Evening journal., 1892-02-22
MRS. BLAINE'S VICTORY
The Decree of Divorce She
Prayed for Granted.
THE CHILD ALSO AWARDED TO HER.


following decision; q
''This case is brought by tho plaintiff for I
the purpose Of obtaining divorce from the
defendant upon the grounds Of desertion
and the failure to provide Under the testi- !
mony it seems thNt the marriage was at
very early age Of both plaintiff and defend
ant the defendant being seventeen or
eighteen years Of age and the plaintiff nine
teen.
'The testimony shows that the first two
years Of their married life was all that could
be wished, and tho cause Of estrangement
and separation, so far as the court Is able TO
judge from the testimony is the unfriendh-
ness on the part Of the family Of the de-
fendant, especially his mother.
1T seems that Airs Blaine the elder was
very much opposed TO the marriage, as was
also Mr.. Blaine the elder. Naturally 30
No one can blame them under the oircum-
stances for being opposed 70 any III CON
sidered marriage Of their son at his age.
1T seems that afterward they made up
their minds to make the best OF il, at least
80 far as Mr.. Blaine the elder was CON
cerned, and the parties TO this suit had been
invited 10 the home Of the elder Blaine at
Augusta, Ne. and that 40 far as Mr.. Blaine
the elder was concerned the plaintiff was
properly treated, but Il seems that Mrs.
Blaine the elder did all in her power 10
make the life Of the plaintiff unhappy.
A shrewd Plan.
"She was evidently opposed 10 the mar
riage and had concluded that the best thing |
for her son was 10 have them separated |
| And il would seem from the evidence IN the |
case she had laid a shrewd plan and sur
rounded them by circumstances which
would result in an apparent desertion on
the part Of the plaintiff. In other words,
she so treated the plaintiff, at the same
time inviting her TO make the house her
home, as 10 cause her 10 be so unhappy that
she would leave; and therefore she could
claim on the part of her son that he was de-
serted by his wife.
1T seems that young Blaine's conduct
under the circumstances was very repre-
hensible, He was not made Of that stern
stuff we would expect coming from the
family he does. It is beyond my compre-
hension how a young man who has pleaded
his love to his fiancee and married her on
his great insistence, could be so dominated
by his mother however much respect he
might have for that mother, ~ 70 b willing
TO desert his WIFE
( under such circumstances as the evi-
dence shows in this case, as a rule and 80
far as my observation goes, most young
, men who marry young woman against the
viii and consent Of his or her parents stand
= by her through thick and thin, however
, angry their parents may be, even when the
, parents disinherit and cast them of.
"But il seems 70 have been otherwise with
( young Blaine.
} "As soon as he got under the domination
Of his mother he seemed 20 become greatly
estranged from his wife and treated her
with neglect and inattention. And the evi-
dence shows that his desertion was the no
/. suit Of the Vaccinations Of his mother, and
|, the treatment that this plaintiff received
from his hands was repreheusihle and bad
+ very bad in every respect
! Shameful Treatment.
+ ''rhe evidence shows that soon after she
l. left Augusta she lay upon a bed FOR ten
, months suffering with the most acute and
# extreme pain, and that during al this time
p he never gave her one recognition whatever
not even writing 10 her or visiting her OF
sending her anything in the way Of support.
1T is hard for the court to find language
a TO describe its feelings against a young man
r who would act this way.
p "The evidence shows that the conduct Of
the plaintiff was everything that could have
! been expected from wife to her husband.
a She remained with him under the roof Of bis
d parents as long as il was bearable. and when
= she left, in one Of her letters, which was in.
1 troduced in evidence, she says: i am go
q ing TO leave Augusta, not you, jamie And
then again, in a letter which appeared here
In evidence, and which viii read and make
part Of my remarks, she says:
NEW YoRK, Sept Q, 1883
d DEAR JAMIE-Indeed am wretched with.
n out you that can bear II no longer. For the
% sake Of our child and the one 70 come will 90
q 70 whatever home you may provide, even under
, your parents roof. want 70 do what Is righ,
for us both, and on receipt OF this letter II you
win say come viii come. Think Of all the
e future OF our child II we live apart II you
Is could only soc tine bright little fellow; he haa
grown 80 cunning. Do write me at once.
shall watch every mail. 60 70 the New Yorh
hotel tomorrow until I hear. Always affec
tionately MARY.
d ''The man must have been given over tc
/ hardness of heart TO have resisted such an
!, appeal as that And all the testimony in
II the case goes to show that she did every.
% thing within her power that was incumbent
D. on good wife in order to make her husband
return to her. He seems 10 have beer
estranged from her by his mother. But
having once married it was the duty of the
younger Blaine, the defendant in this case
n to have stood by his wife through good anf
a evil report, through sickness and health, foi
IN better and for worse.
e. The Decree Granted.
d Therefore, / conclude from the testimony
in this case that the plaintiff has not only
been deserted ruthlessly and without justih
able cause but that the defendant has abso
20 lutely failed TO provide for more than TIVE
a. years any Of the necessaries OF comforts o
ID life for the support Of his wife and child.
IL 1T is, therefore, the judgment OF thl
court that the plaintiff, Ms. Mary Nevin
Blaine be divorced from her husband, j. q
Blaine, Jr, and that she have the care an,
- custody Of the son, James &. Blaine, third
"And it is further ordered that j. q
n, Blaine, Jr., pay the plaintiff the sum o
- 81, 600 suit money and S40O as attorney fee
in this cats.
"And it is further ordered that J. G
Blaine, Jr., the defendant in this case, pa
TO the plaintiff, for the support Of hersel
Ill and her child, 500 per month until furthe
he order of this court"