The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-06
Big OUTTEN'S LITTLE WIFE.
HE sATs THAT sHE PUNCHED BIM
AND PULLED mrs BEARD.

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Avandra Outten. = Hollander past GO. who IL
white hatred and has long white beard rum
ming nearly to his waist. and who weighs 204
pounds. IL seeking for q separation from his
wife. Mary +. Outten, q white-haired woman
OF about his age. but Of little more than half
his weight He accuses her Of extreme cruelty.
She retcrts with similar charges. also asking
for a separation. He was a vidower and she
widow when they married on Dec. II. 1891.
The case wns before Judge DuRro In the
Supreme Court yesterday. Outten presents
long string OF bodily grievances. which he
attributes to her. and. reasoning on the
causes OF their differences he SAYS that she IL
. strong Presbyterian Scotchwoman and n
prohlbitionist. lie admits that no would not
always arise. spruce UP. and 60 to church
Sunday mornings with her He also declares
that there we're moro bottles In the cupboards
than he can account for. She says he was not
always In a condition to account for anything.
He was a chef In early life. and com plains that
her cooking was not UP to his expectation. In
fact. he declares it was not fit for a dog. She
says that although he makes considerable
money from his furniture store at 81 Carmine
street, he did not furnish enough provisions
for any cuisine. When she was cruel to him
Ne put IL uOWn IN u MEMORANDUM DOOk, anu
this Is what he says the little woman did to
him without provocation:
Aug. 20 1892. after friends to whom she had
objected had left she punched him.
Oct IL. 1892. she again beat him with her
FIST and com PEELED him to leave the house and
get other lodgings at midnight. saying II was
because those friends OF his were there again.
Nov. IL. 1892. after a late tea. she assaulted
him and compelled him to ice the house at 1 |
A. NJ.
Dec. IL. 1892, she beat him while on lounge
in their sitting room. and threatened to break |
his head.
March 10. 1893. she assaulted him with
crocksry. throwing a cup at his head. pulled
his beard savagely and violently and beat and |
assaulted him repeatedly with her fist. threat
:. April To- 1875 rhe went to his store and
Kicked me until she tro,hed at the mouth"
would brain him. lie had to get out. and
slept at neiehbor,s house,
again forced him out Into the street
:. Oct .. 1898. she threw a cup OF coffee into
ms ,acs and hair threw hot iron at him. and
:. He deela;.s that during all those incidents:
never lifted my hand and rarely lifted my
until they become insufrerable."
-, Is she woman of unusus strength for her
s si and weight" counsel asked the big plain
You ought to try her and you would find
Abbie. soule, the sister OF outten's first wife.
that the defendant had told her that
gave him an occasional beating. Otherwise
she could have no peace.
Mrs. uutten. who says that her frst m arriage
was a foretaste OF heaven, took the stand
SsNre ,hs resting on ths
thin implement. She denied iii treating
Outten and called attention to his weight. Her
evldHnCa La m ora HIM ha1 vlor |
an adjournment was taken until Monday. I'm In
her papers In the case she declares that Outten
threw . shoe at her. She says she has always
been w, perfect lady" and "a faithful and
An expensive reference has caused a hitch
In two actions that are pending between Fran
ceseo La MAZDA and his wife Maria. who sep
cruelty and abandonment in 1851. and he be-
for an absolute divorce, on allegations OF ,s her
Intimacy with Nicolo Declementi, a leweller.
Sy S.s rim Sn famef
IS Sc eo Si for Maria. moy.d for counsel Zee
Vas sent to Jon1 0 PrO s ca9Rs se rsi e
ne rsiere1 i ran along for year and the ref
his s oes nat "a NEST OF ne Italian COLONY
pioyeo ofthe ban arm Of LSsada Bra n e
nsafns Was on 2 Nov s l9 Ncthef sd.
seemed willing to nay the cost OF the refer
La MAZDA moved yesterday before Judge Daily
m the Court OF Common Pleas TO have the ref
becn msde IN the sxty DAYS provided Tor nS Sg
he statute. The wife wanted the husb band d. |
Counsel Tor for Referee cIsrks said that he had
leld the case until the stenographer's fees
hoad fs Isd ns y2pd wsy9
saAs s.s s s 81 Tas
reserved.