The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-23
DEAF MUTES LOVE Is COLD.
TIE sirs HER RICH HUSBAND rs
UIyOTED TO ANOTHER MUTE

uhom She once Ordered from Her House.
and That lie Lnyishes Gifts on Her While
~. Family IL Straitened-He Says He
r.nr. Ills wife and Seeks Edifcntion.
David Henry llaight left a large part Of his
state which il estimated at 81. 500, 600 to his
All mute son. Henry Jensen Haight, whose
S,.i mute wife. Mary L.. Is suing him for sepa-
,,,ion The case was before Justice Gicgerich
=, the Supreme Court yesterday IIaight mar
,ed the plaintiff on Nov IL. 1858. She charges
him with abandonment and declares that he has
transferred his affections 10 another deaf mute.
rsse H. Spanton, for whom he has spent money
i,,ishly Charles G.. Bennett represents Mrs
paight and Augustus Van Wyck appears for
u,ight Prof Weston jenkins acted a. inter
meier and the trial necessarily progressed
slowly
Nts Haight declares that since the death Of
Ne, husbands mother in 1905 he has come in for
the entire income Of the estate Of his father and
has gradually been neglecung her for Miss Span
ION lie has residence at l2i West Ninety
tt,,strcci and large country residence at Goshen
In thee places they had formerly lived at much
ryprnse with their three children, David "a years
o3 MSry j. 90. and Eleanor C.. 10. Since his
acquaintance with Miss Span'on. the wife SAYS
Usisht has taken the family 10 inferior boarding
has given her si25 month Tor the support OF
Inc family and $50 month for the rent OF ali apart,
ycut for them She found the allowance made
nua,r and She has fallen several months In arrears
St her rent and is liable Ia be disppsscssed. She
s,ysfurthct that she has lent her husband money
II her avn which she has been unable tn ge' back
Mrs Haight further declared that since 1893
when uAight took Miss Spnnton for a tour in
fur,p' he has been squandcring money on her
She SAYS that IN the summer OF 1904 he main.
tained Miss Spantun in an expensive way at
Srnny Lake y. j. One winter she ayers, he
,rent with Miss Spnnton at jacksonville Fla
She further says that he bought span Of horses
fr Miss Spantun which cost $500, and got a
ruschran for her at an expense Of 500 month.
she AYERS tina, he brought Miss Spanton To their
home while they lived at 2Sl Madison avenue.
but subsequently, when he brought her again
The wife ordered Miss Spanton not to come To the
bOuSe -
his means Is exaggerated. because the property
iri, by his father was morigaged for $3.50 900,
and a large mart Of IL is unpruductive lie said
that he had always provided Tor his family accord
his rar-ed life he said he never had regular
home lie was driven from his housc by fear
II violence from his wife. and she and the children
had used threatening gestures ON several occa.
ti1nS
IIaigh, said that there had never been any
thing wrng IN mis- relations with Miss Spnnton-
They had been thrown together. ne said because
II their mutual physical affection and they had
sought to pass away the time by conyersing in
their language Their conversations were to
their mutual improvement and cdification. He
kNid he has a private secretary who attends 10
his business affairs The case was not concluded.