The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-08-07
A HARD CASE.
wa.t Men Of Means with had Wives
Nave 10 go Through.
Reno Gazette.l

Have 10 NO Through.
Reno Gazette.
The divorce case between Catherine
and Jsseph Marzen was trlumphantly
vonby MIR. Mafzen last FRIDAY IN Win
n,mucca. twas IN many respects re-
,nsrkable case and ranks Tor intrigue
and yilliany with the worst records.
About year ago Mrs. Marzen became
dissatisfied aud went 10 San Francisco,
where she hired attorneys, who wrote
=. Mr. Marzen that she wanted u di-
yorce ON the grounds OF cruelty. after
IL wears of married life. lie went
down and affected reconciliation.
10 August, she With lis consent again
went below, and for some time WAS
under doctors care IN Sacramento.
In short time she aeut to San Fran
cisco aud continued under treatment,
constantly writing To- hlm that she
would SOON be We'll aud return heme,
he keeping her supplied with money.
In the meantime mischief-mnkers
were busy, aud u so-calied detective
Was sent 10 Loyelock to gain Mr.. Mar
zen'. confidence. lie gathered up all
tie secrets he could get, even Malzen $
estimates OF lIiA wealth, aud offered 10
buy, for Eastern parties, hls ranch and
stock for s330,000. They arranged 10
meet in san Francisco, where attempts
were made To enl;ap Marzen lnto bal
company. Fur Two weeks he was
with Mr.. MarZcn every moment except
when he Was asleep, but found that his
habits were too correct 20 be used IN "a
divorce suit. Then Mrs VI. moved to
Oakland aud tile detective Was with
Dir. Marzen day and night Tor three
weeks, and hls efforts at seduction
were unremitnng. When toid bc had
found false friend, Maizen could not
believe ii, aud sald at | cannot trust
him Who can trustf" Marzen retain
ed w. w. Bishop to defend the suit
aud he immediatly put detectives 10
work. Tney checkmated the other
side completely, aud worked up the
case in fine style. They got into their
confidence completely, and before the
trial Bishop had tie names of every
witness aud every word OF their ev-
ldence, aud WAS able 10 show 10 the
subtraction OF the jury that it was
manufactured and for once on the
Coast, suit on such claim was defeat
ed. Even the abandoned women who
were hired To aid IN the diabDlical
scheme came forward aud gave atfida-
WITS that attempts bad been made to
get them tn pe1ure themselves. Two
witnesses denied tneir dispositions en-
nrely anu swore that they had never
spoken TO Mrs. Mafzen. Not content
win getting such evidence in, they
charged u crime upon Marzen and
woman who IS "a wife and the mother
ot a family living at Lovelock. She
had the nerve to 60 to work and dis
prove their charges to the satisfaction
of the jury. Mr. Bishop was assisted
oy Messrs. Mcmillan, Hanna and NJ.
.. bonnlfield in the trial of the case.
Inc trial lasted eight days, three SEES
slons day, and the jury was locked
" 30 that they could not be seen.
Inc plan of the promoters of the
sche'he involved divorce and divis-
ION OF the property. The $l65, 900 to
oe Won was again to be divided. half
I" 90 TO the mourning grass widow,
And half to the detectives. witnesses
ana lawyers. IN addition to- the sums
showed by the court out of defendants
property. Judge Bigelow. after the
Jury refused the divorce, granted $l25
Per month alimony aud allowed Mrs.
Marzen's counsel $4,000 in addition to
stoOO allowed before which the de-
iendant had to pay.
The court refused to allow thous-
ana which the attorneys had paid to
uetectives Us he said it wsuld be a bad