The herald., 1896-07-14
Story Of q Diamond Ring

Old proverbs have been losing their
potency for many years, but there is
one as true today as when it was
coined.
ITO marry in haste and repent at leis-
ure," is the experience of many couples
matrimonially inclined, and these are
the ones, mainly, who furnish legal grist
for the divorce mill. But to use the
legal phrase incorporated in divorce
the mental and physical
anguish of the plaintiff-when the wife
sues, otherwise it is not permissible-is
very much assuaged when the chances
are good of obtaining good round sum
as permanent alimony.
Such d case came " before Judge
Shaw yesterday. on the Application or
Leonie Salvini for a temporary order
granting her alimony during the pend
ency of the case.
This itigious couple of the classic
name are not alleged to be in any way
related to the father and son whose
careers on the stage have cast lustre on
the land of sunny Italy. "All the world 5
a stage" and they are merely actors.
But they are corkers in their seVera!
speciaties and the allegations and
counter allegations have foundation in
fact.
The plaintiff may be a most modest
and plous young laAC. but her dark type,
with flashing eyes seem to indicate that
strong specie of the devil in her mental
equipment that Will enable her to look
out for herself She first entered the
employ of her late lege lord. who is pro-
prietor of a fifteen-cent restaurant on
East Fifth street. and after twelve days
married heT employer-or permitted him
TO marry her, it amounted to the same
thing. In a few weeks she discovered
she had made bad bargain. and fled
her complaint in divorce proceedings.
II. = fffns a-G
of anyone bold enough to read il. Brief
ly put, Mrs. Salvini claims that the
Satyr-like propensities of her hubby
We're such as to terrorize her mind and
threaten to make her a physical wreck.
During her short period of wifehood,
however. Mrs. SalVini had counted up
the lOaVes and fishes, and was prepared
to embody in her complaint a circum-
stantial estimate of his pile" She
said he made about $50 per day. and had
$500 in the Farmers and Merchants
bank. $500 in another bank, and had,
in all, about $4,000 on deposit. In aGdi-
ton he owned the building in which he
carried on business, and also owned
other property.
While upon the witness stand yes
terday, Mrs SalVini stated that on her
wedding night her husband gave her a
watch and two rings, one being a dia-
mond cluster which he stated before
the wedding guests he had given Slo0
for. Later she had the articles valued
at a paWnshop and was offered 81 50 for
the diamond ring and s. for the valuable
watch. The suspicious of Mrs Salvini
that there was something rotten in the
state of Denmark when her husband
would run such a cold-blooded bluff
upon her on the wedding night was con-
tirmed when he refused to permit her
to keep the books and handle the cash,
but acquiesced most willingly to her
making herself generally useful by con-
tinuing to follow her old vocation as
hash-slinger.
The defendant denied, on the stand,
hat he ever put any valua ton on the
watch or ring. They had belonged to
his first wife, and were purchased so
long ago that he didn't remember what
| they cost. He gave the key to the trunk
| containing his first wife's effects to wifey
| No. on the wedding Gay. and she Just
| helped herself. He denied having any
| reserve funds. or that his restaurant is
profitable enterprise. or that he in any
| way acted cruelty towards his wife, on
| the other hand he claims that
| on the wedding night she hug
| ged and kissed and otherwise misba-
haVed with her step-father and when
| the case comes to trial will challenge the
moral impeccability of the plaintiff.