The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-11-17
WIFE WANTS DIVORCE.
Claims Her Husband Deceived Her
About His Age.

a
st. Adams, Nov. l7--From the matri-
monial bureau to the divorce court Is
the four and half years history Of
the case of Mrs. Martha Esmond VS..
DR.. Henry B. Esmond, trial of which
was suspended in Franklin county
court late Saturday morning when
recess was taken to the first Monday
in January, 1920, after the libellant
had rested and the libelee had stated
that it would be impossible to put in
his evidence in less than two days.
Judge HaTie b. Chase, who is presid-
ing, was obliged to leave here Satur-
day and his time will be occupied in
other courts until next year, After the
libellant rested, the libelee made mo-
ton for dismissal which was denied.
Trial of the case was begun last
Thursday afternoon. The grounds al
legged are intolerable severity and neg
lect and refusal to support, and Mrs.
Esmond bases her accusation of intol-
cradle severity partially upon the doc
tors alleged deception and fraud re-
garding his past life.
1t appeared, according to the libel
lant's testimony, that, although DR., Is
mond represented himself, when he re-
piled to her matrimonial advertisement,
as a man of good character and stand
ing, he was arrested while he and Mrs,
Esmond were on their wedding trip to
Toronto, and also various matters re-
garding her husbands past life have
come to Mrs, Esmonds attention from
time to time. She testified that on her
second visit to him when he was in
Jail she received a message before she
reached him telling her to call for Mar
Gus Eastman.
In the trial Of the case Policeman
Dawson of Toronto testified that the
man gave the name Of Marcus Eastman
when he was arrested Mrs. Esmond
testified regarding to the use Of pro-
fame, abusive and vile language as the
result of which she suffered from loss
of sleep, could not eat, her nerves were
impaired and she was obliged to seek
advice from doctors. II was brought
out that to this date she does not know
on what charge her husband was ar
| rested at Toronto.
A series of exhibits were offered by
| the libellant as follows:
A copy of an indictment filed in 1920
| in the United States district court in
Boston, containing plea Of guilty, by
Henry Freeland Bradbury, setting up
/ that Bradbury undertook TO make
, fraudulent uselof the mails by sending
out pamphlets advertising falsely that
there was a medical school at Benning-
ton, VT, known as Trinity university,
Of which he was dean The purpose was
to get people 70 purchase from him
bogus certificates and diplomas to prac-
tice medicine.
A certificate Of probate records in
Boston, subsequent to the plea Of gull.
ty, wereby Henry Freeland Bradbury
changed his name TO Henry Bradbury
Esmond
/ Copy Of a decree Of divorce secured
at the June, 1907 term Of Bennington
county court by Anna S. Esmond, for
intolerable severity.
Copy Of bill Of divorce granted to
Fleda c. Esmond at the June, 1914,
term OF Windsor county court for in
tolerable severity.
Saturday morning the Indictment
and plea Of guilty in L. $. court were
admitted temporarily by the court but
later in an attempt to expedite the
trial, the admission was withdrawn and
the court suspended during on any Of
the offers until the Teeonyening Of the
court in January.