The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-04-03
FIELD DIVORCE CASE
Daughter Of Hon. Joseph 4. os6osr
Asks fer Divorce

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case o. Eihei Field against T. D.
Field. begun yesterday afternoon.
vas concluded this afternoon and Is
with The court
The divorce suit OF Ethel DeDoer
Field rs. Edward D. Field oi Mon..
pelier occupied considerable tine In
Washington county court yesterday
afternoon. The grounds on which
divorce is sought are int0ierab'e Sc
verify. After two Witnesses had
been heard. the ease was continued
Tor further hearing. Tie petitioner
and her father. Joseph a. DeBoor.
were the Witnesses heard
In response 10 questions from her
attorney. Fred l.. Laird, Mrs Field
testified that she and AIR. Field were
married by the Rev. A. r. Lewis IN
Montpelier In 1906 and that they
lived on Richardson street IN that
city Tor year aud since lived on IL
berry street. When asked. she said
the drst trouble between them dld
not come until after their first daugh
ter. Katherine. Was born. which was
on July 4. 1897 She said she went
with her sister 10 Amherst College.
contrary 10 ;he wishes of Mr.. Field.
When she returned he was rery an
ery, she said. and told her that she
wanted 20 get away TO see another
man. Following that Incident. her
husband criticized her, she testified.
one Of the times being when She and
some oilers went 10 ride in an auto.
mobile with Charles Davidson. who
then was employed by the Consoll
dated Lighting Co. She said that
automobile riding was more OF a
novelty then and she often talked
about it afterwards.
IA Governor pronys ball She wore
gown that Mr. Field objected to.
saying IL was immodesi. according TO
her further testimony: and he kept
The hack waiting at the door while ho
demonstrated with her about wearing
the gown. She said that she never
went 10 dance but her husband crit
icized the way she danced and her
manners and found fault If she dane.
ed more than once with each man.
Her conduct az bridge parties came
N for criticism, she told the court IN
that her husband told her she
couldn't conduct herself properly
that she talked too loudly. tina. she
laughed too boisterously and that she
paid too much attention TO some man
or other She said he was accus
toned to talk to her until two OF
three in the morning Sometime
making her so nervous that sin,
couldn't sleep and became trouble,
with Indigestion.
Mrs. Field testified that her hus
band objected 10 her going about
with the Scnters-Ciaronce n. Sente
and wife-and that enc time he tol,
her not to so to a ball with them oil
he would lock the door on her. Sh,
said that she Wen, to the ball ana 20
home at - O'clock and found IN,
door locked. so that she sat down OF
the piazza and waited for two hour
until Mr.. Field came and let her in
expressing surprise that she wa
there, although. as the witness testi
fed. she knew he was aware she wa
On the piazza, Other times she test
ned. he kept her BY force from golni
10 the Sentets house.
On another occasion when SIZE an,
her sister and Mrs. Clarence sonte
went ia New York city in the fail O
1911, it happened that Mr. Senter an,
q Mr. Cobb came down Unexpected.
and The party went to the theatre
She said Mr.. Field heard OF this an,
talked to her abou. it for six moa,hs
claiming She had it all planned an,
went down there 70 meet Mr.. Co5h
Quite frequently she testified, sh
had remained on her porch until rwt
o'c!cck 80 her husband wouldn't scol,
her. Since last October. she teslif
ed. she had not been living with hin
as his wife, but she remained in thr
house because she thought II woul,
be better Cor the children. Tn,
Fields have three children
On tho conclusion Of the petition
er's testimony. Mr.. DeBoer went q
/ The stand for a brief time. lie tes.i
fed HAT he did not know what tn
real situation was until last fall al
though Mr. Field had ocme to him
few times and said they had quarr..
ed. Last fall both came to him, h
said, and stated the matter clearly
lie said he was told the facts which
his daughter had testified to. and al
ter hearing both sides he advised
Edward to go back home with hi
: wife and not TO scold her, giving he
, 4 chance to rest and thereby h
, might win back her affection.