The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-05
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MRS. R0E'S TROUBLES.
Her Home Made wretched, She says, bv
! Her Husbands Maiden sisters

Her Homo Made Wretched, She Says, By
Her Husbands Maiden sisters.
Mrs. Ada V. Roe, robed In trim costume OF
striped Chinese silk, testified in the Special
Term, Chambers, Of the Supreme Court, Brook.
lyn, yesterday, in her suit for separation from
her husband Eugene @. Roe, lawyer OF Flush
ing. She accuses him OF non-support and
cruel treatment He, on the other hand, is
seeking separation on the ground OF deser-
tion' inattention to household duties, and I'm
duo familiarity with other men. whom she al
lowed, he says. to Kiss and caress her The
case was tried by Judge Cullen without Jury.
Mrs. hoe said they were married In Noyem-
Der, 1879. at Mount Holly place, Lattsburg, Va,
when she was "a years old. They went to Long
Island to live with Mr.. Roe's mother and two
maiden sisters. Emma. aged 40. she said, and
Belle, aged 49, at Baysde Mrs. Roe, who is
very pretty. deposes that she was carefully
educated. had associated with people OF refine
ment. and had requirements. accomplish
ments, and tastes and sensibilities natural
and proper to one thus reared. and lived a
cheerful and happy life" until she was mar
ried. But she found Mr.. Roe's maiden sisters
uneducated. masculine. coarse in speech.
and lacking general Intelligence rude; Ill
tempered, and Quarrelsome and very unfriend-
" The sisters Mrs. Roo testified. Inundated
her rolled out their tongues, made faces, and
shrugged their shoulders at her. Mr.. Roe
ner SPOKE S To 6es aHa feaas5 9eT k
Erlved her OF efficient medical care when she was
III. and although he took her away from his
sisters house aud established her on q farm,
E Ehieh a. ne partly owned, in Hampstead, he
kept ner children At MS sisters and refused to
and in the winter OF 1856 1887 he took away
the stove from her room, and she had to warm
herself lat the Kitchen lire. When. crazed By
ne made FUN OF her.
In his answer Mr.. Roe. denies all this. and &C.
says she, told lies and circulated scandaious
stories about him and his family. She went
away from him In 1887 and resided with her
parents IN Washington, D. O. He retained the
three children.
LAWYER Lamb devoted his time yesterday Of
admit, that her husband was uniformly kind.
that he supplied her with domestic servants
.Ss When hs ~
not really 50 very bad after all, She ack nowI-
edged that in ietter she had written during the
one OF the spinsters rs dear. kind Belle" and
wrote to g friend to say she had been at church.
- dear Eugene" had been able to 90 with her.
she admitted, too. that the sisters made little
oRin9 night drawers and other articles Of
they would not let her use the clothing her
len to Mrs Roe's father in 1887, saying that as
She had abandoned him he would not consent
10 nave her return to him, and Mrs Roe ad-
mitted having written to Mr. Roe when she
heard OF her husbands correspondence with
1er father. 1t was after she had been ILL., In
This letter she wrote:
DEAR EuGKNhi Yonr letter has Just come and can.
sIk front all n 4 + TO tsF6s t6.
horrible the past Ia to you dear Eugene Since have
ecovered from my illness my eyes have been fully
pened TO what you must have suffered and of how
9qr family must dislike me for being largely tho
4 y ikn9w must have been ALMOST unaccQu table
or taking everything in the wrong light and being so
hected by mare trifes Rcknowleige here that in my
letter health see all OF my trials of the little thi
md my own selhshnebh But Eugene, these physicians
aye given II AZ their opinion that my mind affect
d by tho troubles with which physically suffer
nR. and they have known OF ladies suffering with sim
ar wehknesses In = much lesser degree, who were
oliRed 10 be confined In an asylum for IA time
feel that can humbly beg for forgiveness from all
hanged and stronger Oh. my chidreni Why, Eu.
enc, they are mine conld not live and keep my
lind without them. Oh, think, Eugene think wei
ceilings aud In all that has happened with this
ruel letter before me- still for you above all
lSe except my children
ask tho Heavenly Father to soften your heart little
nd permit mo to return, to be trensi most cold.
'elI, Eugene before answering me finally. am COM
a. any way to see the children and personally toll
GU all how sorry AN for all the mis- judging ami cauE
lg or trouble and sorrow. II you turn mo away l
know you haven't tho money TO meet my bills. l
o not ask It
Mrs. Roe admitted that during 1889 her hus-
and had secured rooms for her In Flushing in
rder that she might be near her children.
he did not go 70 Hampstead 10 see them. but
hey wore brought to her by messenger.
The trial was adjourned,