The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-07-28

Yesterday Mrs. Maggie j, Smith, BY her
attorney B. G. johnson, Sled in the office of
the district clerk. her petition for divorce
from her husband Maxwell Smith. 1t was
on the 14th day of June, 1877, that be mar
ried her. the marriage ceremony being per-
formed in this city. They lived tcg5.her for
time as happy As Lark, aud conluued to
live together until the second wet k in Nov
ember, 1879, wuen matter reached crisis.
According to her statement be I'LL cted
such unfesling aud outrageous nsltrsstment,
gross and brutal cruelties, as to render her
life burdensome aud uncomfortable rs his
wife. At the time of her MARI aye she was
only II Years OLD, and WAS living with her
father and mother in Ellis {, unity, who were
kind and loving parents pss.ionalnty fond OF
their beautiful daughter. When Smith
asked her hand in marrsge
her parents set down" on
The project. She knew that her lover was n
aincr but at his instance she eloped with
him without the knowledge or consent of her
parents, and did knowingly and falsely rep
resent TO the couuty clerk of Dallas county,
that Der lover WAS over eighteen years old
and that the marriage license was unlswfully
and fraudulently obtsined OF the clerk, by
the authority of which the marfisge rites
were performed, thereby infictipg gross
cruelty on her. She ss,s that che loved him
most truly, devotedly snd clandest'nelv, and
left her home and went to the Charles
hotel in this city. whe-' he engaged rooms.
Within three he urs a. r her marriage he
came into the room where she bat retired
and began using profsne and indecent Ian.
gusge toward her 10 most insulting manner
IL. H., h., al has hat n had
plenty OF money ard proposed that they
take an airing in the way of bridal tour
through the northern sites, and they board
ed train bound for Baltimore, Maryland,
where they arrived in due time and pa up
at n hotel. While sojourDing in that city,
about eight days after their marriage, while
she was lying in bed feeling i'll, he arose and
d. shed lot of filthy water ON her ard ja'ked
her out of bed. However thsy continued
their trip on to Philadelphia aud took rooms
at the Commercial hotel, where they I'm
geIed for about two weeks. 1t was here that
he charged Der with being unfsIhiul ard no
threatened to desert her ard he did, leaving
thirty dollar bUsrd bill behind him, telling
the proprietor that be he'd left her mCnPy to
pay 1t, which was false. She learned within
y week or 81 that he bad gone to Camden,
New JERSEY. ind she followed him. de took
her to the Psr,ons hotel in that place, and
after remaining with her about one week ne
deserted her agsin, going to his rea,i'' IN
Queenstown, Pennsy lvania. On learning OF
now she bsd been treated, brother of her
husband sent her money with which she paid
her board, redeemed Der trunk aud para.
phprnalis from the irat, landlord. she then
vent to Millerlown, Pennsy lvsnia, aud threw
herself upon the charity of a cousin OF her
husband, who came slotg sgain, took Der TO
a hotel and remained With her until another
board bill Of fifty dollars bad accrued, when
be lit out They came together again. He
beat her and ske clung the closer 10 him.
They came TO Waco. Texas. He deserted
her there and came to DalI.s. She followed
him. he showed her WEDDING ring. and
deserted Der again and che has not heard
from him since. Hence her petition for di-
yOrce.