Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-23
$4,000 SUIT FOR
ALIENATION NOW
BEFORE COURT
Mrs. Myra c. Sims Tells of Hus-
bands Alleged De-
sertiOn.
SAYS RELATIVES
C0AXED HIM AWAY
Visited Apartments and Asked
Him TO Separate from
Her.

The alienation suit for $4,000 dam
ages of Mrs. Myro c. Sims, wife of
Ernest G. Sims, against Winfield Scott
Sims and Josephine Sims. father and
mother of Ernest Sims, and Mrs. Grace
Northrop. a sister, is on trial before Il
jury in the Circuit Court before Judge
Frederick Adams.
The suit dates back TO june, 1908, at
which time Mrs. Ernest Sims started
suit, claiming that through the efforts
of her husbands father, mother and
sister he had been Won away from her
and had left her.
The home of the Sims family is at
1863 Mt. Prospect avenue, but It de-
veloped that Mrs. Ernest Sims seldom
visited that home after her marriage
to her husband, on June 30, 1903. In
her bill of complaint, filed in June, 1908,
Mrs. Sims alleges that for several
years her husbands relatives en-
deavored to separate her and her hus-
band by telling the husband that she
was extravagant and that she was not
a lit Wl1e Tor MN.
Refused 10 Desert Wife.
According to Mrs. Sims, the real
trouble came on two Sundays in May,
1908, though it had been brewing for
some time before. On Sunday, May II,
that year, Ernest Sims's mother and
sister called at their home in Clinton
avenue where they occupied apart
ments ON the second floor, and asked
Ernest (the husband) 10 leave his wife.
The husband refused. and, according to
Mrs. Sims, jr., there was scene that
ended only when the elder Mrs. Sims
left the house.
On the following Sunday the plain
tiff testified, Mrs. Sims, sr., and Mrs.
Sorthrop again called at their home
and, after again asking the son and
brother to leave his wife, went away,
only to return a little later and again
attempt to enter the house.
when l heard the bell ring ] knew
it was Ernests folks back again and
told him not to go. to the door" testl-
fed Mrs. Sims this morning.
Refused 10 Open Door.
Did he open the door," asked Court
landl Parker, OF counsel tor the elder
Sims.
lie did not" snapped back Mrs. Sims
with a toss of her head and scornful
look at the corner of the court occupied
by the relatives of her husband that
she is suing
Continuing. Mrs Sims testified how
other tenants of the apartment house
had opened the street door for Mrs.
Sims, senior, and Mrs. Northrop, and
they came upstairs to the door of the
Sims apartment.
I'm answer to Ernest's mother that
ne open the door, ne replied to her, beg
ging her to go away" Mrs Sims told
the judge and jury. "Then they COM
menced calling me an extrayagant
woman and other things and l myself
opened the door and told them to go
away. They Kissed at me and shook
their fingers in my face. but l stood my
ground, and they finally left, after tell
ing Ernest they supposed he had to
stay with the boss meaning me-
Mrs, Sims then told of how her hus-
band left her to make a business trip
to Baltimore and that how for a time
she received letters from him every
day The question of the admission
of these letters as evidence was being
discussed when court adjourned for
the noon recess.
Mrs. Sims Striking Looking.
Mrs Sims, junicr, Is striking
looking woman, about 80 years of age,
and gives. her story In a clean-cut and
decisive manner. This morning she
wore a brown coat and skirt and COW
ering her heavy black hair was a huge
picture hat of green velvet, with long
green plumes adorning it. Her case is
In charge of Beecher & Bedford, who
are being assisted by Howard Mac
while Courtlandt and Wayne
Parker and Duane E. Minard appear
for the other branch of the Sims fam
lily. Ernest C. Sims, the husband, was
not seen in the courtroom this morn
ing.