The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-01
WIFE,s Plea or DEpRAvIrE.
Mrs. SpRnn, Sued for Divorce, Tries to FREQ
the Co.Respondent from Jail.

Mrs. SpRnn, Sued for Divorce, Tries tn FREQ
the Correspondent from Jail.
In order to have BENJAMIN Reed released
from jail. TO which he was committed on June
% in default O' bail In an action brought by
George c. Spann to recover $1,000 from him
for the alienation OF the affections Of Juliet G.
Spann. the woman submitted long affidavit
yesterday to Justice Mccarthy saying that she
had led life OF shame before and after her
marriage. Spann. who is ~ years old and a
lawyer first married Juliet q. Brown In Sep
TENDER. 1895. He procured divorce from
her In 1893 on the or und OF her relations
with another man than the defendant. but
Spann save he was In a nervous condition
whom he sued her and believed what other per
sons had told him. lie declares that he has
examined the evidence siuc" hts recovery and
now believes there was no gr"ana for divorce.
Being conscientious man. Spann cen
tinues. he communicated his hc.ief to his for
mer wife and after a conference they were re.
the Fourteenth Regiment of New York Vol
unteers in June. 1873. and ssbmits several ct
ters which he received from Juliet OF an aiIac-
tionate nature while he was away. lie was
taken down with fever on his discharge. When
he came back to tho city last spring ne aye, ,,
Reed at 34b West Fifty-n street. He met
Reed and his wife on the street on June last
hut as Spann did not appear against him the
case was dismissed.
Mrs Spann made affidavit that she first met
Spann on Broadway and that their acduaint-
ancs began without the formality'of an intro
duction. adding: Deponent. who prior there
to led an immol al life. at tho solicitation OF the
said plaintiff lived with him as man and wife
without the formality Of MARI iage TO De.
cember. 1898. whom at the urgent solicitation
OF the plaiutitf they were married
At the end of three months. she continues.
the plaintiff. who i'm bibed too freely OF intoN-
cants. became i'll and was taken to Il SANTA
rum by'his relatives. where he remained three
mouths. The affidavit continues:
santarum he sought lie Don snt. who had mean
while again led a life OF shame. and endea
vored to prevail upon deponent to live with
him. which she refused TO do. That
notwithstanding the fact that deponen' ever
TO tho knowledge Of he plaintiff. led a life OF
shame he. subsequent to obtaining his dl-
vorce from her. again made overtures to her.
and after repeated efforts in that direction sue
ceeded in. obtaining deponents consent to
remarry hin"
TheIwoman leftSpann again attentive months
and AYERS that she again went back TO her
immoral life. In which she has since contin-
ued" She declares that she left Spann again
before she became acquainted with Reed.
In his affidavit Spann saws:
The learned Court can readily see the de-
pravity TO which the defendant has brought
tho wife of the plaintiff by her affidavit. where
she brazenly admits her shame and com ltS
perjury for the purpose OF shielding this de-
fDament in Jail.
Spann says that he has been informed by a
Central Office detective that Reed is a badger
thief: and that his: photograph is i'll the
Rogues' Gallery.
Justice Mccarthy denied the motion for the
discharge or Reed and gave SO costs against
him.