Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-17
y Brooklyn Woman's Diary.

The suit Of Margaret kissick against
Mr. A. Kissick, the proprietor of a bust
ness college in Ashland place, Brook
lyn, n. y, for a separation on the
ground of i'll treatment, was tried We'd
nesday before Judge Cullen in the Su-
preme Court of that city Mrs. kis-
sick is little woman and her husband
is tall and thin, with iron-gray hair and
long white beard.
They were married more than 23
years ago, ana have one son. They had
many MISUNDERSTANDING during their
long married life. the most serious be-
ing caused through Mrs kissick ; .jeal-
ousy of the attentions paid by her hus-
band to one Of his girl pupils.
Mrs. Kissick testified that her hus-
band had neglected and i'll treated her
for several years. She was also much
worried over his attentions to some of
the young women pupils in his college.
There was one of them in particular
in whom ne took a special interest and
whom he wanted to make teacher.
When she opposed such an arrange
ment he pulled her about, showed her
this way and that and threatened to
Kill her. Mrs. Kissick then adopted
another policy, and, going to the young
woman, explained the unpleasant sit
uation, and told her that She strongly
objected to her presence in the college
and that she would have to leave.
"What have | done?" the young wo-
man asked. Mrs. Kissick said she told
her that she knew very well what she
had done, and again ordered her out.
With the departure of the favorite pu
pill the trouble between her and her
husband broke out more intensely than
ever.
The witness identified a paper as in
her handwriting 1t is dated Sept. g.
1889, and Mrs. Kissick explained that
she had written it to herself when she
was perfectly lonely" and had in
tended that it should be given to the
world. She left it an open drawer, and
her husband got possession OF it. In
this document she says that she had
been married twenty years and had al
ways worked early and late for her
husband My troubles began > she
continues, when hired good-look-
ing English cook, and my husband be-
gan to spend good deal of his time
with her in the kitchen. When he
said she was the incest woman he had
ever seen, discharged her. When /
hired another good-looking English
cook, his visits to the Kitchen became as
frequent as before
The second good-looking cook got
married and left and then her husband
got another flame, who was the very
likeness of the first cook" For this
'hussyn her husband bought house.
Mrs. Kssick's diary closed with de-
nouncing her husband as "a covenant
breaker and transgr( s;or Of the ten
commandments" Mrs. Kissick ad-
mitted that she frequently stayed in
the class rooms while her husband was
engaged in teaching and that she had
accused him of being too familiar
with two of the female pupils "at
least"
Robert Kissick, the son of the couple,
testified that he had to defend his
mother from the assaults of his father
after his mother had forced the favor
itc pupil to quit the college. The wit
ness gave this pupils name as Miss Ann
Amelia Schutt.
The defendant testified II was in
the office on the evening the pupil was
ordered out of the house. | went to
the kitchen where my wife was, and,
putting my hands on her shoulders.
said, Mother, why did you interfere
with that pupil?' My son then struck me
in the eye and cook grabbed my arms.
My wife had black thorn stick in her
hand and my son kicked me in the side.
There was fight and had TO call in
policeman. | fell over the rocking chair
and broke it,
My son got away from me and went
into another room. He wasn't quite so
manly after the cook had let 90 my
arms. | never threatened to kill my
wife, but | accused her oftaking money
from my pockets and the bookcase.
and of teaching her son to become
thief and preparing him for prison.
where are brothers were
Mr.. kissick admitted that he had
once been out walking as late as nine
o'clock at night with Miss Schutt, but
he explained that he was merely show
ing her some property he owned in
Cumberland street. On this night he
asked her to have some ice cream, and
she consented. He didn't think there
was anything wrong in that.
Judge Cullen gave judgment for the
| SaFa,dopt hr,t wit thout cost,