Show A HUMAN HULIAN BEAST tiie lie history of one mie or the lite now at trillion 18 IF wa Ang just at this time tho the police department part ment is 13 engaged in one of its spasmodic raids on those pests ol 01 society who live off the earnings oi 01 p fallen women tho the shackles by which these unfortunate women are bound by their taskmaster while the latter live in idleness and luxury could not be more forcibly exemplified than they were in a case heard by judge lawler of tho the superior court yesterday afternoon in april of tills this year anna marchand 1 one 0 of f the unfortunate class brought action for a divorce from florent marchand one of the parasites of al large communities a alleging eging extreme cruelty and desertion yesterday the case was before the court on a motion by co counsel uni for plaintiff that she elie be allowed alini alin ony tony and counsel fees pending the action for divorce and in gup eup port of the motion plaintiff submit ted an affidavit detailing the history other falland full and her long years of bondage the affidavit set forth that the plaintiff plaint iff had been an honest and virtuous servin serving A maid in a family in the city of paris that in march 1866 she met the defendant wl who 10 taking a advantage of her youth and inexperience accomplished her ruin and induced her to accompany him to san francisco she paying all the traveling expenses with the earnings saved while a domestic arriving here they lived together for nine years years he lie persistently refusing tora to rrelier rry lier one night ho he forced her to take the initial step in her afterlife after life of infamy for the purpose of obtaining money to pay fj far or their supper he ile then promised her that he lie would marry her when she should have earned and as she could not speak tho the language led her by tho the assistance of the people avith whom she came in con tact to believe that the life of shame into which ho lie was vas forcing her was a common mode of earning a livelihood and a custom of this country at 2 each tg morning orning I 1 he e forced her to deliver to him h her cr earnings of tho the previous day which money lie deposited in the savings bank of this city in ins ills name telling her that this course coune waa arm necessary necess aTy aa as t the he authorities would money if found in her name oftentimes she IN was inas as compelled to borrow money of her associates in crime to satia satisfy the demands of defendant sho being eing in in great fear of him lie being a member of a society of of this c city ity numbering over three hundred and banded to together Fether to assist each other by berj perjury u ry I 1 if f tj alic to opportunity 0 offered the tb e defendant never worked but lived luxuriously off her money on the oth of june 1875 her ber earn earnings ingi having readied the latchum suin of the defendant married her as per agreement hut but still compelled her to follow her shameful callin calling after her marriage sho she earned in more ore which he lie also deposited in banks but afterwards converted it into united states bonds making a will in her favor to still her objections then she fell ill after a beating beat imand and kicking administered by defendant and nd the two went to paris and while sho she was still under the caro care of physicians lie again forced her to resume lier her life lilt of shame shanie and frequently uan t kicked and beat her telling the degraded and now old woman that their marriage in in this country was not legal ht in france lie deser deserted tid her jakine taking with liim him 87 7 the result of her degradation she sailed for america and he be arrived shortly afterward bringing with him a young woman whom ho lie has lias enslaved in the same life led by plaintiff and with whom he is living on one of the notorious thorough fares of this city plaintiff sea sets up that she is now old and penniless and asked that the cause of her ruin and shame bo be made to pay to her some portion of her sinful earnings the affidavit was su supported ported by those ofa of a number of police fated 0 officers r s this city to the effect dint the defendant e was all that is was isas as charged and had been arrested for vagrancy lie having never been known to work and having no visible means of support po r t Z judge ge lawler dismissed the motion for alimony on the ground that it was not clearly shown thattie that the defendant had any money it having been invested in united stated states bonds over which the court had no jurisdiction 4 |