Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1911-12-28
THE SCOTT ScOTT ALIMONY SUIT.
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enable and which would be just as
satisfactory. We then engaged rooms
at the Hotel Lincoln, $4 day room
rent alone, and my wife made no OBJ
lection and afterWard commended the
hotel to other persons.
| AS to the breakfast incident, the
steward said it was impossible to send
| a waiter into the sleeping car at that
time as all were busy in the dining
car.
He denied saying after their return
Had | known it was SO expensive to
! get married / would never have got
married" or anything susceptible of
that Interpretation.
He denies telling her that he was
worth 100000 and that they should
live SO she could move in the best So
ciety OF Woodbury., or that he would
give her an automobile and horses and
carriages for her own use. Upon
| two or three occasions before our
marriage there was some discussion
| between US as to how much / was
worth. She asked for information on
the subject and / told her was rated
between $l25.000 and $4,000, and on
0SS%soA0&As
First National Bank, at Woodbury.,
waiting for car before our marriage
| she said she wanted to see Bradstreets
Commercial Rating. | took her into
the Directors room and she examined
the book. This affair he considered
a joke, and was in the presence of one
OF my sisters. Upon another occas-
ion told her l owned a great deal of
real estate, but it was impossible to
tell definitely what it was worth and
might be worth 100000
never made any promise as to how
| would provide for her support after
marriage, and she never made any re-
quests of this character.
We were married on the 9Th of
September, 1909. / was never mar
ried prior to that. My sister Mercy
had kept house for me for 81 years,
and it was understood that she was to
continue with US for time.
Sometime in December, 1909, while
complainant was visiting her sister in
Media for a week, complainant wrote
me she would not return unless / had
Mercy leave the house. Prior to this
she had not made an complaint about
Mercy living with us, and this was the
first intimation ] had that she OBJ
jected to Mercy remaining in our
household. | at once made arrange
ments for Mercy to go away, and the
complainant returned.
His sworn statement shows that she
employed a woman servant at Sc a
week, and in January, 1910 man ser
want, one Geo. Wentz, aged 23, at s12
am onth, besides women to wash, iron
and sweep.
His denial of complainant's state
ments as to financial harassments is
sweeping and positive as is also those
as to liberality of maintenance Of his
home. I had running accounts he
says, at all the stores, and the bills
were settled at my office. .
never refused to give complainant
any money for which she made re-
quest.
He makes sweeping denial of the
truth of the compliments statements
as to occurrences over the purchase
of provisions, ETC., and small money
matters stated in compliments petit
ton.
He acknowledges advising com
plainant that he preferred to have her
consult physician in Mantua or
Woodbury., but after he found she pre-
ferred Philadelphia physician, made
no further objection, and paid the bills
Mr.. Scott denies that he complained
of the expense incident to the birth of
the child, but paid the cost of hospi-
tai and nurses bills $3.50 without
complaint.
1t is not true that said, well, I
have had to put UP with the same
thing that DR.. Wood had to put up
with his wife,
Mr.. Scott details a conversation he
heard between his wife's mother and
complainant. He coming into the house
and hearing loud voices walked up
stairs and heard himself cruelty be-
rated by Mrs. Evans.
Mr.. Scott denies at length and with
particularly the allegations of Mrs.
Agnes Evans affidavit, that accompan-
led his wife's.
In the month of April, 1911, my wife
and her mother left my home and
went to her brothers home in Man
tua. After several interviews they
came back on my agreement to give
her $lo week, employ Wentz, Susie
and Mrs. Levi Williams, she to pay
extra help, and provide credit for her
at Philadelphia stores. I acceded to
her wishes and she returned.
In the month of July, 1911, she ar
ranged with by consent to have five
weeks vacation three at Media and
two at Atlantic City.
When they were preparing to start
the complainant made further demand
that if did not comply she would not
return. She required that / employ
a chauffeur with nothing else to do
than run the auto and care for the
lawns; put Bell phone in the house.
told her if that was the case she
would not come back. The next
morning she withdrew her demands
as to the automobile. | got the car
out and took complainant and her
mother to Media to start her vacation.