Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-03
CONTESTED DIVORCE CASE ON TRIAL
Freelove A. Miller Seeks Separation from O. Miller
Grounds of lntoerable Cruelty Wants Alimony.

the house. she said she could not re-
peat the circumstances and was al
lowed to write it.
Told Obscene Stories.
At one time while at the table OBJ
scene stories were being told by Mr.
Miller and the others, including CO.
nundrums OF a bad character and she
told Gurdon. her older son, that he
ought not to laugh at such things,
and demonstrated with her husband
and said he ought not to tell such
stories. When she told Gurdon not
to participate in them, he threw a
spoonful of hot dried beef gravy into
her. face and mouth After she had
washed it off. she said: You ought
not to treat mamma that way" and
his reply Was: If you don't shut up,
Ill give you some more" The father
said: You'll have to knock her down
boy was under the fathers influence.
She described the house as having
eight rooms with small sewing room
and attic. 1t was furnished and in
good state of Sepair. In the cellar is
a cider mill and barrels. besides ap-
pies
Son Helped with Housework.
This completed the direct. examina-
ton about 4 o'clock. and Attorney
Browning turned the witness over to
She was asked about her parents and
brothers and sisters. She said her
parents came TO live with her in 1893,
and remained until they died. Her
mother was lame and went with a
crutch and cane, but was able to- do
the dishes much of the time and also
did much sewing for all in the family.
She was asked il the older boy did
not wash the dishes, make bread and
pastry and help in the housekeeping.
She stated that he had been brought
up to do it at times and he may have
cooked a few meals. When she was
sick her mother, son and husband dld
the work, or it was not done
When a pitcher of lemonade was
broken in the barn as she and her
husband made a grab for 1T at the
same time she said that she had not
refused to make it for Gurdon, al
though Ciurdon had made it. She tes-
titled that she went to the barn look
ing for Gurdon, and may have climbed
three to five rounds of the ladder. but
did not find him. She denied having
for her boy. She asked her husband
when he didn't tell where the boy
was. but he only grinned. She want
ed him to bring a table from the up
hand had told hi mthat he needn't do
anything for her unless he wanted to-
She also testified that his father had
told him to strike her.
Boy Struck Her.
She testified that she had had trou-
BILE with GUfdOn- once ne dld not go
to school and when he came in and
she demonstrated with him. he struck
her and knocked her against a desk
and tipped that over On this occa-
sion as well as when her husband had
struck her she had bruises to show
for it, The trouble with her son was
early in 1909 She denied that she had
taken a hot knife covered with grease
and wiped it across the face of Kelsey
Fillmore, who was working at the
farm.
She told of those who had seen the
injuries from the violence of Mr.. Mill
er She also testified that her father
helped about the farm, driving the
COWS husking and bringing in the
wood doing enough to earn his board.
She stated that she did not know of
an understanding that her parents
We're to be supported in part by her
brothers and sisters when they came
TO the Miller home. Efforts were made
to get the stories and conundrums told
at the table. but she declared them
indecent and something she could not
Court was adjourned at 4.30 o'clock
until this morning at ten o'clock when
the cross examination will be resumed
The case will occupy two more days
at least as there are a number of wit
nesses to be heard