Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-08
MACNAMARA's DIARY
TELLS OF DOMESTIC WOE


Lawyers Using It's Entries in Trying
TO determine Fees in Separation Suit.
NEW YORK, April s.--with extracts of
diary making up most of the evidence in
tne case, attorneys representing Henry r.
MacNamara and his young and beautiful
Wile' Mrs Mary r. McDermott Watson
MacNamara, today are trying to reach
settlement as to the amount of counsel
ices he is expected to pay his wife's at
torney. MacNamara formerly lived at
Lewistown, Pa, and was one of the Of
hcials of the First-second National Bank
Of Pittsburgh.
Mrs. MacNamara brought suit for sep
aration and alimony Of $50 week on the
ground of cruelty and abandonment. He
began counter suit for separation, al
leging cruelty He Is a Wall street bond
salesman, and formerly was connected
with the Stock Exchange firms Of f. b.
smith & CO.. and r, F. Hutton & Co.,
both of this city
The MacNamaras were married in
Lewistown on September 4. 1912 and came
TO live in this city a short time after
ward.
Mrs Ellen MacNamara. of Pittsburgh,
mother of the young broker, testified in
his behalf. She said her daughter-n-
laws repeated demands for money were
the cause Of the dsagreements
s. Standwood Menckcn. counsel for Mac
Namara, referred to his clients diary as
"one of the most perfect human docu-
ments ever presented In court" The
diary. beginning November 49, 1912, con-
sisted of 300 pages of closely written mat
ter, detailing chronologically the troubles
that upset the MacNanara household for
n whole year.
Justice Whitaker scored MacNamara
and his wife for their reprehensibe con-
duct toward each other, and awarded
decree of separation TO Mrs. MacNamara,
with $50 week alimony. He directed
the lawyers to submit a memorandum as
to the amount of counsel fees
Excerpts from the diary read thus
November 20. ioi2-sho made a demand for
esif ynhaPEy by making demands I could not
less for me than for dog. II anything hap.
death invest stlFnted. She talked ali day about
poEons and how tho authorities discovered
Noycmber so-Had an awful session ct home
S2essht t9ssn sS %aS ito to EvS Sr ThhS 6Sg
December An all day. Was operated on
al the hospItal She came to see me- We had
a fight. She went nome TO mother.
December 12-Left hospital. She made moro
demands for money. She called me Rhriveed
shrimp and demanded that give her gold
mesh bag with four diamonds in IL. She
very yiolent. ! begged her to stop. She
December 1a-I dlred out with two friends
from out Of town. When / got home she
called mo liar. a sneak and other things
December 2n-Shc smoked eight cigarettes In
he'd. At n. she demanded that I get up
and get another cigarette. hut I refused. Re
suit no breakfast for me In the morning
December 2T-Frightful day with her. She
said she would torture mo irto an early death.
and that she would like to have my skull Just
to throw things at She called my mother a
tcrrlagant and me shrvelcd shrimp. I was
gla1 I kept my diary when she said no court
would pay any attention TO me after It got
one look nt her.
January 2, 1871 begged for peace. I have
suffered losses In the market. asked her to
behave herself
January Al consulted an attorney after she
told me hell was nothing TO what she
going In give me.
On cross examination MacNamara ad-
mitted having kissed Betty Marshall,
Casino Theatre show girl. as she was
leaving the Brooklyn Bridge last summer
He said 1t was done out of friendship
and because he was accustomed to such
things