The Detroit times., 1912-01-11
SOUTHWICKS HAD VIOLENT.
LOVERS QUARRELS DURING
THEIR DAYS or COURTSHIP
Letter Written by Wife Before
Marriage Tells of Heartache
Following Squabble.
HUBBY WAS ATTENTIVE"
Ragged and Scolded and Swore in
Brussels on Honeymoon,
Plaintiff Tells Court.


In a suit for divorce from her husband
William ID. Southwick, with whom sh
lived only six months after marriag
which followed a friendship OF 2
years or more, proved a match 10
Attorney James II. Pound, by whom
she was crossrexamined for thre
hours, Thursday morning. Mrs. South
wick answered the questions put to he
promptly, and continued to pile VI
charges In support OF her contention
that her husband was tyrannical, over
bearing and Jealous to the point o
suspicion.
Mr.. Pound succeeded In introduc
ing a letter, however. written Feb.
1910, four months before the mar
riage, In which Mrs. Southwick make
II plain that she knew something o
the eccentricities Of the man she late
married. In this letter, which begin
Dear WILL" and is signed, yours II
love always, Frank" Mrs. Southwicl
says:
II is your attitude of insinua-
tion and distrust and your man.
ner Of enforcing things that makes
a woman Of my makeup simply
ba!k, and the thought that you
could think me capable of the
dreadful falseness and things you
speak of is simply killing me.
look like dead woman this
morning; you would hardly know
me.
II such things can be born in
your heart now, / cannot see, yet,
how to escape a constant recur-
renee OF such scenes as last night,
for II / blunder and then you
clothe II with evil garments, the
result will be the same over and
over. To be able to accuse one
Of such awful things and In such
a way one moment, and the next
turn to the opposite extreme. Is q
thing cannot comprehend In you,
and to receive such speech, which
to me, even a doubt, is an insult,
and the next moment go into love
raptures. Is q thing / cannot do.
My heart is too much broken, that
is alf. FOR you are the only verea-
ture / care for in this world and
we have II In us to be so happy.
Please do me this kindness, in ad-
dition to the thousands already
done, not to call or phone or send
flowers, or let me know you are
alive till Friday night. ! must
have time to think out alone
without any outside help, whether
II is better to die without you
for II does not seem that can
go on alone), or to be killed by
slow inches by your unholy
suspicious and worst of all make
you so miserable, when my Heav-
enly Father knows my desires
are all to bring you peace and
happiness. sometimes wonder
IL your attitude Of holding the
sword over peoples heads who
do wrong, and making them give
an account as though you were
their Judge, makes you forget to
be clear-eyed to good as we'll as
evil
oh, dear Will, pray for your.
self, as you never have before
that those awful thoughts of me
may be taken from your heart
forever, but II you still feel justi-
fed in retaining them, then pray
that l may be given strength to
let you go and seek your happi-
ness where you can with more
perfect trust and that you will
soon fine true peace, and will
live on memories, the little time
please God-that have to stay.
Attorney Pound attempted to shak,
Mrs. Southwick's testimony as to he
husbands cruelty to her while on thei
wedding trip through Europe. but sh,
only added other incidents to those al
ready given to show that the trip wa
not a real honeymoon.
Questioned about her illness 1,
Brussels, she was asked IL Mr.. South
wick had not been attentive to he
there.
"Yes. he was quite attentive, II yo,
call raging about the room, scoldin
and swearing being attentive" she an
swered
Didn't he prepare food to temp
your appetizer"
HE insisted on me eating smell
cheese and coarse bread"
Didn't he cook an egg for you?
"Yes, and II was so raw that coul
not eat it?'
Mr.. Pounds questions also brough
out the fact that while on their returl
from Europe, after landing in Ne,
York, that Mr. Southwick wished Mrs
Southwick to leave the train In A
banya TO visit with his mother. but tn
rlaintiff was too Ill. She then wrot
a note to her husbands mother, bu
she said he was so angry that h
grabbed the note from her and brok
the handle from her purse.
Mr.. Pound then introduced into tn
evidence some verses written by Mrs
Southwick in 1904, upon the occasion
of a surprise upon Mr.. Southwich
Centinued op Page Vine.