The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-21
SOME MEN AND THEIR WIVES.
hHNIE GILBERT TO NAVE 4 sEPARA-
TION FROM AUDINET GfBERE

IAON fhOM dODtNHA UAhH"f
Juaes Freedmen Dseidss that N Was
Really Actor nsueiss % whom Papers
Were served ~ M. Booths Funsrsi.
Annie T. Gilbert has won the suit for separa-
tion from Audinet Gilbert. for which she came
from Paris. As Mr.. Gilbert did not seek to
prove the accusations In his answer that his
wife had been intimate with Manuel de Santa
Maria. a Colombian. who has lived in France
about the same time IS Mrs. Gilbert seven or
eight years. santa Maria's evidence and that
OF NJ Mason earns. both OF whom had also
come from Paris. was not taken. Judge
Bischoff says In deciding the case;
The causes which Induced the parties to th. action
TO enter into an agreement In September 1885, to
live apart from each other. regard as wholly imma
teriaL The OF such contract is contrary
to public policy and the agreement was therefore rev.
oeable at the pleasure OF either party. Ths several
statutes Of this state which enable married woman
to contract the same as ann s AFFECT only her sep
srats estate and do not otherwise destroy the legal
unity Of husband and wife. Their personal status and
their respective obligations witch arise from the
jugsl relation remain unchanged and the husband 10
bound to hsrbor. protect. and support hts wife until
upon Just complaint and for one OF the causes pre-
scribsd by Law he s freed from that obligation by
Judicial decree.
An agreement made with an intervening party for
the wife. providing for her support pending separ.
tion. and not made TO induce the separation OF
husband and wife IL not Objectionable the ground OF
pubic policy and has been repeatedly declared to be
operative and valid In the present case. however.
agreement to pay an annual sum for his wife's sup
port was made In consideration OF plaintiffs consent
to live separate and apart from her husband and since
the agreement IL abhorrent on the grounds OF public
policy the agreement fails
In December. 1891. pending cessation Of legal hos
Utilities between the parties the plaintiff offered uncon
ditonsly to return to the defendants bed and board
Her otter was refused by him. AMI both before and
OF TINS acton ne reg:s. 70 IL
both abandonment aud refusal to support.
There was a case Of hbbing or mistake some
whore. as one OF the counsel said in the action
from gySH marie PGS 6oSsS so ' Shch e%eS "
cause why he should not be nun shod for con.
arrears OF nlimony and u counsel fee appear to
haye been served on some one at the funeral
man. in denying n motion to set the proceed
ing aside on the ground Of no non s de,
with with the order order at the funeral "a' '''' ''
Douglas made aftldnyit that he was not at
az Sa wfs w saa fs
informed that Actor Francis Carlyle, who had
been at the funeral had been served with the
fun erai with Henry Miller and Henry Dixoy.
and that some one bad thrust the papers into
Carlyle. calling him Mr. Douglas. Mr.. Miller
Carlyle sna Douglas MRS Jenne 81 D peSGn
that her son was at Asbury Park for several
Emil Reinl m AIDE AFFIDAVIT that he had served
Douglas within q few feet q the Church of the
says that Douglas denied his identity. but that
he knew 1t was Douglas, as he had served him
twice before In the same suit TheJudge says;
q n!g fRsFis %
sy by III s. a' conclusion "
John Genzel. employed In tho Offices OF the
West Shore Railroad Company. has been di-
Court to pay his WIFE WiIRelmna coanse
NED D Re qH 1875 but says that
for several years past she has been monopo-
Beard wosS dsnss Ss WIS
and says that he was assaulted and forcibly
Genzei says that his wife has bleached her
hair and Is known In Harlem. where she liyess
He says that she owns the house. she has a
diamond brooch worth 200 and earrings
hf s inc Of 1851 DG She
judge freedman Of the Superior Court has
ute alimony for the support OF his wife. Mary +.
pending his suit against her fora limited d.
street, and although his wife AYERS that be
tips the scales at 2Oi pounds. while she
with cruelty. and says that she made his lie
UNDESIRABLE She beat him because she OBJ
ieeted to h rs. male S, companions che at times
him fee from the house in fear Of his life.
Then she would pull his beard throw, hot cot
He was finally comgelled to leave her for his
own protection. Mrs. Quten was widow
she pretended to be a prohibitionisr. but that
after their marriage he found whiskey bottles
IN the house which he never put there. She
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