Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-10
iTRS' TRTPLETT GAWED,
KICKED AND BEAT HIM,
G,ERGYMAN TESTTFTES
ruybulent Domestic Relations
Rehearsed in Resumption of
Divorce Proceedings Be
fore Master
.woopBURY TOO SLOW"

~s-oN. Nov. i0,--Hearing was re-
~ .oSaV before Advisory Master In
r.s.-v Joline In the divorce suit OF the
- Iohn II. Triplett, pastor OF a Presby-
80 s shurch at woodbury., from mrs. Dor
ss,v nelson Triplett, on the grouh1s OF
deser ,.es brought out that Mrs. Triplett
ints ..,.r.d woodbury. was too slow for
nsn 80, aha preferred Broadway and
~, .. ,s,e the hen parties in woodbury.,
90. mon -. ,ntended 70 force her husband out
va e -. ministry as she wanted him to go
INTO business
~ rr,plett resumed his testimony today,
t.<ins up the thread OF tne s.oIy .. ms ms
Nes "a d,soontlnued the tale last Friday.
.s,S how his wife, in a m Of temper,
~. .a,,,,ed turpentine down his neck and
nhS nm down under his collar into his
Issss on another occasion. when he threat
- "A correct their little daughter Doris,
~ ~ ,-,ss- the minister said, had clawed and
ny h,,, had declared the child Doris
- ~, hls She had kicked him on the
~, shin. he said. and the scar is there
yet"
MANY oUARRELs
m. minister told of another quarrel with
- ..,,s m which she chased him upstairs
= tsrnper and jabbed n long pin into him.
sn,s quarrel, he said, resulted because he
.,ov,a not give his wife money for an ad-
-.-t,s.d hair remover and weight reducer.
~ told her that he did not approve of such
thinrs as he thought them harmful.
IA than related an incident which had
occurred, he said. at reception In a
philadelphia church, when, after he had
\ Introduced his wife 20 the pastor and the
latter offered to Introduce her TO other
rnernbers of the church. she replied that she
admit like church people, she did not want
40 meet Goldfish aristocrats" and had come
40 the reception only to please her hus-
band.
The minister said once while seated at
table and mRckerel was being served, be-
cause his wife could not get all she wanted.
sbs flung the remainder of the mackerel
n his face, knocking of his glasses and
spattering his clothes.
ashe often told me she was a fool to be a
wife to me, because 1 could not make as
much money as other men. She would tell
ma Of meeting gother-handsome-m who
had made an impression on her. On the
trolley, she said men would give their seats
% her
"she continually complained because
was not making as much money as she
thought should make. She tortured me
IN this way. She frequently mentioned the
name OF a Philadelphia physician. calling
him Worth"
Mr.. Triplett told of the influence Mrs.
Margaret Nelson. his wife's mother, had
over his wife and how Mrs Nelson was fire.
cuently abusive TO him. He said he told
his mother-in-law at their home in Wood
( bury that unless she changed her ways
she must leave the house, She rushed out
Of the room, he said. waving two letters
Of him and shouting: You got to get
up early in the morning to get even with
the old lady"
He said his wife frequently twitted him
ever the fact that a former maid of theirs
had married a well-to-do gentleman and
she complained that her maid was living
better than she was living.
CLOSELY CRoSS-EXAMINED
p Former Attorney General Henry Wilson
took the witness on cross-examination and
nther severity questioned him on his direct
testimony in an effort to break down some
Of his statements. The lawyer took up the
Incident testified to when Triplett said he
saw the correspondent. George E. Gosh, New
York broker with his arm around Mrs.
Triplett's waist.
"You did not take the man TO task when
you saw this" asked the lawyer of Trip
lett
No." he replied
You allowed him to leave the place
Without calling him to account?"
Yes"
Triplett later had told his wife that II
Gosh didn't cease his visits he (Triplett)
would lick Gosh or Gosh would lick him
His persistence in his attention to my
wife, said Mr.. Triplett, was making 9
scandal and / felt 1 owed II to my child
my wife and myself that IL my wife did not
DO something to stop this scandal would
try to stop it."
Mrs Triplett. handsomely gowned. was
In court and closely followed her husbands
testimony, at time suggesting questions tC
her counsel