The sun., 1895-01-22
MRS. ISHAM'S LETTERS.
THET TIGU URE IN THE DITORcE
TRIAL BEGUN YEsTERDAT
One Was 20 Uer Cousint the Other 60 Her
Husband -- Both CortnIn Adniissious
which the Ptaintih Considers Damaging.

One Was to Her Cousin, the other to Her
Husband Both Contntn Admissions
| which the Piaintin Considers Damaging.
The trial OF the suit OF Henry Hayward
Isham. a wealthy real estate holder and a re-
| tired lawyer. against Juliet Calhoun lsham for
an absolute divorce, was begun yesterday In
| the Supreme Court in Brooklyn Justice Cullen
| presiding Gen. B. F.. Tracy Ia chief counsel
| for the plaintiff and Charles J. Patterson for
| the defence. Much care taken In the I'M
| panellng OF the jury. Dr. Frank y. Abbott.
the correspondent, and Matilda Il. Decker. the
| nurse In the lshnm family, with whom Mrs,
| lsham in her amended complaint charges her
husband with having carried on allaison, were
In court yesterday. The couple were married
| In 1886 and have n four-year.old son, Ralph,
| whom tho father sent TO friends In the West
| when the separation took place last September
! Mrs. Dora pel although witness for the de-
| fence, testified first. She was an assistant in
| DIR. Abbott's dental office, and sworc that moth
ing improper ever occurred between Mrs. Isham
and DIR. Abbott at the ofIcc.
Superintendent w q. McGowan OF the West
ern Union Telegraph ONCE produced under an
order of the court dozen or more kilograms
which passed between DR.. Abbott and Mrs.
lsham last summer. while the Ishams were stop
ping at their cottage at Shelter Island. lie also
produced two kilograms purporting to have
como from Mrs ishGm to her cousin, Seymour
w. Bonsell. clerk in Harvey & Fisk sons brok-
ers' office. Mrs. Amelia \. Morris OF $50 Jefrer
son avenue. identified some OF the kilograms
and number Of letters IA being in Mrs. lsham's
handwriting. Dr. Abbott's kilograms were
identified by girl who was formerly a servant
In the Ishnm family.
Mrs Isham admitted that she had sent oil tho
kilograms except one OF those to her cousin.
Her messages 10 DR.. Abbott arranged for his
trips to Shelter Island. In one she saws: You
can come Tuesday or Wednesday, Have writ
ten to-day Another is: Thursday too late:
AObott's kilograms; Ali right; will come next
week. Letter Tomorrow Are you coming
to-day? Have had no letters"
These are the two disputed dispatches to
Cousin l'onsell: "Thlnk llaight who keeps Bay
View House. gave information about A. tDr.
Abbott: he was clerk at Millcrs when
there Have written him. Don't tell what
YOU know. no matter, what he says
This is u sample of the letters of Mrs. Isham
to her cousin
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pIT bps a .on me ian Os , ossd IN Tay
guilt to him: and he felt no % soul on earth hut hi%
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me hut he felt that any one else knew il il would
and would be an to do IIIpss mat 70 other men
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%magnanilnous magma or noble act he might do t. Your
plead Dor Just as well without kno'siis that and
might Come together al again after al long 81 Tine Tine ~ Coz
This is Mrs. Isham's letter to her husband after
the separation took place:
SHELTER ISLAND HEiGHrs, Sept. 25, "a.
HaTwARn ARD out OF the depths Of my despair ,ry out
r%w q he world have ,s"itrness r Tor ,his Woman
] oq b a's4i h deal at T. hsg aS "G
at Ya sfTs aIs s4s 3 buy
good, come in my cxireni!y for pity; do n"f ask
n. s 1cs are human aays no Though. 6
wori irry ont 10 youas 10 myGol Do let me step
you 4 but not, no, as deeply as % yor think spare
"rken the sMe@t little G iG al IL %S DO mot mot
S%d." MP ,EH s Win S aH%' FIN II have ny
n Snn M womam VINO ss Is III nS ashes OF h.r desc %
Gsa and Whom al the waters s Of al alstion @ have
X %Sa I'D ss$
Eiaiainsiy $arrIei. loved yaa once; ! Soald have
d M story M a" M a. I yS4f 3 rear sa sSM T.h
ask for NOR. than can give. JULIET
William Haght, the clerk in the Bay View
House. shelter Island, testified at length TO the
rNngemcntS which Mrs. lsham had made Tor his
accommodation. lie frequently saw Mrs.
lsham and Dr. Abbott out driving while. the
Doctor was at the hotel: Mrs lsham admitted
10 the witness that she had acted very foOlihhly
in compromising herself with DR.. Abbott. She
said Dr. Abbott was greatly infatuated with her.
and that she was tremendously fond of
flirting" She said she did not care for DR.. A b.
bott, and would no. MARI? him II Mr.. lsham
got divorce. sko also said she would not
make any defence in cas-" her husband brought
a suit. The witness admitted ths: while Mrs.
lsham supposed thG. lie was acting in her IN
tcrests, he was really engaged in procuring in-
formation for MIR. Islam.
. The case will bp ontin uea to-day. t..s ..r