Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-08-10
MARRIED 10 A LUNATIC.
sane ON Her weddinx Night, bu, a
Maniac Next Day-A Strange
CouFtshfp.

New York HeroLd: The old proverb about
marrying iu hsste and repentiug at leisure
was never better illustrated than il was yes
terday 10 a suit which came before Judge J.
+. Daily in the Court of Common Pleas.
The action is one brought by David Holtz
against his young wife, Pauline Hcl;z, a girl
of twenty, to apnul their marriage, which
took place on the I'd of last April.
10 his complaint the plaintiff says that his
marriage occurred under the following cir
cumstancssi He became engaged to the de-
PENDANT 90 the day preceding his marriage,
and, as he alleges, the defendant aud her re-
lations; for the purpose Of inducing him TO
consent that the marriage should occur the
next day, falsely represented to him that by
The laws or customs of this Safe il
ligatory upon engaged parties to immedi-
ately appear before some Office or person
stationed at the City Hall for lhs purpose of
performing the marriage ceremony; that
when he refused 10 be married 80 quickly
after engagement, without having first be-
come better acquainted with his intended
wife, and without frat consulting his "a other,
who was then on her way from Europe TO
<hfr
tious; for the purpose of fastening the
marriage, frsudulen'ly represented to him
hat euch q ceremony was not bind
ing upon persons protesting the Hebrew
religion; and that their actual marriage
could tase place thereafter and be performed
by a minister of their own religion; that the
plaintiff, who is a foreigner ard uusc-
quain,ed with the English language, ives
finally induced to consent 10 the marriage,
which was performed at the City Hall by
one Of the aldermen, and that this marriage
was not contaminated until the 18th of
April following. on which day the parties
r. IIaL.1u 80.
o. the morning following the second cere-
aliege in his complaint, his young wife be-
came insane, and had to be removed to the
asylum on Blaekwelps Island, where she now
remains Under treatment Sc a lunatlc, and
upon Information and belief il is alleged that
she has been a unstic for several years past
and has been several times in the asylum,
but that she enjoys lucid iptervl Is at various
times, lasting from five days 10 two months,
and that at such intervals she fully remem-
bers all that has transpirsd before she lapsed
into lunacy. At these times, as the COM
plant further states, she is we'll aware Of her
lunscy, but believes -hsvirs been 60 advised
BY her physicians-that Ter cure NAV be ef.
fected in case ST her becoming a mother.
Mr.. Holiz says during his acquaintance with
the defendant and up 10 the day following
the second ceremony Of marris2e the defend
ant was enjoying one OF these lucid intervals,
and during this time acted like 8 sane per-
son, and the fact OF her having been insane
was entirely unknown to him.
The plaintiff charges that the defendant
and her relatives naliciously withheld ON
him the facts above stated; 80 that he might
be indaced TO marry her, in utter disregard
OF his own personal happiness, more espe-
cially as the defendsnts father is slso a lu-
matte, as the plaintiff is informed and be-
lieves.
10 conclusion the plaintiff says that had
the facts az stated not BEEN Concealed from
him he wsuld never have married the girl.
He therefore asks that the marriage be de-
clsred void.
The plaintiff also makes an sfidavii in
which he states that he never ssw the de-
fendaut's father at her house, and was made
TO believe by both the def ndant and her
mother that her father was dead. The
plaintiff said he subsequently, discovered that
the father was alive and OF unsourd mind,
and had not lived with his family since 1872.