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Domestic News September 11, 1905

New York Tribune

New York, New York County, New York

What is this article about?

In Williamsburg's Lee-ave. police court, Magistrate Higginbotham ordered Jacob Englehard to pay his wife Mary $3 weekly and converse with her for two hours every Sunday after she complained of his 13-week silence despite living together.

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SENTENCED TO TALK TO HIS WIFE.

Silent Husband Will Converse for Two Hours
Weekly Under Court Orders.

Magistrate Higginbotham, in the Lee-ave.
police court, Williamsburg, yesterday, sentenced
Jacob Englehard to talk to his wife every Sun-
day for two hours in the parlor of their home, in
Myrtle-ave. Englehard was summoned to the
Lee-ave. police court yesterday by his wife,
Mary, who alleged that her husband had treated
her in a cruel manner for some time.

When Englehard was arraigned the wife told
the magistrate that her husband has been living
at home for thirteen weeks and had not spoken
to her in that time. After all the family troubles
had been aired the magistrate ordered Englehard
to pay his wife $3 a week and every Sunday
afternoon go into the parlor and for two hours
talk over their courting days. He also ordered
the wife to be kind to her husband.

What sub-type of article is it?

Legal Or Court

What keywords are associated?

Williamsburg Court Domestic Dispute Silent Husband Court Order To Talk

What entities or persons were involved?

Magistrate Higginbotham Jacob Englehard Mary Englehard

Where did it happen?

Williamsburg

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Williamsburg

Event Date

Yesterday

Key Persons

Magistrate Higginbotham Jacob Englehard Mary Englehard

Outcome

englehard ordered to pay his wife $3 a week and talk to her for two hours every sunday afternoon in the parlor of their home in myrtle-ave.; wife ordered to be kind to her husband.

Event Details

Jacob Englehard was summoned to the Lee-ave. police court in Williamsburg by his wife Mary, who alleged cruel treatment including not speaking to her for thirteen weeks while living at home. After airing family troubles, Magistrate Higginbotham sentenced Englehard to talk to his wife every Sunday for two hours about their courting days.

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