The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-02

DR.. Lester has awaited himself OF the liber-
atty OF the South Dakota divorce law to frame
a complaint, 1t is said. on the ground that his
wife became insanely jealous OF him and
ruined his practice which was largely among
women. DR.. Lester married Mrs. Lester.
whose maiden name was Octavia Wadham. on
juno "a. 1880. about year after he was
graduated from the Long Island College Hos
pital. Mrs. Lester before her marriage lived
in Goshen. Conn.,. where tho MARRIAGE took
place. and had considerable money In her
own right Before DR.. Lester settled down In
Brooklyn as practising physician he was on
the medical staff Of the Inebriates' Home at
Bay Ridge. He later became member OF the
Kings County Medical Society. and also Sur
geon-General OF the American Provident
Union. which places he continued to hold up
to the time Of his sudden departure from
Brooklyn. He says he had an excellent prao-
in 1855. about the time he and his wife took
up their residence at 4O4 Clinton street brook
me eSGfs Ms
to 1891. he af1irms. on frequcnt occasions.
when he had women patients in his cons9lta-
denly enter the, room to satisfy, her morbid
81 her hasband ' Such extraofdinars actions
the complaint declares. gave decided offence
to pr pSs4s nd
Ing to Dr. Lester. she would become ugly and
aces s w Ss TS eshe pMd
o. In the presence Of the patients themselves
% ME- hs Sows him OF being
In Noysm6er, 1850. Fl: Lester says, bis wife
struck him with a medical book. which q few
Of rage: frequently, he ayers. She burned up
his books Or tore ont the Leaves. ABOUT o. the
letters to to
tercepted and kept BY 6is wife; Finally when
obliged to have his letters sent to another ad
dress. and to procure roop II an another part
lions undisturbed. ~ ~
His wife'a unreasonable conduct. pr. Les
sr SfS s ssn nss m aaa biz s ss and
Sesetted him 1 N While he he was stiii living il
aware OF Els residence in South Dakota, she
has refused to come there and live with him.
s %ScR compang that
tests. She also ran UP exorbitant accounts at
A recent despatch from South Dakota an
nounces that Dr.; Lester has bought out the
small h't town near Sioux Falls. and has begun to
pursue his profession there with the apparent
Int, Of becoming permanent resident Of
Lawyer Charles Woodruff. Mrs. Lesto-'s
counsel. says he has not had time to prepare
tissue Of iaisehoods from beginning to- to end.
and the defence would deny each charge spe-
p. Lesters complaint. LAWYER Woodruff
and desertion, which . in South Dakota sonsti-
tie ea sehest voenoe e ea est her hus
bang u1 ol sez saa IT, Woodruff
Lester sometimes went to Goshen to visit her
mother. but those were the only. occasions on
of to the West. He. uses the fact OF her
absence as the pretexs for charge OF deser-
1.-THE allegation, that she struck her hus-
band band With a, medical volume u Is absolutely
s G "oHs sSs sss susna
msh said not 70 sve at
She denies that she ever intercepted or kept
his letters. nor did she ever act as spy on
=. As Tor her Knowing that Dr. Lester was in
Sioux Falls and refusing To 60 on and live with
time he lett Brooklyn In last August Hbso-
lutely the first inkling she received OF his
noansns the Tor SSSotse
short. the charges are manufactured with the
most Smazng aoHtery fran beginning t9
rss + II III ssaa
In Brooklyn the former neighbors and friends
ofTer,any exclamation In the affair. According
S Sa "n thu tss 81 Ms
member mi Or q the South Gongresational Church
ably. DR.. Olmstead said last night:
My wife and myself were on terms OF close
Intimacy with DR.. and Mrs. Lester; and we have
been bee their nett-dooF nsiShbors for five years
US; We saw them nearly every day last summer
any trouble between them. Dr. Lester APP
peared to DO an irreproaclia BILE man In every
way; He did not drink ut oil. nor did he
case. do not believe there Il the slightest
fhat occurs e ne !. tfat hrs. Lester may have
disagroement arisen as the outcome Of Il"
DR.. Testers sudden disappearance last Au. |
gust appears e, have been rs unexpected and
nesSbOr rs a had s two aH aays
before for u visit to her mother .at Goshen. |
where word was sent 70 her by her friends that
a e wo sE n2a II ina as WS.n
she reached brooklyn she found her house |
closed. and her husbands rooms cleared Of all
bssh BE- nA a sy t
as re h %a' fS0s s4 away faE sns tram
The 3 house. and recngaged The servants.
awaiting news from her husband. She applied |
no trace Of him. Then she closed up her house |
and went to live with her mother at Goshen. |
where she has remained ever since. |
Dr, Lester IL ABOUT 40 years Old. Mrs. Lester |
Is two or three years his junior She Is hand |
some. with dark hair and eyes
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