National Republican., 1888-02-11
HEALING MARITAL WOUNDS
by DlssoivinG tho Bonds Joining Un-
sH. fH happy Couplss.

happy OOupieBs
1t was anything an agreeable day out
Of doors yesterday, and to Judge by some Of
the legal work dispatched at the court
houee there must be some houses in which
domestic life 10 about on par with the
weather.
Maggie G. Carman, by her attorney, Mr..
+. b. Hay. filed bill for absolute divorce
from Jesse 8. Carman. The bill states that
she was married to her husband by Rev. DR..
Paret Oct. 7, 1881, and charges that his
conduct was inhuman during the entire
period Of married life. Four months after
marriage he knocked her down and took
from her finger the gold engagement ring,
which she believes he has pawned. In
July, 1882, while In delicate condl-
tion, he again knocked her down, took
from her room into the hall OF public
boarding house in bare feet and night dreos,
and then pillaged the room, taking silver,
jewelry, and other articles which he never
returned. The effect Of HE conduct caused
her to undergo premature childbirth, from
which she has never fully recovered. His
misconduct continued, and she bore with It
ened ITO knock her id brains QUO II che
did not leave him." She states that her
health is impaired, ana she dwells in fear
Of him.
Lucy G. Friend is discontented with her
married state and inyokes the laws aid to
secure freedom from IL. She was married
to Henry Friend, in Rockford, Mass, in
1884 and Ave surviving. children are the
result OF this union. He Is a commercial
traveller. They came to this city In 1881
and have resided here ever since, but In
August, 1884, for no known cause, he de-
serted her and has never since lived with her.
She therefore prays for a divorce on the
grounds Of willful abandonment and fail
ure to provide for the support OF his family
for over three yeare.
Chief Justice Bingham seems to be
settling down quite comfortably to equity
work, and disposes Of the divorce cases
with expedition. Two more lily mated
couples had their complaints before him
yesterday, and poured out the story Of
their troubles through the testimony In
support OF the charges which had been
preferred.
! William l.. Sammops, the husband OF
Lottie E. SammoDs, seems to have been
the erliDg one, and no longer will the
Injured wife be compelled to suffer for his
misdoings. Fondpess and weakness for
another woman brought shout the de-
struction of their happy home. They were
married In 1878, and four children have
COhO w tuths SuO uuo DCCu uuu
constant, performing the duties Of true
and loyal wife, but the same devotion and
fidelity cannot be shown by him. She
charged that he has repeatedly committed
adultery with a woman named Pearl
Depew, residing on Maryland avenue
southwest, in house Of ill.repute, and,
sustaining IT with ample proof. The chan
decree dissolvlng the marriage bond.
James NJ. Jones was the next to seek
solace for his marital woes, and pleads for
the annulling Of bis marriage with Mary A.
Jones' His story shows the result OF q
young mans folly, and teaches lesson 1t
would be well for the youth to understand
and profit BY, The Testimony Is to the
effect that he, in the year 1885, while still
minor, and frequenting beer gardens, on
one Sunday night met Mary A. Gardner. in
company with number Of friends, in one
of these resorts. Conviviality and enjoyment
was general, beer abundant, constantly
supplied, he showing generosity In treating,
and the result was that much was said and
done that 1t is not necessary to further
conversation, with beer as q connecting
link to the interview. The companion
ship became closer and more intimate,
and ere long young Jones wished to
sever the relationship existing between
him and the young lady, but found to do
80 e1tectually ne must quit the Dlstrlct.
This he did, but after short absence re-
turned; they soon m ct again, and the intl-
macy was resumed, although he had been
warned OF her conduct and associates.
On the 7th of July, 1885, at her invita-.
ton, he went to the house of her father,
and was well received, the reception ap
pearipg to him exceedingly. cordial. It
turned out to be more so than he ua.esired,
for while quietly chatting In the stt,ll.Cc
room with her mother the faith 'r appeared.
His first act was to lock the doors, and the
next to turn in anger upon Jones, and pro-
duce a marriage license. He threatened
the young man with swift and severe pun
ishment II he did not marry the girl Be-
coming alarmed at his situation, believing
that he was likely to suffer bodily
harm, he submitted and consented
to the marriage. He was then taken
IN a carriage to the house OF the priest Of
the Church of the Immaculate Conception,
where the ceremony was gone through
with. AS soon thereafter as he could he
returned to his home, where he has re.
maiped ever since, never having recognized
the woman to whom he was married as his
wife. The chief justice granted the prayer
of the petitioner, and the marriage has
been apnulled. rt