The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-18
AVER SENSATION.
One Of It's Citizens
Mixed Up in Di-
vorce Suit.
is WIDELY KNOWN,
Case is One in Which James
R. Owen Seeks Free
dom From Wife.

Aver has sensation in its town cir
Giles, as one of its well known citizens,
James H. O'Connell, is named as the
correspondent in a sensational divorce
suit which has been brought IN New
York by James R. Owen of Vanderbilt
avenue, New York, against his wife,
Louisa M. Owen, formerly soloist at the
Church of the Messiah, St. Marks
Protestant Episcopal church, and the
North Reformed church.
Mr.. Owen, the libellant, is now a di-
rector in the New York Terra Gotta
Company and was married to She Ii
belize in 1875. One child has been born
of the union, separation having taken
place in 1886 by agreement, Mr.. Owen
making his residence at first in Bos-
ton, and then in Aver, where he is a t
the present time, and where the CO.
respondent also lives.
The case is now on trial before JUS
tice Gaynor in New York, and in his
testimony before a jury Mr.. Owen was
present with three detectives. They
gained entrance to Mrs. Owens room
by telling her that they had an impor-
tant telegram for her. When tho door
was opened, O'Connell, who is bag
gagemaster on the Boston and Albany
railroad, took the message and went
back into the ROOM Mrs. Owen, in her
own behalf, said that she and Mr..
OConnell with other friends were
playing whist in the room on the eve
ming in question and that there had
been nothing improper between the two.
She heard that there were detectives
in the hotel, and fearing for her friends,
locked the door. Mr.. O'Connen testified
that he was merely a friend to Mrs.
Owen, James w. Ridgeway appeared
for Mr. Owen of Athol; Henry A. Pow
ell for Mrs. Owen.
The final rescrtpts in cases heard be-
fore the supreme court last October,
are now coming in, and yesterday two
rescripts were received by the clerk of
the courts in the cases of Peter and
William A Archambeau, against
Thomas G. Platt ct ais, receivers, of
the New England railroad, the full
bench overruling the exceptions taken
in each case. VIM. A. Archambeau was
injured at Webster while on the defen-
dant road, and his father, Peter Ar
chambeau, brought suit to recover for
loss of his sons services. In the superior
court a verdict was ordered for the
defendants, from which the plaintiffs
appealed. William A. Gle appeared for
the plaintiffs; Frank P. Gouldirg, Will
liam c. Mellish for the defendants.
E. E. Chaplin, Henry v. Crosby ct al
appraisers of the estate of the late
Frank w. Goss of this city, filed theil
report in the probate court, showing
a property valuation of $4,000.
There was a hearing in the probate
court yesterday over the mortgage a.
issue in the estate of Catherine Kit
tredge of Clinton The counsel inter
ested were Jonathan Smith and DaviC
1. Walsh.
Former District Attorney Herber
Parker won decisive victory
in the superior court at Cambridge il
the big tort case brought against Cut
ting & Bardwel of this city by one o.
its employees, who sued to recover fol
injuries received while in the erection o.
a building on one of the defendant
contracts in Cambridge. After severa
days had been consumed in the trial OF
the case, the jury found for the defend
ant.
No exceptions have been filed by AS
sistant General Hallowell or by any
body else for the commonwealth in the
case of Robert Cunningham agalns'
the state which was recently tried in
the superior court and in which TINS
i1ry assessed damages for the plaintlH
Assistant Clerk Of Courts W. w. Ma
conber said yesterday that no eXcep-
+ions had been received at the ONCE