New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-29
CVRATE'S WIFE SUES HIN.
CHARGES HIM WITH CRUELTY AM Dh
SERTION. AND ASKS FOR
SEPARATION

Tho Rev William Du Hamel. assistant pastor OF
the Church of 81. Augustine. OF lrlh'Y i"'''''
No l07 East UOlston-st.. IS the dtieh"ah' III sun
,or sonaration brought against him in the SUI
irene Court by his wife. Florence T. Du name
Who charges him with cruelty, neglect ana oeser-
ton Mr. Du Hamcl makes couniercharS"s ds"'"S'
his wife OF innI.liiy and names boarder III th'i'
bousc AT No Barrow-st.. as the Correspondent"
Mr. I'm Uamcl through her counsel apPHeu 10
Ius,ice Pryor Yesterday afternoon Tor $5V CouhS''
f,e 10 enable her TO prosecute her sri' anu S-' q"
week alirnony rcnainG its determination
W. m, Homel has been assistant pastor or the
ob,rcb for dv. years His father Is a clergyman
In MARYLAND Mrs. Du Hamel Is wei co'"'C'eu
and Inherited small Income from "e' "a
estate Ia her complaint she says tha' sne was
married to the defendant on October y Is%' anu
mai being no longer able to bear her husband
l,,,.,. She separated from him on April q last
Co. GAYS that I'm December 1889. while they were
,,..,,c ID, Douc,asvNle Penn, he began 10 H4-uta'
h.r and struck her the head with MS IS'S l"
the following two years. she says ne oi'eh oea'
her. - ,,,. Oh 70
md her husband were living at Mensheio' fehii'
bo rcnoa,cdlv struck her with his fsts In 1879
VII, y, College Point he struck her on me heao
with such force that he threw hef ds"no'
wooden shelf cutting a cash In her loieIe"u '
hrillsnC and blackening her face Nneh "Ni"e a.
No 80 washington Square after they came 10 ''i's
city 70 struck her on the hcau III 'Hc Pi''N''0 -
other norsons and in 1896, while she was III al
Harris Park Staten Island. he beat her ana caiieu
her a worthless lazy woman. who was not ILL., ou'
only imagined she was She tells OF several s'iia'
instances OF cruelty since they went TO i've III bar
row-st, and says that on May II last ne cha'eea
her with being unfaithful 10 him. her huso""''
che alleges is a man Of ungovernable temper
IN Anrust % he threatened kill her with large
Lrife and on September Is he threatened to take
her life with loaded revolver she was 80 aii"iu
~ him that she used to lock herself up IN hel Ocu
room but when he came home In the smah noun
OF the morning he used TO break in the door anu
Nl-treat her and more than once IN MS paioNS''"'
Of rage smashed the furniture.
Mrs Du Hamel says that when she found that II
was unsafe for her to continue 10 live with her
husband she left his house and went to live win
cousin at No. ls9 West feminist. She had 10 ieaVe
the house in any case. she says, because ne "ou'u
not pay the rent and when she left the Iandioru
was threatening to evict her. She goes on 10 say
that for three wears her husband, although he IN
sisted on her taking in boarders. has neglected. 10
provide for her and has only PAID the servant
wages He did not pay them. she AYERS, uh,l, one
girl took proceedings against MIN anu so' - ~
Enactment against him. She he has an m
come OF 1880 year from the chulCIli Il! r or.
10 fees from marriages. christenlnes ana otheI
monies and is besides engaged in TIE pnpu ISM
business and edits paper called e hurGh heIIS,
papers from which he derives a conslderaole IN
come She admits that heT RuspS1a
merciaI salesman who boarded with them, but says
that this charge is absolutely untrue Vt,
Counsel for Mrs Du HameL Leonard ~ baIu-
win. in support OF her notion IN court !est ~
servant who sued her husband. and from MISS
Ida NJ Hughes her cousin. with whom she
now lives Both of these afiidavits bore OUT
the statements In the complaint Inc SCI
wants affidavit says that she often saw MIS-. Du
Hamel beaten by her husband. and that he was so
violent that she used lock up the doors when ne
went out so that he could not get IN again Wl,lout
her KNOWLEDGE she also says that she hedIu tHe
defendant after his wife had been in hospital lor
six weeks and when she was very weak zen her
that she should do the nOusework herself. as the
Scriptures laid down that If a person ala not WORK
neither should he cat. ,
Ex-Alderman Frederick Ware. who represent ed
the defendant said that Du Hamel deheo an ms
suit against his wife for absolute divorce anu
had only made the charge Of inhdelity against MS
wife on good grounds and after finding her locked
up in a room with Dukehart. An afhdavit was pre-
sented from the Rev. Arthur c. kimber the pastor
of ST Augustine's Church. In which ne said that
he believed Mr.. Du Hamel to be a man OF a mia,
generous and religious nature. and that he had
treated his wife with every consideration ana Knd-
ness Mr.. Ware also said that MI Du ttamels ices
for the last ten months only amounted 10 Sl0. ana
that he had received notice that his term in the
ministry so far the Church OF 81. Augustine
was concerned would terminate in July next
Mr. Baldwin said his client absolutely destl-
tute except for an income of about $50 year from
well able to pay alimOny. He submitted a further
affidavit from Mrs Du Hamel, in which she SAID
that her husband spent large sums in riotous ny
ing and upon women Of furnished character, with
of whom, she alleged. he had compelled her TO
associate. ,
Justice Pryor said that prma face case had
been made out and that he would consider the
amount Of alimony he would allow Mrs. Du Hamel