Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-09-28
HAD NO USE FOR
THE Old De VII, IS
REO|TED To WIFE
Her Husband-Not Old Nick
Referred To in Alleged
Remark. y
PRESS DAUGHTER ON
STAND IS F0RCEFUL
Seeks to Discredit lS-year-old
Wife's Statements in Fight
for Support.

years old, hau no use Tor the olu
devil" meaning her husband William
Henry Prizes. 60 wears old, the wealthy
manufacturer OF Arlington, who is be-
ing sued by her for maintenance and
Chancellor Howell, in the Court Of
Chancery today by Mrs. Sadie Will
Jams. married daughter of Prizes.
Considerable testimony of a like ma
ture was taken to show that Prizes,
who the gir-wife said at the first
hearing treated her cruelty and trans
ferred his affections on the very we'd
ding night to his housekeeper, Mrs.
Alma Peterson, was not as bad as
painted. One of the things the 49,
yeer-old wife swore to when she had
her inning several days ago was that
her husband had forcibly taken her
wedding and engag cement rings from
her and turned them over to Alma, .
as the housekeeper was familIarly
known. This WAS denied by him on
his examination the other day. and his
denials We're backed up today
Who did the housework?" asked
Edgar II. Loveridge, counsel for Mr.
Prizes when his daughter was sworn.
II did; while she went around and
enjoyed herself" answered Mrs. Will
Jams with some certainty.
Did you ever have any conversa-
ton with her about your father?'
The next morning after they We're
married, because she treated him so
badly, | told her she married him to
get a home, and she said: L have no
use for the old devil. | only married
him for home and support. and | will
have it, too She also said to him: L
will have nothing to do with you; get
away"
''Did he ever make love to her?r
Yes, sir, and every time she pushed
him away"
Mrs. Williams, who lives with her
father in 157 Laurel avenue, Arlington.
went on to defend him, and stuck to
her story on the cross examination bV
Harold A. Miller, Mrs. Priess counsel,
which covered points to the effect that
she never heard her father threaten
to shoot his girl wife or knew of her
being locked in her room by him
Did she ever say why she did not
want to stay In her room? p
Yes sir, she said she didn't want
to see the old devil"
Then, in answer to another question,
covering the alleged lovemaking of the
husband, the daughter had this to say
Once when he wanted to put his
arms around her to love her she said
Don't you touch me- / hate you!'"
Is Alma married or single?" asked
Mr.. Miller
Married"
When the lawyer wanted to know
where Mr. Peterson was the court ruled
the question out
How did your father address Mrs.
Peterson?"
He called her Alma
Did you ever seen your father put
his arms around Alma ?"
NO, sir"
Mrs. Williams told about Mrs. Prizes
meeting a young man named Allen
almost every evening since she wak
married"
When my father told Lena that he
wanted to see her about it she ran
away" supplemented the witness.
Then she told how Mrs. Prizes, before
taking leave of her husband said in
the face of his remonstrance:
We'll, I'm going anyway and I don't
want to sec our old face aga in"
Called Him "OId FoEy-
Another witness for the defense,
Henry Collins. of Arlington, who
works for Prizes, made this point for
his employer;
"A week after they We're married
l was around to the house and heard
her say to him as he tried to put his
arms around her Get away from me;
l don't want to have anything to do
with you, you old fogy you -
other things put in by him were in
corroboration of what his employer
had testified to the effect that Alma
was in the house at Mrs. Pries's invi-
tation, and that the wife refused to
do any housework, insisting that she
ought to have a housekeeper.
"I advised Mrs. Prizes, whom I knew
before her marriage not to marry be-
cause of the great difference in their
ages. saying that such don't go to-
gether.'
In answer to "a question Collins
swore.
II once saw Mrs. Prizes put her arms
about Mrs Peterson but / never saw
Mr.. Prizes do that"
From Mrs. Laura c. Pairan 1t was
still more definitely learned that Mrs.
Prizes had no use for her husband. This
witness swore that she once called
upon her. after she had left her hus-
band, and Mrs. Prizes said:
"T have been married to an old fool
in Arlington and | only married him
for money and support and not for
love. She told me that the man who
was in her company at the time was
not a paperhanger as she first told
me, but that he was very dear friend
OF hers. whom she knew before she was
married, and would marry him if she
got divorce. She said she didn't want
to see her husbands old face again and
that she wanted young man"