The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-29
Occa sionaliy Pulled Her Hair and
Kicked Her.
SOMETIMES SLAPPED HER.
WOES OF THE DAUGHTER OF THE
LATE GENERAL KIRKHAM.
She Had Aspirations to Be Some
what Higher in the Alleged Social
Scale Than Her American Sisters
The Experience Novel and Cost
Iy-A Sign Post.

LONDON, July 2S.-In the high court
Of justice before Sir Francis Henry
Juen, presiding judge, the suit for d.
vorce brought by Walter Yarde-Buller
against Mrs Yarde-Buller, a daughter
of the late General Kirkham of San
Francisco, was resumed.
Yarde- Butler, according to the wife's
testimony, was declared bankrupt in
1888, after which he and wife went to
the United States, visiting her. friends.
While i'm America Yarde-Buller wrote
confession regarding his conduct
toward her and her father, which con-
fession was witnessed by Mr. Maori
banks, their lawyer. All this time
kirkham was supplying Mrs. Yarde-
Butler with money for their support.
Yarde-Bulger returned to England in
1891 and eleven months later the wife
rejoined him. She went to Churston
and found during her absence many
of her belongings had been sold, in
Guiding her wedding gifts. General
Kirkham, Mrs. Yarde-Buller also stat
ed, advanced 81. 900 to be expended at
Churston.
Mrs. YarGe-Buller testified that her
husband left her alone at Churston
without a servant and that she had
done the work Of the house while the
father was dying of broken heart
thousands of miles away on account of
Yarde-Bulier' conduct towards her
After Kirkham's death it was am
nounced that Mrs. Yarde-Buller had
been left large fortune and her hus-
band rejoined her the same day But
while at Churston, upon this occasion,
Yarde-Buller, it seems, ordered his wife
out Of the house, and told her 10 go
into the streets. Respondent further
testified that Yarde-Buller pulled her
hair, kicked her and struck her in the
face Mrs. Yarde-Buller denied her
husbands charges against her of un-
chastity and violence toward him.
Mrs. Yarde-Buller admitted that she
defended herself with a kitchen rake.
In regard TO the statement made by
Yarde-Buller on the witnss stand that
one night his wife insisted upon going
TO the Alhambra music han, and after
wards TO the Cafe Cavour, resort fire.
quented by gay people, respondent said
Yarde-Buller took, her to the Alhambra
and later
LEFT HER TO PAY FOR THEIR
SUPPER
at the Cafe Cavour AS she did not
have enough money to foot the bill a
woman who had been supping at an
other table II the same place came to
her assistance.
Mrs. Yarde-Ruller denied the state
ments Of her husband that she had be-
haved like q mad woman, and also
denied having committed any acts of
violence attributed TO her by her hus-
band. She denied having committed
adultery with Valentine Galden.
She had employed Galden to look af-
ter her affairs and protect her from
her husbands violence, paying him a
guinea day.
Mr.. Galden. she admitted, had been
living in the same house with her since
December last. When the respondent
was asked whether she did not think
that continuing to live in the same
house with Mr.. Galden would destroy
her reputation, she replied:
That was thoroughly impeached
when 1 took the name of Yarde-Bul-
lerH
After some corroborative evidence the
case was again adjourned.