The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-11
Mcgowan DIVORCE
The Former Mayor of Tren-
ton Brings Suit in Okla
homa.
SAYS HIS WIFE WAS CRUEL
Her Friends Declare the Charges
Ridiculous-MagoWan De-
cIines 10 Talk.
SAYS HIS WIFE WAS CRUEL
Special to the .Jsrseu fitu Mons.

TRENTON, Jan. II, 1S96.-Frank A.
MagoWan has broken out afresh. The
eA-Mayor and ex-poiitical leader nf
iieilon, ~. y. has made a new bid for
hotorlety. The suit for divorce which
ne some months ago threatened to bring
asaihst MS wife has been begun in kla-
noma City, Oklahoma Territory. Ma
goWan had extensively billed this latest
exploit by having himself interviewed
Wnile stopping in New York. At that
Time he volunteered the statement that
ne intended to secure a divorce and then
marry Mrs. Barnes, wife of the former
manager Of his Trenton rubber mann
factory. None of these statements s,lr-
prised Magowan's acquaintance. His
attentions to Mrs. Barnes had been sucb
that nobody could help noticing them
and deep sympathy vent out, to Mrs
MagoWan and her charming daughter.
VINO was just entering society.
the surprise came when the grounds
named by Mcgowan in his petition far
the divorce became known. Despatches
from Oklahoma state that he alleges
thai she has a violent temper and thar
Tor the last three years she has ouarrel-
ed with him continually, often in. nuh-
lie, humillating and disgracing him So
cially- He also declares that she struck
MN and threatened him with violence.
at the same time using profane and in
decent language. He says in 1S94 she
struck him on the HAND with a glass.
cutting it. and in 1895 she tried to kin
MIN with a chair. He complains that IN
various occasions she has threatened to
poison him, SO that he has been in CON
stanf fear Of his life. He asks for an
absolute divorce harrinoI 10, -
interest in his property.
Even Magowan's closest friends in the
might nYH ' aot rea Gialpif baaip th99 3ns1t. that u
ings when it came to the point. They
s Wonaered what his grounds would be,
f they n ars a ali tb ms, m petition reveals them
ridicule his charge that Mrs. Mcgowan
mas q Violent temper and had assaulted
e nnwan HIS .bsa de saa a..o that Mrs. Ma
decent language toward him. is denied
by his wife's friends. and even the ex-
MAYORS supporters express themselves
explanation Magowan's friends offer For
his charge that Mrs. Mcgowan had struck
Inn on the head with a glass, and later
gowan has become so enamored Of Mrs.
barnes that he is willing to take long
counsel, today said that his Client de.
MED each Of the charges made by her
husband. the suit for divorce will be
vigorously contested Continued the
Judge. land the charges proved false.
The charges of assault are ridiculous
and as for Mrs. Magowan's temper and
auarrelsomeness, her quarrels have sim
ply been representations with him for
his bad conduct" When seen at the
handsome villa on Clinton avenue Mrs
Mcgowan declined to discuss her do
nestle affairs.
just before starting for Oklahoma sew
eral lays ago, ex-Mayor Mcgowan made
a desperate effort to secure POSSESSION Of
the Clinton avenue mansion. He engaged
the services of a county constable, and at
midnight the two men. armed with a
warrant of removal. entered the mansion
by one of the library windows. The con-
stable, followed by Mcgowan. assembled
the stairs. where the officer made a vigor-
GUS effort to serve Mrs. Mcgowan with the
warrant in her bed chamber. Mrs. Ma
gowan refused to open her door. In the
legal paper Mcgowan demanded possess
sion of the home. and declared that he had
rented and fitted up a suitable residence
for his wife and family at No. Is Wall
street, a short side street a few hun
dred yards from the handsome villa:
Before leaving the house Mcgowan
acted in such manner that the officer
whom he had engaged to execute the war
rant demonstrated with him several times
The warrant was finally left with Ma
gowan's daughter. but Mrs. Mcgowan has
so far retained possession of the mansion
Mcgowan has a suite of rooms at the
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