The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-11-02


the.Name of the Correspondent, Hallett
Alsop Borrowe-Her Husbands Charges
Are Pronounced a Cruel Imputation.
Trenton, n. j., October 3l.-The answer
of Charlotte Augusta Drayton, daughter
OF William Astor, to the petition for divorce
filed by her husband. James Coleman Dray-
ton, was received by mail at the Chancery
office at O'Clock this afternoon. The an
swer is the usual one made in such cases,
and is cop;e from the book of forms. 1t is
not signed by Mrs. Drayton, but by her New
Jersey counsel. Richard V. Lndabury of
Elizabeth. II is usual for tue counsel to
sign the anwer in such cases. The answer
reads as follows:
"In Chanesry of New jersey, between
James Coleman Dray ton, complainant, and
Charlotte Augusta Drayton. defendant. On
bill for divorce; the answer of Char lotte
Augusta Drayton to thu bill Of complaint of
James Coleman Iraston complainant.
This defendant for answer unto SO much
or such parts of the compliments bill of
complaint as she is advised is material and
necessary for her TO make answer unto,
says that it is true, rs stated in said B i'll of
complaint. that she was lawfully married TO
the said complainant on the twentieth day
and that she ard the said eomplainant con-
tinued to reside at the said city of New
York from ime OF their marriage until the
year 1886, when they removed 10 Bernarsls-
Vile. in the count y of Somerset and State
of New Jersey. ~
s'And this defendant, further answering,
says that she and her said husband con-
ttuued to live at Bernardsville until about
the first of October, 1891. and that from that
date until the early part of lthel year 1892
they travelled together in Europe.
,sShe denied that she left the complain
ant while they were temporarily sojourning
in London in the month of january 1892 ,anG
says that. en- the contrary, hea1eft her, be-
ing moved thereto, as this defendant be-
lieves. by cruel and unjust suspicious to
her marital fidelity. Where the complainant
has resided since that time this defendant
does not know and cannot answer.
''And this defendant further answering,
denies that she ever did on different dates
of the months of January, February, March,
April, May, June, July, August, or Septem-
Der, 1891, or the month of January. 1892, or
in either of those months, or any other
mon tn or time, commit adultery. with the
said Hallet Alsop borrowe in the said bill
mentioned, or with any person or pei sons
whatsoever, either in the city of New York,
the city of London, at Bernardsville, or
elsewhere; and she says that the charge of
adultery made in the said compliments DILL
against her is wholly untrue. and a most
unfounded and cruel imputation.
''On the contrary thereof this defendant
AYERS the truth to BE- that she has always,
since her marriage with the said complain
ant, faithfully regarded toward him her
marriage VOWS, and has been true and
faithful to his bed and her obligations as his
wife.
s'All which matters and things this de-
PENDANT is ready to aver, maintain, and
prove as this honorable Court shall direct,
and humbly rrays to be hence dismissed
with eosts.''; go
The reply is signed by R. V. Lindabury,
solicitor and associate counsel for Mrs.
Drayton, her principal attorney being
Herbert A. shipman of New York.
Now that the answer is fled the petitioner
has thirty days in which to file replica
ton, which is formal Joining of issue on
the bill and answer, and comprises usually
only about a dozen words. Then the taking
of ties. imony will begin before Master in.
Chancery or one of the e-Chancellors
In either case designation of the Master or
vioe-Chancellor will be made by Chancellor
McGill.
BY agreement of counsel the testimony
may be taken behind closed doors. When
the testimony is complete, argument will be
made before the Chancellor OF one of the
Vice-Chancellors. If before the latter, a
decree will be recommend to the Chancel-
Tor. Appeal from his decrsee can be made
by either party to the Court of Errors and
Appeals. Mr.. Drayton's bill was filed on
June of this year, under an Injunction of
secrecy. and it was not until the first of
September. during the absence of the clerk
in the Chancery Office having the custody
of the papers. that the petition was made
public. Mr.. Drayton seeks a separation and
the custody and control of heir four chill
dren. aged respectively IA. IL, 6 and years
s'To What Base Uses"
Nantucket, Mass, November 1.-The
stern of the schooner Mary j. Cashier,