Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-29
SUES WIFE TO GET
100000 PROPERTY
CONTINUED from FIRST Psge.)

Plainfeld 10 Hood for $4,000 The
witness declared he was not present
at the time the alleged verbal agree
ment was made between Mr.. and Mrs
Hood that she should return the prop
erty 10 Mr.. Hood. The witness was
then excused by both the complain
ants lawyers and those representing
Mrs Hood.
Richard Il Hood then took the
stand himself and reiterated the de-
tails Of his real estate transactions
He spoke slowly and impressively
when he related Mrs Hoods alleged
promise TO return the property to
him.
Hood looked directly at his wife
when he repeated her alleged promise.
quoting her as saying. Hayden. what
difference does il make? You can
have the land back any time you
want it"
Mrs. Hood stared back at her spouse
for a few moments and then turned
to consult with one OF her attorneys.
During the entire hearing Mrs. Hood
was in close consultation with her
counsel and scrutinized every docu-
rnent offered in evidence.
The complainant then told Of the
purchase of the Chapman tract the
day following his purchase of the Van
WICK site He declared that his wife
was dlspleased when she learned that
he had bought the Chapman property
She insisted that the horse and buggy
he acquired should be her personal
property.
Mrs. Hood told me that she want
ed the horse and buggy and SAID.
The land is yours. but the horse ana
buggy are mine,'" Hood testified.
Hood told of receiving the rents
from the tenants of the property he
purchased from Van Wyck and that
Mrs. Hood never made any claim for
the rent of the property she now
/, claims as her own. The Hood home
stead is named 1.-THE Roses
In answer 10 questions by his eoun-
sci. Hood stated that he is forty-fiYe
years of age and married the defend
ant on July 81, 1901 This was his
second matrimonial venture, he de-
/ clared, his first wife having died IN
| 1893. Later he volunteered the infor-
nation that he had spent more than
| $500. 900 since his marriage to his
present wife. They have no children.
To prove the purchase of the land
| by Mr. Hood his counsel introduced
4 a letter written by Hood to his
father-in-law September I, 1911. The
! letter reads in part as follows
my dear Mr.. Sparks:
~ want to say some unpleasant
things as pleasant as possible and
/ without the slightest intention OF pro-
voking you or any of your family.
Frances married me for my money
and I clearly understood that she
/ had none. In your home Mrs. Sparks
looms up as the controlling spirit.
] She has been the mother Of six chill
dren, very energetic, very capable,
very loyal. very lovable and very
i spirited. and you have probably done
wisely in letting her have complete
sway. Frances has not been the
mother of six children, nor is she en-
ergetic nor lovable. In the ten years
we've been married she has never
seriously taken UP anything and car
ried it to a finish. have not single
piece of her handiwork. She never
took up music or anything else TO
entertain me, nor studied any Ian
guage to help in our travels seriously,
nor in any way whatever tried seri-
ously to be a congenial helpmeet On
the contrary, she has enjoyed agra
waiting me. I have a quick temper
not a bad temper Gf you will per
NIT nay correcting it. and Frances
and her mother both understood This
before our engagement. Frances alsC
has a temper-not whit better thar
mine mot SO quiclS).
~ can close this with an illustra
ton Frances bought the parrot. F'o
little while she cared for him, thel
the chambermaid in the hotel. thel
to 400 (referring TO her home il
Philadelphia), now the cook takes car
of him, except about once or twic'
(not more) a month she may clean hi
cage. I have been another parrot
that is all.
IN January, 1906. we agreed u
separate. but Frances wrote me a
Nice that she ought to have had ;
& home and things would go different
ly. l thought l ought to meet he
wishes. so I Immediately wrote to he
to look for home. I bought the on
she selected. Looked at no other on
after she expressed a wish for "a
STEELE, and have done everything u
make it a good home. I certainl.
have no particular love for flowers
but had to turn gardener: in fact.
have done all the work. paid all tn
bills and now | am tied TO a plac
so elaborate that I could not sell il
/ have spent ss5o.o00 since our mar
riage. and Frances has shared a biz
half of it until now. Surely tn
irony of fate is with me, not you
Yours respectfully,
(Signed) tR. II. HOOD