Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-10-17
nigel ANSWERS WIFE
DENIES SUBSTANTIAL
CHARGES AGAINST HIM
ASKS JUDGMENT THAT LIBEL OF
lIBELLANT BE DISMISSED
WITH cosTs-cHAReEs
CONSPIRACY.

Nigel L. G.. Jackson has made ans
wer in the Circuit Court to the charges
Of his wife, Mamie |. Friel Jackson con-
tained in the'papers of libel for di.
vorce, recently filed.
He admits the allegations contained
in paragraphs /. and of the libel
but denies those in paragraph 3, stat
ing that he has always been a dutiful
and kind husband to libellant and has
treated her always with consideration
and kindness.
He denies the allegations set forth in
paragraph but admits that in or about
the month Of February, 1899, he did
strike the libellant upon the face, but
did so merely In the heat of passion be-
cause libellant was found by him in
the company Of two soldiers connected
with United States Army, against
whose company, libelee had warned the
libellant and to whose attentions he
objected. Further, that libelee on the
occasion mentioned did not violently
strike libellant SO as to hurt her and
Immediately expressed sorrow for his
act in so striking her and was forgiven
by libellant therefor, who also express
ed contrition for her conduct and prom
tsed reformation.
Libelee denies the allegations set
forth in paragraph of the libel and
those in paragraph 8, that In Septem-
Der, 1902, he attempted to strike and
"a nj n nf Mr
Swinton and the mother OF plaintiff.
but alleges that on one occasion prob
ably referred to by libellant, the libelee
found libellant at the house Of Willie
Swinton, a disreputable person resid-
| ing in Honolulu, whose attentions to
said libelee had become so marked that
libelee was forced to object to the same
and that libelee had requested libelant
not to associate with said Swinton and
, libellant had stated and sworn to Ii
belize that she had not spoken to Swim
ton for year and half. On the oc-
casion in question, learning that libelee
hastened there and finding libellant in
private company with Swinton, begged
her to return home with him to which
prayers of libelee the libellant stated:
Now that you have caught me here.
| am pau with you" Thereupon the
mother of Swinton and the mother OF
libellant appeared upon the scene and
abused and upbraided the libelee who
said nothing but accompanied his wife
to his home. Further, libelee denies
that portion Of paragraph 6 OF said
' libel in which II states that on the
night OF September 26, at 10 o'clock, he
called plaintiff from said house and
produced a loaded revolver and intimi-
dated the plaintiff with same and caus-
ed her fear and suffering of mind, but
alleges that heretofore and at the time
mentioned, libelee has been a member
of the police force of Honolulu and as
such policeman often carried a revol-
yer. So great has been the suffering
caused libelee by the actions Of the
libellant and her wayward conduct
with other men that he has told her
that he was often intending to end his
life rather than suffer longer the agony
of his position but the liheIn" Nas never
HllHldleu Ut threatened tHe lDelldHl OF
made any attempt to hurt or injure
her in any particular.
The libelee further alleges that the
conduct of libellant with other men in
Honolulu has caused said libelee to be
unfit for carrying on business and to
lose his positions through the great
love that he bears libellant and has al.
ways borne her, he has never acted
aught but as a true and good husband,
anxious in every way to protect her
good name and reputation.
Finally, libellee alleges that the sole
and only reasons for which the libel
liant has brought this libel against him
is due to the undue and the pernicious
influence of certain persons residing at
the house where libellant and libelee
reside who have openly and in libelee's
presence urged the libellant to obtain
a divorce from him, the said persons
being one j. b. Watson and wife and
Mrs. f. b. Friel, mother OF libellant,
and that the allegations in the libel are
the result OF a conspiracy between
them to separate libellee from his wife.
Libellee prays judgment that the H.
bel of the libellant be dismissed with
costs.