The morning news., 1899-12-22
SHE COULD NOT STAND HIM.
MRS. CHARLES PELTZ LOST TRUST
AND CONFIDENCE IN HUSBAND.

for Temporary AlImOny Before
Judge FaIligant-The Couples
Marital InfeIicities No New Thing.
Two Months Ago PeItz Left for
Montgomery and His Wife Charged
Him with the EmbezzIement of
Money Belonging to Her-He Was
Arrested There-Tbe Case Dropped,
But Her Vindictiveness still Con-
tinues.
A hearing for temporary ailmony and
attorneys fees, that Judge Falligant char
acterized as "the liveHest that has come
under his observation In some time" took
place in the Superior Court room yester-
day afternoon. The case was that of
Mrs. Yetta Peltz against Charles Peltz.
The infelicities of this couple are not
new. During the month of Oc-
tober the husband went to Mont
gomery, leaving his wife and baby
here, 1t was Gained, without means of
subsistence and dependent upon the kind
ness and forbearance of the wifes parents,
themselves not overburdened with this
worlds goods. At the time of the de-
parture of the husband, the wife charged
that he had taken with him about $500 of
money that belonged in law and con-
science to her, and swore out a warrant
against him charging embezzlemeut.
After an absence of about two weeks,
during which time his wife did not know
his whereabouts and the detective depart
ment of the city could not learn them,
Detective Stark located Peltz in Mont
gomery and acting under instructions
from Supt. Screven, the chief of police
of that city placed him under arrest. De-
tective Stark was sent on to bring the
prisoner back to Savannah, encountered
obstacles in the way of habeas corpus pro-
ceedings and legal objections of the like
| character, but finally succeeded in induc-
ing Peltz to waive requisition and to re-
turn to the city to stand trial. After the
return of Petz, he gave bond for his ap
pearance in the Police Court but at the
request, and with the concurrence of coun-
sci, the hearing was postponed from day
to day, and was finally dropped at the in
stance of the prosecutor. This was some
thing of a mystery at the time, but all
| the facts came out on the hearing before
Judge Falligant.
At the divorce hearing the plant
iff was represented by Mr. r.
L. Colding and the defendant
by Mr. w. f. Slater. The first
witness examined was Mrs. PelLz herself.
| She is a very attractive young woman,
with a German accent that is charming
in itself, and face and form
that might account for the un-
up. Her knowledge of English is a trife
| limited, and her manner of speaking it
more than a trife bewildering to the un-
! initiated. She was won't during her ex-
| animation, to make her meaning clear by
means of mods and becks and wreathed
/ hot CHI hac on he
| counsel and spectators with dainty and
! almost irresistible grace
| With the aid of the mods and becks and
! smiles, Mrs Peltz proceeded to recount to
! the court her wrongs at the hands of her
! husband. She said that she had been mar
| ried about three years and that during the
! whole time she and her husband lived to-
gether he had failed 10 treat her with the
| respect and consideration due a wife. He
| would never permit her to spend any con-
| siderable sum of money, but at her earn
| est solicitation would consent to give her
| as much as half dollar. His generosity
she said, never exceeded this figure. Dur
| ing October he deserted her, she said
! leaving her in absolute want. There was
not enough money in the house to pur-
chase the kerosene necessary to light the
! rooms and she had to bear her misery an J
sorrow in the dark until her mother came
in and found her crying. She learned AFTER
wards that $3.50 which had been deposited
in bank to her credit and that had been
derived from the insurance paid on furni-
ture given her by the defendant which
had been burned, had been drawn out by
| him before his departure.
MIR. Slater endeavored 10 show by the
witness that her husband was anxious 10
have her live with him again. During the
| examination it came out that there had
been half dozen agreements for a sepa-
| ration, each of them involving the pro-
curement of a ghet, or JEWS decree of di-
vorce, and that Peltz had backed out of
| them all. But didn't Mr.. Peltz do this
because he wanted you to come back and
live with him?" asked Mr.. Slater Yes"
with rising infection indicative of much
| certainty, but 1 don't want TO live with
heem," was the triumphant rejoinder. Il
! will not trust heem. l haf no coincidence
in heem. He only wants me to come back
to heem for one month, two three, den"
with an expressive wave of her hands,
'he leef me again."
Mrs. Petz recounted the circumstances
of her marriage to the defendant. She
had scarcely known or seen him, she said,
before that time. She frankly confessed
that in case she ultima tely got a divorce
from her husband, 1t was her intention
to marry again, and tried to impress the
court with the fact that she had suffered
in attractiveness during her married life,
and that this ought to be taken into con-
slderation in fixing the amount of almony.
when l married heem," she indicated
Peltz with a contemptuous wave of her
hand, II vas young and plump" Then,
with a ravishing smile, bestowed on the
court, but with the most demure express
sion imaginable. II was pretty girl den"
But you are a pretty girl now," was
Judge Falligants instant retort, to the
confusion of the witness and the intense
amusement and enjoyment of counsel ana
the spectators.
AIano1 On, ",
tai and made a speech to the court, in
which he recounted his marital troubles
with much earnestness. 1t was a case of
too much mother-in-law, he said, giving
his mother equal blame with his wfe's.
The mothers-in-law could not agree even
TO disagree and leave each other alone,
and from this state of affairs all the lit
tie quarrels between his wife and himself
had proceeded. He recounted the fact
that he had once been in the Republican