recon-
mendation of Mr. Henry Parsons, the
referee, who was the partner of the no.
tor!ous Thomas G. Fields. Fields was
the counsel of Dongrey The parties to
the action were married July 10Th, 1869,
and lived together harmoniously for nine
years, at the end of which period Dom
grey discovered, he says, that his wife had
been faithless, and began his action
against her. Dongrey is a sporting man,
driver of racing horses, hotel-keeper,
and Democratic politician.
His methods on the turf may not be
peculiar, but his domestic system cer-
tainly has been. After procuring his de-
cree of divorce he lived with the woman
he had charged with adultery until last
month. In September last Mrs. Dongrey
began suit for an absolute divorce in
Saratoga County, charging her husband
with adultery. When the case went be-
fore Judge Bockes on a motion for all
mony and counsel fee, an end was put
to it by the production of the decree Of
divorce obtained in 1868. Mrs. Dongrey
seemed to be astounded by the decree.
and she at once took steps to have it set
aside, on the ground that it was OBJ
tanned by fraud. A motion to set it
aside was made by her counsel Yesterday
in Supreme Court Chambers, before
Judge Barrett.
The motion was supported by an affi-
davit made by Mrs. Dongrey, in which
she declared that she was not served with
the summons or complaint in 1868, and
denied that she had been guilty of adul-
terry. Other affidavits were made by tho
Rev. Albert H. Stubbs, pastor of St.
Luke's Episcopal Church in Mechanics
vile, Of which Mrs. Dongrey Is mem-
ber; by a nineteen-year son of tho
parties to the suit; by servants employed
in the Dongrey household, and by other
persons, were also presented. They aver
that they had never heard of the decree
of divorce until after Mrs. Dongrey be-
gan her suit, and also declared that tho
evidence was untruthful on which that
decree was granted.
The motion to set aside the decree was
opposed by Dongrey, whose counsel pre-
sented large number of affidavih
equally as positive in their averments an
those presented on the other side. Ono
person said in his affidavit that he
served Mrs. Dongrey with the summons
in the divorce suit in 1868. A LAWYER
swore that Mrs. Dongrey showed him the
summons. and asked him to act as her
counsel. Other persons swore that Mrs
Dongrey told them that her husband had
procured divorce and that she made
that fact an excuse for her lascivious con-
duct in company with members of the
State Assembly. Dongrey's affidavit re-
cited the facts connected with his divorce
proceedings and embodied an agreement
Of separation made between him and his
wife several weeks ago. In that agree
ment Mrs. Dongrey agreed to leave her
husbands house and accept $50 a month
for her support. The reading of the
affidavit took up so much time that the
hearing of argument on the motion to set
aside the decree was adjourned until
Saturday. During the reading Of an
affidavit charging her with undue famil-
iarity with member of Assembly, Mrs.
Dongrey became very much excited and
hysterical and had to be taken out Of tho