Evening journal., 1898-02-26
BOTHSAY MOT GUILTY.
Mrs. Pfettman and William
son Tell Their Stories.
THE HUSBAND A sHIFTLEss MAN


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DEFENDANT AND WIFE OF THE
PLAINTIFF DECLARE THAT THE
RELATIONS WEIRD MERELY
FRIENDLY BICYCLE AND RING
INCIDENTS EXPLAINED, ALSO
THE FENCE JUMPING.
William f. Prettymans action to re-
cover $4,000 from Edwin +. William
son for alienation of the affections OF
| Mrs. Prettyman, continued TO be the
star attraction in the Superior Court
/ yesterday, and all day long the battle
| between the attorneys of the contend
ing parties went on. Night fell on an
adjournment Of the case until Monday
morning. TO which time the jurors
were discharged. The attendance yes
/ terday afternoon was larger than at
any other time since the beginning OF
| the trial. Nearly all the lawyers and
most OF the county officials spent part
or all OF the afternoon in the court
ROOM interested listeners to the recital
OF the witnesses.
/ Mrs. Prettyman and Mr.. Williamson
were both on the stand during the af-
ternoon, and entered emphatic denials
of any and all improper relations
They declared THAT they were friends,
and nothing more.
Mr.. Cooper offered In evidence a
printed copy Of the record OF the pass
age Of the bill divorcing Mrs. Pretty
from her husband.
Mr.. Hayes objected. but the court
ruled that the journal could not be
offered In evidence, as the act OF the
| General Assembly had been pleaded
and could be produced. Mr.. Cooper
noted an exception and Mrs. Mary L.
Prcttyman took the stand.
She wore a blue cloth dress, blue felt
hat trimmed with feathers, and about
hcr neck was a small fur boa.
, In answer to questions she said that
she met Prettyman at a camp meeting
I Ia Sussex county. At that time she
was living I'm Philadelphia with the
| family OF Dr Heritage Prettyman
called on her several times i'm Philadel-
. | phia. Then she went TO her sisters, at
n | Wilkesharre, Pa. Six months later
| Prettyman went 10 Wilkesbarre, took
4 her to Philadelphia and there they
y were married. He used her money to
purchase the tickets from Wilkesbarre
TO Philadelphia. IL cost $3.50 or $13.
"a He had $3.50 OF her money; the rest Of
Al it was in Georgetown bank.
I'VE were married at the parsonage
that night, spent the evening at church
and then went to the boarding house,
az Fifth and Dickinson streets. After
wards he tOrmented me until ne got
my money from the bank to go into
- the grocery business. That was two
weeks after we we're married. I then
/, went with him to rent a house and
store He wanted a $4,000 store bui
we couldn't get II. Then we went e
M another place The agent would not
a. let him have It, but rented It to me
when / went up TO see him. | gave my
husband the whole az my money, ovel
$1,000 While we were in the grocery
business he would lie In bed until
o'clock, cat his breakfast, go to ths
wharf with his brother. stay there un
pr oil 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and af
III ter supper he would loaf In a cigai
y STORE. The burden of the store fell OF
Oh me- My affection had all gone withiI
six CT seven months, but l respected
him as my husband. He went to hii
-. mCthers. in Sussex, and left me alone
W for three weeks. The business wa.
j" closed out We then went on a farm
near Angola, Sussex county He wal
ld the boss of colored men on the farm.
ld was a very good farm. We stayed ther'
year and his mother put him on th'
ne farm and closed him cut By means O
d. the sheriff He provided for us by sell
ing my store fixtures and stun whicl
belonged to me. When we left tn
On farm we had nothing but a Jenny
ln mule We went on an adjoining farm
He provided very poorly, and matter
cp grew worse and worse My father
en- barn was better than the house lie pro
he vided me- We had enough to eat, sue
70 as It was Then we went to his uncle
A. farm TO truck. We had one horse. Tn
third child was born on this farm. o
.tu the last farm we did not have enoug
10 eat and the house was occupied b
cOlored folk before we moved into t.
ist Mr. Cooper asked If the house wa
ng infested with vermin.
Mr.. Hayes objected.
XIV The court ruled out the bugs.
~ MY husbands statements that b
provided me a happy home are ng
VII true" said Mrs Prettyman. 81 wa
ia not happy and he did not furnish th
home. / did 1t. We went from tn
e. farm TO Lewes. He had q horse an
the wagon there, but never knew that
tc- hauled anything. He told me that Il
team was seized for debt. had ne
| lutI tuOto UlI oAtthiubo on my lee
Gl gr We got food by going into debt at u
stores as long as they would bear wit
" us. / washed, ironed. took in sewir
and kept hcarders. He was not doiT
anything for the family v
v,s lived in Lewes seven year
10 When we left there we b;
four children. We came TO Wilmingto
He came on a freight train. ] join
him with the children the next day
led So He met me at the station and to
me he had no house. We went to s
lor. q house. Il was not suitable for
on boarding house. We sat on the ste
without a dollar, in a strange city.
-, had never before been in Wilmingto
. aii Ny friends took us in for the nigl
~ ~ Three days later we got a house
e'N' Fifth and French. Meanwhile Z
friends kept us. l got trusted at De
nan nisOn & Peaohs. He went TO work
was q gravel train provided for the fan
son, lily until he got work at Jackson al
Charn'g After that / continued to kp