The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-03
A HUSBANDS STORY
To Be TOLD TODAY
The Wife's Evidence is Now
All In.
BUFFALOE DIVORCE CASE
IT WILL LAST TILL SATURDAY
NIGHT.
LONG ARGUMENT BY THE LAWYERS
The Principal Witnesses Put on the Stand Yes
terday We're the Plaintiff Parents and
Her Physician. A Large Number
Of Character Witnesses.

VI Oildi dCtCl VluiCSSCos
The Buffaloe divorce suit still occupies
the attentions of the Superior court, ant
will continue to do so till Saturda!
night.
The halfway mile post in the eyi
dence was reached only late yesterday
afternoon, when the plaintiff rested hel
case and the introduction of evidence
for the defendant began.
This evidence was brought in feet
foremost, SO to speak. That is TO say
witnesses were put on the tand to prove
the good character of the defendant be-
fore the defendant was put on the
stand. There were eight of these wit
nesses examined yesterday. Their testi-
mony related only TO the character of the
defendant, but on cross examination
they also proved good characters for the
defendant, her parents and DIR. Knox.
The defendant, DR.. Buffaloe, will go
on the stand this morning. 1t is under
stood that he will make an absolute and
positive denial of all the material alle-
cations made against him by Mrs. Buff
faloe.
The evidence of Col and Mrs. W. j.
Hicks, the plaintiffs parents, and of
DR.. Knox, her physician, We're in the
main corroborative of the testimony of
Mrs. Buffaloe on Wednesday.
THE STORY OF MRS. HICKS.
The first witness was Mrs. w. j.
Hicks, mother of Mrs. Buffaloe. She
said her daughter was in delicate health
when she married and did not improve
afterwards.
'She and Dr. Buffaloe lived with ~
for the first four years, and | know
that he gave her nothing to buy cloth
ing for her own or her child's ward
robe. She had to take her own money
to buy clothing. At this time DIR. Buff
faloe pretended to be very busy and
to have a good practice.
The witness told of her daughters i'll
ness at various times and her being
taken to the hospital.
Mrs Hicks and | went to DIR. Buff
faloe's house the night of the fire near
there. We found Julia (Mrs. Butfaloel
locked in the house with her child and
DR. Buffaloe gone. We couldn't get
in the front door and Mr.. Hicks went
around to the back door, got in and
opened the front door for me-
in December on which Mrs. Buffaloe
had chill and was so very ill. She
sat up all night with Mrs. Buffaloe. DR..
BuffaIoe, she said, was away from home
till late bed time.
.I'hen after returning he went to bed
and / sat up all night with Julia.
don't think he gave her any medicine
do you know what amount DIR. Buff
.l.,1 10th staev for
wife and child?'
Il don't know that he ever gave them
ANYTHING. / bought Julia shoes and
clothing. | also gave the child things.
because | thought it needed them. When
my daughter wanted to go to the hos
pital at Baltimore she told me he had
given her no money to get things that
were necessary for her trip. These /
bought for her.
do you know how DIR. Buffaloe sup
piled his table?'
well, as far as | know. They had
plain, substantial food. | know | also
carried or sent things to them from my
table almost daily"
The witness said her daughter did
not complain to her of cruel treatment
by her husband until 1897, when DR..
Buffaloe's conduct became unbearable.
Touching this delicate matter the wit
ness fully corroborated Mrs. Buffaloe's
testimony.
Julia was afraid of DIR. Buffaloe
know this because she would tremble
when he would come into the house and
ask that he be kept out of her bed
ROOM"
On cross-examination Mr.. Busbee
asked, touching the charge that DIR. Buff
faloe was away from home at night:
f"Don't you think it was necessary for
DIR. Buffaloe to get all the sleep he
could at night in order TO attend to his
practice in the day timer!
Il don't think his practice was ST
large as to require that"
Mrs. Hicks said she and her son gave
Mrs. Buffaloe her clothing and that il
DIR. Buffaloe ever gave her a dress she
didn't know it. The witness did not
remember just how many dresses she
had given her daughter during her mar
RED life"
did you ever try to reconcile DR.
Buffaloe and his wife,"
II did not Mr. Hicks did all tht
talking that was done. / was afraid I'd
say too much"
when did it first come to your knowl
edge that your daughter and her hus
band were not living happily togetherT
1T was when she returned from the
hospital in 1885. She told me DIR. Buf
faloe wasn't kind to her; that he quar-
relied with her and complained that she
didn't bring him any practice"
DIR. KNOWS TESTIMONY.
Dr. A. w. Knox was the next wit
mes. lie said he was called in some
eight or nine years ago to attend Mrs
Buffaloe. She and her hr ,hand wer,
been living at her fathers, Col. w. j
Hicks. Since then he had been from
time to time called in to attend her.
The witness described the nature OF
her illness; that she was very nervous
suffered a great deal Of pain, had a deli
cate appetite and often became so in
tensely nauseated; once so nauseatef
that for from four to six days she coult
keep absolutely nothing on her stem
ach.
"She was in this critical condition