St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-17
MA Gets THE. BABY
The Fight of George Flint and
Wife for Their Little
Boy
RESULTS BADLY FOR FLINT
Who Is Numerically Roasted
in a Decision by Judge
Otis.
RESULTS BADLY FOR FLINT
TALE OF DOMESTIC MISERY
Told in the Courts Statement
Of Facts--George Can
Visit Baby.

Judge Otis yesterday filed an order
in the habeas corpus suit of George
J. Flint, to recover possession of
little child from his wife, Ellen Flint,
who left her husband some time ago.
Mrs. Flint is given custody of the
child, and the husband is roasted
to a turn by the court. A stay of
thirty days is granted at the request
of both parties. Following is the de-
cisiOn in full:
This is a proceeding whereby re-
Iator seeks, by writ of habeas corpus,
to secure possession of a minor, the
child of relator and respondent. On
March 4, 1889, relator and respondent
intermarried, and on Feb. Is, 1891, the
child in question, Valentine Flint, was
born to them, and since that time they
have lived together, with their child in
home provided by relator until the
21st day of December, 1894, when re-
spondent left said home, taking with
her said child, and has ever since re-
sided in a home provided by her sis
ter, at 263 Smith avenue, in the city of
st. Paul, caring for and retaining the
custody and control of said child.
'"rhe married life of relator and re
Spondent has not been happy one, and
this has been especially true in respect
to respondent From the time of their
marriage, and particularly since the
birth of their child, relator in his do
mestic relations has habitually shown
a surly morose dictatorial and over
bearing disposition towards his wife.
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names, rejecting upon her
VIRTUE AND CHASTITY;
has applied to her profane and degrad-
ing epithets, all in the presence of the
members of his family, and has been
accustomed to use coarse and profane
language in her and their presence.
Such conduct and treatment has not
always been submitted to with humil-
ity on the part Of respondent, but has
been often resented with much spirit,
for respondent is not devoid of temper
and has not infrequently allowed the
same to get the better of her judgment
Still, such course Of conduct on the
part of relator has been without
Justification, and has been, and was in
tended to be, harasSing and VeXatiOuS
I'm the early part of the year 1893,
without any adequate or reasonable
cause or provOcation, relatOr forbade
his wife speaking to him, or in any
manner addressing him, except in
writing, or through a third party as
Intermediary, and so refused to speak
to his wife or let her speak TO him for
a period of six months until through
the intercession of his wife. made by
letter, and so made by her for the peace
and good order of the household and
for the sake of their children, he coldly,
reluctantly and with much Indifference
consented to remove the ban and to
restoration of spoken language as
means of communication between them.
Not long thereafter, without reason
able cause or provoca ton, relator re-
fused to longer cohabit with the re-
spondent as his wife, and for more than
a year, and up to the present time he
has continuously occupied and slept iii
an apartment separate and apart from
his wife, and has refused to have any
social or domestic intercourse with her,
save such as was essentially necessary
for the conduct of the affairs of the
household, though there has not been
during said time any intermisSion in
tba 11Sp Of GOA l.Sa and