New-York tribune., 1911-12-06
EXCITING LIFE.
He Says His Hair Was Pulled Out
and He Was Thrown Out.
SHE CALLS HIM EX-CONVlCT
He Counters with Tales of Her
Drunkenness and Finding Of
100 Whiskey Flasks.

More affidayits and cross afldauts in the
divorce suit &C Alfred b. Osgoodhy against
his wife. Mrs Lillian a. Osgoodby, were
OF file yesterday i'm correction with the ap-
rl,cation OF the wife for alimlnv pending
the trial Of the husband s action. The ooc-
.mcuts on both sides contain q rapid fire
exchange Of allegations by the two hu-
gants
Osgoodby saws, among other things, that
his Wife drank TO excess and threw MN
out OF the house when he had only 3 II
the world. after some trouble he had WIN
the Postoffice Department. This latter al
fair, and others to which Mrs. OssoodoN
refers I'm her affidavit, caused her 10 can
Osgoodby a Get Rich-Quick Waliingford.
Mrs Osgoodby was previously the VIE
Of Or. Thomas Darlington. former Health
Commissioner of New York. DR.. Darling
ton sued her for divorce. and Oseoodby was
her counsel in that action. She has stated
that she was never served IN the suit
brought by DR. Darlington. Her second
husband and former counsel now pro-
nounces her statement about not being
served as false. and adds that she re
ouested him 10 discontinue her defence OF
the suit brought by DR.. Darlington. Os-
coodbv saws that his client now his wife.
told hin, that she had received $500 from
DR. Darlington TO discontinue her defence
thus allowing the decree to he granted by
default.
II was In February. 1910, Osgoodby mar
rates. that he lost his home. 1t was then
az No 12s West 10Th street. He went there
completely ruined, he says His wife de-
ivered a TRADE against him. and closed II
ov ordering him from his house. WITH only
70 as his worldly assets. he found quarters
N lodging houses Osgoodby makes the
allegation that his wife was frequently IN
toxicsted. and that he found not less thdh
,ne hundred whiskev TASKS about the house
He confsCated these. as well as some cisa-
~ettes that he found and which were not
his When under the influence OF Hqnor'
osgoodhy saws. his wife pulled much OF MS
nair out
Mrs. Osgoodby makes the statement that
her husband fails 10 tell what was on ms
mind when he considered himself com
pletelv ruined She says that his off1ce had
been raided by federal agents. ITO break !
I'D his pernicious practice Of using the |
mails for fraudulent purposes She says !
that those who know her husband also |
know his connection with the Associated |
Registered Attorneys. the Prize Magazine |
the International Registry Company and /
other concerns Mrs Osgoodhy goes on 10 |
say that Osgoodby has Led a high life and !
spent money with the liberality OF a sailor |
home from a long voyage She adds that |
he pavned her jewelry. spent 500 that she |
had in the bank and 500 more that she /
recovered from the Boston Maine Rail |
road for injuries
As for the assertion that her husband |
,nce prevented her from committing sui |
eide. the wife says that if she ever CON /
emplated such a step OsgOodhy would |
much rather aid her than prevent it.
Referring 20 her husband as a "Get-Rich- /
Quick WalHneford," the defendant wife
saws that he owned nothing i'm his own
7,l,e and thar his business "reeked with !
fraud and stealth" Even his term IN /
flmfrs Reformatory, she declares, did not ,
.h8nee his habits Osgoodhy has a son by
,ror marriage. He IS George NJ Osgoodby |
About her stcpson Mrs. Oseoodby says,
Like father-like son" THE apple never
falls very far from the tree" She says
that the young man was expelled from
Princeton University for his high jinks"
and that he came asking aid from her
until she put him ont OF her house.
Then. also, the wife brings into the case !
one Ethel Slavin who was i'm the employ
of OsEoodby Although he paid her no
salary for thirty-fve weeks. according to
Mrs Osgoodby, Miss Slavin is so infat-
uated with Oseoodby that she offered him
money when he got into trouble And
then, too. there is Mrs. Roach living in
New Jersey, who is waiting 10 make
osgoodby her sixth husband. says the de-
fendant
Osgoodhy, in answer 10 the Elmira Re
formatory allegation, says that it was
when he was seventeen years old. but that
his offence was Of purely political nature
He was admitted 10 the bar I'm Buffalo four
wears later, and says that the justices of
the Supreme Court there knew of his con-
hnement when he was admitted