The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-30
Petition and Counter Peti-
ton for Divorce and
Custody of Girls
BOTH PETITIONS
ALLEGE MISCONDUCT

Shd4 1AhO4NC AL o4dGG4O-
boro, Where Couple Formerly Lived
Many Witnesses Summoned and
Case May Last Through Week.
Divorce libels in wkich DR. and Mrs
Edward s. Cowles, formerly of Brattle-
boro, accuse each other of misconduct
and in which each party seeks possession
of the two young daughters In the family,
are before the Rockingham county supe-
rior court at Portsmouth, n. H., today,
Chief Justice Robert G. Pike of Dover n
H., presiding. Many witnesses have been
summoned, and unless some settlement is
reached the case is likely to last through
the week.
DR.. Cowles now has an office in Ports
mouth and his wife, who was Florence
Jaquith, is living with her parents. Mr.
and Mrs. Harry J. Jaquith, in Brookline,
Mass She Is a woman of striking person.
ality and her marriage to DR.. Cowles was
the result of a runaway match and with
out the consent of her parents. The at
tempt at separation has attracted wide
spread notice.
Before locating in Portsmouth DR. and
Mrs. Cowles lived in Boston and Brattle-
boro, going from here to the New Hamp-
shire city. While here DR.. Cowles had
an office in the American building
While living in Boston, in January, 1910,
DR.. Cowles figured in an episode at the
Charlestown navy yard being knocked
down by Paymaster Aud for exhibiting
photograph of Miss Dorothy Hessler, Mr.
Auld claiming that the photograph did
not come into DR.. Cowles's possession in
a fair and honorable manner.
DR.. Cowles went to Portsmouth early in
1911 and several months later was joined
by his wife, who had remained in Brattle-
b0ro to close up her husbands affairs
Shortly after her arrival her husband es-
tablished sanitarium ON Middle street
for persons suffering from nervous mala-
dies and one Of his early patients was Miss
Sarah ]. Farmer, founder Of Greenacre at
/ Eliot
/ Mrs. Cowles was an expert horsewoman
and was frequently seen on the streets in
4 a smart turnout, driving spirited horse.
Attempt at Reconciliation.
In December last she filed her divorce
libel, naming Ely Arntz, nurse en-
ployed by the Cowles family, as core
spondent, and alleging their intimacy in
the summer and fall Of 1914 In her pc
tition she asked for the custody of her
two children, Mary Haywood, aged ), and
Harriet Virginia, aged 4 This was grant
ed by the court. and the children are at
her parents home in Brookline
Friends of DIR. Cowles tried on several
occasions, it is said, to effect a reconcilia-
tion between the couple, and it Is stated
in the early spring when Mrs. Cowles was
/ in Portsmouth to confer with her counsel
t Judge Ernest L. Guptill, her husband
4 met her as she was on the way to the
} railroad station and invited her to go tC
the Cowles residence and dine, but this
{ offer was refused.
5 Several weeks ago when a date for the
{ hearing of the divorce libel was agree(
G upon, counsel for Dr. Cowles filed a eros
= libel against Mrs Cowles, naming as co
q respondents Harry p Webster Of Brattle
8 boro and DIR. Harry W. Goodall Of Bos
T ton
i The libel also alleged conduct iniuriou
to his health, that Mrs. Cowles bough
II expensive clothing and jewelry, that h
expended a large sum of money for tn
:. building of stable and equipping it wit
!. horses, which she soon tired Of, and assert
% ed that in his wife's libel she charged pei
sons with offenses who were guiltless.
With the filing of the cross libel, eour
sci for Mrs. Cowles Immediately filed a
amended libel and in addition to Miss Ell
Arntz, Mrs. Ann Wright of Westpor
Conn, Miss Florence Murphy OF Bosto
n and Miss Faith l.. Marsh of WinchestC
were named as correspondents.
Mrs. Cowles also alleged that he treate
IN her in such a manner as to seriously II
ne jure her health and reason, using profan
at and abusive language, and that he bes
his patients in her presence and that {
the children.
a. Girl Sends Laundry Bill.
1t recited his making loving to Doroth
Hessler and the circumstances leading i
yard by Paymaster Aud. 1t also allegc
that he had been arrested several tim
for assaulting people.
Mrs. Cowles further alleged that wht
she first came to Brattleboro in Jun
~ 1910, DR.. Cowles was carrying on a vi
lent Irritation with a young woman of Il
town and that while opening his mail OF
day she found that the young woman
n lquestion had sent to DR. Cowles her lau
T. dry bill
1t has been stated by persons close
&c the contestants that both DR. Cowles al
hh his wife were agreeable to a separate
and that the principal contest was to
made as to the custody of their two daug
ID. ters. However, it is learned from re
able source that counsel for Mrs Cowl
will make just as strong an effort to :
cure her a divorce as to induce the cou
Ill to grant her the custody of the children.
Mrs. Cowles is represented by Jud
Ernest /. Guptill and Col. John Fl. Bal
lett, while DIR. Cowles's interests a
looked after by ex-Atty, Gen Edwin