Year: 1876

In the further argument yesterday, before Judge
Robinson holding Special Term OF the Court OF Com
Pleas, the motion for alimony in the suit for
divorce brought by Joseph Walker against his wife,
Mary Eliza Walker there large attendance in the
court room. drawn there doubtless by the singular
features OF this rather remarkable divorce suit
Septuagenarian though he is DR.. Walker who was
present, looked much younger, talked with great
vivacty his friends and after the proceedings were
terminated walked out with the firm and elastic step
OF man in the prime OF life Mrs Walker who had
several lady friends with her, was most elegantly at
tired, though looking very pale and delicate, the
present indeed being the first occasion of her leaving


er house since the institution OF the suit The hus
band was represented by Messrs. George W. McAdam
and Anthony R. Dyett, and the wife by Mr.. John B.
Perry ex-Judgo Jones and Mr. E. P. Cowles.


Mr.. Dyett replied to the lengthy argument of Mr.


crry, made at the previous session of the Court Re-
ferring to the adavits the part of Mrs Walker he
said that upon analyzng the aldavits of her physi-
clan, Dr. Arrange, it would be that he does not
state that her sickness dangerous of charac-
ter to render it impossible or even improbable that
she guilty OF the liccntious conduct imputed to her
by the many witnesses whose aldavts Dr. Walker had
produced that chief Sickness the doctor states
is chronic dyspepsia, disease which sbetter cured by
brisk walk in the open air and plain wholesome food
than by riding in carriage and eating luxurious din
ners; that the DOCTOR in his affidavit states that she
Is easily affected by liquor or unduy sensitive to its
influence, but that for years past, the doctor
states, she had been accustomed to indulge In
stimulants in order forget her trouble
which produced vomiting, congestion of the brain
and sometimes alteration of mind, in which condition
she did said things for which she was not respon
sibe. Mr. Dyett characterized this ingenious
mode of saying what IN plain language would be defined
as getting dead drunk and sometimes deirious from
drink. He further showed that from her aidavits
DR.. Walker was large-hearted and generous man,
supporting, 1t was true many Door relatives who
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but he bad also supported his wife in elegance and
luxury that the debris of her wardrobe which she
forth in her affidavit as being now in her possession,
consisted, for example, OF sealskn sacque costing
$500; cames HAIR shawl, costing 81 0O0 a broche
shawl, costing $500, and large number of elegant
dresses OF silk and other expensive material, worth
about 5000 apiece footing up nearly $4,000 and
Solitaire diamond earrings, worth 81, 900; diamond
breastpn, worth l,20O, and other elegant jewelry
worth in all about "a, 600 more; that the furniture
which she coniesses she has and which she took from
the DOCTORS house. was OF the most elegant and expen-
sive character He characterized her demand for
&l2 900 year temporary amony enable her hire
whole house and furnish II and keep three servants
and a coach and horses preposterouS He thought
If innocent and sensitive to the charges made against
her she would rather seek the comparative obscurity
of respectable boarding house and live retired until
She had chance to prove that innocence that by all
the authorities temporary almony should be limited TO
the actual Of the wife enable her TO live in
comfort, not in luxury He conceded that these wants
were such as persons in her station in life were accus
toned TO. He thought $50 week was an abundant
sum to support lady, without children to
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him, though the doctor under Obligation to sup
port her child That he did so now and kept that
child at school in Germany proof only Of his gen.
erous disposition. That he had given large sums OF


oncy In all to relatives and bad bad speculatons
only showed the same thing and his confding nature
He next referred to her admission that she had
once taken breakfast the road with her own coach
man, Howard who had refused give up to the doc
tor his carriage and horses that sho had gone out
riding twelve times on the road with Of the gentle
men with whom she is charged with committing
adultery and had stopped the road places
with him in the time That in reference the charge
made by the doctor that she had gone into the bedroom
of gentleman in her husbands house.
In her nightdress, while he was out OF town.
she admitted she had done So but excused as bit of
fun, calling her servants TO see the fun she had played
Potiphar's wife to this gentlemans Joseph whom her
counsel spoke OF as an old man. but who the adavits
show had attained the venerable age of forty years
Heinsised that on the Andavits both sides there
was strong case of guilt on the part of the wife
shown, and although he conceded this the time
place TO try the merits, and the wife had right
trial by jury yet the Court IN exercising its discretion
in such case should take into consideration the
strength Of the made against her In fixing the
nmount OF the almony; that the authorities showed
that in such case the Court might deny alimony
altogether The doctor he added did not wish his wife
and the mother of his child TO be left penniess
however guilty she might be. He did not wish that
She should descend do who pass the rubicon
between virtue and vice. into the lower depths of
did not read the adavits because would occupy too
much time, but the Judge would read them and would
see that by the testimony of many witnesses who de-
tailed facts coming under their observation, there
could bo doubt OF Mrs Walkers acts, and that she
had been guilty OF the aduteres charged against her,
and Of ntemperance and centious conduct for years
past Mr. Dyett spoke earnestly and orcby, his argu-
ment occupying an hour and half His analysis OF
the afidavts Mrs. Walkers part and statement OF
his clients side OF the gave 1t very different
complexion from that which II bore when the plaintiffs
counsel finished his argument Monday.


Ex-Judge Jones will appear this morning on behalf
of Mrs Walker which will close the argument in tho