The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-28
ABSOLUTE DIVORCE ASKED,
Mrs. Hattie DaniSOn of Brook
Ign Has Sued Her HuS-
band.
One Feature of the Case VIII Be the
Elopement of the De-
PENDANT.

NEW YORK, N. Y, July 27.-Mrs. Hat
tie Danison of Brooklyn has begun an
action for divorce against her husband,
James l.. Danison, on statutory grounds.
The case will come up in the Supreme
Court in the next few days. The suit
explains the social disappearance of a
woman who few years ago gave promise
of being a leader in the literary set of New
York's 40U. A feature of the case, if it
comes to trial. according to Mrs. Danison's
counsel, will be an elopement and the
divorce arising from it.
Mrs. Danison is % years old and was
born in Boston. She is the only daughter
of Henry Augustus Coburn, who was once a
wealthy wholesale dry-goods dealer of New
York. For some years before his death
Mr.. Coburn had retired from business and
when he died he left his widow and
daughter well provided for. Miss Coburn
graduated from Nine. Doremus' private
college. Among Miss Coburn's fellow
pupils were Miss Cooper Hewitt, the
Misses Taylor and Miss Goodwin Cheeves.
She was just Is years of age when she
met Mr.. Danison, who came from good
New England family He was living ON
large private income before his marriage,
was an officer of the National Guard, of
fine appearance and manners and gallant
among women. Danisons wooing was as
ardent as brief. The families favored the
match and the couple were married in
New York, Mrs. Danison not being 10
years of age.
The story of what followed was told by
the plaintiff in the action to reporter
yesterday. at her residence. In her COM
plant Mrs. Danison says that her hus-
bands conduct has caused her intolerable
suffering. She has been constantly under
the care of physicians, and has been at
tended by fifty-eight different doctors, in
Guiding several specialists, since her mar
riage. absolute selishness, inordinate
vanity and constant desire for the COM
which led to my husband treating me as
he did. At this time we were living in our
own home in this City.
1.-The first opeI breach that took place
between us was when Mr.. Danison tried
to force me into receiving at that house
some of the women with whom he was
consorting. Of course | would not do SO,
and from that time on he began course
OF cruelty, the details of which | cannot
repeat More trouble eliminated in a
general breakdown of health. Then my
husband left me. Five years ago 1 had
him arrested on charge of abandonment,
the case coming up in Justice Walsh's
court. In the meantime we had
been compelled to give up our home, and
was with my mother. Mr.. Danison, who
had run through his means, was living on
money borrowed from mem bers of my
family in sums varying from small
amounts to $500. He still retained his
powers of fascination, and at the aban-
comment proceedings certain members Of
my own family who were to testify in my
behalf yielded to his influence and re-
manned silent. These also persuaded me
not to press the case, and it fell through.
subsequently I consented to live with
him to stop the mouths of gossip. At
about this time he formed the acquaint-
ance of Lena Wismah, whom I have
named as correspondence the present
action. She was a married woman. He
became infatuated with her and finally
eloped with her. Her husband obtained a
divorce from her in August last. At this
time Mr.. Danison was holding confiden-
tial position in the New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad Company"
Mrs. Danison is an accomplished must
clan and was pupil of Professor Pinau.
She is also an authoress, the novel "The
False and the True" being one Of her
works. She has also written a number of
short stories. When she first married it
was her am ition to found literary salon
in New York society.