The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-21
HALLS ANG
Continuation Of the N
brated Divorce CASH
in This City. y
COURT PROTECTS VITNE
Refuses to Allow a Woman
Private Life to Be Drag
ged Into the Case.
COURT PROTECTS

Vice-Chancellor Stevens continued in
the Court of Chancery in this city this
morning the taking of testimony in the
case of Virginia Carey Smith Hail
against her husband Thomas H. Hall, for
divorce upon the grounds of cruel treat-
ment and non-support. The case hereto1
fore has been tried in Newark, but was
transferred to this city for the conven- /
ience OF witnesses. The defendant was
on the stand for cross examinati ton. which
was conducted by Alex. c. Young. Mr..
Hall admitted that on several occasions
he used to his wife the expression, at IL
a d-n outrage" Frequently when con-
versing with his wife, he said, she would
break III with nasty slurring remarks, :,
the exact tenor of which he could not re-
call. He admitted that on several occa-
sions he was quite angry with his wife.
Once when she tore his night shirt all
down the back he did say. ''D-n it all.
what are you thinking OFF, His wife's
manner. he then went on to say, was
the remark of people, and his mother had
seen her act in a 'catlike way
When Mr.. Young questioned Mr.. Hall
regarding certain occasions upon which
they had had words the witness said that
quarrels at times. He always made it
point, he said, not to quarrel with his
wife in public. He denied he ever called
her a "brat,' and said it was his belief
that on one occasion Mrs. Hall had de-
liberately conspired to make him angry.
Once she told him she did not love him,
and when he pressed her for an answer
she told him he was not sympathetic
n0nnOh Ja aSlx ho lod
ever done anything to make her lose her
love for him and she said yes but did
not go into particulars. He was 'stoo
heart broken he said, when his wife told
him that she did not love him to be angry
with her. Mr. Young then tried to have
the witness admit that he never bought
dress goods for his wife or paid to have
them made up, but Mr.. Hall was positive
and emphatic in his declarations that he
had.
At the previous hearings in the case
mention has been made of letter from
a man named Scoville, who Hall thought
was too familiar with his wife, in which
the words, You are mine, you are mineir'
occurred The intimation was that the
letter was written to Mrs. Hall. This
morning Mrs. Francis Sweet. formerly
Miss Forester, of Hudson, N. Y, was
placed upon the stand and testified that
she was we'll acquainted with Mr.. Sco-
vile and that the letter was written to
her while she was on visit to Mrs. Hall
in this city.
"You received great deal of attention
from gentlemen while you were in Jer-
sey City, did you not?" asked George
Tennant, counsel for Mr.. Hall.
Mrs. Sweet modestly acknowledged that
| she did.
do you know gentleman named johns
SOM"
st do
"You went out with him. great deal.
didn't your"
What do you mean by that?"
"When you went to New York 10 din
ner didn't you?"
'.what is the object of this testi-
mony?" interrupted the Vice Chancellor.
"Why 1 wish to show that while this
witness was engaged to one man she was
receiving letter from another. in which
he said, You are mine, you are nline.'
said Mr.. Tenant.
| "Well, what has that 20 do with this
case?" asked the vice-Chancellor. ard
then without waiting for a reply he con-
tinued, sI will rule out all such tessi-
mcry.'' Mr. Tenant TOOK an exception
| and the case went on.
| It was brought out that on one ocea-
sion Mrs. Hall visited specialist who
| charged her IS. Her husband told her
that she should not have worn her Jew
els and sealskin sacque but her eldest
clothes, and then the spsclalisS would
have charged her less. After recess the
case was argued and the Vice Chancel-
lor reserved his decision. A--s