The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-11

ON THE STAND
Bromley Testifies in County
Court on Alienation Suit
for $4,000
SAYS SONS WIFE
TREATED HIM BADLY

Gives That as Reason for Sending Her
| from His Home-O Others Say He Said
Son Could Have Farm if He Got Rid
of His Wife.
Frank 2. Bromley of Dandy, defend
ant in the 100000 suit for the allena-
! tion of the affections of Fred Bromley.
/ husband Of Mrs. Rose Bromley Of Put
! |ney, formerly of BrattIeboro. was the
/ first witness called by the prosecution
when the court convened yesterday af-
/ |ternoon at o clock.
! He was put on the stand to testify
TO the fact that his daughter-in-law
was no longer living at his home and
that his SON. her husband. is living
there. On cross examination he said
/ that the Piaintitf in the suit left of
I her own accord and testified that she
had been undulv familiar with man
who had worked ON the farm as
! farm hand, one William Burbv. When
/ the plaintiff in the suit married his
I son, he said, she had no money on any
/ thing of value and came to the farm
! to live. lie said he paid her wages
! during her life ON the farm and when
she saw fit To leave she had money
and good clothes
He sWore that both he and his son
/ had begged her TO give up her rela-
7 tlons with Burby, but that she con
tlnued them at the farm and later in
/ Brattlehoro and in Putney. where thev
! went to live. He said that both he
and his son had cried over her actions
aud her treatment of them both.
lie testified to property he owned
which included 400 acre farm i'm
< Dandy, and to his age, which is 50
years. He made a good impression as
a witness.
Merritt Sargent the next witness.
had been employed as hired man on
the farm aud testified that he heard
the defendant speak of the plaintiff iu
. hard terms and say that she could
never come back to his huues On cross
/ examination he admitted that the de
tendaut, Bromley, had said that it
was her treatment of him. including
such demonstrations a throwing n
/ butcher knife at him. hitting him re.
'peatcdiy with a broom handle over the
head and pushing him off a sofa
land against a hot stove. that caused
him 70 cease having her at his house.
William johnson, young man who
drove Harrie b. Chase to the farm on
the occasion of the lawyer going there
Tor the purpose Of bringing the suit
! last spring, told of conversation that
took place at the time. and on cross
examination said that Mr. Bromley did
not understand why the lawyer came.
but thought he had come for the pur-
pose of lnstituting divorce proceed
ihgs instead of bringing a suit against
hlm. This closed the testimony for the
day.
The morning session today was oc-
cupied for the most part bv witnesses
who told of conditions i'm the Bromley
family during the time that the plaint-
iH and her husband lived on the farm
OF the defendant They agreed that
Mrs. Bromley was well dressed and
that she and her husband moved in the
best of society at Dandy.
All testified that after she left the
farm the elder Bromley said to them
or in their hearing that she could not
come back to live ON the farm and
that if Fred got rid of his wife he
could have the farm after he (the ell
der Bromley was through with it.
The farm, according to the witnesses.
IS worth about $4,000 while the own
er has placed a valuation of $4,000
on it,
The witnesses were Fred Ames, Mrs
Anna Sargent, Charles B. Maynard.
Iuenry Tabor and Benjamin Long. all
Tof Dandy
When court adjourned for the noon
recess Raymond Bromley, 10, son of
the plaintiff ana grandson Of the de
fendant, was on the stand He had be
Gun his testimony as to the conduct
OF the grandfather towards the wit
ness s mother during their life on the
farm. He left the farm with his
mother and has since lived with her
The plaintiff 5 counsel expect to fin
lsh the presentation Of their side Of
the case by adjournment this after
noon. The defense will require day
or two and there Will be some wit
nesses IN rebuttal 1t is probable tha.
the ease viii extend into next week