The sun., 1912-07-20
|SHERRY'S DAUGHTER HAD
T0EAT ALONE, SHE SAYS
Describes Lonesome Meals in
Mother-in.Law's Home Near
Fathers Restaurant.
TELLS OF CRUEL HUSBAND
She Seeks Separation From II.
H. Morrill, and Gets Ali.
mony and Children.

Mrs. Bertha r. Morrill,, the only
daughter OF Louis Sherry. the res
taurant man. told in an af,idavft be-
fore the Supreme Cour, yesterday that
her husband. Henry Haywood Morrill,.
has compelled her to live with her
mother-in-law and other relatives with
In a few blocks Of her fathers res
taurant and to cat her meals in her
room alone because her mother n.iav
will not sit at the table with her.
Mrs. Morrill, said that ono reason her
husbands family turned against her
was because she would not ask her
father to give her liberal allowance.
80 As TO make her less Of . burden TO
her husband. She said that her father
had refused to give her anything since
her marriage. because he thought her
husband should support her.
Mrs. Morrill, asked Justice Gavegan
to give her the custody Of her two
children. Elsie. aged 1?. and Dorothy.
10, pending her suh for a separa-
ton. and applied for alimony based On
an income of $4,000 received by her
husband. Morrill, declared that his in
como IL only $3.50. The court allowed
335 a week and gave her the custody
Of her daughters.
Morrill, Is the son Of the late Amos
Morrill,. q large stocliholdcr in the Hey
wood Bros. 4 Wakefield Co, chair
manufacturers. by which firm he Il
employed as head OF tho export de-
partment. ie married Miss Sherry in
1900. and for the last few years he and
his family have been living with his
mother At 6 East Slxty-sevcnth street.
In her af'idavit Mrs. Morrill, said that
her husband began to treat her cruelty
shortly after the marriage, and refused
to permit her to have a home OF her
own. In the home Of her mothcr-in-
law are seven other relatives Of her
h usband. she said. and It was through
their treatment that she was compelled
to remain In her room. She said her
husband told her few months
ago that she was not wanted there
and n she would get out he could OBJ
tain a divorce on the ground Of deser-
tion. Later. the afidavit reads. he ne.
her and said. What? Are YOU here
YETI" She replied. "T'm waiting for
you to stop sending me the little Bit
that eat
Mrs. Morrill, said that her husband
said to her in April. II wish you would
get out Of here: I don't care anything
for you. The childre, can stay with
me-"
Taking her two daughters she went
to the Kent House at Greenwich. Conn
As soon a. her husband found she was
there he mailed to her a copy Of the
Penal laws Of New York relating 20
| kidnapping. she said. She became so
frightened that she brought them back
to New York and left them at hi.
house. Her mother-in.law then too's
tho children TO Manchester by the Sea.
Mass. and Mrs. Morrill, has not been
able to see them since, the latter
related.
She has been reduced TO less than
100 pounds in weight by the brutality
OF her husband. she charges. He weighs
| 1870 pounds and has strong assertivs
disposition and an !mperious manner,
Just like his mother. Mrs. Morrill, said.
Answering his wites charges Morrill,
! said that he sent the kidnapping law
to her because he was afraid she in
tended to get enough money from her
father to leave the country With the
children. He said that his wife has
lost her affection for him. and that on
one occasion when he asked her to stop
, going to tea rooms with men she said
1T intend to live my own life regard
less Of your old fashioned ideas
Mrs. Morrill, denied that she has been
going to tea rooms. and said that she
has lost her affection for her hus-
band because he was out late from two
to four NIGHTS a week and came home
| intoxicated.