The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-12-23

ing to torsake father, mother, friends,
all to be with you, for my hvar4's deeI-
est love is yours and yours alone.
Only see me, and may God bless you aud
softe n your heart to the pleadings OF
your broken-hearted wife, SADIE"
No answer was ever received. He
constantly appears in public at the
theaters, clubs, race courses and other
places OF amusement in this city
He demeans himself as she is i'm
formed, and theTeupon charges and
says, in light hearted and joyous
way, well knowing that such Is the
fact, that his humiliated and insu!ted
wife canDo:, and that il she was IN
clined, a prudent regard for her
reputation would not permit her to
participate in these enjnyments, in
nOcent tn pugh they be. Her life and
conduct as maiden and wife nave
been without reprOach. Comp u
ant charges AMI says Jha' tue defehd-
ants conduct has teen and ia cruel,
Wantop, inhuman and malicious.
He abandoned her and deserted her
WiIlfully and without any cause.
| He so al and ned and deserted her
about November, 1891, and by his
course and conduct above detailed
he has continuously insulted, humil
| lated and outraged her ever since.
By willfuliy, maiiciOusly and cruelty
abandoning her, as stated and shown
| above; by Withholding from her bis
protection; by deprlvIng her OF his
companionship and his society; by
| leaving her in q most embarrassing
and humiI.Ating social position; 10y
Haunting himself in the face4 OF her
self and her friends at their home
place; bV a cruel abandonment and
wantou, malicious desertion, and at
the same time paying to her
monthly allowance for food aud
| raiment, as if she were an unworthy
but dependant castaway, he has
offered and still offers to her person
such humiliating, cruel and gross
! indignities as to render her condition
| intOlerable and forced her to live
apart from him.
Her Last Appeal.
Finally, in September, 1892, she
wrote him as follows:
at has been almost year since you
| lett me, my dear husband, and God
only knows what a lone and dreary one
| it has been u me, and now L realize 4
can't stand this life any longer, so the
last appeal L shall ever make to you, l
| make now. Won't you see me? Don't
| think i want to make the interview I'M
pleasant or persuade you in any way to
| 90 anYGnlnk against your Will D1b my
| desire is to hear from your own lips
| what your wish may be as regards
the future, and l will certainly
abide by whatever you think is
for your happiness; but II the future
| is to be dark and dreary for me, IL will
| be some comfort IL having had few
words with you, and l can't believe you
will refuse. Miss Bette tOlI me that
this request, which had made through
her-so l beg OF you not to treat me
| with silence, as you have done before.
L will be in Columbia until the 18th,
and if you will come out here t. see me
| | will meet you at the Bethel House,
| or if you prefer, anywhere in Nashville,
or anywhere else you may say, or with
anyone you prefer q third party L
shall await most anXiously your reply,
and believe me, as l have always been,
your devoted and faithful Sadie"
She allages that he is worth $500,
600, with an income of $4,000. She
declares that the defendant has re-
Gently, within the last few weeks,
erased the monogram from the car
riage snd harness he gave her, and
which are hers, and sold the same
The bill then declares that the defen-
danU has been converting much or
his property into money TO defrAt the
| claim of the complainant for alimouy
aud to place it beyond The reach CT
the process Oh Jli6 law. Iue Di l COLI
Guides as follows: The premises CON
sidered she asks leave I'd file this bill
in this honorable court agaii st said
NJ. NJ. Gardner as defendant, that pro
cess returnable at an early day is-u.
to him as such. Sue prsys that 1t
be required to answer the allegations
hereof under oath. aud discover hit
entire estate, item by item, wher-
ever situated. She prays that the
writ of injunction issue enjoining
and restraining him, the defendant,
from disposing of or selling or trans
ferring any of the property above
described. She prays for the witt OF
attachment to ISSUE, to attach The
said property above described. She
prays for decree di-solving the
bonds of maJrimOny between them
for alimony, that r, asOnab.e cOuus
fees be allowed, that alimOny e
decreed to her, and that the said
property above described and prayed
to be impouuded, be appropriated
thereto, and that the rents and profits
be sequestered, and a receiver be
appointed to collect the same, aud
she Prays for general and special re-
| lief