The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-02
MRS. DO0GHER7Y LOSES
Vice Chancellor Pitney Dis
misses Her Petition for Di-
voree-More Scenes.

The divorce suit of Mrs. Elizabeth
Dougherty against her husband, Patrol
man Tom Dougherty, which has occupied
two days of V-ice-Chancellor Pitney's time
in Chancery chambers, ended yesterday
afternoon disastrously for Mrs. Dougherty
much to the chagrin of the female friends
who had SO ardently championed her
cause. The Vice-Chancellor dismissed the
complaint.
Before, however, that stage was reached
there was lots of fun during yesterday af-
ternoon's session. and even the stern
c~ountenance of the vice-Chancellor was
often seen to relax when Mrs. Metz, of
Baldwin avenue, was telling her story on
behalf of that much-abused darling as
Mrs. Dougherty was affectionately termed.
Little Mrs. Metz, who was SO uncere-
moniously ordered out of court the day
before by the vice-Chancelor for prompt
ing her friend, was extremely anxious to
| make q good impression on the Court and
wipe out the recollection of the unfortun-
ate incident of the previous day. Closely
initiating the famous Mrs. Cluppins and
breathlessly she said
Your Honor and gentlemen of the jury,
I was in my kitchen one day picking
SOIl6 Things LOT my NuSEdIlU, WHO StSS
out to work every Gay, for he is a decent
man and likes pickles. when Mrs. Dough-
erty setting there came to me and says
she was making griddle cakes fer that
man docking daggers at the unfortunate
patrolman), when he began to abuse her
terrible"
Mr.. Gilbert Collins here interrupted the
1 thrilling history of the griddle cakes and
wanted to know how that was pertinent;
but the Count permitted the little lady to
go on, which she did at d hundred-words-
a-minute speed. She dropped the griddle
cakes, as it Were, and proceeded to give
| the Vice-Chancelior some interesting de-
tails of her home and family.
Yes, your Honor's honor. that man
Dougnerty abused his wife terrible, and
made an oath which / refuse to say, To-.
l am q lady and dGn't use that language.
and my little boy came in, for the poor
child was sick with the stomach ache, and
when that man wouldn't eat his griddle
! cakes for breakfast but wanted a pail of
beer and his wife wouldn't go he cut up
rough and abused me, and"
The Vice Chancellor Interrupted here.
and requested Mrs. Metz 10 confine her
story.
tell my story my W way" pleaded the
little woman, and the Court smiled and
nodded his mead to her to proceed.
aoa Mrs She po s&onifnnsd' or. aand na as nS ebe iiye %
| over my headI mean on the third hoor
front-she came dow permiscuous like to
have a little talk which she often did and
1 won't tell anything but the truth SO help
me God and we had a glass of beer l
won's deny just in a ladylike way and
my husband used to go for the Beer and
that man (more a~nnihslating glances at
Dougherty) ruined my son and made him
go for drink and drink. He did your
I'VE can't go into that interrupted
Mr.. Collins; but Lawyer Bissell insisted
that she should not be interrupted, and
himself piled the little woman with ques-
tons which were stepped by the Court
as mighty improper. This irrftated Bissell
h ing When Rh ma the wi Vice sp chaneel ors SAID = iu'-
sSir, you must not discuss matters
with the Court,
well" the lawyer snapped, I'll see
If l can go on without further interrupt
aThat is a remark you ought not to have
made, Mr.. Bissell," replied the Vice Chan
cellor, rapping his gavel vigorously.
Mr.. Bissell wtlted at the rebuke, and
muttered something about being an
gered and wanting time to frame his
aGo right on; / will wait" said the vice
Chancellor YEARLY, and pushing the ilapi-
dated gavel in his right eye tilted his
chair against the wall and closed his
other eye.
Mrs. D%ougherty, who was sitting next
her counsel, thought she would do a little
business on her own account and called her
own witnesses, and when her counsel took
up a position near the window to cross
examine she marched up behind him and
whispered in Mr.. Bissell's ear the ques-
tons she wished him to put, a proceeding
which embarrassed her counsel. All the
close of the testimony the Court directed
Mr.. Bissell to sum up, but the little law
yer said he could not. He had a sick
headache and had been awake all night.
He was wiling to submit it on the evil
dence, a proposition which astonished
Messrs. Collins and M%ulvaney. 1t was SO
agreed, however. 1t was now the Vice
Chancellor's turn to create a surprise,
which he did by abruptly saying
Z shall give no reason. The complain
costs"
Mr.. Collins asked if in the event OF the
case coming up in another way the evil
dence of this case might be used. Int
Mr.. Bissell said that he would not allow
that, for ne proposed to appeal the de-
cision. the Vice Chancellor looked at
ing his gavel down with a thump sad.