St. Paul daily globe., 1892-02-20

This visit was induced by letter from
James q. Blaine Sr. to Col. Ingersoll.
in which Mr.. Blaine conveyed the idea
he thought the wife had
Deserted Her Husband.
Finally, accompanied by the mother,
she went to Augusta, and, driving from
the depot to her family home, saw her
husband standing in front of the hotel.
Her husband entered the hack, and was
at once pounced upon by his mother,
who led him to an upstairs bed room
and locked him in, refusing to let her
see, speak OF communicate with him by
messenger. Subsequently the model
mother-in-law Smuggled this model heir
to his fathers baptismal name out of
the house and the railroad station at
Gardner, where it was proposed
he should take train for Port
land and sail to- Europe. Mrs. Blaine
learned OF this programme and left by
the same train. AT Gardner, however,
Mrs. Coppinger intercepted her brother
and destroyed the last chance for recon-
Citation between husband and wife.
After this she again wrote numerous
letters TO her husband, registering one
to make sure of his gettingit. The return
card showed it was receipted for by
Walker Blaine. She never heard from
her husband. She was in sore straits
financially and, applying to Daniel
frohman, made contract with him by
Which she was to go
Upon the Stage
under his management, and receive $3.50
or $3.50 per week, she did not remember
which, and 45 per cent of the net re-
ceiptS for her debut. She was also to
receive stated amount for her ex-
penseS. She worked five months prepar-
ing for the stage, when she was taken i'll
with int1ammatory rheumatism. which
confined her to her bed Tor ten months
and left her a cripple for life. One
limb is an inch and half shorter than
the other. She has all angulariZed knee
and bound shoulder blade, which pre-
vents her raising her right hand to
level with her head. During all these
months of illness there was not one word
of sympathy from the husband, who
had sworn to love and cherish her, or
from one member OF his family. The
witness testified there had opened TO
her way TO earn living with her pen.
that she could find good market for all
her writings, and that in fact one enter
prlSing magazine had already offered
her $500 for an article on Marriage and
Divorce" She had declined the task.
y,
and she believed she had not only the
ability, but also the health to take good
care of her child. Mrs. Blaine went on
the stand at 3 o'clock, and it was just
twenty minutes to when she left it.
She made
An Excellent Impression,
though when near the end of the trying
ordeal nervousness overcame her. and
nhntnOr0nh
was placed in her hands and
she was asked if she were able to
take care of him, it was impossi-
BILE to keep the tears from her eyes.
Every other woman and not few of
the men in the room made suspicious
gestures by which hankerchiefS were
passed across their face. Mrs. Blaine's
testimony was remarkable in that, not
Withstanding the persecution she had
suffered, she spoke no unkind word of
her lnother-in-law or her husband while
on the stand. When the attorney con-
cluded with the witnesses Judge
Thomas asked few questions in
regard to something that had
that the BIaineS objected to the match,
considering her beneath them socially.
) He remarked from the bench that he
had known her. grandfather, ex-Gov.
Medary; knew her father, Col. Dick
Nevins. and that her family was So
cially the equal of any in the land. The
court, continuing his examination. said
to Mrs. Blaine:
II want to ask question concerning
your residence in Dakota. / suppose
you to come to Dakota to avail yourself
of the liberal law of the state?"
For Her Boys Sake.
Mrs. Blaine-Your honor came to DaRo-
ia to establish a bona fide residence here
Since my husband separated from me my
constant aim in life has been to secure the
struggled for him through sickness and i'll
health. For his sake / have invoked the
laws of my country, and but for him l would
never have troubled this or any other court
for decree of divorce.
Ii anything were needed to complete
the sympathy of the audience Mrs.
Blaine gave it. Her evidence covered
the entire testimony in the case and
covered all the points, some of which,
her financial distress, her mental anx-
iety and misery, were brought out, per-
haps. more fully by the dispositions of
DR.. Fuller. DR.. Wyncoop, Gen. McMa-
hon, Mrs. Nevins, the plaintiffs mother;
Mrs. Ogden Doremus, Mrs. Charles
Avery Doremus. At o'clock the court
adjourned until tomorrow morning,
when the findings of fact and cOnclu-
sions of law will be presented to Judge
Thomas for his consideration. A decree
is not expected for several days.