The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-06-08
HIS WIFE AND HE ARE OUT.
FRIEND SCOFYELDN sT0RY o. THE
JARS THAT LED 70 DIVORCE SUlT.

Thss Was, Esd WsulA Alss ~ - Rsss~
For more than Q quarter u century
Henry r. Sconeld and his wife, who Was Amy
II. Quimby lived together In Chappaqua. West.
chester county. His family and hers were
Quakers. and were thought we'll Of. The 300.
zelda have nins children. Clara and Anna.
young women Of about 40 ysaxs. ars residents
OF this city. Another daughter 10 the wife Of
Burling Halleok. Quaker preacher. Of Pssks.
kill. The youngest child ID Libbie. q pretty
little girl Of IL. Mrs. seoheld 10 suing for .
limited divorce. with alimony and the custody
Of her minor children.
charges contained In the comJAai and In tss-
timony given In court By I'M vile Was heard
yesterday By Judge Dykman In the Supreme
Court. Special Term. at White Plains. He is
&c years old. tall and spare. with . reddish
beard reaching down on his wAistcoat and .
clean shaven upper lip. Mrs.. Scoasld. hsr
daughter Libbie. and her son John. Q man
grown, sat BY her counsel Elliott Williams.
while Mr.. Scofold was testifying.
Mrs. Scohcld Ia somewhat younxer than her
husband. She has dark eyes and hair and 4
thin facs. broad at the forehead and pointed at
the chin. She was dressed yesterday with
Quaker plainness In black.
After Mr.. sconeld had held mp his right hand
In token Of intention TO speak only the truth
Mr.. Seonsld put his heel on the rail OF the Wit
moss box and. guided BY tho questions Of his
counsel. David H. Hunt. proceeded to deny. OK
plain. or admit CHARGES that had been made
against him. He SAID that bis grown children
had made the trouble between him and their
mother. OF late years there had been many
jangles.. He denied that. - charged in Mrs.
bcofeld's complaint. he had awakened her as
many ss sig times. q even once. By holding .
to see %ss thess She Often asss
ass max. an s e as.n
applied q vile name 70 his daughter Anna. An.
Ss s ssfS;s 8 S:S isst :ss III
sneSsr eams toward and assS hm
with her gold watch ut her side and shaking
her hand, With diamond rings on. under, my
noee." and he told her that no wantOn could be-
The witness acknowledged that be had told
S IL and st T IL
fortunate death Of 2 male reI.tion 81 hsrs.
tub He denisd that Il had becn lis custom tom
as sworn to By his daughter Clara. 70 sit on the
sunday mornings. and drink whisky out Of q
bottle when the neighhors were going by to
ara shs o.. y9aid Always do 1t for the sake Of the
HSI he CHARGE that no h.dv,o,en.v
into another. Nj. Sconeld testified that upon a
certain occasion. when st his wife was occupying
them conspicuous objects near his bed. willis
h;e S Sss Sl 81 sna sss
sa.s q e ~ g 3 depSiysSa ., re company q
m%%sainS Ursse nc Of her hair and teeth
dead. This wish hs paraphrased yesterday in
his testimony In way that showed how the
s s Ss ssp SSs Fl ss /. s s":
lay over in Chappaoua BY the side Of thy sister
Ia 1.s IpoHH whore thee was. and I'd be at rest
Mr. scoheld testified that on one occasion his
ossr se a. e oss . s
Sass. VIII Wh s shi a1r The
him suffer IN the winter. he testifed. by giving
him him, q s,, scant supply Of auilts and some very
Clothing and pillows. and he carried 1.-TWO two fuii
ones and the two lank ones to his wife. and
held them w for contrast and said, Mother.
never made such another woman as thee is"
The Tie n lsfs hin ON on Jan
said. .He had been . hard working map. Ev.
provider." Mr.. Scofieid testified. For about
seven years he worked for Levi Hunt, where be
was everything from gooeeQuill TO . nine.
RGnSndertsndkipg Trsti mill ana doing a.!
bought out Of his earnings JET. she took
1t all away. so that he. had to buy
ten bowl to eat his pudding out Of. She
bad bartered some Of the articles bought. with
that this MAIDS the articles obtaine s wholly Wholly
hers. She would hear that some woman had 4
round bottomed dinner pot" the witness said,
and then !she would begin swapping things
OIL for round bottomed pots. She's been swap-
ping pots with everybody IN the nsiGhborhood.
and now she's got more r0und. bottomsd pots
than any other woman IN ChappaquA"
MIR. Scoheld WAS not able to explain what he
meant whom he said his wife had - .paralysms.'"
indeed he eyer said che was thus AFFLICTED.
In thu world" be exclaimed earnestly. THAT
woman. from her head TO her heels"
He had always stood ready to- do her
every kindness. oven. he averred. to take
$40 gold piece. CRATE II IN and feed 1t To her
with New Orleans molasses." Tho dress she
wore In court. he testified. was bought two
years ago. when she thought her father was
nc old gentleman got well. The witness said
pistol In the house. and he expected she would
~ ws S% S Mrs Il seoed quilted her hu.b.nd.
she was acting under the advice OF her counsel
Then thy counsel gives thee damn bad ad-