Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-09
LOVE FLED WHEN
BABY BOY MADE
HIS APPEARANCE
Mrs. Bergamo Testifies She
Fears Spouse, Though He
Offers Apology. >
SAYS HE ONCE TOLD HER
HE WOULD CUT HER UP
Defendant, a Tailor, Tells Court
He Still Loves Better
Half. i

Florentino Bergarno, q tailor of Mar
lket street, figured in a suit that wasn't
of his own making before Vice-Chan-
| cellor Stevens today, where his wife
Jessie, who is living apart from him
| at AZ Mulberry street, told a long story
of alleged cruelty on which she found
ed her action for maintenance and sup
| port.
The defense is a general denial and
a peculiar feature of the hearing was
that Frank E. Bradner, counsel for the
knight of the shears said that his client
| was ready to make in public an
| apology to Mrs. Bergamo for what he
! said about her character in the cross
| bill and that he, the defendant, still
| loved his wife and was ready and will
| ing to make up.
Would Be Happy to Take Her Back.
"He says" Mr.. Bradner informed the
court, that he would be only o'hap-
py to take her back; that he will pro
vide for her and that he is devoted to
| her."
"Theses are very fine statements to
make" came from Philip ]. Schotland,
| her counsel in protest. but under the
circumstances I have personal knowl-
edge of, we would rather go on and
prove the case. This Is only play
to deprive my client of her legal
rights"
When Mrs. Bergamo was called she
| said that she was about 19 years old
when she was married in August, 1909
"He was all the time cruel to me-"
she said, ''and had violent temper at
all times. One thing he did was to
object to my mother, both before and
after marriage"
Then she told about the birth of the
boy baby, which, she said was the
cause of much contention.
did you live happily with the de-
fendant?" she was asked
| only a few weeks"
What did he do?'
Couldn't Look Him In Eye.
"He struck me on several occasions"
witness said. II was In fear of him
and couldn't look him in the eye. He
once said I will kill you, and il had
! you in the country somewhere l would
cut you to pieces and bury you.'
| On the DISCRIMINATION Mrs. Ber-
gamo admitted that she never made
any attempt to see her husband in his
home in Thirteenth avenue since the
separation.
you are not willing to go back to
| him?" Mr.. Bradner asked
"I am not" was the decided answer
IT am afraid to live with him."
us that your only reason?"
"I think it would not be WISE" Mrs
Bergamo answered, "as it would be
curse to bring any other children into
the world with him as their ather"
Then she admitted that before her
marriage she received visits from a
certain young man and denied that she
ever said that she would not live with
her husband, but once wrote to a rela-
tive that she was going to get lot of
money out of him.
Mrs. Charles P. Ruby, of 1853 Broad
street, where the Bergamos once lived,
told about teethmarks on Mrs. Ber-
gamos arm, which she told the wit
ness were the result of one of the tai
lor's attacks. Other occupants of the
fiat told about the quarrels between
the couple.
Baby Brought chickering's.
When the defendant was called to
the witness stand this afternoon ne
said that he lived very happily" with
his wife until the boy baby was born.
He sa that he grew suspicious of his
wife after that, and that he had
always treated her as good as a man
could treat his Wife He never really
quarreled with his wife about the
baby, he added, although their married
life was not as 1t should have been.
"Did you ever strike her?" Mr.. Brad
ner asked.
mo, SIR" he said vehemently Il
never struck a woman In my life.
did you ever threaten that you
would kill herr"
"Never!" answered the tailor with
like vehemence
He denied every charge made against
him with equal emphasis, and was
quite as positive that he never even