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to have MN DIlnS II up IN my presence.
He had told me at various times when
he left me at the factory that he was
going down TO Vroom's Office. where
testimony would be heard. and / invaria-
bly, called at Nrooms office and found
that he had not been there. or had only
been there for a few minutes and had
This eliminated on July 5, when he
and Mrs. Barnes went to New York, ae-
companying her sister who was to take ne
originai of which i saw, and which
Mrs. Barnes told me was given her by
Mcgowan to show her that the trlal
had ended and that a decree OF divorce
would be entered in his favor, read as
l'A''"S' Postal Telegraph Co.
Trenton, n. J., June 25, 1885.
Hon. Frank A. Mcgowan, Hoffman
House, New York.: s
Masters report not ready. for Tecord1 s1
next l uesus-s. iiiro-'7-',-S VRooM.' !,
Mr.. vroom has announced that the
eeiesia'jS Mr.. R RARNF!S' DENTAL.
In reply. to these accusations Mr-
Barnes said yesterday Low,
vsr h e S adnme in eh ssa asnds Said 1f nv Hhiie law
deeply feel the terrible humiliation OF my
position thIng s lbond wIdd right ef me We're
it not for my poor little daughter, Beryl.
.'The whole secret of Mr.. Barnes,s at
cred mind-lies in this: That l have al
ready brought a suit for divorce. Long
years of cruelty have driven me TO u.
was ever ready with his fist. There are
other ways of striking at woman.
There are words and an DEEDS Ina fnat b ean an
suffered and do suffer in that way know
"''a' MCGOWAN HER FRIEND.
''It is true that Mr.. Mcgowan IS my
friend, and I am proud to know it,. But
he is a man of honor, ana has aIways sa3o
remembered it in his relations with me;
Mr.. Barnes and myself We're married
in 1883. From the hour of our marriage
he was never kind to me; never showed
had right to expect. But it was only
four years ago that, he began to add
physical violence to his other brmtallfY}, f}a
RACES on the smallest propagation, or
upon no provocation at all. At such
my face. body and arms until they were
black and blue-not once, but a thou
sand times. The servants in the houses
where we lived at Belmar, in Ohio, at
Toronto. at Trenton and other places
can bear witness to this. Twice I left
him and went home to my mother in To-
to return to him, and l did, for the sake
of my child At that time we had never
seen = or heard 90 of Mr.; Mcgowan; L., GOV, n; For For
mere detail at that time. It grew
worse afterwards. But enough of that.
will take his charges against me seri-
First, however. let me say that I
deny each and every one of Mr. Barnes
the whole complaint is a tissue of ma
ifcious lies designed as a retrfbution be-
cause I would not return to him.
Barnes for nearly a year before I be-
came acquainted with him. He could,
therefore, be paying me no sort OF at
service. Now it is certain-I don't deny
it-that Mr.. Mcgowan became very
friendly with Us when we lived in Tren-
brothers His friendship towards me
was valuable because 1t enabled him fire.
ouently to protect me. from my hqs-
came to our house once, or even twice
day. He had the freedom of brother.
FITS OF JEALOUS RAGE.
sIt is not true that Mr.. Barnes was
ever sent on long business errands. He
travelled no more. than he had ever
done for the requirements of his bust
ness 1t is ridiculous to say that Mrs.
aIagowan. or Mr.. Barnes ever entreated /
or threatened-they had no reason to do
so. The truth is that Mr.. Mcgowan
was for some reason not as happy in his
home relations as he might have been,
and he sought, the society OF my nus
ssMr. Barnes statement that I took
trips to New York. to Philadelphia, to
9E m false t9 Ma MagoMan and m
Mr. Barnes would frequently take busi-
ness trips together and invite me to ac-
company tIleHl. MI &hdSONesii LES
husband did not know Of.
I'm a part of his complaint he speaks
of one trip to Pittsburg in which Mr. M
Magowan participated. That was the
night OH which he threw me to the
door and choked me- me l ,at, had suggester e os7r
section of the car Mr.. Mcgowan should
occupy one and Mr.. Barnes and myself
the other two 9on tboia kn4w fTans eoM and s5 how
inconyenient it is for two persons 70
occupy one. Mr. Barnes assenIed Sqa ana
did not say word pntn 1oan aIaer pben Mr ma he
Seized me by the throat. used the yilest
language and would have ehoked me
had not Mr. Mcgowan interfered
$50 again at the Hotel Anderson, IN
Pittsburg He says he came unexpected
ly into. my room one aIteraa;a9ia a;tiar and and
that l could give no fair explanation
of it, That is a lie; the. room was not
prove Mr.. Barnes few into one of his
but Certainly did not suggest anything
of this kind If l1s he had ID done so thlnk
: Sif2I EPISODE At THE IMPERIAL.
.It IS not true that he ,gan went az away to to
not true that he came back and found
that 1 had. gone to New York after ne
custom in common with many other
Trenton women to so shopping in New
York York We always tbaf maze i toaas %r
Barnes or Mr. Mcgowan might escort
me to New York and we three would
met there and then separate, arrang-
ing to be at a hotel for dinner. On this
day all three had gone to New York
and separated I got to the imperial a
little ahead of Mr.. Barnes. Mr.. Ma
gowan followed and about half an hour
or an hour behind time came my hl1s-
band We were not at breakfast, but
at dinner He flew into a rage and did
fell him that he was making a fool of
himself.
took me to New York after he had ex-
acted promise from me that I would
not go anywhere with him save at my
husbands request is untrue. Mr.. Barnes
had been treating. me in the way custom
AIRY with him. My mother had called
upon US. saw her on her way come as
far as Albany.
"It is true that Mr.. Mcgowan has
visited me two or three times at the
place where 1 am now living in New
York. But my sister Mrs. Winnie, DR.
Whine, her husband, or my mother was
always present. In fact since left my
home my mother and sister have been
constantly with me. My ability to prove
my innocence is beyond question. I love
my child too well to do what he has ac-
cused me of doing. If he suspected all
this for 50 long q time why did he not
etop it? WHY did he continue to call Mr.
Mcgowan his friend2"