Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-17
DESERTS HER HUSBAND.
Mrs. Christopher GonneIia Tires Of Married
Life and Goes Away.


of the day and night lunch rooms on
| upper Water street, awoke, Sunday
| morning. to find that his wife and all
his spare change amounting to $54,
was missing. both having departed
during the time he had slept. A note
left by Mrs Gonnella explained that she
was tired of married life and was go
ing away, never to return.
1t seems that Mrs. Gonnclla is a young
person, not quite 20 years of age,
though she has been married three
years Her health is not very good and
she has been under the surgeons and
physicians care for the past year or
more. Once before she became dissat-
isfied with her married life and left
for her home in Lebanon. n. H. At
that time she informed Mr.. Gonnella of
her intention and he thinking perhaps
it were better for her health and hap
piness to live apart. furnished her with
the money to go away. But she came
back.
OF late Mr.. Gonnella says they have
had nothing out of the ordinary little
spats that occur in every we'll conduct
ed household, and have had not made
the least conversation about leaving
rooms at o'clock. Sunday morning.
and found her wide awake. She ex-
planned that she could not sleep. She
told him of a lovers quarrel of a young
friend of hers, saying that the man
lived in Gardiner. She casually asked
what time the first car left for Gardi
ner. Mr.. Gonnella answered all her
questions and went to sleep, asking her
10 call him at II o'clock when they
would exercise their horse in the new
carriage.
He was not called and did not awake
until after the noon hour. Upon going
down stairs he found very rambling
and hastily written note from his wife
saying that she was going away and
should not come back this time She
said it was better for them to part and
for him not to try to find her. She
made threat which, if he tried to find
did not love him nor any other man,
and loved no one but my own little
self" She said she should not go 10
her home in New Hampshire. but to
tell her folks she should see them again
sometime. She ventured the sugges
ton that MIR Gonnella might use the
After reading the note he began to
look about. He found that she had
taken away the lace curtains ana all
the other movable articles of their cosy
little home on Grove street. Her trunk
had been carried away. he knows not
when Beside this she had Ia zen away
all the plants and the canary bird. He
learned that there We're some ladies as
sisting her in moving the plants, Sat
urday evening This leads MIN to be
lieve that she has not gone far away.
He believes she has given the things
she did not want TO her friends, and
taken the rest to Gardiner, though he
did not 20 to Gardiner to look for her.
Mr.. Gonnella was seen in his deserted
home. Sunday evening, by Il Journal
representative. He gave the Journal
all the information asked for and said
that no one could say he had ever ill
treated her He had made propositions
to her that as she thought they
should not live together he would pay
for a divorce or would pay her board if
she would go to any place she might
suggest He said for reasons that were
best known to the two. he did not en-
terrain the least suspicion that she was
in love with any other man and il was
for that reason that she wished to
leave him. He was very uncertain as
70 what action he should take. He said