The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-03
{. p. DOLE
DIVORCED
SUIT SUPPRESSED TILL HEARING
TESTIMONY GIVEN YESTERDAY
AND DECREE GRANTED.

Vorce yesterday afternoon by Judge De
Bolt on the ground of extreme cruelty
after a hearing during which Dole was
| the principal witness, telling story of
domestic unhappiness lasting almost
| all of his married life. The suit for
maintenance, brought by Mrs. Dole,
was withdrawn; and the parties are
| supposed to have come to an agreement
by which it was understood that Dole
should get a divorce without being OPP
posed, and Mrs. Dole receives a cash
| settlement.
According to the story told on the
witness stand by E. p. Dole his wife
had refused to have anything to do
| with his friends and had treated him
most harshly almost ever since their
marriage. She declared Honolulu to
be jay and missionary and said that she
would not live in such a city. Dole
/ said his life had been made a mental
hell, by the actions of his wife. Sne
had repeatedly insulted him, called
him stingy and advised him to make
/ money on the side.
Anyone else in your position would
make lots of money" Mrs. Dole re-
marked on one occasion, according to
Doles testimony, when finances were
under discussion Dole's reply was
that he would live on bread and water
and make her live on the same diet,
rather than take a dishonest dollar
| whereupon Mrs. Dole called him a fool
According to Dole's story his wife
! appeared to only want to get his money
and then leave him. He also declared
I that he believed he was in danger from
! her. When he was about to take her
to Washington year ago he and Sc
! cretary Cooper received some kind of
warning that his life would not be
safe. E. M. Watson, counsel for Mrs.
Dole, objected when Dole began this
statement and j. ]. Dunno agreed that
it be stricken out
The eX-attorney general stated that
when Mrs. Dole returned from San
Francisco she refused to kiss him. and
when he asked her if she wasn't going
to kiss her husband after her long abb
sence, she said 81 don't kiss people"
Il didn't come back here to live With
you" said Mrs. Dole, when she got to
the hotel, according to her husbands
testimony, "but to tell you some things
I didn't want to put in writing" She
also said, 'We'll have a divorce. Wen
arrange it tomorrow Which one of us
shall bring the suit? How much are
you going to give me What settlement
will you make?
One evening Dole came home and
found his wife asleep on the bed. Not
wishing to disturb her he took a pillow
and lay down on the floor to take a
nap. Soon she woke and he heard her
angrily tell him to get up from the floor
He paid no attention, but pretended to
be asleep. Soon l apparently awoke
and I got up" said Dole, mot wishing
to have any words"
On another occasion Mrs. Dole re-
ferred in scurrilous terms to some of
her husbands dearest friends, calling
them the scum of the earth and de-
claring that she would tread such peo-
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within hearing and left the hotel rather
than stay in the same place with her.
This scene occurred at midnight When
Dole spoke up for his friends his wife
called him a cur for defending such
people, and on various occasions she
called him a fool, a dog, a beast, a
dirty dog and a cur.
Dole said that his wife's conduct had
so affected his health that he could not
attend to business. For months
had only an hour or two sleep out of
twenty-four," he said. 81 used to walk
the floor most of the night l tried to
play cards, or anything, to get a rest
for my mind, and / couldn't remember
even what was trumps. I was not
able to do my work. When questions
were put to me / was actually afraid
to attempt to answer, for fear that
might do so wrongly. Finally on the
advice of my physician 1 took a vaca'
ton and got some sleep"
Mrs. Dole had also called her hus-
band a liar. This was when he had
, told her of the value of some relics
which she had thrown away and called
trash, after he had presented them to
her. He responded with THE Dole's
don't lie" and she contemptuously re-
peated Yes, the Doles don't lie" In
comment upon this piece Of cruelty
Dole said "a friend could not have hurt
me more by sticking a knife into my
body"
The plaintiff testified that Mrs. Dole
objected to his trousers and his coats
and declared that he had no style and
that she was not accustomed to as
sociating with such men. She strenu-
ousy objected to will which he made
because he left a few personal effects
to his son, though all the property
was left to her. She wanted him &c
give it to her at once. 81 didn't know
at that time that she wanted to get al
my property and then leave me-" Dole
began, but Watson objected to such
testimony and it was stopped.
The i'll treatment began on the steam
err that brought Dole and his bride ia
Honolulu he said. She refused to as
sociate with him then, to such an eX-
tent that it excited comment on the
steamer, land it was a subject of COM
menL IN san FRANCISCO papers, Sdlu
Dole.
; 7'After we arrived I said to her Nell
I only want to make you happy. II
there is any higher power / want tC
invoke it's aid to make our marriage
success and make your life happy. Lee
us kneel down and pray for assistance
to make it So She said You can pray
if you want to, / am going to sleep anC
she lay down in bed and turned hel
back to me-"
deposition by Mrs Estee, to the
p effect that she had witnessed some Of
Mrs. Dole's contempuous treatment o.
her husband, was introduced, anc
: Judge Stanley gave similar testimony
There was practically no cross-eXa
mination, and no evidence was Offered
to refute that given by Dole. judge
De Bolt said that a case of cruelty hat
been proven, and he granted divorce
as prayed for