The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-07-09

er, Abused Her
Love.
/ Branded even 10y the wife he left be
hind when he shook the dust OF Homo
lulu from his feet to escape arrest as
an embe2zler, Loren w. Merrill. the
erstwhie collector OF bad debts for a
large number OF firms In Honolulu and
from whom these very firms had dim
Guilty I'm procuring the money so coll
lected by him, lived a life which Mrs.
Merrill characterizes as "a mass Of it's
sue and falsehood.
The wife. who Is "a school teacher In
Honolulu, has filed "A suit for divorce In
the Circuit Court and the recital OF
Merrilrs conduct during their married
life of a little more than year indi-
Gates that Merrill was a scamp of the
first water Not only did Merrill alb
scond with the money belonging to
firms here. but he took almost every
cent which his wife had earned as a
school teacher, leaving her almost pen
nless
The infamy of his name sorely
wounds Mrs. Merrill and in seeking a
divorce she is most anxious above all
things else that the court grant her
the right to again assume her maiden
name. Minnie Eagan, so that Merrilrs
reputation will not cling to her-the vic
tim of his misdeeds.
Mrs. Merrill says that she has been
I 1s.a- ~
actual resident in good faith of Homo
lulu, and as Minnie Eagan, her maiden
name. intermarried with Loren w.
Merrill. the libellee, at Honolulu on
January 4, 1900, since which date they
lived together as husband and wife up
to May s, 1901. She further states that
the marriage ceremony uniting them as
husband and wife was performed by
Rev. Alexander Macintosh a minister
of the gospel lawfully authorized to
perform the same.
Unmindful of his marriage VOWS and
recreant to his duties as a husband, the
said libellee has been guilty of extreme
cruelty toward her. She AYERS that dur
ing the whole period of their married
life the conduct of the libelee has been
an abuse of her love and confidence to-
while ostensibly kind and truthful, one
whole mass of tissue and falsehood,
fraud and deception. She has been en-
ployed as a teacher at the Normal
School earning salary of $50 n month.
Under various false and fraudulent pre-
fences he has obtained from her the
whole of her earnings during the period
of their living together as husband and
wife, and in such ways has obtained
more than the sum of 81 900, which he
has appropriated to his own use with
out the benefit of any kind to the wife.
| His business methods and alleged dis
honesty, she AYERS, as well as disregard
| for the advice and counsel of the libel
| liant have ever been a source of eX-
! IRENE pain to petitioner, and have kept
| her in such a nervous condition as to
affect seriously her bodily health and
strength She states that libellee has
been arrested upon the charge of en-
bezzlement and has often been threat
ened with arrest on the charge of other
felonies; that he has absconded from
the Territory OF Hawaii, leaving her
penniless and without provision for her
future, and at the time of his so alb
sconding she Is informed and believes,
| and so states on information and beliet,
that warrant for the arrest, upon a
criminal charge, of the libellee was In
the hands of the High Sheriff, and other
criminal prosecutions We're pending, or
about to be instituted against him.
That by reason of his said conduct
Merrill has left an unsavory reputation
to such an extent that II has become n
disgrace to her to bear his name and
that from the ignominy thereof she has
been grievously wounded in her mental
feelings and her peace of mind has been
seriously affected so as to endanger her
health and possibly her life.
In every particular she states that
she has been the victim of her love and
confidence I'm her husband, and since
his abscOnding and the surreptitious
manner In which he left her, as well as
the falsehoods told her about the time
of his leaving, she has been convinced
of his cruelty and disloyalty. and has
known what hitherto she had only sus'
pected.
She states further and would show tc
the court that although being OF sum
Client ability to provide suitable main
tenance for his wife, throughout tht
whole Of their married llfe Merrill ut
terly failed and neglected to provide foi
her, but on the contrary used her oWr
earnings. OF no Inconslderable amount
for other purposes TO her unknown, and
has obtained all her earnings amount
Ing 20 sS5 a month, leaving her anc
abandoning her amongst strangers with
the sum Of about $40 I'm her possession
no provision for her future, large
amount OF money due FOR the unpnic
bins ~ the butcher ana the baker. th'
disgrace Of his conduct the lnfamy oi
his name she wishes nm absolute di
vorcc and tho right 90 resume hermaid