File:Henry K. Lattin (1806-1894) divorce in the Times Union of Brooklyn, New York on 27 August 1878.jpg

Tbe UtiwTJivoroQ Suit. : Clote of Ihe Tesllmonr I Ihe Faraaer igala oa (lie blond-HU Pietj lireaUnx Out oa all Bides and ia Evorf Oonoelrahle ' Banner llic Case Submitted to the Referee. Farmer Latliu again eat in Refeiee Noble' oflice at LoDg Inland City yesterday, and there were alro present his wife Hannah, who seeks a limited divorce from him, and Mrs. Mary Conkling, her daughter, wtio has heritofore Uguicd ptomiticntly in the oabO .a .a witness for her mother. Counselor 0. It. ltrower, of this District, bed some rebutting cvidcr.es to iuli .Jii.c in bebail of airs, Laltiu. The dufeiuUnt w,s u the bei-t cf i-pirifp, mid st the first of the htstinp; indulged in frequent interjections aud ejaculations of a religious character, hut was ill eked by blu counsel, ex-Juile Jobu It. livid, of liabj-Iod, ard lulEnnuutly Kept blliijeif wj:I uulir coLlrol. CouLtitlor Uioer que-iitioiitd him clu.fly lu rtlstit.n to Uc auicuut of Ins propurtv. w'.lb a titw to iLowing tint be-bid uiiir(iprtsoi.t, d it, lit.t did not bwi id in ii ,l.iiiij Iim i-iret iii-ti-ucny utt er iu k ,,..ct 10 the auioaut of laud or Iui, Lank urcuuiii, Then lir. LiUio, cuu-P'Df liia Laul-. tt.cil, lllorv, wodteonlie lIKbt U' . ilS bt. l'dlil WH iu tu(j BtOllll " Vanetis ol -jeclioiiN aire nmOo by inje It, id to Ur. ilioBet ,. u.cttcd of tslnj,uat,uu ji04t of Ibe ol jicaobu nun, enithiunl. ar. Uroer "', alle-r Uiir rtinateilly roLuif,-! in iliii wiv. "iLb defeudsLt 11 ou the top ol a uiuuiiititi-Ibe poer piaiot-ll a iu the, wiley. ' Mr. Latliu k'SM, Mones waa viiiitiuj m3 promised laud, but he tovtr euterci it, uir. browcr wiuliil lo kuo whether tbo ap- fiellaiiou "Ilrottier," as sptilied to him by JudKa leit. was to bo taken in a I, ial or a religions seme. Ihe Jud&o iaid tb.t it c.-ttaiuly cjuiiiu't be applied to Brother browcr ia a' reliioti-i scnee, as he had admitted. t!U bo went to llrigbtou besch on tiunday. TUeD, the ddfeod-snt stonitg eouie eigu, of excttemeut, Mr. trcwer .iipesled that he waited to preach, whereupon Jude Held ea-d that ihu was not the time to preach it wai the time to practice. Mr. Littin The Lord rested on the seventh day arid made ii holy. Mr. Lattin was Cross-examined clo elyn to bis tesumoby in relatioa to the wsidrobe of his wife, of which it wis sllered the present Mrs, Lattin bad full ni-e. At una point the daughter took a eeat U.ioe Mr. Brower, on the other side ficm her mother. Lit iu ta!d : "Yes : one whiepers in one ear snd the other in t'other, that's the ute of oomiug here lying and eqniv-ocalibg V" The let of fms, be said be had now given to bis eraeddaugbter. They had been tbken to Fatniiufdsle Ly bis wife, buthe got tbem one night when h wrut to cburcb ; he went there and demanded I hem. Bbe said it was time enoag'h to give them to the gr-tud-ci&ughter when she bad done Willi tbem, but b j said she v?8 doce witti them now. Mr. iliower EUs Mrs. Lattiu anything in ber poeie,fiicu now which bdjugtdlo your Lic&t wife ? - - - - Mr. Lattin Ste mty hiva pissed over Ihe tbii-ge to eoniebody eien : ebe carried away ail hut two cla drearies : all I ever got baca' was one fh&wl aDd the furs. Judge lie id What iaugn.ge dd Mr?. Cotik-lir g u.se towaidD yon m talking about your property ? Mr. Lattin "You Me ! joulie!" She sail I had cl.OUO in the bank. Judge Keid Have ycu tarl any conversation with your wife In reference to a settlement of this tuit s:nce it hss been instiluted ? Mr. Lattin res. Jndgo lleid Etd you make her a proposition ? Mr. Lattin Yes : I olltreU to give ber Hi, and pai-i her -?5 on account. Mr. Brower When did thia conversation take place ? Mr. Lattin On the !Kh ot May, and on Saturday, the 11th, wb made the agreement. Mr. lirowtr Who wa9 present ? Mr. i '"" tjlijA.-. Mr. Lattin The' Lordwas nreeent : he is always present ; no olber parson. air. urower w hat was tne conversation . Mr. Lattin liy tbo grace of Ocd, "This is the commencement of the 825 ;" sue did not comply with the requirement that we should live together as man aud wife. u Mis. Lattin denied having made any such arrangement as that twotu to by air. Lattin ; she tad merely go-no at bis request to rend ar s.me amstance in a cace cf (ickues?. Mr. Lattin said he wanted a .oiiieniejt because be did not want to go to law, a-d rho told him to go to her attorney about it. W be u asked about tae intfiview, she said, "Well, be wanted me to come and live with biro, but I said I had better rur. epainst a tree and sn:ck my brains out." She i cknoaiedited that ebe received 5 fromLit-tir,tLt denied that it was for lbs purpose sworn to by Dim : it was in consideration of her going as a matter cf kiDdess to taae care of Ltttin's er-u's w.fe. Lattin ccuid hardly contain himself duiinp h,r tcbtiruony, and at the closa.when sbe si.the of iftkicg tho" lining of one of his first wife's bftte to hue a uiuH with, he broke out, 'Il-ty wye. a gord ba'.a as cr-umon people ate in ibe fcaUi of wearing, atd they were good ei ough uutil .he was stuck up by ber daugV.er here. "

The Lattin Divorce Suit. Close of the Testimony. The Farmer Again on the Stand. His Piety Breaking Out on all Sides and in Every Conceivable Manner. The Case Submitted to the Referee. Farmer Lattin again sat in ... Mr. Noble took the papers and expects to report in the course of a week.

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