New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-11
THE COURTS.
THEIR WIDELY DIFFERENT STORIES.
THE WIFE OF POLICE SERGEANT SAYS SHE
COT HIM ON THE FORCE. HAD HIM PRO-
NOTED AND SHE HAD TO SUP
PORT THE FAMILY-HE DE- s.JkEE;
MES EVERYTHING.

NOTED AND SHE HAD TO SUP
PORT THE FAMILY-HE DE- s.JEEE;
MES EVERYTHING.
Police Sergeant Orvil.e A. Todd, an aid on In
spector Wiliianlss STAFF, is the defendant In suit
for separation brought b. his wife. florence NJ
Todd The case. shown in an argument yester-
day before Judge Bischof. at the Special Term OF
the Court OF Common Peas, on a motion for al
mony and counsel fee pending the trial, presents
some remarkable features.
In her complaint Mrs. Todd says that she was
married to her husband on November % 1913, az
Hyde Park. Duchess County. y. y. They have
three children all boys. the eldest about eighteen
and The youngest about fourteen years o.d. AFTER
the marriage she says she supported her husband
and herself by paying the organ In the Churcn OF
Regina Coeli. at Hyde Park; singing In the choir
OF the ST James's Episcopal. Church at the same
mace and giving music lessons. Being the sole
wage-earner did not strike her az exactly the right
and fair thing. and she applied to Congressman
John H. Ketcham. of that district, to use MS III
nuence in securing her husbands appointment on
the police force OF this city Her efforts in this d.
recton were crowned with success and In Decem-
Der 1876 her husband received the appointment
The sa.ary Of 81 200 added to the family income
would have been a material help. but according to
her story ne sometimes only gave her 81 month";
so that she was compelled. for the support OF her-
self and boys to part with az her personal prop
ertv.
According to her further allegations Mrs. Todd
later on secured the promotion OF her husband from
patro.man to roundsman, and later on TO thit OF
sergeant In connection with the last promotion
she Introduces the following letter OF her husband
Tweniy-ninth Precinct. March .. lS2
Dear florence In reply to your eiter' ! wou-d say
that in the event 81 your obtaining my promotion
10 the position OF sergeant OF police. through your
friends. VIII chcerfu..y give you So per moh.n
for the support OF yourself and the boys: lpuiS
truly. ORNll.LE n 1o'D i"'"'9"'""'
~ 1rprnO
a sergoantancy impaired his memory. He gave her
So "A month for a time. but now niggard.y doed
out 10 her only $50 a month. Mrs. Todd makes the
further statement that her husband offered her
81 80 II she would obtain an absolute divorce itorn
him She Indignantly scorned the offer. she AYERS
that he in his anxiety to have her bring the SUIT
OFFERED 10 furnish the necessary evidence. . =,
The stc-:' Of Sergeant Todd - vigorous IN us Ie-
MAS In fact II * Almost wholly made up OF ic-
malls He says that his appointment on the po.lcc
was through the influence OF bis father ana gives
his wife no credit for his subsequent Nornotiohs
He AYERS that she spent al her personal earnings
on herself and that the exercise or her music
ability never brought her in over $40 month ~,
81 00O divorce story he dcn1unces a the cIinaN u
her alleged fictitious narrative. a., :,
Judge B!schon took the papers re'er'ihS MS De-
cisiOn