Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-02-25

a COW shed, where he lay for two days
in the slime and filth. Then he was
taken to a house where for. seventeen
days he lay upon a hard board planking.
The regimental surgeon looked for his
death, but he lived on, improved, took
not a particle of medicine, nor were his
wounds probed. Finally this veteran
recovered, and is today robust and &C.
tive, attending his duties as clerk in the
treasury department"
Smith suffered intensely for a long
time after his marriage fromthe wounds
he received in the war, andra at length IN
1871, he was appointed to a position in
the treasury department at Washing.
ton, receiving a moderate salary, With
his wife he had conducted a millinery
business in Otsego county. Upon his
appointment he went to Washington
and left his wife at East Worcester. The
separation of the two led to suspicious
on the part OF the wife as to the cor.
duct OF her husband, and there were
sundry chickering's, she accusing him of
unialthfulness, ~ofsQuandering his money
upon other women, of keeping fast
horses, and other marital Irregularities,
This continued until 1878, when the two
ceased to maintain relations as man and
wife. Smith paid his wife s25 a month
from his salary, and she remained in
New York. In 1879 she threatened ia
sell his millinery business and come to
Washington for the purpose of making
trouble for him, and although he pro.
tested against such an action, she went
to Washington and began to make
trouble for her husband. Several com.
munications were written by her to John
Sherman, secretary of the treasury, al
leging the recreancy of her husband.
n seeking to have him displaced from
his position. Other efforts were made
ny her to interrupt his social and bust
ness relations. Evidence is taken to
show that she communicated with mas
tiers and grand masters of Masonic
lodges, of which fraternity Smith was a
member, setting forth that he was un-
worthy of his trust as a Mason, and had
departed from the paths of virtue and
honor. This was continued, according
to the testimony of Smith, until, upon
the advice of Secretary of the Treasury
Folger, he refused longer to pay her s25
a month, as he had done up to that time.
Upon this, the wife brought an action
IN the supreme court of the District of
Columbia for support against her hus-
band, and the entire matter was gone
9 in that court, which finally adj
judged that the husband should paw his
wife s25 a month, and restraining her
from writing any further letters to
Mansonlc fraterni,ies, or to the officers
OF the treasury department attempting
to interfere with his business and social
relations. The wife was dissatisfied
with the amount she received and
argued that she should receive an
amount from Smith, the interest upon
which would equal the amount he paid
her monthly. Finally Smith made an
offer to pay her $1,000 and s25 a month
to allow him to secure a decree. and
these negotiations coming .to.naught, af-
ter a number of years he came to James
town, North Dakota, in 1895, and took
up his residence for the purpose of OBJ
tanning a divorce from her. The case
did not come up until December, 1896.
the finding the facts to be- as al'eg.
eel by Smith. His wife was represented by
local attorneys and contested the case.
and upon its decision notice was given
OF an appeal to the supreme court, and
the records i'll the case has just been
filed. The defendant asks for a new
trial OF the case. The record contains
all OF the testimony taken in the several
actions maintained by both Smith and
his wife in the various stages of their
matrimonial troubles, and the case will
be followed with considerable interest
from the facts in connection with the
case of the husband, who, after his
three months residence in this state.
has returned to Washington.