New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-11
THE COURTS
uF worrLD BETTER PRODUCE Ills WIFE.
CHARGES AGAINST A PHYsICIAN-THE JUDGES
MON

CHAKLIES AGAlNcl a IN iS@NihN @AA
OPINION.
Dr Iudcor c. Vincent of no. So West Twenty
syth, is the defendant in suit for limited divorce
brouybt in the Court Of Common Pleas b. woman
whom the physician declares he never married ~
child weddins-rnc and some letters are in existence
however which have been offered in evidence I'd p'o'o
that Emily Vincent. the plaintiff IN Inc sul'' aV Wv
time mad every reason TO believe that she was NV
uhy,ic,an, wife The case came up before Juog'
/ Pryor upon motion for alimony ana couhSei i0'''
which motion the Court granted. Dr. vincent Is 10,
cuirod 10 nav S35 week aimony and S5OO co1nSci
fees 10 the plaintiff. ,.
The story as told by Mrs Vincent in the aildaVitS
on the motion for alimony is that she was Dorm III
Enclaud her parents being respectable country pcoP,
in 1863. she came to this country III 1850 vi 100
to visit two of her sisters. She became III anu "0
sister, told her consult DR.. vincent enc uu
and the physician began take liberties Win ''cr "
most from the first visit. Finally she went W h'o
with him all the time after he lad SAID tlae tio'
would be man and wife. Before their ehld was oo
she requested him to take her to minister anu 'aS
her According 70 her story, ne answered her III 'h'
words: -.
Won know 7 am an unhellcver and would not enter
q church but we Will live together. You are my WIZ
and every one will know 1t. We are exactly the '"''
a. though married by minister ,,
Then he gave her a ring engraved on tre m9uo
with these letters: l.. c. V. to BE- T., FEBRUARY -
1857 ..
This he said, is your weddinsring nave
dated it back to the day when you came ere u S'o"
Won that | really meant what | said, that We "e'o
really married" .
They did not live happily together great length OF
time however He beat her she charges, khocfeu i'c
down filed her mouth with soap and then lOcheu "0
No IN a room near the top OF the house She ca'ap@
through the roof and lied for England on OCTOBER '
1889 After she had been there I'VE mohtHS SHE Wv
care that she was induced 10 come back by lar "ou
and promise, and prayers for forgiveness she re-
ccived some letters from him. two OF which were III
troduccd a, evidence Of the marriage IN one OIL ''c"
Dr. Vincent said $500,
ks our boy for papa morning and evening ana Tell
him papa loves him better than he
In another letter he wrote:
tru,t that apart in the solitude Of our thoughts We
viii be able to see where We have erred and "rohseu
each other BE good - Toddie. BE good woman
vour.er. Emmle. In suite Of all temptations
He did not keep his promises. however Dut sun
nied her when Size returned. He chohed her on ono
occasion and demanded the return f the "eddhX ms
she declared in an affidavit that she was aiIaH Oh 'F
life, and that on January 20 last she leit MS hoH'
AID ba. becn living upon the charity OF her fleNu'
since then. DuIus the last few months Oh l"e '.'o
t.a they were living together she says that he ol'eh
went 10 theatres, bail, and parties. but never TOOK
her with Him. he would return homo at nght ana
brag~ about tie women lie had dihed VAIN.
H. Tie answer which Dr. vincent puts H. ne denies
the aal..a.s with the pantiI, and says that he mas
another VIII. living, from whom he mas Deeh 'eP"'@'ou
FIR some time lie denies the Hnr-e, ot cruelty ana
l.ahc, counter charge, that the planun Is woman
al immoral character. lie dccla e, that the SUIT Is
brought u hala-s him ana T. degrade nm Il tit 800
~ tno community To shield The clili, he allowed
her 10 hay, hi, name and gave her rht WIN
date anterior t. tAn brj. 81 the boy iW tne SAM
r... IN and make the child appear lc-itimatr. ne
denies the scene, with the soap accompAhhnept ING
allegation about the riCht through the rooi ne also
denies he SAYS that there Wa no scene. Sh3
came to him and sail int she was GONG away S I
wanted I, know if she could Use MS tl1illh' ne
on,w ct thot as she had u,cd D. before he supposed
sic could IT, again. The rst Of the answer Is "
general denial. - .,o4 ,,o
Tie plaintiff IN a0,w erlng andavtN, SAYS tnat s.e
doe, not b-l.rvc that the defendant mas anpuheI WI
PRYOR evidently took the same view OF the case nc
court says that Or. vincent has another VIE nNl
he must give particulars concerning her, WIcIc
and when they were married. etc. ~ tie present
stare pf the ,1-. tHr Judge do"s no. KNOW lhtI "
Vincent is not married 10 any one OF the many millions
Of women o. tire face ~ the earth