The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-05
THE SLACK BABIES.
Despite a Death in the Family
the Anti Perfine War
Goes On.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. 1S95.-The per-
sistent efforts of Mr.. and Mrs. Perrine to
keep Mrs. Slack from getting her children
nave resulted in stirring up a great mass
of sensational and scandalous testimony
that will make the case famous even
in Washington. where such cases are
by no means
Barry Bulky. the young man who.
was accused of being in Mrs. Slack's
bedroom until three O'Clock in the moru-
ing in a state of intox eation, has been
compelled to resign his position as a
teacher in the Emerson Institute here.
but has published a card denying that
he was guilty of anything il Der.
Although Major Slack. M rine's
father, died at Beach Haven. :, last
night, the case went on today without
interruption. The testimony was main
sy confined to h dinner at which
Bulky became intoxicated. There were
three participants besides Bulky the
others being Mrs. Slack. Miss Morrison
and Mr.. E.. S. McCalmont. The two
latter swore to Bulkly's condition as be-
ing helplessly drunk. Mr.. McCalmont
says that he e~ndeavored to get Bulky
out of the house after the latter had
fallen helplessly on Mrs. Stacks lounge,
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there, as she did not wish to force a
man in his condition out into the street.
Mrs. Perrine states that Bulky left
the house about an hour and a hah af-
forwards. and she heard Mrs. Slack bid
him goodbye at the door. Miss Morri-
son also swore that she. had seen Mr..
Slack intoxicated quite frequently.
Counsel for Mrs. Perrine submitted an
affidavit from Francis B. Dekraft. who
said that she had seen letters to Mrs.
Slack filed with warm expressions from
photograph Mrs. Slack also kept.
The deposition of Major Slack. made
s sIaes fl With Oe beIeg ms q o Momae na IF Sioient
temper. who swore and carried things
with a high hand. On cross examination
Slack had not said to Mrs. Perrine that
she was a barren woman; that she cursed
her with a mothers curse and that she
her children if she had been a mother,
but witness could not remember. He
could not, remember, either. that Mrs;
done.
Mrs. Slack. put in an affidavit yester-
day. in which she denied ZACH and every
want of care and devotion for her chill
dren. and charged that the Incorporate
Herself and their children amounted to
a practical desertion of his family. Re
plying to the charge made against her
that H6T IlOIdl sIdluf0 Wd5 d pCl NOt W
one, due to a diseased mind. Mrs. Slack
denied the truthfulness of the accusa-
ton. but explained that while upon their
wedding tour through Europe she suf-
fered great distress of mind upon discov-
ering her husband in a drunken stupor.
Being in delicate health at the time the
discovery of her husbands unfortunate
condition so seriously impaired her
health. she stated. that h was com
PEELED to undergo treatment In an Eng
lish hospital for some time. Mrs Slack
further stated that her husband had re-
peatedly refused her. entreaties to re-
sumo his position as husband and father
and said there was no truth whatever in
the sta tement that he had refrained
from doing SO, she declared. because he
realized tina he had absolutely no ground
on which to base his application.
The day closed ssnl with the reading inE OF al
accuses Mrs. Slack of acting like a wild
beast and swearing at her and Major
Slack in regular B~illingsgate style, The
tail the various times she met Mrs.
Slack and reciting the conversation not
of the most refined nature on Mrs.
Which SihIa en palsi The reaading OF other he.l affi-.
davits viii be continued today.
Lewis PeIrrins died at the Everett
aged about seventy-five years: Major
considerable service in the army. He
commodore Perry at the operfng of the
ports of Japan. AS has been said, he
was the father of Mrs. Perrine, also
Win and incidents connected Herewith
have recently been receiving much at
tention from the courts in This State and
den cold developed into double pneumon-
ia and he died in a short time.