The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-14
SHE WANTS A DIVORCE.
MRS. BUCKI, NEE ECKMAN, DE-
MANDS TEMPORARY ALIMONY.

! The Story OF a Former Savannah Girls
Domestic Infelicities-A Married Life
THAT Went Wrong Before the We'd
ding Tour Was Eoded-Ssvannahi
Interested IN the Case.
A divorce case of interest to Savannah
isus is on in New York Mrs Hattie E.
Bucki, nee Eckman, is suing her husband,
Charles L. Bucki, for divorce and slimony
pending the trial of her divorce case.
Mrs. Buoki is q daughter Of 8. II. Eckman
Of the firm Of Eckman & Vetsburg in this
city. Mr.. Eckman lives in New York.
Mr.. Bucki is a Floridian.
Mr.. and Mrs. Buoki were married
in May. 1887. Their welded life was
not long happy. Mrs. Bucki says
her husband began to neglect her
before their wedding tour was ended.
| He introduced her to persons of doubtful or
OF VIGOROUSLY bad reputation. whom she
! had to avoid as soon es she learned about
/ them. They went to Europe and Mr.. Bucki
left her most Of the time to amuse herself as
| best she could while he remained out the
greater part of the night.
They lived at the Hoffman house In New
| York for awhile after their return from
| Europe, sad Mrs. Bucki found her hus-
bands habits a constant subject for cons
| plant he spent most of his nights In
gambling houses, she says. He lost several
thousand dollars in Que of these places one
night in November, 1887, and left 1t without
paying. The proprietor of the house kept
! running after Mr.. Bucki to collect the
money until the affair became matter of
! public notoriety ana Mrs. Bucki insisted
that he must pay.
FROM BAD TO WORSE.
Mrs. Bucki's youngest brother was taken
| dangerously i'll in March, 1889, and she re-
fused to leave him, at her husbands re-
| quest, to take trip to Florida. hfter a
| quarrel, she says, be struck her violently in
the face. She then left his house and went
to the Buckingham hotel, where her sister,
Mrs. Hendricks, was living. Mr.. Bucki
! coon followed her and induced her to re-
turn. Her brother died soon afterward and
| her husbands habits grew from bad to
worse. He sometimes remained out all
| night gambling aud drinking, she declares
Mr.. and Mrs. Bucki had a cottage at
| Long Branch last summer, and, according
| to the lady, he became noted as thigh
roller IN the Pennsylvania Club house. His
average losses or winnings ran from 81 900
| to $4,000 a night. He brought rough men
| home, whose talk was unfit fer ladies' earq
The New York Herald prints longstory
of the grievances which Mrs. Bucki recited
| One of them, besides the above, Is that Mr.
| duO MIS- DuOkEB bTOuDieb Chllb 10 u FOCUS on
| Oct. u last when Mr.. Eckmau criticized bis
son-n-law for his conduct. Mr. Bucki few
| into a passion and rang the bell for the but
Ter TO put Mr.. and Mrs. Eckman, who were
calling. out Of tue bonse. They left it hastily
Of their own accord. and Mr.. Bucki dire cted
| the butler not to allow auY member OF Mrs.
| Bucks family to enter the house.
OPPOSED BY THE BUTLER.
| Mrs Bucki met one OF her unmarried
| = l,ak a har
butler stopped them at the door and re-
| fused 10 let them in until Mrs. Buck had
| threatened him with discharge. She told
| him to leave the next morning. Mr.. Bucki
gave counter instructions, aud told the butt
Ter to bar the doors against the EckmAu
family, aud II any fuss was made to cali in
| the police. After Mr.. Bucki had gone Mira.
Bucki got rid OF the butler by getting a po-
liceman to eject him.
She went out next day, and on returning
| home found the obnoxious butler and dis
charged cook calmly eating luncheon. She
| consulted Police Captain Smith, who again
| turned out the servants. When Mr.. BuckI
returned home that afternoon his first ques-
| tion was for William, the butler. ana upon
learning what had happened he started out
| to fad MIN.
A FAMILY sET-TO.
He returned with the butler about mid
| night and found that Miss Eckman was
| sleeping with her sister. He told her to get
| up and leave the house at ouce. AS she re-
| fused to go into the street alone at that
| time of night he sent William for a police
man. When the guardian of the peace came
he fatty refused t. interfere. Mrs. Bucki
theu telephoned to her sister, Mrs. Ham
meTslough, to come to the house with MIR.
| Hammerslough. They came. end Mr. Bucki
once more summoned the police, this time
to eject all OF them. The H1mmsrsloughs
| finally went away.
Mrs. Bucki was then informed that Will
\ lam was the only servant who would be ell
| lowed to wait upon her table. Mr.. Bucki
nexs distinguished hImsef by claiming the
| doors 50 that his wife could not get in after
| going 10 the horse show. He finally rented
the house to ex-Gov. Campbell OF Ohio and
! proposed, Mrs. Bucki says, that they should
| occupy small rooms in a second-class hotel
| A separation resulted. She SAYS her hus-
| bands income is not much less than 100000
a year.
MR. BUCKIs REPLY.
| Mr.. Bucki's lawyer denies the wife's allo-
| cations of cruelty. In regard to striking
her be said that what she described as
I blow was that Mr.. Bucki placed
his hand over her mouth while abe
| was qoarreling with his mother.
| f}ucki claimed to have made repeated ef-
| forts to bring about q reconciliation, hay-
| ing suggested from the first that be was
willing 10 discharge the butl9r. In reply TO
! the last offer Mrs BucSi said she did not
want sentiment, but she did want 6 separa-
ton, with at least SOD a week Rlimony
| MIR. Buckl had desired to economic by
renting his house and had PROPOSED 20 live
at the Marlborough. His wife had con.
temptuously declared thai the hotel would
not do for ner. She said she had made ar
raugements to 90 to live with her father.
The story Of the family quarrel is full Of
/ QORsiD. Mrs. ECkmaQ is about 9S Vp0ra old
| and is we'll known ia Savannah. The case
has been argued by the New York court but
no decision has been rendered.