The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-06
BOTH FREE AND EASY
Florence st. John Sues Her Hus-
band for Divorce.
HE DOES NOT DENY ADULTERY.
They Fell In Love while Not 1T Liberty
to Marry-Florence Admits That Ed.
flor Cohen Was Kind to Her.

LONDON, Dec. S-Aiss Florence St John, the
actress, has brought suit asainst her husband,
Duplaney Marius, for absolute divorce. Miss
st. John charges that since her marriage to de-
PENDANT he has treated her in the most cruel
manner and has also been criminally intimate
with other women
Miss ST Johns suit is q counter action brought
to Offset similar suit against her by Mar us.
He alleges that his wife has had improper re a.
tons with Arthur Cohen, sub-editor of the
Financial Netus Msrius asks for no money
damages against Cohen, but only asks the court
TO rid him OF the marriage ties. Sir Charles Rus
sell appeared for the petitioner, and c. F. Gill
for respondent
Mr.. Gill admitted the charge of adultery to be
true, but asserted that 1t had not occurred until
after Miss st. John deserted her husband.
Sir Charles Russell stated that Marus and
Miss st. John fell in love when they were both
married persons. They so far forgot their duties
to their respective partners that the procuring
of divorce by Mrs. Marius and another by Miss
st. Johns husband was rendered necessary
After these divorces had been granted Marius
married Miss st. John. The couple did not live
happily, and scenes of violence were frequent
be tween them. Finally in September, 1883,
Marius knocked his wife down and SO abused
her that had it not been for the fact that her
brother was in the house, there is no saying how
his violence would have ended. After this
and wife.
Miss ST. John was called to the witness box
She said she had met Marius in 1879, after he
had been divorced from his wife and she from
her husband. She married him in 1885. In 1856
child was born to them. She had much rea-
son to complain OF Marius' incorporate habits
in 1887 aud 1888. When drunk he wss very
vicious and insulting. Witness gave in detail
number OF acts of cruelty on the part OF the re-
spondent Miss st. John denied that she told
man named Bonish that If he appeared in court
In this case she would have him arrested tor
theft She said that she only asked MIN II he
was going TO repay her for what he had stolen
from her. He denied that he had stolen the
money Witness stated that she was very fond
OF her husband When at Nice she wrote him
daily.
He had written a very indecent letter, which
she had not kept She had complained OF the
lndecency OF her husbands expressions Wit
ness admitted that she had dined with Arthur
Cohen in public places. He was very kind to
her, and her husband made no objections to
Cohen visiting her and giving her presents On
the contrary, he rather encouraged him. She
said she was not 10 years of age when she was
first married. She went to Monte Carlo with
Lady Euston. Cohen was there also, but not
with her. Afterward she went with Cohen. Mr.
Werthmier and Lady Euston to Nice Cohen
gave her jewelry, just as others did. She did
not tell her husband on one occasion, when
he threw watch at her, that she would
visit Cohen as much as she liked. She denied
that she was in the habit of using obscene
language. She testified that she received affec-
honate letters from her husband after their
separation imploring her to return to him. She
admitted writing to her husband, stating that
she heard that he had declared that she had
been intimate with Harry Marks, proprietor OF
the Financial Ne1es. She had not thought him
base enough to make that assertion, but man
named Harvey and Captain Blythe told her that
he Cher husband) was trying to blackmail
Marks. Captain Blythe told her that Colonel
North. the nitrate king, said that Marks would
be glad to injure him. At this point the court
adjourned