New Britain herald., 1915-10-26
.GREENBERG ABRUTE,
 SAYS PRETTY WIFE
Supports Divorce Petition By
 Recital Of His Actions
WINE, WOMEN AND CARDS, TOO
 He Liked the Ladies, She Says, and Sometimes Beat Her Until She Was Unconscious-Breaks Down On Witness Stand.
Especial to the Herald.)

Witness Stand.
 Especial to the HeraId) Hartford, Oct. 26.-Sensational testimony was offered in the superior court here this morning before Judge Joseph l.. Futile in the divorce pro- ceedings brought by Mrs. Matilda E.. Greenberg against her husband Dr. John E.. Greenberg, formerly of New Britain. Intolerable cruelty is al- leged and Mrs Greenberg occupied the witness stand for two hours. giv- ing a lengthy recital of cruelties and abuses which she alleged she suf- fered at the hands of her husband. l Mrs. Greenberg testified on direct examination for an hour, when At torney Hungerford took up the cross examination until noon, when a brief recess was taken.
 Cruel Two Weeks After Marriage. When court opened at 10 o'clock Mrs. Greenberg was immediately called to the stand by her counsel. i She gave her maiden name as Matilda
 Estelle Greenberg. She was born and raised in Hartford and was married to Dr. Greenberg September 22, 1910, in Springfield. In January, 1911, | they began housekeeping in New Britain on Hartford avenue, follow 1 ing the ceremony in the Jewish re- 1 ligion. .... Asked as to when her husband be- | came abusive, she replied within two weeks after their marriage. Attorney | Hungerford objected on the ground 1 that the allegation in the case speci-
 fled January 1913.
 He Liked His Glass.
 Mrs. Greenberg said her husband | went out at noon after office hours | and came back intoxicated Ills breath, she testified was strong enough 1 to knock her down. She called hlm up at saloons when patients sought 1 him and also saw him leave hotels 1 and cafes, she said.
 Always he kept well supplied with l clothing and other wearables such as l silk stockings, but she could not get
 so much as a shirt to wear. He told | her to go back to her home if she | didn't like the treatment she received. | Conditions were no better after the ! baby came in June, 1913. In Septem- Der of that year, the witness testi- fled, he beat her repeatedly. He struck her for trif1ing offences such as breaking a dish. On Easter Sum day in 1914 because she refused to go to Hartford, he struck and choked her until she dropped to the floor unconscious. He brought her to by throwing water over her.
 When she regained consciousness Dr. Greenburg was rubbing her tenl- ples and calling to~her to get up. The doctor had a way of choking her, de- clared the witness, so that she was made to cry out and warn the neigh bors. He continually beat her and once when she tried to call the police held the telephone receiver down and threatened to kill her, she said
 Witness BMreaks Down.
 When called upon by counsel to testify as to certain unnatural con duct upon the part of her husband the witness broke down and wept. but was able after a brief rest to resume.
 When the baby was nursing Green berg had habit of putting his nose into the baby's mouth and when she objected he told her his nose was clean. This occurrence was frequent, she testified and was the cause of trouble.
 Mrs. Greenberg testified she was a strong, healthy girl when she was married but became a nervous wreck | and dropped in weight from 135 to no pounds.
 After she left him when she was | living at 56 Atwood street in Hart , ford with her parents, Dr. Greenberg | upbraided her on the street where she | was walking with a friend, telling her | to go home to the baby. crowd | collected and she felt insulted and | disgraced she broke away. Later she | called him up on the phone and ask ed his reasons for such conduct. Ali. | terwards he met her on the street | and beat her, she said. Her sister and mother came along in car and rescued her. But Greenberg struck her sister, Dorothy, so she had a mark on her chest for a week, wit ness claimed.
 Couple Eloped.
 Cross examined by Judge F. B. Hungerford, Mrs. Greenberg admit | ted that their marriage was a rum away match and unknown to her parents Other questions on this line were objected to and Judge Futile sustained them. Attorney Hunger ford said the defense proposed to show that the attitude of the woman's family to their match was largely re- sponsible for the trouble.
 They were living at S2 West Main street when the baby was born. They moved to West Main street about year after the marriage. Attorney Hungerford asked Mrs. Greenberg how far it was from their West Main street home to Main street and she