The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-01
MRS. BROWNE'S SIDE OF IT
Doctors Wife on The Stand Yes.
terday.
TELLS THE STORY OF HER UN.
HAPPY MARRIED LIFE.

| Admits to Calling Her Husband Names
But Declares She Did So Under Provo
| cation-Doctor Began Staying Away
From Home Nights First Week After
| Residence in New York.
| Bath, December 31.-The lawyers in the
Browne divorce case occupied nearly an
hour at the opening Of the court Friday
morning, in warm arguments over de-
position taken in California.
| Counsel Mattocks who had the deposit
ion taken, made strenuous efforts to get
it before the jury, but he was met with
objection from Counsel Larrabee, that
he did not have reasonable notice that
tho same was TO be taken.
Judge Fosters ruling was against adj
mission, on the ground that libelee's
counsel did not have reasonable notice.
Mr.. Alattocks remarked that it cost $3.50
to get the deposition and that it WAS too
bad the jury could not bear it.
| The deposition OF Mrs. Mary Craig
showed that she had known DIR. Browne
and wife seven years when they resided
at Spuyten Duyvil, being in the same
house. Mrs. Browne was away much of
the time and during her absence the doc
| tor had women visitors. She said she had
seen women arrive there early in the
evening and go away the Eext morning.
| The deposition of Miss Bertha Craig
brought out that she had seen women
visit the doctor when Mrs. Browne was
| n &I,n+ ,irvf,f
and depart the next morning.
] Charles =. Kirwin deposed that he was
elevator man in the building occupied in
part by the Clark family. which consist
ed of the mother and two daughters, the
latter not moresthan % years old.
| They had many visitors and DR.. Browne
was quite often taken up the elevator.
speak Of the doctor as captain and says
that she had been out yachting with him.
Miss Alice Preble of Camden deposed
that DR.. Browne told her that he wanted
to get divorce to prevent his wife get
ting alimony, as she had begun proceed
ings to that effect.
Frank II. burlington testified that he
was an assessor of Bowdoinham; that
DR.. Brownies name did not appear on
the assessors books of 1894, '95 and '97,
but did on that of '96.
Louis III. Fulton. testified that he was
assessor for the municipal year of '94,
'95 and that Robert G. Browne asked
assessors' list of voters. Witness asked
for what purpose. His reply was that
the doctor was having trouble with his
| wife and wanted to make his residence
in Bowdoinham. Did not put his name
on.
Mrs. Perley Chase of Portland testified
that she was acquainted with DR.. Browne
and wife and that Ethe DOCTORS demeano1
toward Mrs. Browne was cold and that
she never saw Mrs. Browne in violent
temper in the seven years she had known
her.
Letters from the doctor to his wife were
put into the case by Gen. Mattocks. One
written in Boston, March 1, was very
loving epistle in which he said he wished
Mrs. Browne had come with him, the let.
ter ending, "lots and lots of love, my
sweet little Wife.
Another letter closed with ''lots of love
and one sweet kiss
In another letter wa1 the sentence. III m
sorry I left you unhappy; can't we got
along without it?"
In another letter was, "Im sorry was
cross to you."
IL WIS near the noon hour when Mrs
Edith L. d. Browne, the libelee, took
the stand "L have heard most all Of
the Doctors testimony. Was about two
months on q trip abroad. The. expenses
Of the trip were about $40 day. I gave
the doctor $500 before we started to pay
expenses.
Witness said she never drove the doctor
from the sleeping apartment to SLEEP
upon the floor Remember one time a;
the Vendome hotel when we were talking
about business matter, he became en-
ragged and struck me on the hand. He lef;
the room at the time and locked me in
HE never said he was going to move
to Bowdoinham. I asked him once to
move to Portland, as it would be cheaper
to live there He made no reply, but
turned away scornfully. L asked him
once to move to another place snd he
told me to shut up -
Witness said that the income from her
property was $500 and that 1t was in 1895
but very little; that she paid the expense
of tho household and bought all of her
lclothing herself with the exception OF
two silk dresses which the doctor bought
for her.
She said the doctor did not spend over
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