The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-07-12
THE WALBRIDGE DIVORCE CASE.
THE EVIDENCE.

A Brooklyn Suit of Local Interest
mrs. wRlbrIdge suffered for Her
ChIId's Sake-She RecItes a story of
GreviOus Wrongs on the Part other
Husband-A ChIId's Evidence.
The divorce case OF Mrs. j. N. H. Wal
bridge vs.. her husband in Brooklyn, N,
Y, this week is Of local interest, The
family have lived here, and Mr., Wal
bridges first wife (so the Troy Press
slys), was sister Of N. B. Squires of
Troy. 1t says that she was "a very
lovely, patient lady, She suffered much
from the refined bulldozing of her hus.
band, who was domestic tyrant of
p irticularly mean and cowardly pattern.
Walbridge was dentist, and started
very poor. o. the death of his first
wife he want to Brooklyn, nearly thirty
years ago." The evidence of the present
Mrs. Walbridge, shows that the brutal
husband has not mended his ways. Her
evidence was mistaken by the long
ross-examination and is substantiated
by the child who testified yesterday.
Mrs. Walbridge sues for a limited d.
vorce only-she should have an absolute
separation.
The New York Suns report says:
When Mr.. Walbridge was a very sue
cesslul dentist in this city, and when he
retired from practice several years ago
in consequence of the loss of his sight
and nervous prostration. he was report
ed to be worth 100000. His wife,
whom he married in 1876 was daugh-
ter of Philander Stephens. The COM
plant against her husband contains no
less than $50 allegations of i'll treatment
and neglect, extending over period of
ten years. Ex- United States District
Attorney, Asa w. Tenney, in opening
the case for Mrs. Walbridge, said Mr.
Walbridge had taken the absolute con-
troll of the only child, Daisy, now in her
10Th year. If the mother wanted the
child to have anything, that was just the
thing Mr., Walbrldge wouldn't let her
have.
Never" Mr.. Tenney said "for the
last ten years has DIR. Walbrldge address
ed TO his wife any term of endearment.
or treated her with even ordinary cour
tesy. He addressed her as devil, fend.
canting hypocrite, religious impostor,
and contemplate thing. One day be
told her to pack her things and 90 to
Lafayette avenue, where he had hired a
fiat. She went thither. and found Mrs.
Durham in charge, and there she has
since remained"
When Mr.. Tenney had finished, Mrs. |
Walblidge, tall, delicate. looking and
sad faced woman began her testimony.
The remained on the witness stand for
four hours without completing her tes-
timouy. She said that when they were
on their wedding trip her husband re-
fused to speak to her. s wrote letters
TO him begging HIM for kind words and
kind treatment. This was one of the
letters
The time has now come when Meth
er of us should longer endure the life
we are living. For your own sake be-
see b you to devise some means for
bringing about q different state of
things. For myself cannot longer bear
il. / will not be wife simply in name.
II have made mistakes will endeavor
to rectify them"
Little Daisy Walbridge went on the
witness stand yesterday and testified
against her wealthy father, DIR. Joseph |
W. H. Walbridge. She said that she
had never heard her father call her
mother by her right name, but he did
call her infamous wretch, "vile crea-
ture," "fend" and other opprobrious
names, and he would apply them to her
mother every day.
81 never heard papa speak any pleas
ant word to mamma" she continued. |
They never went anywhere together,
except two or three times, when they |
went with me-" Never, she said, had |
she heard her mamma use an unkind ex.
preston 20 her father.