New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-16
MOTHER-IN-LAW AND DOG.
THEY WERE TOO MUCH FOR THE HUSBAND.
,rnGE rEuAx GIVES SOME FATHERLY ADNoNl'
TIox TO A YOUNG COUPLE IN
DIVORCE SUI


childish young couple told their tales oil woe 10
,udgc Truax in the superior Court ye'c,"dN anu NV
a-e made the Young man in the case icel eN'eeusN
,h J., ,.,l,g hin, that he ought to be spanked for
80, treatment of his younc wife. Charles \. "eo'ee'
,he son of rubber merchant IN Ihli"-'|c' an" ''0
Girl whom he married were members oi ''' sam ~"
day.schoo in I6ss. There they met ana zen III o>c
with each other At that time theN "e'c po'" "ru,'
90. and both Of them are only twentN-'"o' i"e'
49,, enc.,ed to bc married. but the Young woman
,hor onno.ad the match They were married ilalN
horever -, April a. 1859. and now Mrs George IS
sunc for limited divorce on the ground OF 'rur'N'
Nh co,r,e tod her story first Yesterday she sara
that soon after their marriage theV went 10 h'S
-. , 10, husband objected to a great many thincS
eta. dia in compliance with her mothers aHNl'e anu IN
,0,ior ,nd although he had never struck new nc
hd lacked her np on one occasion IN the attic stairway
Co., an hour and in their bedroom for -eVelal hvuN on
another occasion one night they were haNhI s'''o
hot words while in their bedroom ale'-'u ~ '''"
might clothes She called out and her mo'l7r came
a. the rom, Her husband held the door for awhile"
,ut her mother finally got inside. and then hei nus
srn ,ool y revolver OF; OF the bureau drawer and
nonted il al her mother. that the latter finally went
awav Matters went in this way nhiil 'hc '""W
stand il no longer. she said and she hnalN lei, h'r
husband and went TO her mothers home in BROOKLYN
where she has since remained
The plaintiffs mother. Mrs Anna r. Cummings.
then took the witness stand and told somewhat diff
,arent story of the bedroom She declared That
her son in law pointed the revolver at his wife and ht
her on The face 10 make her keep quiet
The defendant wa, then called and told his side Of
the story lie declared from the outset That the
,rouhlc between his wife and himself was all caused
,v his mother n-law ard a black and tan dog He sad
that when they first to Knc>hr.dsc to I've MS
mother inlaw told his VIE that that was no
place for her. that II too Quiet and too iar ou' u
town. one night lie returned home and fonno some
pictures in the hall ard m his room "W'h 'N ".'
not like lie asked his wife ahout them ana SIC '""
him that her mother had asked her 10 put them mere
and she declared that she would not allow them I" be
taken down About the bedroom scene he said t'' 10
MAS dressed in his nshtshir when his mother IN II"
came 10 The bedroom and he told her TO STAY ANN As
he and his vic could settle their little dhi'iNh'e>
without her assistance. she Insisted on comm; ih
however aud demanded 10 know hat the tIodbe was
ahout lie told hi, wife not 10 tel her what 1t was
about and he put his hand hcr mouth 20 prevent
hor from, doins So HIS mother n-law sat down ON
the sofa and declared that she would not deTart until
she knew what all the trouble was about
Then he took a small revolver which he had bought
to shoot dos which bit his heels While coming nome
AT night and laid it on the table. lie did this to IN
timidatc the moilcr-r law and he declared that he
did not point il at any one His wife and her mother
then went TO another room and his wife returned 10
him al a. He arose al "'clo't ana wen, o.
She consented 10 STAY there until ne could bring his
mother. 20 that the two mothers couN nave IL c.
sultstion lie returned with his mother at O'Clock
and they all talked the matter over. This quarrel
was amicably settled but then dispute arose aiolt
black and tan dog which his wife owned before their
marriage 49,, .
IL was agreed between them. he sald. that the c'-
shond lie kent i'm the Kitchen but after his mother IN
law began her visits the dog first introduced INTO
the dining room and then 10 the bedroom. llnl the
dog was wa he'd in .hc same bahtub IN which he
iathed and in the wssh-howl which he used al-p
FINALLY, one night lie came home and found me
comb which he had bought the day before sticking
in rle dogs hair. lie then told his mother-it IL"
that she mn>t yet out Of the house. and Ms WE n
sisted on going over to Pr0olyn 10 her although he
had commanded her not 70 DO So Finally. in August
last left him entirely and since then he has not
seen her nor tier child that was born since they
parted. lie declared that lie still loved his wife and
shorld be glad take ~ her and her chd. lie
thought that they could got along without the l"a-
trouble if his mother in-law would leave them alone
Judge TruaX told him that in some respects he had
rcated his vile shamcfully and that "a good spank
S.gs would do Them both good. TIE case VIII bc
continued to-day.