The daily gazette., 1882-01-04
MARRYING 4 mADwomAN. !.
A CURIOUS CASE THAT WAS REcENrL,
BROUGHT UP IN THE LONDON
DIVORCE COURT.

| ASSON ~ AN Ann lAONOON
DIVORCE COURT.
London Times, Dec. lG.
In the Divorce Court yesterday came
up The case Of Hunter vs.. Edney, other
wise Hunter, a suit instituted by the
| petitioner for declaration Of the nullitv
Of his marriage with the respondent on
the ground Of her insanity AZ The time
when the marriage was supp sed TO be
contracted. When the proceeding were
Instituted defense was entered bv dir.
ection OF the respondents relatives. II
appeared, however, that the respondent
Eow declared for heTselfthat she did NOT
oppose the petition. Robert Hunter. the
petitioner, stated that he made the ac.
quRlnLance OF Miss Emma e. EdDev at
Horndean, where her mother kept the
Red Lion lon, in June, 1880. He wrote
TO her on his return TO London, making
a proposal OF marriage, which she accep
ted by letter Of the 10th of June, 1889.
In that letter she addressed him as
"Dear Robert" and said, 81 was never
so much surprised as when you proposed
10 me. had not the slightest idea you
had any regard for me in that respect.
Mother has not any obi action whatever
to my being your wife, aud hope, please
God, that shall prove TO you a good
industrious wife, aud that we shall live
happy and comfortable together all our
life. hope your parents wont have any
objection to your selecting me for your
wife," She came soon after and re-
NAMED on visit with his family far
some days. She paid second visit 10
them In 1880, and went about with his
mother making arrangements for his
future household. From the time of
their engagement correspondence OF
an afsctionate character had gone on
between them. On one occasion he
found her in tears, and on others noticed
something IN her manner which he put
down to excitement occasioned by The
coming marriage.
On the 10th of March she wrote the
letter in which she said, "I am yery
sorry to inform you that am very i'll
and the marriage must be postponed.
cannot be married on Thursday
week. ! am very sorry, but what ar.
rangements you have made you must
disarrange. | am so worried and ap-
gravated that don't get any rest at
all" la this letter she addressed him
as "My dearest Rob-" and signed her
self, "Yours most affectionately, Z,
E. Edney." He went down on the
18th and found her i'll in bed, but she
subsequently, got up and said she was
worried, but that she would be all
right when the excitement of the mar
rlage was over. Next day, Sunday,
they were taking walk to a place
where the carriages for the wedding
were to be ordered, land her manner
was so quiet and she was SO silent that
be SAID If she was not prepared to
carry out her promises he would re-
turn to London. She then said she
was quite prepared to carry them out.
and she conversed with him and went
with him to order the carriages, Hel
mother told him she had not been
sleeping well. She wrote Affection
ately on the 10Th of March about the
preparations for the marriage, and on
the 17th he went down for the mar
riage ceremony. When he and his
friends arrived she was stand1nU at
the inn door. Her manner was
strange; she rubbed her hands occa
sionally until they were red. at an
early breakfast, which occupied only
few minutes, she poured out the
tea, and at the church she behaved in
proper manner. He observed moth
ing peculiar about her in the church.
but her finger was so swollen that the
ring would not pass beyond the
knuckle joint. She was silent on the
way from church and at the wedding
breakfast. After the breakfast she
acted in a strange manner, sitting up
stairs and remaining silent, even when
asked by him what was the matter
with her. She did not Join In conyer-
sation, and at intervals she rubbed
her hands rapidly. Ultimately she
drove with him to the railway station.
and they came by train to London,
she maintaining an almost complete
silence. On the way to his fathers
house in London they passed the one
prepared for him, which was pointed
out TO her, but she took no notice of
it. After about ten minutes at his
fathers house they drove to his apart
ments. She told him that she had
never wanted to be married, aud that
she had been forced to it. He asked
her in what way and she did not re-
ply. She was tearing the fringe from
her cuffs when he cut them eff for b, r,
She threw them on the fender. She
lay on bed in her clothes subss-
quently she undressed and slept at
intervals. The marriage was not con-