Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-02-13
FREED FROM A MAD MAN
Divorced From a Son Of the Lord
Mayor of London.
One of the Most Remarkable Cases On
Record In the South Dakota Courts
Thought to He a Victim
a. the Opium Habit.

BRooKlNGs, s. d., Feb. "a decree
Of divorce was granted here on Tues
day by Judge Andrews TO Mrs Ola Da
Silva Young from Jesse Young. The
parties to the action live in New York
city. The plaintiff belongs to the we'll
known Da Silva family, which for years
has been most prominent in the best
society of New York. The father of
the defendant is the lord mayor and
high sheriff Of London and an ex-mem-
Der Of parliament. The defendant
had a large fortune in his own right,
but lost much of it in unfortunate
speculation He has travelled all over
the world, but is now thought to be in
the city OF Mexico, where he is con-
nected with the Wells-Fargo company.
The case is the most remarkable in
many features of any yet put upon the
records of the South Dakota courts
Mr.. and Mrs. Young were married at
st. Thomas church, Fifth avenue,
New York city, June ?, 1890. The
wedding was II of the brilliant
events Of the season. Nearly 1000 in
vitations were issued, and the wealth
and fashion of New York city were in
attendance. II. G. Dun, of prominence
in commercial circles, gave the bride
away. During the progress OF the cer@
emory the groom began to act
strangely. He put his hands into his
pockets, stamped his feet and behave2
in such a manner as to excite the won.
der Of the guests. Tho matter was,
however, passed off, us vas also the
fact that tn groom had forgotten the
marriage ring and was compelled to
hasten to his club for it.
The guests then went to the resi-
dcnce of the brides mother, Mime. Ola
da Silva, at "a West Thirty-eighth
street. where a wedding breakfast was
served. When Young came into the
room where the guests were assembled
and where the banquet table was
spread he looked around and said:
"Who wants to smoker Getting no
answer, he shrugged his shoulders and
said: well, no matter" At the break
fast table it is in evidence that he
made offensive comments about the
food, expressed wonder rs to what this
or that dish was, and when he finished
eating, while the guests were still at
the table, he arose and brusquely left,
without saying a w TO the guests
and without eXcusing him'elf
He remained away from the house
for two hours, and when he returned
there was but twenty minutes TO pre-
pare for the wedding trip He was
under the influence Of some drug or
liquor and could not d,e,5 hiuself.
This service was performed by IA trend
and Mr.. and Mrs Young ct for
Brewster, Long l>.Ind. uh" { } elk
Cheever had put h, mouse tiir -
posal. Mrs. Da silva / t H, ~ lpI-
lows:
"My daughter wrote ne every day
during her absence Her .r.jrl> were
very sad, and one cou Il zee j'at they
had been read or were written uudcr
dictation. They returned AZ the end
of the week, althougA we dad not cN-
pect them for two weeks. Tie house
maid opened the door and cried, Here
are Mr.. and Mrs. Young
81 ran TO the door and saw that my
daughter was entirely changed She
was pale and miserable. She stepped
up to me and said: oh, mother. | am
miserable and unhappy. | wish | were
dead. / have married a mailman.
Then she came TO my apartment, and
Mr.. Young said: Il will 90 away, but
l will return for dinner Mr.. Young
was drunk when he came back TO din.
ner, and he would say, What have
we to eat? What do you call thai
dish?' and. was apparently unable to
call the names of common dishes, such
as beefsteak and fish. At ) o'clock the
next morning he called the cool TO his
room and insisted that she cook his
breakfast in his room"
N- l2.l.fo.A sln .n~-.-. l.
mortified his bride of Il few days by
asking her for money in the presence
of her mother and the servants When
she replied hat she had none he told
her to ask her mother or the servants;
lie didn't care who furnished it, only
he wanted money. Mrs. Young's sensi-
tive nature was SO mortified at this
that she began to cry, ~whereupon her
husband ordered her to keep still, ad-
ding hat he would like very much to
kill herself and her mother.
His eccentricities, if they may be so
called, did not stop here. Next day he
brought to his young wife six waist
coats and three pairs OF trousers.
which were too small for him and
which he ordered her to repair.
The following day he brought
some fiannels which were literal
rags, with the request that she make
them as good as new. After giving
these orders he always forgot to In
ouire whether or not they were carried
out. This continued for several DAYS,
When Mrs. Young was taken sick of a
fever he refused to allow her to take
any medicine. Two days after he be-
gan making vicious threats, and one
morning, after pushing his wife aside,
he jumped through the parlor window
and disappeared. When he came back
his wife and her mother had left the
house. He has never been seer by
them since.
The two ladies went to Tivoli, n. Y,
where Mrs Young became very i'll, and
did not recover her health for a year.
Young remained in New York for sew
eral months and then went back to
London, where he remained until
he went to Mexico One of the
, strange things in the case is that Young
has been known by his wife's family
for years. but nothing peculiar had
been noticed in his behavior until the
wedding day. Immediately after his
engagement he sailed for England,
promising to come back in n few
weeks On the voyage he was taken
very sick and was compelled tn take q
voyage to South America to restore hi,
health. He did not arrive in New
York until n short time before the Ger
mony. but nothing strlnge was ever
then observed In his conduct.
1t Is now believed that Young - q
victim of the opium habit. RS
Young and her mother went to Siou,
Falls last summer The pla ntIff ha'
boarded with n of the leading
families Of the city and has been gen
orally received in society. She is {
handsome woman and has secured the
warm friendship of many She ha,
left for her home in New York. Tn,
case was brought first in iIamlir
county and then transferred to Brook
ings for the convenience of the parties
interested.