Richmond, Aug. 24—Not only does Mrs. Alice Baird Johnson, former Charlotte, N.C., girl, charge cruel and inhuman treatment in a divorce bill filed against her husband, Norman H. Johnston, former Raleigh, N.C., lawyer, now editor of the Merchants Journal of Commerce and secretary of the Southern Wholesale Dry Goods Association, with headquarters here, but she alleges that he was guilty of statutory offenses while she was abroad early this year with Henry C. Stuart, former governor of Viriginia, it developed today.
She explains in her declaration that she accompanied Mr. Stuart with the full consent and approbation of her husband, taking the place of his niece, who had planned to make the trip but was prevented at the last moment from doing so. Also in the party was Miss Emily Northcross, Mr. Stuart’s nurse.
The Johnsons were married in Blacksburg, S.C., June 8, 1907, by the Rev. C. C. Derrick, according to the marriage certificate enclosed in the divorce papers, which is embroidered in bright colors with singing birds, tuneful harps and beautiful flowers. On one side are the words “In perfect love and peace together until death to us part.”
The couple have two children, a son, Norman H. Johnson Jr., 18, student at the Virginia Military Institute last session, and Martha F. Johnson, 16, student at a fashionable school for girls here. They moved to Richmond from Raleigh in 1913 and have since resided here.
Mrs. Johnson avers that she was forced to leave her husband May 18th last because of his conduct and treatment which she alleged had become unbearable. She planned, she said, to go to the home of her parents in Charlotte but the plans were upset when he seized a suitcase containing wearing apparel and other effects which she had packed and dumped the contents into the backyard of their home at 10 North Boulevard. So she went to the home of a sister residing here, clad only in shoes, a night robe and a cloak, she avers.
She asserts that Johnson has an annual income ranging from $18,000 to $20,000, and that the boulevard is worth upwards of $20,000, she avers that he be restrained from disposing of any of his property and be required to support her and the children during the pendency of the divorce action.
Editor’s Note: The family name is spelled Johnson most of the time, but Johnston one time in the newspaper. I include both spellings so that anyone searching for this name will find this article whether it is Johnson or Johnston.
From page 7 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 1926
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