Working On The Prendergast Case Summary

Working on the Prendergast case and defending Eugene Debs was exciting work, but it was work that kept him away from home. Jesse was interested in their home and family – not in Clarence’s work. While she wanted her husband at home, he usually preferred to be elsewhere. He knew this and finally approached her about a divorce. However, ever the supportive wife, she told him that if she filed against him on the basis of desertion it would do irreparable damage to his career. Better that he file accusing her of desertion. He agreed and filed for a divorce –which she did not contest. They were divorced in 1897. She got the house, $25,000, and he agreed to pay her $150 a month for the rest of her life (Farrell, 2011). Free of the constraints of