September 28, 1912
Denies Cash To Mrs. Davis
LOS ANGELES, Sept 27 The court ruled that Mrs. Davis's action in driving her husband from his Riverside Drive home in September, 1908, while he was ill, showed conclusively that she was not entitled to any allowance. Robert Benson Davis, who is 70 years old, lives at 330 Riverside Drive, and has a Summer residence in Summit, N. J. He owns a baking powder plant in Hoboken. In June, 1911, Mrs. Davis, who is thirty years his junior, had him confined in his home at Summit because of alleged insanity, according to his allegations. Disguised as a physician and accompanied by two nurses in uniform, he eluded the hired caretakers, and took a train for Los Angeles, where he began suit for divorce. Judge Monroe on June 15, 1911, denied his plea for a divorce on the ground that he had not established a legal residence in California, and that he came there to get a divorce. In July Mrs. Davis filed a suit for separate maintenance, and Judge Wilks ordered that she receive a monthly allowance of $1,500, also $1,500 for costs, and $10,000 for attorney fees. Mr. and Mrs. Davis had a daughter, Lucretia.
December 16, 1915
Mrs. Robert B. Davis Dies The sudden death of Mrs. Robert Benson Davis of 330 Riverside Drive at Santa Monica, Cal., is announced this morning. Mrs. Davis was the wife of a baking powder manufacturer, 73 years old, and was many years his junior. Mr. and Mrs. Davis were involved in a sensational divorce action, following Mr. Davis's confinement in his home at Summit, N. J., in June, 1911, because of alleged insanity. Disguised as a physician and accompanied by two nurses in uniform, he eluded the hired caretakers and took a train for Los Angeles, where he started a suit for divorce. His plea was denied on the ground that he had not established a legal residence in California. In July, 1911, Mrs. Davis filed a suit for separate maintenanance. Judge Wilkes ordered that she receive a monthly allowance of $1,500. Mr. and Mrs. Davis had a daughter, Lucretia.
June 7, 1911
Says Wife Locked Him Up
NEW YORK, June 6 The case will come to trial on June 16. Delphin M. Delmas, who gained fame as Harry Thaw's councel in his first trial, will defend Mrs. Davis. It is understood that Mrs. Davis, her daughter, Lucretia, who is about 25 years old, and Mr. Delmas, are all en route from New York now.
June 9, 1911
Aged Millionaire Accuses His Wife
Special to The Washinton Post He escaped, he declared, with the aid of two trained nurses, one of whom, a Miss Arthur, of New York, is now with him. The case will come to trail on June 16. Delphin M. Delmas, who gained fae as Harry Thaw's chief counsel in his first trial, will defend Mrs. Davis. It is understood that Mrs. Davis, her daughter, Lucretia, who is about twenty-five years old, and Mr. Delmas are all enroute from New York now. The Davis home is 330 Riverside Drive, New York City. Robert Benson Davis is seventy-eight years old. His wife is about thirty years his junior. Their difficulties are well known among their friends in the East. The friends have no hesitancy in declaring that the septuagenarian is eager for a divorce, so that he may marry Miss Arthur, his nurse. Two of our relatives caused all the trouble, explained the aged millionair in an interview last fall, when he was living in Summit, N. J. "They kept at my wife for months, trying to ave her get rid of me. They said I was insane. I underwent an examination by Drs. McDonald and Hamilton, two eminent alienists, and they said there was nothing whatever the matter with my mind. Then I traveled around the country trying to have myself cured of asthma, from which I have long suffered. My wife tried to make out that I was out of my mind, and actually locked me up in our home at Summit. "But, taking two revolvers in case of trouble - I didn't have to use them - and disguising myself in the garments of one of the physicians summoned, I managed to get out of the Summit house with my nurses and got into New York State." Mr. Davis went to California not long after this incident and established there a legal residence, in order that he might bring suit. At the Davis residence here it was said that Mrs. Davis and her daughter had "gone West," which verified the Los Angeles dispatch that they had gone to defend the suit.
NEWS - FROM THE MAUSTON STAR . . .
27 Nov 1861 and 4 Dec 1861 -- MUSTER ROLL of the "Northern Lights", includes H. E. CARY, William BADER, Benjamin L. BADER, Samuel MONROE, R. F. JONES, Charles P. CARY. 01 Jan 1862 FROM OUR BOYS -- The boys are now in Madison where they are undergoing their basic training. 26 Mar 1862 From the Northern Lights, Co F, 16th Regt, Wisconsin Volunteers. Arrived in St. Louis on the 14th Mar, Saturday afternoon. They embarked on the Steamer "Planet" for some place in Tennessee, where, we doubt not, the 16th will at once see active and in all probability bloody service. 02 Apr 1862 FROM THE BOYS -- We received a line from a member of Co F, 16th Regiment. It was written at Ft. Henry, Tennessee, on Wed, 19 Mar. The Regiment was then on a steamboat, bound for Savannah, Tennessee, whence they were to march to Florence, Alabama... 23 Apr 1862 23 Apr 1862 THE PITTSBURGH BATTLE - From the "Northern Lights" - We have Our friend says: You will have heard by telegraph that we have had a Waterloo at this place. Amid the confusion that a great and bloody battle has left us in, with hundreds of dead to be buried and thousands of wounded to be cared for by our troops, I and everyone here are so entirely occupied that I have time to write but little. Yet, knowing the anxiety of friends in Juneau county, I take a few moments, which should be devoted to rest, to inform you of such facts as I am personally acquainted with. We all wanted a chance to fight, and we have had it. We wanted to see a battle field. Few want to see another such as I have just left. I thought I had some idea of the scene of horror a battle must present. I confess that I had no conception of it. You know that I am not skilled in the art of writing lucid, interesting, scenic descriptions; but this I can say, that no pen can describe, nor can the imagination conceive, the intensity of horror that has been presented us since Sunday morning. We of the Sixteenth knew not that we were near to the enemy. Our regiment was one of the farthest out from the Tennessee River, consequently the most exposed. Four companies were out all Saturday night on picket duty. Early on Sunday the enemy attacked and drove them in. Captain SAXE, of Company A, his Orderly and others fell at the first fire of the enemy, and almost before they knew that an enemy was present. The firing being heard at our camp, the other six companies at once fell into line. We had hardly formed when the enemy opened upon us with artillery and a galling fire of musketry. I am proud to say that the Sixteenth, although surprised, stood their ground. Our boys were but just out of their tents, some of them not wholly dressed, but they never fell back until ordered to do so. We received no reinforcements until we had been driven back for nearly a mile. Before this Capt. Train was badly wounded, the ball entering his cheek and lodging in his neck. The oldest CAREY boy was killed at almost the first fire. John McNOWN has died since the battle of wounds he received, and so has F. PREVEY. John McINTIRE was badly wounded in the face; E. A. DERAN in the leg; J. THATCHER in the thigh; S. MONROE in the arm; S. PLUMMERin the hand. The ball has not yet been taken out. He had been two days on the boat, and had nothing done for him, (of course nobody is to blame!) so I sent for him to come to out camp, and he is now doing well. S. LONG is wounded in the leg; G. SPEED in the forehead, but not badly; McMURTY in the shoulder; McCALL in th(missing) now in the hospitals, and the dead have been buried. The number I have no means of Newspaper Editorial Note: We call attention to the letter from Pittsburgh Landing published in this issue. The writer is one well know to our citizens. He was till lately the publisher of this paper, and is now commanding the company in the 16th regiment sent from this place. His statements carry weight with all who know him. Harrison's wife, Elizabeth, remarried John A Stevens 19 Apr 1863 in Mauston. Article from Kathleen Cary
AGED WOMAN WAS KILLED BY FALL INTO THE CELLAR Mrs. Helen M. SARGENT, who has been keeping house for her son, Homer SARGENT, and living at 153 East Bacon street, fell down cellar last night about 9:00 o'clock and broke her neck and death followed soon after. The skull was fractured and her shoulder bone broken. A doctor was hastily summoned and she breathed but a few minutes after his arrival. The cellar is reached by means of a trap door and Mrs. SARGENT stepped off into space, not knowing that the door was open. Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock, at the United Bretheren Church at Frontier. Rev. Snyder officiating and interment will be in the Frontier cemetery. The deceased was aged 76 years, 2 months and ? days. The SARGENTs have lived in Hillsdale about a year, the home having formerly been in Frontier, the son being a flour packer at Stock's Mills, Mrs. SARGENT was the daughter of Martin CARY. Her husband died and she had been living with her son, since the deaths of his wife four years ago, and looking after his three children. She had not been well for some time. There is a brother living in California.
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