New-York tribune., 1885-07-23
LIVELY HOME OF Mr.. AND MRS. MARTIN.

SHE WISHES SEPARATION; HE DAMAGEs-Hls RE-
MARKABLE STORY OF HER PECULIARITIEs.
An application for alimony and counsel fee
made on behalf Of Mrs. jennie r. Martin who seeks
separation from her husband, Edward Martin. on tho
ground Of abandonment, before Justice Donohue In
Supreme Court, Chambers. yesterday. she asked Tor
$3.50 month and a counsel foe of $500. In her COM
plant she briefly that he had ordered her to
leave his house and failed to provide for her She do
clared that he director Of the Ncw-York Lie nsur-
ancs Company owned valuable real estate ana haa an
The defendeD in his answer denies the princpai aie
cations Of the complaint but @ sras crus ne
and nhuman treatment endangering HE fe ana a.
sning and violent demeanor toward nimseu anu nlS
children by former marriage He asserts tns' sdc % sst
forth that she worth more than ana mas
claim against her for her alleged misconduct with spec
fcaons charging that In 1879 and again IN isS! sae
nasd them and went to live with him again that she
shamefuy abused his children openly charged him with
n at Ssrous s sd Throw
containing caustc drug in his face that sne threat
through Yonters and to create scene and threatened
to poison his horses that because lie refused 70 hr
mouth nearly setting the house on fire. she poked
the fire until hot Goals fell on his slippers tnss sne
the beefsteak FROM the platter TO the table that
she to S % ad M ase% seS RS S
son had vile disorders that she sent messenger Ior
ppTomHd the 70 homse IN great fury oarsns
threatening the defendant tearing on bolts from WIN
dows and DOORS melting the servants TO steal went 10
the police station and made false charge against h
and then returning entered the house by the servants
window and attempted to strangle the servant
He further states that she s addicted 10 the inor-
dinae and nopporune OF tobacco ana say lht on
February IL 1883 she abandoned him and went 10 New
York City lve and aterward subjected him 10 every
annoyan and that she could thnK o. Wis
ing his house in his absence aud removing carpets:
threatening him with law suits and TO expose him. ana
going to his Office TO make such thrtats, 10
that at last she arrested as a uisoruerIy
person and bound 20 keep the peace
and that she began action against him charging MID
with OBTAINING team. buggy and harness wnieh sue
claimed belonged to her. The defendant denies that he
laid violent hands his WIFE hut says that ON one
occasion, when she insisted upon intrudng info MS
household a female who was very ob)ectlonaOe, nc
pushed the plaintiff away from the door III order ta nc
might close 1t aud exclude that person. lie says lha
lie was married TO her December 81, 1877 when she
a widow without children and he a widower ABOUT
hftv-six old with tive children. fla, age twenty
aud Edward seventeen. and that she bad inarreu
three times obtaining divorce each time, ana once re-
marrying j. W. Ensign the man che had been uNoreoa
from. making money by the operation, and that
when last divorced from him sho obtained the mousse
No. 357 West Thirty iourthst, worth f2o,oOo, anu
so. 900 in cash part of the terms OF settlement An
affidavit by Hannah Atwood, who lived with the Inmy'
In which the assertions OF the husband are IN part eoi
roborated. was also read
Justice Donohue reserved IFS decision. Ackerlcy q
Williamson appeared for The plaintiff and Chariss
Blandy for the defendant Mrs. Martin has also nfought
action against her husband charging him with con
version Of two horses buggy, set OF doubo harness.
pole aud shafts " hch lie says she never owned ehe
has also brought action TO recover s3OOO damages
from his Edward for alleged assault and battery on
the occasion when be took hold of her. according TO his
ing bottle OF vrio something OF that kind" over
her husband"