Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-11
WIFE TELLS TALE
OF MARITAL WOES
Mrs. F. Nj. Hood, of Plain
field, Seeks Divorce from
Wealthy Husband.

wealthy HUSBAND.
An interesting story of how she
discovered her husbands infldelity to
her after seven years of married life,
by means of detectives whom she had
hired to trail him. was told by Mrs.
Frances M. Hood. who Is suing her
husband, Richard Hayden Hood, of
Plainf1eld, for a divorce before Vice.
Chancellor Stevens today. Mr.. Hood
is a wealthy and retired contracting
engineer. Miss Dorothy Hoyt, of
Plainfleld, is named by Mrs. Hood in
the case.
Questioned by her counsel, Robert
II. McCarter. Mrs. Hood told of meet
ing her husband when she was girl
of IS In Cairo, Egypt. They were
married March /, 1901. After a couple
of years of travel they settled in
Plainf1eld, Mrs. Hood said.
Mrs. Hood gave graphic descrip-
ton OF her married life from the time
they settled in Plainfield until Sep
TENDER 10, of last year, when she dis
covered through detectives that MIR.
Hood had sailed for Europe on the
Kronprinzessin Cecile with Miss Hoyt.
Their married life had been at times
happy, at other times unhappy, Mrs.
Hood said, and she declared her hus-
band had several times asked her to
leave him and return to her parents.
She lived with him through several
until September 3, 1911,
when he asked her to leave, she de-
clared, with the understanding that he
was to support her. =
After staying with her mother for a
few days, she heard from her husband
that he was to sail for India. She also
sailed and met her husband in Paris,
where. she said, they became recon-
ciled for the time being.
In telling the story of her married
life, Mrs. Hood declared that her
husband was continually forcing her
to sign agreements and referred to
an agreement which he and she had
both signed when they were mar
ried. The agreement was drawn up
by her husband, she said, and defined
the duties of q husband and wife.
"Point Out Husbands Faults sweetIyr
The article, among other things,
stated that the duty of wife was
to take care of the home and ito
point out sweetly any faults to be
found, in her husband" Above all
things, there was to be no CONVERSE
ton with outside parties regarding
their private affairs, 1t was set forth.
Mrs. Hood declared that she fire.
quently had disputes with her hus-
band over the two automobiles which
he owned. He could see no reason
why he could not take anyone he
chose out riding with him, she said,
and forced her to sign an agreement
saying he could do anything he felt
like doing with anybody. To this
she added, land / can do the same
Mrs. Hood declared.
Up until the time she signed this
agreement she had never questioned
her husbands moral integrity, but
about this time she began to become
suspicious, she said.
He had frequently made the asser-
ton that he would break every mar
riage vow he had made with her.
Mrs. Hood said on the stand, and
had in other ways ill-treated her.
The receipt by her of q mysterious
telegram while her husband was away
for a few days and the finding of
several scraps OF paper which she
finally succeeded in piecing together
still further aroused her suspicious.
she said, and after consulting her
parents she decided to engage detec-
tives to trail her husband.
Put Detectives ON Trail.
From the detectives she learned
that her husband was paying con-
siderable attention to Miss Hoyt,
who resided short distance away
from the Hood home, and when she
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brought action against her to COM
pei her sign over to him their prop
erty in Plainf1eld, Mrs. Hood de-
clared.
On August 81, 1912, she received a.
letter from her husband, she de-
clared, saying he was going away
and would not return home until
October. Previous to this she had
been asked by him to settle with him
for s72,000 and separate from him, she
declared.
By this time she said she was firm
ly convinced that Miss Hoyt rs
the woman in the case" and when
the detectives whom she had been
discovered that Miss Hoyt
was to sail for Europe ON September
10 she Immediately had them trace
her husbands baggage. One of the
detectives traced the baggage to the
Kronprinzessin Cecilie. On the
of the evidence gathered by
him Mrs. Hood instituted the divorce
proceedings.
Chauncey G.. Parker, who is repre-
senting Mr.. Hood In the case, began
the cross-examination of Mrs. Hood
just before the noon recess. Asso-
ciated with Mr.. Parker is Judge Gill
bert III. Collins, of Jersey City, while
Walter ID. Shipiey, of Philadelphia,
is assisting Mr. McCarter