The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-30
LOVE KILLED BY DIAGNOSIS.
RiyAYON IN TERROR or CANCER
WHICH HIS WIFE HADN'T.

n. showed Her the FrOck Coat He'd wear
Al Her Funeral and Kept His Table
Utensils in Ills Poeket-BO Cents q
nav Not Enough for Athletic woman.
Wr, Edith Ramayon Of $50 East Twenty
e,,t street got a warrant from Magistrate
pool IN the Yorkville police court yesterday,
q, her husband. Andrea Ramnyon, on
.bs,ge Of abandonment. The husband Is a
,,,nufacturer Of surgical instruments at
40 East Twenty second street. He Is
Trenchman. born In Algiers, and his wife IL
an American e athletic build and habits
and Of prepossessing Appearance.
When Detective Schroeder went 70 the
manufacturer ONCE 70 serve the warrant
be INQUIRED for Andrea Ramayon.
INV brother Ia out Of town and will not be
hack for several days, said the man In the
ONCE. The detective went back to court ana
then the woman learned Of his experience
,he said the man in the ONCE was her hus-
hand. Schroeder and the woman went TO
the Office again. The same man was there;
be was the husband.
my husband left our homo last July
the complainant said TO the Magistrate.
'spce then he has paid the rent Of the FIAT,
but be only allows me so cents day 70 live
upop. although he has an income Of from
as 10 $500 week from his business.
Il have been good to my wife, but abe
took the FIRE poker to me, She used TO 90
10 balls and receptions and did not want
that" said the husband.
As an American woman Ike social en-
ioyment. but never did anything that
my husband could properly object TO-
declared the complainant.
I am willing to live with her again,
tho man said.
The man has the halluoinAtio that his
wife has cancer and be Is afraid Of catch
ing it, so he used to 60 10 bed with bis
clothes on, declared the lawyer, who APP
peared for the woman
do look as II I had cancer, JudgeS'
the complainant asked
The "a gistrate looked over her 200 pounds
avoirdupois and remarked that she seemed
10 be the picture Of health.
There Is not a healthier woman in New
York than am at present, said the woman.
But less than year ago physician told
me | had cancer and this mistaken dag
noss was the cause Of all the trouble be-
tween me and my husband, who loved me
very much, and who u an excellent man
He has a terrible fear Of catching cancer
II in his tte n II, as he calls it.
She said she had had a email tumor on
her arm, and she went to see a physician
on Second avenue. She told him that her
mother had died Of cancer and the medical
man pronounced the tumor on her arm
cancer. When she informed her husband
be turned pale, she said and exclaimed:
Mon Dieu, my friend, II is a pity you
should die 80 young with that horrible
disease.
There was no doubt in his mind that she
really had cancer, and a great fear was
born in him that he would catch IT, too.
There was doubt in her mind as 70 the
correctness Of the diagnosis, and after
ward the tumor completely disappeared.
Her husbands fears, however, soon began
70 show He refrained from kissing her
on going 70 or returning from business.
and excused himself by saying It was q
silly custom. II she sat beside him on -
sofa he would get up and sit on a chair
at the opposite side Of the room. Alright
he would open all the windows and leave
them open. At the dinner table he took
more precautions against catching the
disease, she said. He carried about With
him the knives and forks and spoons he
IAed at table, 90 that his wife would not
touch them. One night he wanted a drink
Of water, but was afraid TO drink out OF
the glasses, lest some germs Of the dis
ease might be upon them. He turned on
the water and put his head under the faucet
The poor man suffered agonies through
hh fear Of catching disease which didn't
have at all, the complainant continued.
i was unable 10 allay bis fears and /, too,
Erieved when / saw him shrink away from
me II my garments brushed against him
az | moved about the room
Her husband kept telling her how much
he pitied her because she had TO die, she
declared. He pointed out 70 her a par
ticular frock coat he intended 10 wear at
her funeral. Finally, he said he could not
bear up under the great burden of Re ar
that oppressed him while living m the same
house with her and proposed % live
alone, but said be would provide for her
wants until the fatal termination Of her
life from the supposed cancer.
The woman said she was unable 70 live
on the 80 cents a day her husband allowed
her.
IN make an order that you pay your
wife $40 week. the Magistrate said to
Ramayon,
He said he could not afford 10 pay so
much and would prove 1t by his books.
The Magistrate adjourned the examination
until to-day at his request.