Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-08-12
Boarding Keeper
Has Wedding Ring
And Bible
SAYS E. II. BROWN WAS
DRUNK FOR 70 WEEKS
THREATENED TO KILL HIS WIFE
AND TRIED TO THROW HER
INTO THE HANAlEl
RIVER.

Ida NJ. Brown has filed libel for
libel is drawn by Ashford and presents
some startling features treated with
the facile pen of literary artist.
After showing that marriage took
place April Is. 1899, and that 5.year.
cid girl is the fruit thereof, the libel.
liant sets forth allegations covering
three typewriter pages. It Is alleged
that Brown for two years past has
Teen a habitual drunkard, and that he
has failed to provide his wife and
child with suitable maintenance. He
has also neglected to provide a home
and they have been compelled to board
at various places, but that because of
libellee's chronic indisposltion to 10.
climate eXertion )popularly called
laziness), and owing In part TO his
chronic oyer.indulgence in Intoxicating
liquor. libellee has failed to pay the
board bills of himself and this libel
liant at several places where they had
| been boarding, and that, as a result
OF such failure, the personal belong.
ings of this complainant. including her
best clothes. her wedding ring, and
| HtI ldHlllN Dlults nave Uttf stlEfu anu
impounded by the respective proprie-
tors of the various places where the
| parties hereto have so been boarding
and have been held. and are now he
ing held by them as security for board
bills owing by said libellee."
The libellant further shows that H..
belize has been cruel to her. striking
her and applying vulgar and indecent
| eplthets to her "and thereby implying
q bestial pedigree and an utter lack
OF chastity and responsibility on the
part of libellant.
On many occasions when the couple
! lived on Beretanin street the libelleo
locked his wife out of the house at
Light, giving her the choice between
sleeping elsewhere or on the veranda.
Exposed to the ravages of mosquitoes
and kindred pests"
Three months ago ut Hanalei the
libellee seems, according to the libel,
to have made a glorious record by so.
ing on protracted spree and was.
"with the exception OF about seven
Gays during which he temporarily re-
formed, continuously drunk for pc.
Rod OF ten weeks" On this festive
lOcctSlOn VIE llDeileef setIhsI W nav
fairly surpassed himself in the atten.
tons he paid his wife, He struck and
shook her on several occasions and
twice threatened to shoot her, once
with a revolver and once with rife
lie also frequently threatened to put
her sin hole in the ground" but was
so considerate as to vary this unpleas'
ant prospect by attempting physically
TO throw the lady into the Hanalel
river.
On Aug. I, in Honolulu. the libellee
locked the libellant In a room so as to
. apparently cut off her escape and
threatened to kill her. The libellanl
/ escaped through another door and has
ever since discreetly remained apart
, from her spouse. She applied to the
, District Magistrate to have her hus
band placed under bonds to keep the
peace, but was advised to seek refuge
in the divorce court.
II Is further shown that the libellet
has no property. Two years ago the
libellee being then threatened with
criminal proceedings, induced the II
bellant to let him take her diamond
engagement ring to raise funds to ware
of prosecution. He sold the ring. 81
that, as the libel mournfully observes
she has lost both her engagement ant
her wedding ring.
The libellant prays for decree o
divorce, custody of the child, alimon!
and costs, and also for an order re
gtraining libellee from interfering
with her during the hearing Of tn
case.