Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-10-10

her STORY OF HER HUSBANDS CRUELTY.
Saturday afternoon there was an examination
In the Christiancy divorce case at the office of
Messrs Cook and Cole. Mrs. Christiancy was
on the stand in her own behalf for three hours
Her testimony was confined to acts of cruelty
charged In her cr0ss-bil she being an incOmpe-
tent witness as to the charges of adultery made
against her. Senator Christiancy was present
with his counsel. Mrs. Christiancy testified that
While residing in Lansing. Mich. in March. 1877,
,er husband struck her and knocked her down.
during the Christmas holidays i'm 1878, while
residing in this city, he struck her and knocked
ner down. and during the night would not per
NIT her to have any clothing on the bed,
although the weatl er was extremely cold. In
Peru. in August, 1879, while living at the lega-
tlon, ne struck her several times. and on one Oc-
caslOn pushed her out OF the house and shut the
door against her. Afterward she returned with
her husbands son. and he struck her again and
smut both herself and his son out doors. He
then called for his son to come back. and told
him that if he went away with witness it must
be forever. The son answered that 1t would be
forever, and he kept on and escorted her to the
hotel. where she remained over night. The
next day her husband sent for her to come back,
the messenger saying that he was very sick, de-
iirlOuS and in almost dying condition. She
went back to the legation and, instead of being
sick as stated she found him quietly sitting in
the sitting room, in his right mind. He became
very kind to her. and remained so until the
next Monday. Then he came TO her bed, abused
her, pinched her and used all sorts of violence.
One month later, at the legation, he assaulted
her while dressing. AS he was striking her a
gentleman stopping in the house over night
stepped into the room and came to her prOtec-
ton. After that she refused to live with him
longer, and a few days later left Peru for home.
DEEDS IN FEE have been recorded as follows:
Elizabeth A. HOyme to Lloyd Nelson Cooper, pit.
Ii, so. 2S8; 81 600 B. w. Carpenter to A. Frear,
pit Is, So ia; 81, 700. James H. King to Callan
q Ashford, in trust, pit. II, Old Georgetown;
8. Oliver Cox to B. r. Catlin, lot 40, sub
So 239; So, 800. B. w. Brice to Esther A. StOtt,
pts. "a and 25, SO. 279; $4,000. G. Stott to B.
w. Brice, lot 80, of lot 8, res. A, $4,000. E. j.
Hill to Julia E. Ashley lots 81 and %, sub. 5 to
IL. SO. 6S; $3.50. Emily H. Smoot to Samuel
c. SmoOt, lot 4. sub. and 2, SO. 316; $-.W.
B: Williams to L. Lippard, lot 35 SO. sos 8.
w. Reading to Henry Braun, pit. 12. so. 20; $500.
b. H. Warner to Junius SinOrs, lot IS. sub. SO.
81; 8. W. B. Todd to Francis Shanabrook,
lot 6, SO. 1S3; So, 500 C. Mortimer Lewis to C.
W. King, pit. 4, SO. sic; 5000. E. J. Hill to o. s.
Fumon. lots 6S and g. sub. of 2, g. &C., SO. IS;
$3.50. Mary C. Hoover to Hester McCubbin,
lot Is, in SO. 1893; $500. J. F. Olmstead to ]. w.
P. Myers, lots % and "a, sub. west half so. SO;
S7,210. J. W. Myers to f. J. Hill, same prop
erty: s7,210. A F. Barker to A. Gardner lot
II, sub. 6, SO. 625; So, $50. Thos. Rggles to J.
w. Hopkins, lot "a, SO. 49, 5000.