Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-21

The divorce case of Theresa Adams vs. Everett Adams occupied the whole day in the superior court Wednesday and will probably be concluded on
 Friday, as the majority of the witness es have been heard. The parties are | residents of Ashford. and the pro ceedings have given rise to consider abl discussion in that vicinity. Intolerable cruelty is the ground on which the divorce is sought, and much of the evidence as to the condition of the plaintiff and its cause was of a nature which cannot be printed The defendant is 72 years of age, and his wife 53 They were married in Ashs ford in April. 1877 and have two chil- dren, a married daughter, and girl of eleven. On account of the char ger complained of. Mrs. Adams left her husband about a year ago. and has since been living in Massachusetts.
 Judge Howard J Curtis was on the bench, and the plaintiff was the only witness heard during the morning ses- sion Her story included threats of personal injury vile language. a vi cious disposition; and lust. She said her husband was hard cider drinker, and became Intoxicated whenk they going out with him. Her story was l that her husbands cruelty to her: had wrecked her physical health, and made Of her a nervous. unstrung woman l At the beginning of the afternoc n session, Attorney Charles F.. Searls requested to be permitted to call two witnesses for the defense, that they might be allowed to go, and Samuel B Harvey, counsel for Mrs. sIAdams agreed.
 George Spaulding of Phoenixville. the first called. testified to an ae- quaintanceship of 20 years. durins which he had seen the defendant on an average of twice a week, and never saw him touch a drop of liquor. On one occasion Mrs Adams at his home said there were no difficulties between herself and husband. but that he was good and kind to her. This was ia 1913
 Leo Lyon of Phoenixvi1le testified that he had known Adams for a long while. and never saw him when he wasn't sober. Never heard he was a drinking man until this case came up. Testimony of Former Nurse. | The plaintiff's case was then re- sumed Isabel C. Moore of Hartford, at. present a housekeeper. but at one time a nurse, was called. Her test mony was of several visits to the home of the Adams, during all of which she found the plaintiff in state I bordering on nervous prostration. What | Mrs Adams told her was the cause | was barred out. but the treatment giv- on by Mrs. Moore at the time showed where the trouble was, and it's nature From August to October. 1912. she took | care of Mrs. Adams in Massachu- setts. On all of these occasions the plaintiff was brought back to normal | condition, but the return to her home, and inferentially, the treatment &C., corded her there. brought the trouble back. At one time in Hartford MT. | Adams came to her house to try to
 get her to effect a reconciliation be-
 tween himself and his wife, and said: | 'I am more to blame than my wife
 I am the cause of 8 great deal of htr
 | sickness"
 1 Locked Father Out.
 Mrs Grace Emily Jenney of Mt
 Hermon. Mass, the daughter of Mir | and Mrs Adams, told of a visit to
 her mothers home, undertaken on ac-
 | count of a letter received from her
 aunt. She found Mrs. Adams in bed
 in very weak and broken up con
 | dition, and suffering from her old
 trouble In speaking with the wis
 tness defendant said her mother was
 "too cold and not like othery women.
 She took Mrs. Adams up to live witt
 Ter and when her father came up 1T l September, 191, Band made quite .
 disturbance she locked the doors and
 would not let him in.
 What Defendant Admitted.
 Frank l. Jenney, husband of the
 previous witness. said Adams lan-