The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-11-18
A. BRUTAL B0STONIAN.
His Yeung Wife Sues for Divorce and Tells a
Shocking Story.
Punched Until Black and Biue-Threatened
With vitrol and the PistolHis
Mother Advised 1t.
Special to the Globe-pemocrat.


suit was begun in the Divorce Court to-day.
People moving in the wealthiest circles of
Boston society are implicated The libel
liant is Mrs. Ellen 6 J. Loud, a strikingly
handsome young woman of twenty, who
was married when she was but sixteen to
Thomas ]. Loud, of the well-known firm of
Loud Brothers, the State street 5lnkers.
The testimony OF the case is most remarka-
BILE. Mrs. Loud a fnely-formed brunette,
with flashing black eyes, was the first wit
ness called. She testified:
al was married to Mr. Loud on May 26.
1881, at St. Johns Episcopal Church, in
East Boston. had only known him three
months. My maiden name was Mack. We
went on wedding trip of ten days, and
spent the first night OF our welded life at
the Windsor Hotel, New York. In the
morning Mr.. Loud made a request of me
which was unwilling TO grant. He grew
fearfully angry, kicked me out of bed upon
the floor, and then picked me up and threw
me across the room, saying l ought not TO
mind If he curbed vOman's passion. On
our return TO Boston we gave three recep-
tions at the Revere House. On the night OF
the first reception, after the guests had re-
tired and We had gone 10 our apartments,
Mr.. Loud said had committed a breach of
etiquette in shaking hands with
gentleman. He became very an
cry, grasped me by the throat,
threw me across cot-bed and choked me. i
screamed, and nay sister, Mrs. Duzenberry,
came in and pulled him away. He then
struck me a severe blow on the right breast,
and i was unconscious for two hours. When
came to was in my night dress in bed. |
suffered greatly from the blow for several
weeks. ! consulted physician, but did not
tell of the cause of my suffering. One of the
results of the blow was the formation of an
abscess under my arm, which the doctor
lanced. have never recovered from the
blow, and periodically suffer greatly even
now. The second reception was on June a.
My husband struck me a severe blow in the
abdomen just before it, and | tainted dead
away. After the first reception, Mr.. Loud
struck me on the nose 50 hard that il made
the blood flow all over my face Nv father
was present and interfered. Then Mr. Loud
fell down i'll fit. In July was very sick,
and DIR. Goodsel made me four visits.
There was no change in Mr.. LIQUIDS treat
ment.
\ BLOW IN THE STOMACH.
The night of the third reception his treat
ment left marks on my limbs. | showed
them 10 my sister. He forbade my going to
see my father ana would not allow me to go
when he was i'll. Mr.. Loud pinched my
arms, making them black and blue, almost
every day. Because did not want to wear
a Iow-necked dress To the Tigers ball, Mr..
Loud struck me violent blow in the stom-
ach. Ny sister-in-law was present and saw
the blow. One evening at the Revere House
young Mr.. GOodsell called on my sister. Mr..
Loud opened some champagne and asked me
to drink. / refused, and he threw the WINE
in my face. When | was sick | was locked
| in my room all day without anything TO
eat. He attempted at one time to empty
bottle of vitrol ON my face. | screamed, and
| my sister came in and took il away before he
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| with pistol. lie struck me on the
| lead before mother. We moved
| from the Revere House 10 the St.
| James Hotel. One night about the
| LIST of June my husband asked me to do
| something, which refused to do. He then
| shut me up in the bath room. ! was in my
| night dress. He left me there all night, and
1 slept in the bath tub. a few days after he
| again locked me in the bathroom, and the
same thing was continued the next night.
That was on Saturday and Sunday nights. i
was in my night clothes, and it was so cold
| shivered all night long in the bath-tub.
| The reason he gave nv sister for locking me
| up was because had disobeyed him, and he
said that he should continue to punish me
until did as he wished I got on my knees
and begged and said I would die before 1
would comply. On the Monday following
went to his office and asked him II he really
| insisted on his propositions. HE said he did,
i
| he had given me when came home. | had
| taken his keys TO get my clothes. l told him
| j never could go back to him. i cried and
| fell on my knees, begging him not to compel
me.
MOTHER ADVISED THE BRUTALITY
"His mother then came in. She and
were not on very good terms. She asked
| what was the matter. | told her, and she
| said to my husband why don't you strike
hero He then raised his hand and struck
me across the face, knocking my hat off.
| then rushed from the office almost insane,
| and went TO my sisters, telling her / had
left my husband. This was on June 70,
| 1852. ] went to my mothers home and told
| her why / had left him. After | left him
he wrote me two letters. One OF them was
| very loving, but knew it was from his pen
| and not from his heart. The other contained
| verses OF poetry. j went 10 the st. James
| Hotel a few days afterward ID get my clothes.
| | sailed for Europe in the Pavonia, of the
| Anchor Line, soon after, TO the Highlands
of Scotland for treatment, my health being
| impaired. then went TO an academy,
| where i studied music j took lessons from
Ole Bull on the violin. | am an amateur
player When ! was married my husband
| forbade my playing. One evening picked
| up the violin, and he said be could not bear
the scratching noise. ! went from the room
| and played in the next room. He came in say
| ing he would smash it. lie took tand threw
it into the fire. On one occasion there were
some friends invited by Mr.. Loud TO his
room i'm the Revere House. My husband
asked me to play. | had an abscess under
my arm which gave me great pain, and
| said could not hold the violin, and when L
still refused to play he cut the strings with
his penknife. cried, and my husband or
dertd me to my room saving was baby.
He frequently gave me what he called the
| grecian-bend kiss which was performed by
taking me by the arms and bending me back
wards and striking me with his knees. He
would tickle me on the back and spine, caus-
in,z me great annoyance. and would pinch
| me daily He did not want me To kiss my
father. lie said il was not proper tor a mar
ried woman. He was very immodeSt IN my
presence. He would PUT my feet on his knees
in the dining room, when he knew the wait.
| ers must have seen him, and on one occa-
sion when my sisters were at the table,
| after my return from Europe. He did not
speak to me when we met ON the street
have been supported by my father since
| them"
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