Evening journal., 1898-02-24

once day We lived there about two
years. left No. S26 Orange street
about two years after / went there. My
family consisted of a wife and four
children. Ambrose McVey had rooms |
there. Two Of the boys were working |
The other two were going TO school
"After Williamson got TO running
| there steadily Mrs. Prettyman's love
and respect for me changed, for he had
gained her affections. There was no
| love for me at No. S26 Orange street.
She had no affection for me. We did
| not occupy the same room. She pre-
ferred a room to herself. John Dilla-
hay was my neXt-dOor neigIhbor. My
wife did not prepare my meals She
did not want to do IL. got my own
breakfast and packed my lunch.
wound get home at $50 at night ]
frequently found Williamson In the
house with my wife. ! would go In the
alley-way and Williamson would go
out the front door Ii happened sew
eral times. AT the time ! left for good
my boys were present. My things
were thrown out the back door and
left them there After that | boarded
over on Twenty-second street for about
six months. and my wife and l never
lived together again"
did Williamson come 10 see YOU
while you were living on Twenty-sec-
| ond street," asked Mr.. Hayes.
An objection was made 10 this ques-
tion ON The ground that Prettyman's
absence from his own home was per
fect,y voluntary and that the loss of
the services and society OF his wife was
due solely to his own action in leaving
! home.
s It was overruled.
Williamson came TO see me al
/ | Christmas time" said Prettyman. 81
Z left in May. He called at the house on
o | Twenty-second street and we walked
in TO Eighth and Market streets. talk
ing as we went. He asked me II !
u didn't want TO go back home. | told
}. lhim that I did not. He told me that II
s | would go back home / could have his
: house, No. S27 Orange street. and al
!. there was in II.
r Il told him I was not living tha
way" continued Mr. Prettyman. "Mr
m McVey had the front room on the sec
ID ond floor Of No. S26 Orange street. TIT
f. children slept on a bed in the bath
IS room.
UNDER CROSS Eek ANIMATION.
-r Mr.. Cooper oross-examined the wit
n ness.
Before I married her she was livlm
.is In Wilkesbarre with her sister" sail
IN | Prettyman. 81 took her TO Phlade'
rd phia. The fare and cost of the wed
or ding were paid by myself"
in Mr.. Hayes objected.
q Mr.. Cooper said he proposed to sho
n that Prettyman borrowed the none
bv from his intended BRIDE that 4
Mt squandered her patrimony and thl
to one week after the marriage the rel,
EN- tiOns were not harmonious, and thei
nv was a decided absence of happiness.
len The court refused to sustain the ol
,er lection.
uv 81 went into the grocery business {,
mel about $500 OF her money, said Prett
he man. 'At the end of six months ] so
IN the business. but was not sold out
he the sheriff. / did not lie abed until
an and II O'Clock and let her attend 10
'or store unless ] was sick. We went
Angola and lived in my own proper
Of for a year. Then | left because II
,al mother had a dover right in It. al
ifv would not let us stay there any longe
RS We went to a house about two mill
nv away. ] farmed it for one year, havir
bis thirty acres in corn, and three acres
10 truck My livestock consisted OF
ID pair of oxen and a mule. Then we we
TO a 150-acre farm near ST. Georg
,ce Chapel It belonged to my uncle. Th'
,te ] went TO Lewes. I tlucked Il for Cl
.ad year and then worked at odd jobs 4
ip people about town. About the thf
a year my wife went 10 keeping bCardei
VI She wanted TO do it. / expected TO 3
a job working for the government
an the iron pier, but failed TO do 50.
have made as high as $50 a week,
-ti- more than two occasions. had j
he promised me in Lewes when / left the
in TO come here / came to Wilmingt,
ie1 first and got the house on Fifth sire
81 | We lived there from April 16. 1887
In March 25, 1888. Then we went TO W
nal lamEon's house On Orange street. a
ace ter the first year Williamson car
nm about once a week for the rent. II
first year we sub-let from Mrs.
in vine. My wife always paid the re.
the The relations Of the two families W,
fiea pleasant. My wife did some work 4
Wiillameons mother. On Thanksg
nsf1 ing dayWilliamson asked meto sitdo'
and have something to eat He h
Mr. some pies there that he Thought
ma wife had made and he was braggl
an on them. But the fact Of the matter
hfie that she didn't make the pies.
Bought them. (Laughler.)
Il never said anything to William.
about the relations between him q
was her, and but little to her, for it '
the no good, and only raised a fuss /
IDLY two years got my own breakfast 6
age, packed my own lunch.
81, HE was at my house
nit tween May and May IS, Is
by but / can't say how mt
times. / have seen Mr.. William.
tty- and my wife alone together in the d
par ing-rcom at No S26 Orange street, 4
phia whether at day or night / can't G
ola, The children played in and out of
ives. house. / can't give any dates, bu
On have seen them together sevs
ing times"
for why did you wait nearly tn
The years before bringing suit?"
the Il didn't have the heart 10 lay II
nth. fore the children until she adverti
and that she was going TO bring suit fo
was divorce" said Prettyman, "and the
re- did t."
or Did you go to Williamson dur