The Newtown bee., 1890-04-11
The Baker Divorce Case.

Mary k. kaker has brought an action in the Supreme court for separation from Edwin Baker of 157 Congress street, Brooklyn. The couple have been mar ried 31 years. The defendant is wealthy and possesses Sl00,O00 worth of real es- tate. Mrs Baker accuses her husband of cruel and lnhuman treatment. She left her husband on January 30.
 The plaintiff alleges that for the past two years her husband has treated her very badly and that his language has been coarse, rough, vulgar and profane. She says he has seized chair and threat ened to kill her. He might have put his threat into execution if her children had net interfered. She says that on New Years day her 20year-Old daughter, Hell en, and llelen's cousin. Anna II. Greene. wished the defendant happy New Year. He replied: ''I wish you an unhappy New Year I'll do all can to make this year unpleasant to you all." Mrs Baker says her husband was in the habit of yelling at her and that he treated his son Edwin H., aged II, with dislike and hat red. She says he kicked Edwin down stairs, pulled his ears, scratched them till they bled, struck him with a rubber pipe and threatened to smash his bones. She says Edwin heard his father say: s'I'H put her to sleep and then I'll kill myself 1 His son Frank heard the same thing. On | February l, 1889, the defendant entered the room where Frank and his sister An nie were and locked the door. He jump ed on the bed and shouted: I'm going mad,' His eyes were set and glaring.
 The plaintiff says the defendant rsfus- ed money to supply the table, but would send for something for himself. She says he threatened to put her in a lunatic asy- lum and said that he had persons prepar- | ed to swear she was insane. He disown- ed his son, Edwin and beat him on the
 slightest pretext. The defendant owns the property at 40 and 472 Dean street. S5 and S7 Hamilton avenue, 240 and PAP i Atlantic avenue and 227 Pacific street.
 His income from his real estate is S400 or
 $500 month and be owns stocks and 1 bonds.
 | On a motion for alim my and counsel fees before Judge Bartlett in the Supreme court, Dr ". NJ. Hutchinson of 36I Hen " street deposed that Baker was addict 1 ed to liquor and his cruel treatment of l his family was common talk of the neigh | borhood.
 Baker put in 20 afiidavits. He says the case is conspiracy. long contemplated and planned, to break up the family and secure by fair means or foul good share of his property. He says that his wife and children had plotted to excite him to acts of violence. His wife told him that man was coming to club him unless he was allowed to visit the house. When he attempted to chastise the children, she attacked him with chair. She told the children not to mind him. He says he has never been under the influence of liquor since his marriage. He spends. three evenings in the week at the Brook lyn library. His son Edwin sings in a church choir and gets $500 year. He made will by which he left his Congress street home to his wife and did not change it until they abandoned him. He says his real estate is worth S31, 900 and that his income is not over 5000. Mir Baker says the trouble was caused by
 his wife's visits to clairvoyants, astrolo- ogers and fortune tellers. He says his
 wife told him she loved q man named
 Beers, xho was going to keep single un- til he WAS gone Brooklyn Times.