Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-01-04

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The Earl Of Shrewsbury Victim.
MIR. MUNDY BROCHURES A DIVORCE FROM HIS
BEAUTIFUL WIFE.
From the London Times
On Saturday, December TO- before Sir James
Hammer, in the probate and divorce division, the
case of Mundy against Mundy ana the Earl of
Shrewsbury was heard.
This was a divorce suit in which the petitioner.
Mr.. A. E. Miller Mundy of Shipley Hall. Derby.
sought for a dissolution of his marriage with the
respondent by reason of her adultery with the
Earl of Shrewsbury.
Mr.. Inderwick Q. c.. Mr. Bayford. and Mr.. A.
J. Ram appeared for the petitioner; the Solicitor
General, @. G., and Mr.. Witt for the respondent:
Sir II. Giffard, Q. c., and Mr.. PIXIE for the CO.
respondent.
MIR. Inderwick. &C. in opening the case, said
that the petitioner was married to the respond
ent on the 18th Of September. 1873 at the parish
church of Ashover. in Derbyshire. The lady s
maiden name was Mary Palmer Mundy More
wood. and she was the daughter of Mr.. Charles
Rowland Palmer Norwood, of Alfreton Hall,
Derbyshire. At the time of their marriage Mr.
Mundy was % years of age and his wife Il.
They lived at different places during the earlier
years OF their married life. but chiefly at Snip
ley Hall. There was one child of the marriage
daughter. bern in 1874. Toward the end of
March. 1885, Mr.. Mundy made the acquaintance
.
Shipley. Lord Shrewsbury was at that time be-
tween 10 and 20 years of age, and had only re-
Gently left EtOn.
In consequence Of some reports which reached
Mr.. Mundy of his wife having been seen about
on horseback i'm the company of Lord Shrews-
bury, he spoke to her himself. and got Lady
Wilmot. relative. to speak to her on the sub
jcct and she promised that nothing should oc-
cur that could give rise to any observation.
However, in February of the present year. fur
hnr atnA i'm, in -
which he told Mrs. Mundy that Lord Shrews-
bury was not to be received at mis- house: and,
so far as he knew. that direction was Obeyed
On the 9Th OF April, in the present year. Mrs.
Mundy went to stay with her sister at Torquay;
and, up to the 10Th Of April. inclusive the petit
toner received letters from her referring to O.
binary matters. and. i'm which she addressed
him as Dear Fred;" but on the 2lst of that
month there came to him letter i'm which, adj
dressing him as dear Fred" she said: You
will not be surprised am going to leave you
for better or worse, 1 hope for the former.
want to thank you for all your kindness to me-
have not been worthy Of it. cannot ask to
see my child again. for / am sure you would not
grant it. hope you will forgive me and forget.
Thank you for all the happiness have had at
Shipley."
On receipt of that letter Mr. Mundy put him
self in communication with Mr.. Norwood. the
brother of Mrs. Mundy, and with that gentle
man. came to London and made inquiries. He
=.
had left London. travelling by the name of Mr..
and Mrs. Grafton, and attended by courier and
a valet. 1t appeared that they left London on
the evening Of the Goth of April, reached Paris
on the morning of the 21st. and remained there
the whole day. On the morning of the 22d they
left Paris for Nancy, and went thence to Stras-
burg, which they reached on the 25th. Mr.
MUndy and Mr.. Norwood. who were in pursuit.
came up with the respondent and correspondent
at the Strasburg station on the morning of the
10Th. as the two latter were leaving i'm train.
Mr.. MOrewOOd got into the train as it was start
ing, and conducted Mrs. Mundy back to Stras-
burg from the first station at which the train
stopped He subsequently conducted her to her
family in this country. She remained with them
for some short time, but again Joined Lord
Shrewsbury, with whom she was now living
Mr.. A. E. Miller Mundy, the petitioner. was
then examined by Mr.. Inderwick. and said that
he married the respondent i'm 1873. They had
child born in 1874. In the spring of 1880 he
made the acquaintance of Lord Shrewsbury
In che winter of 1880 he received information
about his wife being seen with Lord Shrews-
bury. He spoke to her himself about it. and
also got Lady WilmOt to do so. She got into
a violent passion at first. but afterward she
promised not to repeat what he complained of.
In February last he received information that
she had been again seen with Lord Shrewsbury.
and he forbade her to receive the co-respon-
dent In April she was staying with her sister
| at TOrquay. He received letters from her while
size was tEeTe On the receipt OF the letter OF
| the 2lst of April. he and Mr.. Morem God went to
France. and saw his wife at Strasburg. She and
Lord Shrewsbury were on the railway platform,
and entered train. Mr.. Norwood got into
the train. which then started Witness remained
at Strasburg. Mr. Norwood conducted Mrs.
Mundy back to Strasburs, and subsequently to
her family in England.
Extracts were read from the dispositions of
Eugene Berger and Charles Casper The for
mer depOnent said that he was head waiter i'm
| the Hotel de la Vile de Paris. at Strasburg. On
the 25th OF April, 1881, a gentleman and lady
came to the hotel, and left at 8 the next morn
ing. They had courier and valet with them.
The gentleman and lady were entered i'm the
fAtel book as ''Mr. C. Grafton and wife. Eng
land" The deponent identified photographs OF
the respondent and correspondent. Casper, who
is chief porter at the hotel corroborated the evil
dence of Berger and his identification Of the
photographs.
This was the case for the petitioner
Counsel for the respondent and the co-respon-
dent informed the court that they had NO Ques-
tionstO ask, and nothing to say.
The President-Then / pronounce q decree
nisi With costs against the correspondent.
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