St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-31
A JEALOUS WIFE.
From This Affection DR.. Lester
Wants to Be Delivered.

From This Affection DR.. Lester
Wants to Be Delivered.
Sioux FALLS, S. D., Jan. 30.-It is
learned here today that a very bitter
fight is to be made by the defendant in
the divorce case of DR.. John G. Lester
VS.. Octavia L. Lester. Mrs. Lester,
who is very wealthy woman with a
mind of her oWn," has retained J. w.
Jones, of this city, and kilograms are
flying between Mr.. Jones and Mrs.
Lester, who is at Goshen, Conn. and
the defendants New York attorneys.
1t is understood that Mrs. Lester will be
here IN person, and there is good reason
for believing that rare fight is in store.
The doctor and his wife are among the
most prominent society people of
Brooklyn. The doctor was very pop
ular member of the fashionable clubs
and Mrs. Lester was a frequent enter
tainer and leader of fashionable So
ciety.
The doctors complaint is in many re-
spects a curious one. He alleges many
grievances. The marriage took placesin
Goshen. Conn.,, June "a, 1880, after
which the doctor and his wife went to
Brooklyn, where he had good practice.
His wife, so he alleges, soon became
jealous of him without just cause.
Since 1885. he says, his wife has treated
him cruelty. From 1888 to 1891, he al
legeS, his wife would come to his office,
while he had patients in the consulta-
ton room, and would eavesdrop at the
door or suddenly enter the room, Ito
satisfy her prurient curiosity, and to
learn the professional secrets of the
plaintiff, to the great offense and dis
gust of the plaintiff and his patients"
When demonstrated with on these oc-
caSiOns she became very ugly, so says
the doctor, and would accuse him in the
presence of his lady patients of being
unduly intimate with them.
Q1n November, 1890, the complainant
AYERS Mrs. Lester struck the plaintiff
with a medical book, which she then
rage. Frequently, he says, she has
burned up his books, torn out leaves
and otherwise laid violent hands upon
his library. About this time she began,
so the complainant says, to intercept
his letters, to open and read them, and
to send insolent answers to the writers.
Many letters he believes to have been
read by her and never turned over to
him. So far was this carried, he says,
that he had to have his mail sent to
another address, and TO move his con-
SultatlOn rooms TO pace remote from
his former Office. His wife's
unreasonable conduct, he adds,
has ruined his practice, which
was large and profitable one, has in
jured his feelings, impaired his health
and broken up his home. He says his
wife has run up exorbitant accounts at
various stores, that she entertained
more than he wanted her to. and that
she absented herself for long period
from his house. He says that his wife
we'll knows he is a resident of Sioux
Falls, but that she refuses to come here
and'live with him. The answer to the
complaint has not yet been made.
DR.. Lester few days ago removed
from Sioux Falls and went to Valley
Springs, this county, where he has
bought into country practice. Valley
Springs is town of some 500 popula-
ton. The doctor is very popular here.
and many who have become acquainted
with him are greatly interested in his