Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-25
TWO HosrEs CLOSED 10 HER.
A Deserted wife sued for Board BY Her
Father-She. Returns from a Trip In the
Country 20 Find Her Apartments Dis
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a deserted wife sued for Board BY Her
Father-She.R Returns from a Trip In the
Country 20 Find Her Apartments Dis
naanrled and DesoIate.
VEG York Karnang TourRal.
In the balmy spring OF 1875 VIM. Camp
bell, the dashing, wealthy wall paper
manufacturer Of No. s11 West Forty-nrst
street. first net pretty. petite Mary
Churchill. blushing maid Of lssummers,
the daughter Of parents who were not 50
well circumstances, SIS the worlds gooas
90. as himself. On his part Il was case
Of love at first sighf. and he lavished on
her the c0stliest presents that his ample
wealth could command. Drives in the
Park and excursions to the Branch and
Couev Island facilitated the love making,
and his bliss was complets when. on June
IA. the twain stood under the floral mar
riage bell and were made one.
The honeymoon was spent in trip 10
Niagara. Lake George, Saratoga, and then
the happy couple settled down 70 the
sober realities Of married life in an ele-
CAVITY furnished house in West Sixteenth
street. During the following winter the
receptions OF Mrs. Campbell were the
most select affairs Of that exclusive lOcali-
". and congratulations came 70 the young
and apparently happy couple. To the
world they were still all and all 10 each
other, but intimate friends noticed a con-
straint between the couple from which
they predicted that a storm was brewing.
Quarrels became frequent and were fol-
lowed by reconciliaIiOns and promises Of
fOrgetfulness Of their past, but II became
evident 10 the still young and attractive
wife that her husband had outlived his
early affection. Her health became deli
cate and her physicians advised a change
of climate and a warmer latitude. she
preached the subject OF Southern trip,
to which her husband seemed to consent,
and she made a trip ID the country To bid
adieu TO friends and advise them Of her
plans.
When she returned she found the Six
teenth street house dismantled. This she
recognized as an additional act Of perse-
cutiOn on the part Of her husband. Moth
ing was left her Of all the luXurieS which
had been her boast Furniture, paintings,
horses, carriages. everything was gone.
She again sought him and by her win
ming WAYS revived the old love so that he
begged forgiveness and consented 10 ac-
company her on her Southern trip. she
thought that her William, away from in
huences that drew him from her, would
again De the loving, kind husband Of old.
They reached Savannah ana there. after
a fresh outbreak. caused by insane Jealousy
on his part. he abandoned her among
strangers This last act Of peFhdy tore
from her heart the last yestige Of love,
and resOrting 10 the courts she sued him
for abandonment and alimOny under the
laws Of Georgia.
She was awarded $50 per month ali
mOny anG returned TO New York to find
a new prosecutor in her own father,
Aaron L. Churchill, who sued her for a
board bill Of $500 contracted while living
/ apart from her husband after he had taken
all her household furniture and property.
To satisfy his claim the father went so
tar as to attach her alimOny found in the
hands Of her attorneys. and they were
constrained TO withhold the amount Of
the judgment from her pending the suit
| for divorce against her husband, in which
she laws her damages at SIS, 900, and she
has also sued him for $4,000, the value
Of the furniture Of the house which he
removed, and which she claims as her
property.
In the suits pending her husband seeks
to debar her from prosecuting in the New
York courts on the ground of being nom
resident. which he supports by the
facts that her health compels her 10 spend
the winters in Savannah or Jacksonville
aud the summers at the Northern water
ing places.
She is now supporting herself on the
alimonv paid her BIZ her husband under
the order Of the courts. and yesterday the
case came before Judge IngTaham on the
action against her husband for the con-
version of her property and TO allow her
to prosecute as a resident OF New York.
His Honor reserved his decision.