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rooms of his brother-in-law, J. w. Fitch. His
wife came, she had told h i'm, from Little Rock,
Ark. lie had known her only month before he
married her. and she sang in the choir of his
lie said that his wife had undoubtedly meant
what she suid when she testified that they were
happy for some time after their marriage. 10
was not entirely so, however, as he was unhappy
a month after the ceremony In Boston, he
kitchen girl, governcss, and a housekeeper.
The housckeeper and the Eoyerness. he said.
AT At this point the witness said. with much ef-
fort at sarcasm, that he would cease to call his
call cali her S Mrs. Cunning" he % sadI aid ironicay;"S
would be an insult to her. and wouldn't insuls
Mr.. Tenney objected TO this and Judge Van
Wyck ordered 1t stricken from the record,
From that time on Mrs. Cunning took notes Of
Dr; Tuning said i6as he did not e, r,ememeess!
much OF the minor incidents Of his households
sicale at his house didn't amount to much. 10
was untrue that he had called his, wife a lias
make such charges. lie denied that he had eyeS
them them He lie % had declined once because he had
little money and she had three or four pairs q
But his earnings had decreased materially later:
He denied ever having called his wife beggar,
money. She had done much to annoy. him, he
| said. having, among other things. locked In .
% nra the
also denied that he had ever told his wife thas
she needed n man who would knock her down.
",fhe fret was her own remark to me" he
| said, and am too intelligent to say anything
Mr.. Jenks next brought up the black-eye In.
II. Mrs. Cunning, on the stand. said that ons
d.y when her hnsband was RHSsns ar99gh n; the
| tho cheek. Or. Cunning said yesterday TINS
his wife, Instead Of tapping him, had struck
meant bv punching the palm Of his left hand
| with his right hand: ~
There. air. IN teach you to mind when I
speak to you" called to Grace. and when sho
SseN an her Fs with her
thrown to the floor by the violence &c Of II the a at.
and my wS turned IA nna psr e1
tho attack. Ny elbow hit her eye as she rushed
at me. and it was undoubtedly blackened."
instance a' Of his wife temper snG he then told ot
how she once smashed pitcher of milk on tho
faid by one Of the children that displeased her,
and she said. according to the witness; !" II I
pitcher She then dashed the pitcher down.
and the witness said that the stains from tho
Mr. Jenks asked the witness to tell something
his wife brenHng Sn the ans
wien wien Iis' his son Harry had made remark which
Mrs Cunning did not like. and Mrs. Cunning
sad time OF the endrfn Hera IMAGES
One. two. three. four and she broke four plates
in rapid succession. The plates were part OF -
| valuable set and were worth about $50. At an
other time the witness said. Mrs. Cunning
broke a valuable cut glass bottle during an ar.
Dr. Cunning then gave his version Of the tear
ing up OF the marriage certitica.e and and in re-; 9;
never contemplated putting his wife in an In
sane asylum. ~, .o, ,.,a
the wit wipness. sa,s ""fs and 'T guess was" w
At this there was such demonstration that
ndHs ers N" before he could restore order
Then he warned the spectators not to offend IN
Nir. jerks asked question after question in
rapid succession about charges which MIS-:
Cunning had made on the stand ahe ,sndix Wtnsss
The story about tho necklace and the cuff but.
eesd he AM sso old
or had asked before Others whether they oocu. 9
the same T3o He had had never eve b Sssa ef Of
the Lunacy Commissioners. 1t was sent to him
BY Dr. Leighton entirely unsolicited; rs ed, ana no
1t in order to find out the easiest way OF putting
her in an asylum was absolutely false. ST..
wife at a funeral where he was officiating. She
came unasked to the funeral, and he expressed
was " true that he objected to her sending
out gowns to be cleaned when they could just az
u she had az tod MIN N that his son had struck her
but he had not called her liar His wife had
version ol ts e asa
and, although he didn't give her the cold shopl.
der, alleged. he didn't lay himself ont , to 20
wife was crazy false. He simply said that
also, he said. that he had refused to allow his
wife TO take away her trunks. .
Why did you refuse Z asked the Court suo-
We'll" said tho witness. flushing up, you SEQ
house and thought it best to be the safe side.
l told her she could take the trunks away II she
would let me search them first" r,-x
The witness denied calling his wife "hellis4
woman and told OF many times when she pa haa
ssppd him and the 1nS sine shd nd
down the back and side during an argument
about The children Ills wife had done many
gas let in the house once when he was out,
and told him she'd cure him OF going ous @
through the metiium Of gas bills. She would
also folnw him about with great pcrsistency, hs
said. and once went In a barber shop behind
he got shaved. He explained hi. wife's conf
dence In their happiness after ther marriage by
saving that he concealed his uhhapphesS from
Mr.. jerks here asked the witness whether hs
vile had ever tried to stab him with = pn!s of
scissors. The Doctor snII that she lad; They
qunrrelled about the Doctors scissors; he said
Sss Wnra Snd TO was .ss s srnrse . for
possession. During the struggle she tried To Jan
him with the points q ths srS'"rs as w III.
scissors and took them up stars.
Examined as to his present income DE- Gun.
| ming said that he was earning on an average
about $50 week from the practice OF 'ncdiciIe.
lie had a few patients among his Ola friends ne
| eaId but had not secured many new ones. us
daughters were doing all his hons" work, ns hs
lad been unnbIc to retain his servants He was
| heavily in debt lie said.
MIR. lenks then turned tho witness over TO Mr,
Tcnnry. but as 1t was then after the usual tins
| for ad tournament .lulg" Van NyCk said II would
he best to go on with the Cross-exaininhiion to-
day.