The Blaine Divorce.
The Blaine Divorce.

THE BLAINE DIVORCE.
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Trial of the Celebrated Case at
Deadwood, S. D.
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Young Mrs. Blaine Tells Her Story on the
Witness Stand--Testimony Given
by Physicians--The Evidence All In.
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By Telegraph to the Times.
    DEADWOOD (S. D.,) Feb. 19.--[By the Associated Press.] At last the Blaine divorce case has come to trial and all the testimony is in. This morning Judge Palmer, the plaintiff's attorney, read the complaint and defendant's answer and began reading depositions. The depositions of Dr. Fuller and Dr. Wynkoop, after confirming that of Gen. McMahon, as to the amity in which the young couple apparently passed the first few months of their married life, related chiefly to the condition of plaintiff's health after the unhappiness began.
    Dr. Fuller, who was called in during the temporary absence of the family physician, Dr. Wynkoop, in Europe, testified when he first treated Mrs. Blaine professionally she was enciente and a few weeks later suffered a miscarriage, due entirely to mental anxiety.
    This afternoon Mrs. Blaine was on the stand. She recited the story of her marriage, which was hastened because her husband did not want her to go on the stage. She spoke of the happy first year and detailed the visit of the young people to Maine, where the husband was kept away from her by his mother. She told how she was foiled in attempts to become reconciled. She gave the details of the return to New York and her subsequent sickness and suffering in that city. She had come to South Dakota for a home and wanted especially to secure the custody of her child, which she was able to support by her pen.
    After the submission of some law points the case was closed.


Source:

Unknown, "The Blaine Divorce, Trial of the Celebrated Case at Deadwood. S.D.," The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Saturday, 20 February 1892, p. 1.

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