The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-29
WOES Of WIFE
TOLD IN LIBEL
How John Hull Spends His Gov
eminent Stipend---Mur-
der Threats.

Loika Hull sues John Hull. to whom
she was married on March "a, 1883, for
divorce on the grounds of extreme
cruelty and habituaI intemperance. She
child, a girl aged II years, temporary
alimony and an attorneys fee, also
| further alimony on receiving an abso-
lutte divorce and, in the meantime. an
order of court restraining her husband
from molestings her.
According to the libel John Hull is
a laborer employed on the Capitol
grounds at $50 month who for three
years past has been addicted to the ex-
cessive use of intoxicating liquors,
more especially on the occasion Of each
and every pay day. In June last he
maltreated his wife so badly that she
was confined to the Queens Hospital
more than two weeks, while he was
taken to the police station but never
prosecuted for the assault. He assault
ed her more other times than she can
remember, but on five occasions she
had him prosecuted and convicted. For
two of the attacks he served sentence
in prison and for the remaining three
was fined. Two days before the date
of her complaint, on January 10, while
she was going to her attorneys office
her husband met her on the street and
moi zr,an III l,
threatening to fix her good if she
did not do SO at once. She had left
him on December 81 under stress of
his actions described as follows:
THAT on the evening of Dec 81, 1906.
the Hbelee returned to their home un-
der the influence of liquor, bringing
which he and a friend who accompa-
MED him consumed. Libelee then sent
out a messenger for more liquor and
obtained a demijohn of wine and be-
gan drinking it. Libelee then began
to abuse libelant and ordered her to
Immediately leave the premises, threat
ening to kill her If she did not go at
once and, in order to carry out his
threat, seized the demijohn as a wea-
pom and attacked libelant with it, chas-
ing her about the room and house, but
was prevented from striking her with
the weapon, as the same was seized
and taken from him by his friend, who
prevented any serious bodily violence
being done to libeIant by her said hussl
band. Libelee, however, continued
libelant and threatening to kill
her and ordering her to leave the
house. These actions and threats of
violence made by Ibelee put libelant
in great fear, causing her great mental
suffering, so that in terror she fled
from the house and sought conceal
ment and safety elsewhere.
THAT 1ibelant remained in conceal |
ment for some time, being in great |
fear of violence from libelee if he |
should discover her, and libelee dur
ing this time was hunting for libelant |
and making threats that he would kill |
her on sight, which threats he still con-
tinues to make against her and which
keep her in continual excitement, wor-
ry and fear, and compel her to keep
away from said libelee, all of which
cause her great mental suffering and
physical injury"
Judge Robinson signed an order COM
John Hull, until the final de-
of the divorce proceedings,
absolutely to desist and refrain from
seeking the presence of his wife and
from mo1esting her ia any way. Chas.
Creighton is attorney for complainant.
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