Morning journal and courier., 1885-05-14
4 s1H.sah DIVORCE CASE.

After Much Expeiise and Sonic Extra
 Tall Swearing a Woman Gets q Hill,
 Hut Refuses to Pay the Fees and
 Enter Judgment.
 TROY, May 13.-Janes W. Palmer, coun- sellor- -at-law, was taking book from the safe in his office last evening when large bundle of papers rolled upon the floor. As the counsellor gathered up the bundle he was overheard to remark, q shall be obliged to charge storage on that pile of papers unless the parties call and settle pretty soon and take them away. Of all the cases got mixed up in the Odel1 divorce case has proved the most complicated and unsatisfactory" h. quiry elicited the statement by the attorney that the decision in the case has been ready to be handed down for about eight months. The plaintiff, Mrs. Aurelia Odell, is native of Nassau, Rensselaer, county. Her father is Stephen Hollis and for several years Miss Aurelia was ofie of the belles of the village of Alps. She married February 25, 1873, Henry Odell, the defendant, also a resident of Alps. The couple lived together as man and wife until April 30. 1880, when the plaintiff left her husband and returned to- her fathers house, the alleged cause of the separation being the defendants intimacy with young widow employed as nurse in the family. May 20, 1880, the plaintiff through the late E. Smith Strait began an action for divorce. The defendants answer denied the allegations in the complaint and was in the nature of counter action. the defendant charging Mrs. Odell with undue intimacy. The case was referred to MT. Palmer and on the death of MT. E. Smith Strait, B. c. Strait succeeded his brother as attorney for York, appeared for the defendant and the first hearing was held April 13, 1882. The testimony was closed May 9, 1884, there having been about sixty different hearings and testimony having been taken on fifty different days. Sixteen witnesses were sworn on the part of the plaintiff and twenty nine for the defendant The testi- at Alps and; as the natives expressed it, ''there was some of the tal1est swearing on both sides ever heard in Rensselaer, county" The referee has decided for the plaintiff, but will not deliver the report until the fees have been paid, therefore the plaintiff cannot enter judgment.
 The referee said tonight: "It is strange that these parties; who fought each other on the trial SO bitterly, bringing witnesses here and paying their board, c6ming to the city in all sorts of weather, should, now that the verdict is within reach, stand aloof and permit the judgment to remain off the rec ords. The plaintiff came here and wanted to know how many full days I worked on the case. She said she did not propose to pay me for lest time and all the time must be figured up. at so much day, allowing so many hours to the day. It is probable that unless the parties settle with the referee within few days MT. Palmer will institute proceedings to recover fees and costs.
 The College Walking Record Broken.
 BOSTON, May 13.-In the senior and soph- omore class games to-day H. H. Barnes '87 walked three miles in 24 minutes IA 3-5 sec onds, beating the best previous American college record of 25 minutes 16 3-4 seconds made by Caullman of Cornell at Cornell May 25, 1884.