Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-10-17
on Stand,
Tells of Domestic Troubles

events that led up to the nndlhg %
his wife's body stretched across th'
bed In their Park avenue home.
Mr. McDermit asked;
sswhen did Mrs. MacFarland ar
rive after you rented the house.
''On July 12I think scmeWher'
about that-the tenth or twelfth
Had you obtained q position a
that timer"
.1 went to work at the Crocker'
/, Wheeler Company on May /"
I'm what capacity?"
"As advertising manager.
And your salary was
"I had a nominal salary of $3.50 6
month. but 1t was understood that II
would be whatever I was worth.
Now, when your wife came or
from Maine, did you have any talk
with herr"
eyes. I did. 1 had made up my
mind, and, in fact. in my correspond
ance with Miss Bromley, she had said
a number of times for me not to
DECEIVE my wife In the idea thai
she was going to have a happy re-
union
.sNow. what was the conversation
with her?' resumed Mr.. McDermit.
.Well. I had better tell little
something of the circumstances. MY
wife had written me the same
sort Of letters-we got on better by
mail than any other way. When sht
went away she was very cautious
: about writing. There was nothing
h = -...,sfr ~. M or do TINT xuoIIld
annoy her into writing letters that
were not smooth. She evidently did
mot want to give me any excuse fol
kg citing a divorce
n Determined to Divorce Wife.
"yVsll. was therefore in doubt as
40 what her state of mind would be
when she arrived. had previous to
Asher going to Malne before this affaiI
Df the baby WIS unexpecteoly
drought on the horizon, and from tn.
( xime ] left Chicago / had resolved
shat as soon as my circumstances
would permit me to keep my wife In
somfort separately l would insist
nm putting through the divorce ques-
Z sfon we had coneidered, but never
brought to q settlement. l told Miss
Hromley / had in mind a settlement
iSyith my wife as soon as tnihBs
Eaoolxed prosperous.
$50 lust at that time / was sur
4 nrised to learn my wife was expect
n dns another child, and that put all
thoughts of divorce out of my mind
4 ] don't know what my mental process
& was. j Just dismissed 1t for future
4 consideration
SAT the time she went, we were
not on good terms. We had been
+ scrapping all summer. There was
friction between us that made 1t very
+ disagreeable to me. IT was very
probabIy my fault in large part. AL
4 her interests were with her folks In
Maine. MY business did not interest
her as much as It does you---not as
much. It doesn't matter who was al
sault, the whole thing amounted tc
an .ntolerable state of affairs.
Breaches Continued to Deepen.
II didn't have any driving reason
/ to bring ii to an end, however. Wher
| my wife was in Maine. drifted along
! and did pretty good. Sometimes
had thought that when she would
come back after former visits tC
Maine we could get along a little
better, but when she would come
back l found the breach deeper thar
we could fix.
"rhe reason hadn't written to hei
about Ampere was that ] was afraid
<1l.. M Il a haY
parents influence would counteract
any influence or persuasion / might
be able to exercise. / was afraid she
Il might sue me, get both my children
and bunch of allmony.
when she landed in Ampere l was
i little doubtful in what state OF
4 mind she would be. She came to New
y York. WAS to meet her at the boat
had determined to tell her wheT
abe arrived that my idea was to come
to some kind of settlement. l didn't
want to make any attempt to star
anew, because j thought the thinl
was beyond 1t. Although I had bet.
= ter reason than ever had before. Il
was not a driving or imperative rea.
son.
$50 circumstances obliged me tC
bring the subject up. When / me'
her at the boat either / was late ol
ti1e boat was early. She was waiting
ka couple of hours outside. She WASH
"a state Of mind to start any rec
onciliation The subject that came
f. up first was the dlsagreeable matter
of waiting a couple ~ hours in th'
s sun.
a wa took the crowded train to tn,
4 #Anlpere house. That was the frs
4 opportunity l had to approach th'
subject asked her what sh
thought Of it.
Didn't Want to BE Slave.
"She said she hoped didn't expec
her to make slave of herself to lool
after it.
'aThen I told her she wouldn't havi
to dosit long. because / was tired o
being a husband in winter and
Bachelor in the summer. / said ha'
Ifaken the house to give us an oppor
tunity to arrange matters.
II aad affection for my wife ant
hdlnired her good qualities and woul'
not see her suffer any hardships,
would not contemplate a divorce tha
Iatd not take care of her comforts
Tzerefore. a good financial situation
was the first and necessary thing be
fore would consider forcing a di
vorce on her and taking any step
about II.
$50 in all Of my plans up to tha