The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1882-07-06
THE EVENING CRITIC.
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The Adiicks Diyoycc case.

In the divorce suit OF Joseph r. Aldicxs
against Helen l.. Addicks the Chancellor yes.
terdny granted the wife $50 counsel fcos and
$40 per month alimony. In her petition sho
denies ever having struck hor husband, and
suys that no Is passed.asslstant paymaster In
tho United Stntos Navy. on coming here, his nc.
counts having been found about 81 900 short,
his pay was stopped, and he aud the petit
toner reduced to very small means to meet
their expenses. His pay remained stopped
about eight months, and during that time sho
had some little money OF her own which
was used TO pay her board, and sho
also sold q number OF small articles which
fhe had brought from China, and used the
money In the same way. She lett TINS city
for Europe about the middle OF February,
1851. During the summer fall anh winter OF
1881 her husband, on many occasions, cursed
her, and said that he wished she would 70
hack TO her home In Great Britain. Hor hus.
bands brother procured hcr tho passage, aud
tho reason OF her going was that her husband
suggested 1t ON the ground OF economy. He
promised 70 pay her $50 month while away.
esq, counsel for her husband, February
ASKING o him CO. concorniSs c prtG2S' scan
dals, which she had hehrd he hal been
stating about her and no denied ever making
such statements. But she says that Mr.
Thompson Informed her that ho told her hus
band that he could not obtain n divorce as no
was not entitled to it. This was the first she
ever heard that her husband contemplated n
divorce. She denies that Mr.. Thompson told
her that he Intended to commence such pro.
cecdings on behalf OF her husband, and says
that MIR. Thompson's statement In that respect
Is not true.
When she left the city hec husband accom-.
panied her TO tho depot and procured her
ticket. She asked him at that time concerning
his consultation with Mr.. Thompson, aud said
that II he was going to try and obtain n divorce
she would not leave the country, and he told
her that he dld not intend to do anything OF
the kind. She left ON the train, and the next
day sailed for Liverpool. She went TO
Dresden, Saxony, to study painting, and thus
assist In supporting herself She wrote
number OF letters TO her husband, but recoiy-
ing no answer, about the last OF March, 1882,
she wrote to tho Navy Department, asking that
the Department would make him send some
allowance to her to support herself and child.
She did not know any divorce suit had boon
brought until April II, 1882, whom sho re-
ceived q private letter from n friend In
forming her of that fact. She Immediately
wrote 10 counsel In this city asking
advice. She drew draft upon her
husband for $50, and 1t was returned
protested. few days afterward she borrowed
money from q German lady friend sufficient to
take her TO London, and there she borrowed
sufficient from the American agent to return
heHto this country to defend this suit. De-
sides being entirely without money In Dresden
and England, she was compelled to sell her
clothes TO assist In supporting herself aud
child, and still owes about $50 In Dresden.