The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-12
TIRED OF MARRIED L|FE|
MRS. FANNIE SPENCER ALLEGES
CRUELTY AND ILL-TREAT-
MENT
CASE IS BEING CONTESTED
Husband Denies Charges of Cruelty
and Observation-Disclosures Being
Taken Before Judge
JaEgard.

Judge Jaggard in the district court is
still hearing the divorce case of Fannie
| Spencer against her husband, Harry
Spencer. The suit is being warmly con-
tested by both the plaintiff and de-
| PENDANT. Mr.. Spencer formerly had an
! interest in the Acme restaurant on Rob-
| ert street. and at the present time has
an interest in a restaurant on Fifth
street, near Robert Mrs. Spencer is
frail looking woman and is twenty-five
years old. while her husband is in the
prime of life, being thirty-six years old,
and strong and vigorous.
| they were married in Minneapolis JAM
IL 1898, and have no children She
charges. cruel and inhuman treatment
and indirectly, during the trial yester-
! day, the plaintiffs attorney sought to
bring out the evidence that Spencer had
committed adultery.
Mrs. Spencer took the stand in her
own behalf yesterday afternoon and told
of how he had ill-treated her and also
of unfaithfulness, citing several instances
as to how he had been very fami lar with
the mattresses at the restaurant and
about him receiving letters from a girl,
called Ida and another called Belle Mrs
Spencer told of seeing him go in the
direction Of Relies" room one day, and
becoming suspicious. followed him, with
/ the result that she claims she found him
ia the TOOLl WITH Belle. ShG said that
Rei!e had her shoes and collar off.
Mrs. Spencer also told of her husband
striking her on Thanksgiving night. 1893,
ana also of striking her Oct % last.
Answering the questions put by the at
torneNs she tod of several small quar-
rels and also said that her health had
suffered greatly by the humiliation he
had caused her
When the case was resumed yester-
: n he .JOf1,
was on the stand under cross-examina-
ton. During the examination, D. w.
! Doty, counsel for Mrs. Spencer, brought
out the state ent that Mrs. Spencer had
been Unduly Jealous of him, and they
had had trouh.e over her intimacy with
her sister, who is at present engaged in
the restaurant business with her on
Wabasha street. Then while the
Spencers roomed in the Valentine block
and the witness was i'll. certain letters
were received from girl which caused
some trouble. On another occas on Mrs.
Spencer had discovered him buying
jeweiry in store, and she had caused
a scene by demanding to know whom it
was for.
Mr.. Spencer emphatically denied the
allegation of his wife that he lad hoa- ted
to her of his relations with other womar.
but admitted that after the divorce Fro
Fceedings were instituted he had threat
ened TO kill her unless she dropped the
suit
Witness testified that he had. but q b ut
500 in the restaurant at SCI Robert street,
and had sold out a half interest for 81 20
He had about 81, coo in the savings bank
but sold it for 20 cents en- the collar after
the bank failed. He had invested his
| money in the firm of Spencer s. Hart
man. The Spencer & Hartman restau-
rant yielded net some $3.50 towards the
last. Before Hartman came in about $500
a month. For fifteen months after he
married his restaurant business yielded
net $500 a month.
Hartman bought him out in the Acme
restaurant in March, 1900. Witness had
received $1,000 cash and some notes
| number of other witnesses were
called and testified. The case will be
resumed before Judge Jaggard on Mon
day morning.