The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-14
TESTIFY
AGAINST
MOTHER
Young Children arc Important
Witnesses in Divorce Hearing
Before Judge Dubois.

Some OF the strongest witnesses In the
trial OF the Young divorce case today
before Judge Dubois were the little chii-
dren, who testified against their mother
Hannah Young, who is seeking divorce
from Charles III. Young. The Itte hds
voices quivered as they got on the stand
and faced their mother, sitting beside
her counsel. but they told a straight story
and stuck to 1t through rigorous cross
examination.
Mrs. Young told her side OF the case
first and said she had been married to the
respondent in 1883 and that her husband
did not treat her very we'll. They had
broken up housekeeping several times pe-
cause Mr.. Young drank and broke up the
furniture Several times he sold it ana
che had TO stint herself 10 pay for new
furnishings
He did not buy her clothes and accord
ing 10 her statement "He didn't buy me
n new dress I'm six or seven years ana
I had TO make over clothes the nelghpofs
gave me for myself and the. children one
day he came home and had on snort
skirt IL was all / had 10 wear. lie
toId me 10 take Il off and told him IL
was all had to put on. He said Take IL
Off or I'll do Il for you.' and then he
stripped me stark naked before my chli-
dren.'
She said that they had not lived to-
gether for two years and that she nao
not been allowed TO see her children. she
had five she said but was unable TO ten
whether they were living or dend as she
had not been allowed 20 see them. There
| ages were 13. 10 9. six and five years res
| nectively. the three older being boys ana
| on one occasion she found where her
| husband had taken them and she was
abused by them and by the woman IN
charge OF them. Her husband taught
them to hate her she said.
On cross examination she admitteo
her husband paid the bills and provided
| necessaries but insisted that she was not
provided with proper clothing.
| when asked what her husbands occu-
| nation was she said, "He is supposed 10
/ be an officer" and finally admitted ne
| was n policeman. She had worked as
assistant cook at the Revere hotel and
at present worked in down town res
| taurant.
Mr. .Young's story differed In many
respects, he told of his wifes pecnhar
temper. He said the furniture had been
sold hut once and on one occasion the
parlor suit was sold when she left him
This he replaced with one costing over
5000 and one day when she was mao she
cut this with scissors.
She had a habit OF going out nights,
he stated, and one morning when ne S goSs
home at a. m. she was not home ano
did not get In TIL about half-hour later
She had been out with man he iounu
out later, and man had been intro,
duced to the house, as he was prepa,e,o
to prove. lie never saw him win hs
own eyes, he said, or there would nave
been no necessity for this case in court;
Regarding the short skirt episode Mr.
Young said he came home and found he
wearing a skirt that came above ne
knees, and that she had shirt waist ina
was sleeveless and that people were re
marking about her. Tie told her to re
move IL and she called him lie name
he says, and he thereupon -foke tn
binding OF the skirt and 1t fell on: sn sa
and had other clothing on at this tlm'
, the skirt only coming on lie said Iuf
: ther that he got somewhat over w
7 week and had TO pay $40 week Tor IN
chidrens board and 81 for his own an
] It cost the rest for clothes for the 81
4 of them.
0 troubles and said he was present whe
u the skirt binding was broken. lie sa
n the skirt only was taken off.
. He told of his mother going out nigh
. after having put the girls 10 bed and sa
( he played out till about l0:3O or ii, al
q that when he came home he had fouI
E his little three year-old sister wanderir
y about tho house with a lamp looking f
their mother.
lie said he and his brother had caug
her several times.
lie said also. that he used 10 wa
q around on pay days TO get n nickle fro
" his mother when his father gave her b
Il pay envelope.
He denied calling his mother nam
) when she came 90 see him, but said 81
% threatened to poison them and and
e wouldn't see her.
l. The case Is still pending
X. T. Lyman for tho respondent al
Page a. Cushing for the petitioner.