St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-01

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maintenance and custody of children, has
created great deal of gossip in this city
The complaint was flied on Saturday, bu
suppressed until yesterday for service OF
process upon Ferry. The bill sets forth
that the parties were married at Lake
Forest ILL.,, Oct. II. 1875. and lived to-
gether twelve years. the fruits of the mar
riage being five boys. the Oldest 10 and the
youngest 3 years old. That Immediately
after their marriage the defendant com.
menced course of unkind. harsh. tyran'
nical and abusive conduct toward the cOm-
plainant. THAT MIR. Ferry is a man OF
extraordinary selfish propensities. of an al
most
INSANE PASSION FOR MONEY,
eXacting in his disposition, fault-tinding to
the utmost degree, and coarse and unretined
in his nature, and that the constant mani
festatiOn of all of said characteristics by
defendant toward your complainant has
made your cOmplainant's life one of eX-
treme misery, and has endangered the
health of both her mind and body" The
complainant shows that when she was mar
RED to the defendant she was "a years of
age and had just completed collegiate
course: that her father was then and is
to the defendant at the time OF said
marriage to a man of large wealth. That
the defendant at the time of said marriage
had father, who has since died, who was
man of considerable property. and de-
fendaut himself at the time of said mar
riage. as he represented to this complain
ant, was worth in bis own right about the
sum of $40, coo. That Immediately after
the marriage complainant and defendant
went to Europe for a bridal tour from
which they returned in May, 1876. That
scarcely had the vessel upon which COM
plainant and defendant sailed left the port
of New York on its way to Europe before
the defendant began to exhibit diSSatis-
| faction and a
| SPIRIT OF FAULT-FINDING
! toward complainant because cOmplainant'S
father had not at the time of the marriage,
endowed the defendant and complainant
with a large amount of mOnev. That the
, defendant then began course of insuffera-
BILE and carping criticisms of this complain
ant. in which he never ceased during all the
years that complainant and defendant lived
together. During the first few months
after marriage the burden of the offense
which the complainant had committed
in the eyes of said defendant was
her falling to procure from her father
the desired fortune. Defendant bitterly ac-
cused the complainant of not having placed
hni on pleasant footing with ner father,
so that he might reap pecuniary advantage
therefrOm. He expressed disgust and dis
appointment when a letter was received
from complainant's father, because it en-
closed no valuables. In November, 1875.
when complainant and defendant were
travelling on railroad in France, the de-
fendant made bitter complaints to COM
planant because he had not been given any
considerable property by compiainant's
father; and, during all that fall and the
winter which followed, defendant made
complainant'S life almost unbearable by his
constant and unceasing complaints never
failing at any Of said times to assert that he
was
IN DANGER OF POVERTY.
and that complainant was the cause. In
the spring of 1876. while complainant and
defendant were in the city of CasSel. it had
already become evident that complainant
was some months i'll pregnancy and de-
fendant bitterly lamented his lot, eXclaim-
ing that he was poor man, expecting a
family, and had nothing with which to care
for it; thereupon this complainant was
greatly moved and resolved to herself to
make every eXertiOn within her power to
assist defendant, by most rigid economy
which resolution she thereafter adhered to-
but all to no purpose.
The bill goes Oh to relate that. wearied
out with the i'll treatment of the defendant
at last complainant went to her father and
asked if something could not be done to
better the financial prospects of defendant
and when she reported her Interview
to defendant defendant in violent
anger replied: ''YOu damned fool;
keep your mouth shut as you spo 70 every
thing" Defendant continued. however. to
declare that he was killing himself by work
and that complainant was to blame for it
all. And complainant shows that, being
anxious to cOncilate defendant and to re-
lieve his distress, if he had any. she sug-
gested that perhaps she could induce her
father to settle upon her 100000 Imme-
diatelv defendants voice softened and his
words were bland; he said he owed his
mother $40, 900 and his sister Nellie S2O,-
900. and of course it would be dshonorable
not to pay those debts And complainant
AYERS that afterward, when the body of
THEIR DEAD CHILD.
Willie, was OH its way to the vault. and the
casketcontaining it&as in the carriage be-
remarked to complainant that, since by the
death of little Willie complainant's father
had been s0ftened and felt great sympathy
toward complainant, it would be a good
time for complainant to go to her father
with defendants troubles. When COM
plainant's first child was born defendant
constantly declared he had no money, and
he Inundated the complainant by compell-
ing her to receive small stipends in an en-
veiope from defendants father with which
to pay cOmplainants monthly nurse. De-
fendant was almost insane on the subject of
expenses. After complainant and defend
ant went to housekeeping defendant
scarcely, if ever. entered the house without
bitterly accusing plaintiff of some unneces-
Sary expense or waste. Complainant and
defendant first began housekeeping in
November. 1877, in what was called
the Harvey cottage, in Lake Forest.
Ten minutes after they first entered the
house defendant rushed eXcitedly to COM
plainant and bitterly rallied at her because
lie had discovered jar of butter exposed
in the shed to dust and spiders, all of
which. of course. was unknown to COM
plainant. At their first supper in the house
complainant kissed the defendant and
cheerfully said: What nice supper we
have" Defendant growled: I'VE can't
have oysters every night. Mary brought
these down. Your folks sent nothing"
From that day on, as long as defendant and
complainant kept house, defendant never
ceased his bitter fault finding and cruel
upbraidingS of complainant for some imag-
ined expense or waste in housekeeping. and
often abused her in coarse offensive and
profare language.
CIJRIOUS TREATMENT oF SEPuANTc
The complainant alleges that the defend
ant was deSirOus that the servants should
be constantly abused and scolded. He at