The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-02-01

AZ the time of the commencement Of
the action, Nov. %, 1906 plaintiff was
2s, and defendant ~ years OF age.
Plaintiff Is the only child OF VIM. r.
Douglass and wife and she was reared
In the city OF Fargo where her pa
rents have resided for many years.
Defendant. a native of wisconsin Ok
German parentage. IN a specialist OF
the diseases of the eye. ear. nose and
throat. and upon completing his medi-
cal education he located in said city in
1895 for the practice OF his chosen pro-
fession and he has been very success
ful, having attained eminence in HIS
line. IL Is here that he met wooed,
and won the plaintiff. Immediately
after the wedding. Jan. 81. 1903, they
embarked on a wedding tour to the
! old world where they visited Egypt,
Italy the Holy Land, France, Ger
many and other countries. being
I absent for several months Just prior
to the marriage defendant caused to
be conveyed to plaintiff certain real :
property In Fargo and soon after such
marriage defendant erected thereon
dwelling at cost Of nearly s25,O0
and furnished the same in a comfort
able and luxurious manner I'm which
the parties made there home until the
day the action was commenced, and
where defendant has ever since re-
slider. During all the time they lived
together plaintiff was furnished a
separate bank account which was kept
replenished by defendant at all times
against which she was enabled to
check at pleasure. She was also pro-
And NgerF Vaz- A.
all times when possible to hire them,
with servants, nurses, and medical at
PENDANTS. What are the acts OF cruelty
relied upon by respondent to sustain
the Judgment; And what is the proof
as disclosed by the record?
1t is asserted that defendant COM
menced his course of abuse and ILL
treatment Of plaintiff Immediately af- &
ter the marriage and while they wers
on their wedding tour. p.
In addition to the many accusations s
made in the complaint the PLAINTIFF
narrates in her testimony a great many D
more, to the most important OF which
we will refer. She would have thu
court believe that Immediately after
the marriage a radical change came
over defendant; that instead of q ten
der, loving and affectionte husband he
almost instantly commenced towards
her course Of gross abuse and i'll :
treatment without any apparent mo-
tive, and which abuse and ill-treat-
ment continued almost continuously
throughout the period that they CO.
habited together. She even charges ,
him with meanness, stinginess and a
lack of due consideration for her COM
fort and happiness, antedatinE the
marriage. I'm providing an undesirable,
poorly ventilated, second or third-cIas
stateroom on the steamer. the Kaiserin
Maria Theresa. on which they cook
passage on their wedding tour Such
compartments were engaged through
correspondence and undoubtedly. were
thus engaged long prior to the we'd
ding day, as they departed on their
long journey on the evening of the
wedding. Plaintiff swears that while
at the hotel in New York just prior to
taking passage on the steamer defen-
dant's conduct was not all she expert
ed or anticipated: that he made many
very sighting remarks about her
father and mother, and in speaking
about the wedding "a most peculiar
expression came over his face and he
sneered and said: Well. that whole
thing was very peculiar" and She
says that in referring to a converse
ton with friend who had asked him
If he knew all the people who were to
be at the wedding, to which he an
swered I'm the negative, he told her
that this friend remarked: II call that
damned insult" She also saws:
There were other disagreeabIe things,
but that (meaning the aboveD is the
one that stands out most clearly i'm my
memory" She Also In this connec-
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