The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-04-13


Butler says he came home and caught
him with his toilet radically disarranged
he was merely standing in the entry and
pulling down his vest. This, he said, was
the sum total of his offense.
Butler compelled me TO say after
wards,n said Bishop, that had main
tanned improper relations with Mrs.
Butler, but I said it under fear and un-
due persuasion. Butler told me would
have to admit it. Mr.. Butler wanted q
divorce badly
This statement created a profound sem
sation.
THE MoTHER-TN-LAW
Mrs. Hendrickson, mother of the re-
spondent, was the next witness. She is
years of age, with a kind, motherly face,
aud tone of voice that carries convic-
ton. She said that she was at Buffers
home when "Bertien made her declara-
tions. Butler was very angry and threat
ened to send his wife away.
L begged him not to do it, said Mrs.
Hendrickson, but he was obdurate and
swore at my poor daughter In the most
awful manner imaginable.
:. If it were not for the law, said he TO
me, would go up stairs this minute and
blow out her brains.
...No, that would only do you harm,
said l.
she continued to abuse Bher, however.
Finally said to him, 'Adolph, why do.
you place so much dependence on what
BERTHE says; you know BERTHE is o liar,
aad you ought not to treat your wife in
such a manner on account Of what Berthe
says.
!. Ny ADVICE continued the old lady,
nearly overcome with emotion, accom-
plished nothing. Butler continued his
abuse. | slept with my daughter all
night and both or us were IN constant
fear OF Buffers rage. We did not know
at what minute he would rush into our
room and cut our throats. did not sleep
wink all night, SO fearful was OF what
he might do.
INCONSISTENT
"The next day deciC ed to return to
my home in Marion. and told Butler that
ii he refused steadfastly to be reconciled
TO his wife my house was open to her.
He flew into another rage at this. and in
timated that | was trying to separate
them. Then we had it. and after sharp
talk from me he finally let the matter
drop.
Il frequently heard Berthe make threats
of separating Butler and his wife. She
came to my daughter house from home
in Philadelphia, and don't like my daugh-
ter to compel her to assist in the house
work.
She'll never end her days with
Adnlph,' heard her say once read a
letter once after this. It was written by
BERTHE to Adolph and WAS confession
that what she had told Adolph about she
and Mrs. Buffers going to Gloucester
City and rooming with two strange men
at hotel was false
This testimony created another sensa-
ton, as it gave the lie to the assertions
of the plaintiff and proved the allegation
OF the defendant that a conspiracy had
been plotted against her.
THE VICE eHANcELLoR's DECISION.
But the sensation OF ali came when
Vice Chancellor Pitney delivered his
decision. 1t is hardly too much to say
that it was one of the most extraordinary
addresses ever uttered from the bench OF
New Jersey. AS a judicial marvel, it is
given below, almost without reserve.
The Vice Chancellor said
1.-THE defence has asserted that the
story of BERTHE is not only untrue but de-
cidedly improbable. say II is not inn
probable, aud furthermore believe her
when she says that she came from the
room in that Gloucester City hotel the
next morning unscathed. That man
Lewis would have been Q monster had
she came out in any other condition.
And | believe it would haze been Inn
possible for him 20 presume TO attack
that little girl--a girl whose short dresses,
braided hair and garments opening be-
hind should have protected her. As
Shakespeare says
AS Nature never could be moved,
Though Lewdness court It in the shape OF
So Isist. though with radiant angel linked,
Will seat itself in celestial bed
And prey on garbage.
'sLewis was not bad man; neither was
White. White had more experience
He knew what he went to Gloucester City
for. Short dresses and braided hair pos
sessed no attractions for him, and so he
consorted with the older woman--Mrs.
Butler. He managed to loaf and linger
around until the last boat left-which is
the customary thing to do in Gloucester
City-and then went to hotel, where
registering as man and wife is the only
prerequisite for such immortality.
NOT so VERY BAD.
ssThere is nothing SO very bad in this.
Many man who holds his head much
higher has done great deal worse.
mean that the action was not such as to
affect his credibility as a witness. And
cause he would allow his baser passions
to get the better of him that he would
therefore schemingly aid a poor man TO
get divorce wrongfully from his wife.
Concerning the lost letter in which
Butler is alleged to have contradicted her
former statements. will say it is always
unsafe to predicate too much on lost
letter
Mrs. Butler could not tell how many
nights she remained away from her hus-
band during the blizzard. / regard this
as very remarkable.
Mr.. Pitney then alluded to the respond
ent's conduct i'll telling her husband
about the Gloucester City incident after
she had heard that BERTHE had told her
(the respOndent's) mother.
Il regard this as move on Mrs. But
ler's part not without shrewdness,' said
the Vice Chancellor. 1T was done to
head Off BERTHE, and was exceedingly
sharp"
THE BISHOP INCIDENT.
The theory of the defence that the story
of Apprentice Bishop was improbable
was next taken up and examined in de-
tail.
81 believe the charge of infidelity with
Bishop. The Court assumes the Glouces-
ter City and blizzard incidents to be true,
though condoned. Now, a woman who
would get left in Gloucester City and
make mashes' in the Broad Street sta
ton is not woman to refuse the caresses
Of good-looking boy like Bishop. Bishop,
however, was not possessed of Whites
experience, and could not appreciate the
feast prepared 1t became necessary
for Mrs. Butler to tickle him under the
chin, so to speak
Bishop denied any criminality. This
does not detract from his character or re-
liability as a witness. 1t seems to be the
tf.f II.