Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-05-20
Trouble Over Fathers Will.


they next came to Putnam and have
lived there ever since.
Trouble Over Fathers Will.
In speaking about the first breach
between herself and husband, Mrs.
Bradley said to the court: MY married
life was very happy until fourteen
years ago, when the will of my father
became public. My husband had been
named as executor in the will and later
in codicil this appointment was re-
volxed and trust fund was created for
myself ard children. This exceedingly
angered my husband, and from that
time on his attitude towards me en-
tire1y changed. He was always ready
to scold and seemed to be dissatisfied
with everything did. He was grouchy
and cross and did not appear to be III
good spirits only when / was crying. l
was always on the defensive. His Ian
guage to me was very profane He
never spent his evenings at home, with
the exception that when We had guests
he generally did stay home. He came
very late nights and spent many nights
away from home. AS for taking me
anywhere, he never did. Four years
ago he scolded me and then struck me
in the face with his hand
Struck in the Face.
Mrs. Bradley continued the story of
her unpleasant experiences during the
past several years and said that four
years ago she stopped living with him
as his wife. Four years ago she went
to see him at his Office one day and
he threw her out, striking her in the
face. She went to the home of friend
in tears and remained there for while
so that her mother and children would
not know that she had been crying.
Mrs. Bradley said in answer to ques-
tions that this trouble between herself
and her husband had caused her great
sorrow and had injured her health. She
was asked if she had always loved her
husband, and answered: Yes, I have
always loved him, and I love him now"
Providence Woman Testifies.
Mary E. Moulton of Providence, r. 7,
testified thai she was a friend of Mrs.
Bradley and was a guest at the Brad
lev home in Putnam last Christmas.
While there she saw Mr.. Bradley strike
his wife a severe blow in the face. She
had noticed that Mr.. Bradley was very
cold and reticent towards his wife and
did not speak to her while they We're at
table
Emily c. Bruce of Putnam told of
the time when Mrs. adley came to
her house in tears and very much up
set. Al that time Mrs Bradley told
her that Mr.. Bradley had thrown her
out of his Office. Mrs Bradley did not
want to go home in the physical con-
dition she was in because of her moth
er and children, and remained while
at her home and tried to calm herself.
Another Cruel Husband.
Another woman to receive divorce
decree for cruelty was Mrs. Mary E.
Tarbox of Mansfield Hollow. She said
to the court that she was 26 years old
and had two children. She was mar
ried in 1903. Her husband slapped her
face on several occasions and while
they lived at North Storington one
night he threw her out of bed, grabbed
her by the throat and would have
choked her if Lafayette Maine. with
whom they were living, had not stop
ped her husband. Then when they were
living in Mansfield Hollow he threat
ened to kill her on several occasions.
He pointed a loaded revolver at her
once ana pulled the trigger. The ham
mer snapped, but through some miracle
the bullet was not discharged. For
this her husband was arrested
Nathaniel Maine of North Stonington
| said that he felt sure that Tarbox
would have killed the petitioner had it
not been for the fact that he (Maine)
| heard the fracas in the room and had
| gone in. Tarbox had his wife down on
| the floor with his knees on her stom-
| ach, one hand tightly grasping her
| throat and the other entwined in her
| hair. He had considerable difficulty in
calming Tarbox that night. Mrs. Tar
| box bore the imprints of her husbands
Mrs. Tarbox was granted the decree.
| Divorced from Horse Trainer.
The third woman to be relieved from
matrimonial bonds was Mrs. Ella Sara \
Carney, who on March 5, 1905, marie
| Peter Francis Carney of Providence,
r. l.. race horse trainer. They board
/ ed in Providence and he worked at the
| Narragansett race course. July LIST,
| 1905, he went away and returned i'll
| October Of the same year. His visit in
October was very short. He walked in
1 to the house and slapped her face and
| then slapped the face Of the woman
| with whom she was living. He then
| walked out and she has not seen nor
( heard from him since.
| That Mrs. Carney has been living in
| Sterling for several years and support
| ing herself and that her husband has
not heen around there was testified to
by Lizzie S1ippee, Annie Knox and
John St Saur, all three of Sterling.
Mrs. Carney was granted decree on
| the ground of desertion and she was
given the right to resume her maiden
name of Ella Sarah Flower.
Criminal Business Ends.
The criminal business of this SEES
sion Of court was completed Friday
morning when Joseph Sullivan OF
| Boston and Cornelius Moran of Nor
witch were sentenced to six months il
the county Jail for statutory burglary
The men broke into the house of Mi
chae1 Cornell, 100 Pleasant street. this
city on the night of March 22d. They
did not take anything, having beer
frightened away
Six Months in Jail for Both.
Moran was represented in court BY
IAttorney s. S. Thresher of Norwich
| while Sullivan did not have any coun-
sell Moran's counsel spoke highly Of
the accused with the exception that he
at times would drink. 1t was while or
one of these DRINKS that he broke into
the house He had a mother about Z!
years old with whom he lived, ant
counsel begged for leniency for hel
sake. States Attorney SearIs recon-.
mended one year in the county jail fol
both. Judge Subway told Moran tina
for the sake of his mother he woul:
let him go with a six months sen
tence. As for Sullivan, the judge TOLD
him that the plea of Moran's mother
would likewise bring him leniency. HI
was given six months in the county
Jail.
In Putnam Next Week.
At the request of counsel, judge
Shunway decided to hold court in Put
nam next week and Sheriff Sibley wa;
notified to so inform the jury. Th'
| cases which will come UP in Putnam
ara Abbie A. Sullivan VS.. the New
York. New Haven and Hartford rail