The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-06-25
HER tale OF CRUHLTIHS
Mrs. Noah D. Taylor Charges
Her Husband With In
human Conduct.
sHE WILL SEEK LEGAL RELIEF.
The Mother of Hayward Mrs.Wilkes
Tells Her Daughters Shame
in Court.

Mrs. Josephine Taylor, the wife OF Noah
d. Taylor. proprietor OF the saloon at No.
$50 Newark avenue, was before the Grand
jury yesterday relative to the recent as
sault made upon her by her husband.
1t was rumored around the court house
that Mrs. Taylor had retained Counsellor
John A. Dennin to institute proceedings
for q divorce. Counsellor DENIM ad-
mitted that the rumor was partially COR
rect but refused to talk about the matter
until the application should be filed.
Mrs. Taylor left her husbands home on
Monday. Yesterday while ner husband
was away she moved away the furniture
and has established herself and her four
children in a down town apartment
house.
She was found by a JERSEY CITY NEWS
reporter at noon today. busily engaged in
arranging her furniture.
She is fine looking woman, less than
thirty years of age, with wealth of blue
black hair and flashing black eyes.
~ will not sue for absolute divorce"
she said, because / am a Catholic.
merely want divorce from my husbands
bed and board, because of his inhuman
and cruel treatment of me for the past
year. He was one of the kindest of husbands
until he went into the liquor business.
ABDUL n JehT 1uu uall dkO 06 HJfuck III
q terrible blow with his clenched fist and
cut me over the eye Here is the mark"
said Mrs. Taylor, throwing back mass
of hair from her forehead. '"rhere are
three stitches in it.
''rben, again, about three months ago
he threw a lighted lamp at me. 1t struck
me in the forehead and almost knocked
me down. Fortunately the light went
out, otherwise might have been burned
10 death. Then he struck me
cruel blow with his fist.
See here" exhibiting a scar with the
my lip open. On June 6 last he again
struck me with his fist and knocked me
down. / fell sprawling on the floor,
dropping my baby from my arms. While
was down on the floor he kicked me in
the ear, inflicting an ugly and painful
wound.
-''These blows could stand for my chill
dren's sake. But when ! found he was
going around with other women, women
of the most vile and disreputable sort.
knew he had no use for me, and thought
1T was about time TO seek separation.
DO know any of those women? Well,
yes. l followed him myself one night to
1872 Railroad avenue. The place Is kept
by q Mrs. Bennett alias Hart. ! don't
Know the last name of the woman my
husband has been going around with, but
her first name is Cora-an ugly desrepu-
table woman.
'.They tried to put me out when l
sought admittance. but was desperate.
] pushed past the woman who was trying
10 intercepb me, and caught my
husband just as he was about to
dodge through a side door. Certainly
he cannot be in his right mind. These
women frequently visited his saloon.
With another man well known about
town, my husband went on fishing ex-
cursions with these women, and some-
times he would stay away several days.
Yes, took the furniture out of the
house while he was away. The furniture
belongs to me. It is terrible trial to go
through; but, then. my whole life for the
past year or so has been full of trials l
am afraid for him to know where am.
He has several times threatened to kill
me-"
II married Mr.. Taylor in 1882, in st.
Mary's Catholic Church. Father Corr,
now of st. Bridget's Church. performed
the ceremony Ny four children are John
W.. aged eight years; Noah D.. aged six
years; Mabel Veronica, aged four years,
and James henry, aged fifteen months.
In the application Mrs. Taylor asks for
the support of these children and such
other relief as may be considered equita-
BILE and just.