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Eaatorn Canada Mail.iPct aluaiiiut Is.ilx'I jMoxtkeal, March 4.— A peculiarcase is before tlio courts hero at present.. Dr. \V. li. Hammond, of this ! city, asks separation as to bed and ; ^oard from a woman named Annie* Grace Power, of Minneapolis, Minn., 1 ’ whom lie married in that citv. He i claims that since the tirst week of their ; marriage, on the 14lb of January last, I she has inllicted upon him all kinds of I outrage, ill-usage, and grievous insults, j beating and striking him in tlio most 'o o .brutal manner, and keeping him in perpetual fear of his life. They agreed to separate, and defendant took away all the furniture, etc., and sold it, although the plaintiff was paying her board at the time, and then persisted in persecuting him, visiting him against their agreement, abusing him in the presence of strangers, and calling him a drunkard and an opium eater, and destroying all chances of success in his practice both in Minnea-l polis and Montreal, to which city she followed him. Plaintiff then took refuge in his mother’s house in this city, where defendant followed him and behaved in such a rough and unbearablemanner that he was obliged to have•his meals in his own room for fear of scandal, foul-dealing or danger to his life. On the Otli of July she beat him brutally, and on the loth of September she indicted a wound on his head, which left plaintiff unable to show himself for many days. At the same timeV ►she complained that this would not he the last treatment of the kind he wouldreceive from her. Since then plaintilVhasnot resided with her, hut she has continued to harass and waylay him and•• tothreaten his life. The wifo maintains that sho is sincerely and devotedly at-V %tftched to her husband and ho to her, hut that the hatred now shown to her in the present action has been inspired by his mother and two sisters, who have taken advantage of his passion for strong liquors and opium and of his enfeebled and dejectedmiiwl f n nnJcnn Ihq fnpHnrr f n.
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Victoria Daily British Colonist
Victoria, British Columbia, CA
Wed, Mar 23, 1881
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