The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-06-13
Mr.. and Mrs. Chadwick Ac-
cuse Each Other of
Strange, Ingenious
Cruelty.
DIVORCE THE CURE NOW SOUGHT.
He Tickled Her Back with Dead,
Cold Mouse, and She Broke q
Dipper on His Head.


Of Cbapcery divorce case which is re-
markable for the allegations of inhuman
cruelty which husband and wife bring
against each other. The bill IS filed by
John H. Chadwick of Bayonne again st
his wife. Minnie
According to the bill the parties were
married November "a, 1887 at Bayonne,
the brides name being Minnie Roth.
Since their marriage they have lived In
Bayonne. The bill alleges that almost
from the start Of their married life Mrs.
Chadwick evinced a most nasty and un-
Rovernable temper"
Mr.. and Mrs. Chadwick went house
keeping in 1887 on Avenue ID, where Mrs.
Chadwick QUAR- elled with her husband
without cause. On one occasion sne was
on her knees working In the kite hen di-
rectIy under a swinging door when her
husband told her not to raise up or she
would hit her head. Whereupon he al
leges che struck him over the head with
poKer infiictiDg severe wound
On another occasion she threw basin
of cold water at him. and once she throw
a tomato can at him which struck him on
the shoulder and cut open his clothing.
Whenever he had occasion to demonstrate
Will QtI Ne dlESco oAA0 UOaAt< . " cetA tte
him most horribly and call him vile
names.
SHE WAS BOUND TO MOVE.
They have one child, Hazelton Merkel
Chadwick, who was born on August "A,
1888 Mr.. Chadwick alleges that his wife
was continually urging him TO move, and
because he refused to do so she threat
ened to run him into debt, and once she
declared that she would move any way.
and she began to tear up the carpet
Finally on account OF constant importun-
: ing. he consented to move, but she did not
change In her treatment toward him.
Mr.. Chadwick alleges that once she
struck him over the arm with a chair be-
cause he asked her not to eat sour
oranges while nursing her baby. After
she would menace him with poker and
dare HIM TO strike her. She once picked
up two pieces of steak she was cooking In
a pan and threw them at him. and at an
other time she struck him on the back OF
the hand with dipper with such force
as to break the dipper. She wounded his
names and by neglectipg their child.
On the evening of May II. Mr.. Chad
wick alleges that he was sitting in his
parlor with his infant on his lap when
young girl came to the door soliciting
aid for some church charity His wife
sent the girl away when he called her
back and gave her small sum. This
angereu his wife, and she struck him two
violent blows In the face with her
clinched fists. She then snatched the
baby from his arms. and said that she
would leave him. She went away TO her
mothers house and remained over night.
The next day while he was at work she
packed up her things and went to her
mother.
STABBED WITH A HAT PIN.
This quarrel was patched up and the
couple went TO live together again For
two weeks Mr.. Chadwick says things
went along smoothly. But after that his
wife lost control Of her temper aud began
TO abuse him again. One one occasion,
be charges, without the slightest provo
cation. she rushed at him ana STABBED
him with a steel hat pin and inflicted
wound which did not heal for many days.
At another time, when he tried TO per-.
suade her not to 60 out, she forced the
tip of an umbrella into his eye, wounding
1t severely.
cruelty on the wife's part. According to
the bill, when she came to bed one night
her husband, who had retired before her,
noticed that she secreted something un-
der her pillow. He asked her what it was,
when she leaned over and Kissed that tt
was Something to brand you. you blank,
blank. blank"
He was SO alarmed that he could not
close his eyes until she was fast asleep.
The next morning she arose before he
was awake, ana after dressing came back
and sat beside him She suddenly seized
hun In q mas ner to cause him great pain.
He attempted TO make her desist- The
child was with his father and began to
cry at the struggle when Mrs. Chadwick
struck 1t on the mouth.
He then attempted to make her cease
from striking the child when she reached
under the pillow and taking therefrom
the article which she had concealed there,
struck him over the head with IL. SO that
the blood run down over his night shirt.
He was 50 dazed with the blow that she
got the article out OF sight before he
could see what 1t was.
Mr.. Chadwick alleges many other acts
against his wife, one Of which was that
she taught their child when he was old
enough to talk to swear and call his
father fearful names
SHATTERED HIS NERVES.
He says that he was in charge of the
Chatham Square signal station on the
New York elevated railroad, and his
nerves became 20 shattered by this kind
of treatment that he feared he would
cause some accident, and so he resigned
He then went to the State OF Washing
ton to obtain employment. and took the
boy with him. He did not find work
there and then went to Chester, Pa.
where his grandfather lived While
there his wife had him arrested and took
away the child while he was in jail Mr..
Chadwick makes oath TO these allegations
in his Mill. and is represented by Mr..
Isaac S. Taylor.
THE wrFE'S REPLY.
Mrs Chadwick has filed an answer to
the bill, through her counsel, Mr.. Robert
S. Hudspeth, In which she denies all her
husbands allegations, and accuses him
OF treating her equally cruelty and in
humanity. She says that her husband was
Of morose and sulky disposition, brought
about By his constant use OF morphine.
She declares that she always loved her
husband. and shortly after their mar
riage, on one occasion when she attempt
ed to demonstrate her affection for him.
bc rudely repelled her caresses. He was
jealous, she alleges, and would not allow
her to speak to man. or allow her to go
to New York or BROOKLYN alone, as he
said he did not know what men she met
there.
He used to pull her hair and choke her,
and often left the prints Of his fingers on
her throat. Finally, after he had COM
mitted upon her what the answer
designates as "a particularly brutal as
nauif," she went TO Recorder Besher, of
Bnyonne, TO have him arrested, but upon
her husbands begging her to avoid
scandal, and promising to treat her
better, she relented and went back to
lire with him.
THIS Is SHOCKING.
In regard to the occasion when her hus-