The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-14
WOES TOLD IN FINE TALK
DEFENDANTS ANSWER IN THE
VINCENT DIVORCE
Took Several Lines. to Tell How His
Wife "Chased 1.-THE Duck'' and as
Many More tO3Expatiate on Her
Unpleasant Mannerismso and Bit
ter Temper-Suit Is Now ON
Trial.

The case of Nary A. Vincent vs..
Alphonse A. Vincent is still on trial
peFore Judge Otis and jury. The trial
Woulu not be remarkable but for the
fact that Ed S. Thompson is the attor-
ney for the defense and has filed a
cross bill.
Inc answer and demand for cross
Dill were filed yesterday afternoon. The
court record shows that the Hon. Thos.
j. McDermott is attorney for the plain
TIN and E. s. Thompson ESQ., attorney
Tor the defendant. There may be moth
ing lnV1dious in the descriptive titles,
out III there is Mr.. Thompson got prop
erly even In his reply, which is a cor
ruscatlng prejectile composed of all of
the explosives which the English Ian
guage contains. The complaint of Mrs.
vincent demands a divorce on the
ground OF cruel and inhuman treat
ment. The answer includes a demand
Tor cross bill and names Louis G.. ].
vincent as the correspondent. YeSter-
uay AFTERNOON the case got so far as
the completion Of the case Of the plain
LII and the opening of the case for
the defendant,
Naturally enough the defendant open
ed by the Introduction Of the answer Of
the defendant
Inc attorney for the plaintiff moved
the court that the answer be read by
somebody who could interpret it.
Inc court considered the request as
saVorlng OF persif1age and it was not
considered
But 1t Is phonetic and syllable
Wonder-that answer. Mr.. Thompson
mas covered the ground very thorough
~ IN the document that he had drawn
He went into the innermost recesses
OF his mother tongue and dragged from
thelr nldlng place words of ponderous
ana Vltuperative sound with which to
characterize the acts Of the plaintiff
he dall1ed with those elements of the
mother tongue that were regarded with
Venerat1on by the fathers Of the LAM
guage and which have been handled
sehtly by the descendants Of the ia
liners. HIS answer covered some twelve
type written pages and if they had ever
peen gotten before the Jury with due
accent, anc with proper regard for the
Illuminating possibilities of the periods.
then the jury must have risen as one
man and declared for the defense. else
nao the roof been blown off the court
IN language various and entertaining
the defendant charges the plaintiff
with sundry acts, including what is
known, In low life, as rushing the
can. This is dignified in the language
OF Mr. Thompson thus, and was made
part of the proceedings:
defendant further AYERS that, dur
ing the winter last past, it has been al
most the daily habit or practice Of the
said Louis j. Vincent (brother of the
defendanD, acting either upon the in
1tiative of said plaintiff or by and with
her approval and consent, to take large
quantities of beer, whisky and raw
alcohol into the house Of the said
plaintiff and defendant in said city;
and the said Louis G. ]. Vincent has
thereupon, in every instance, given the
said liquors to the said plaintiff to
drink, and she, the same plaintiff, be-
ing fond of the same, and having fire.
quently drank the same" has become
drunk and intoxicated thereon.
Commenting upon the acquired at
tributes of the lady, under the baleful
influence of her brother-in-law, the de-
PENDANT AYERS that she has become
possessed of a mind so dishonest and
deceitful, so vicious and depraved, and
a rapid-fires tongue of such high DO
tentialtty and so mendacious foul.
filthy and vile as to render her tongue
moral pollution and her presence a
pestilence.''
This figurative language was too
much for Mr.. McDermott, and, when
the court denied the services of a con-
STRUNG party, the case went over until
this morning.
The defendant has brought suit In
the sum Of $4,000 against Louis c.. j.
Vincent for alienation of the affections
Of Mrs. Vincent.