Evening journal., 1906-11-28
$4,000 WORDS
TELL TALE OF WOE
MulhOIIand Began to Com
plain on Way Home From
the Altar
HAD TO WASH THE DISHES

PITTsBURG. Nov. 2S.-In an afh-
davit Of eighty-fve typewritten pages
Robert J. Muiholland, an official in the
Westinghouse Works I'm East Pitts
burg has set forth what he declares
to be about one-half of the tortures
and trials he endured during the ten
lyears he lived with his wife. Muhol-
land has appealed TO the courts for a
divorce and he has supplemented his
sworn volume by a long series OF other
charges TO a referee.
The husbands affidavit is said by
lawyers to be the longest ever filed
IN divorce suit In this city and that
Il probably holds the record for divorce
actions the country over Mulholland
takes more than $4,000 words to detail
his tale Of woe, or about one-half the
words in the average novel.
He starts by alleging that his wife
began to abuse him the day of their
wedding They were married in jan
uary. 1898, and the husband stood the
strain until the summer of 1908. Then
he says that the spirit In him finally
broke out in revolt. and he fatty re-
fused TO live longer with his wife.
The first trouble Mulholland swears,
took place when he was riding from
the church with his bride They were
returning to the parental home OF the
young woman for the wedding feast
land at the gate the bride demanded
THAT he husband lift her from the car
riage Mulholland did not take her up
, bodily, but gallantly offered her his
5 hand But he charges that this would
. mot do. and that In the presence of
Ian the wedding guests she gave him
, Ia going over, and said that she never
would have married him If she had
: thought he would act in such way
Although there was a servant in the
house. Mulholland sets forth that the
only time in all the ten years that he
: had peace was when he was washing
dishes and making himself generally
useful I'm the Kitchen" His wife could
not see why he should not do house.
hold work He AYERS that not only
. did he scrub and sweep the floors, but
/ that frequently he cooked meals. Hi
: spouse was opposed to him having 1
moments rest He alleges that in ad'
dition she made him mend his owl
shoes, polish his wife's shoes and tina
when there was nothing else to do shl
. brought in neighbors' shoes and made
him repair them. Frequently she fore
cd him to get up at o'clock in the
& morning and prepare her hot meal
I Mulholland IS Of a musical disposi
= tion, but he declares that every TIM
r he started singing his wife would
g force him to stop by "howling like
dog" He says that she made hin
darn stockings and sew his own cloth
ing as well as mend II and that Will
,, he worked necessarily about the hous
his wife would lie on her back Il
bed reading Laura Jean Libbey novels
In he spoke to her or disturbed her 4
any way she scolded him.
Every two weeks. Mulholland sayl
ihe brought his entire salary home {
his wife. she gave him 25 cent
spending money. and he asserts tina
his wife accused him OF squanderin
the quarter on other women. Ever
morning Mulholland received 10 cent
for car fare. but that only carried hir
to the Westinghouse plant, ana h
z was forced to walk home, a distanc
n Of six miles.
r Mrs. Mulholland has filed brie
e answer. IN which she asserts she wa
,, a loving and affectionate wife.