Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1856-07-17
FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE II, 1856.
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we uuueiSIanu, iIOIH unquestloHaOie du
thority, that the notorious JIM LANE, wht
claims to be q United States Senator from
Kansas, is now engaged in making speeches
in Iowa, and probably in other places where
in he tells the people that he is a slanderet
and an abused man, that the story which ha
been told of his i'll treatment Of his wife anC
children is all lie, and the malicious pro
; duction of his personal enemies. He is en-
deavoring to operate upon the approaching
elections in Iowa, by his Wholesale and ont
raseous falsehoods therefore, we furnish
to the use of the public, and particularly tc
the people of Iowa, the following authentic
and certified record from the Dearborn Cir.
cHit Cont, the county in which LANE was
raised, and where he recently lived. We
have the record with the broad S, al of Dear
born county attached TO it, in our possession,
which may be seen by any person who will
take the trouble to call at the Indiana State
Sentinel Office for that purpose. Ii fully sets
forth the Petition Of his wife, which, after
being proved, the Court decreed the Divorce
theTeupon.
We are informed that another set of helm
ous charges were prepared against him, to
have been used as an amendment TO the bill,
had he resisted the decree, but they were
withheld, he preferring to suffer the decree
to be made as it is, rather than face the threat
ened amendment, which is alluded to in the
petition now published: :
The State Of Indiana. Dearborn County, IS.
IN THE DEARBORN CIRCUIT COURT.
MARY rs s. LANE Petition for Divorce.
JAMEs II. LANE
| Your Petitioner. Mary Z. Lane shews, tha
she is a bona fidc resident of said county that
on the 29lh day of November, lS4i in Pennsyl-
vania. she WI as married to said James H. Lane !;
that they soon thereafter came to Lawreuceburgh
in this county, where they lived until they
removed to Kansas Territory. OF the marriage.
there are three children (oniy) who are living,
viz Mary F., born l7lh July, l544 James
| n, April 9th, 1913; Annie. July 18th. 1851 !;
Eugenie September GOTH. 1853 One died
James II. is in the custody OF the defendant in
said Territory the other children are in the
care of the plaintiff, in this city She had
when married, 5000 value OF household furni-
/ ture, all OF which came TO the use of defendant
and still is in his possession aEd has no sep.
arate property. That in June, 1855. she and
all of her said children. except James H. came
on visit to this city. and at the time she
parted from her said husband at the mouth OF
the river Kansas, he promised her, that in three
weeks from that time, he would come here and
take her and her children to Kansas, where
they had fixed their residence, and gave her no
moIe money than would pay her passage and
her chidren's to this place. that he did not
come, nor has he written to her. That on the
2sth of April, 1856, he came here, and on the
next day departed without calling 10 see the
plaintiff and his children; that he forbade
| Theodore Galley, Esq, his agent here, who had
/ FIVE hundred dollars in his hands, TO let her
/ have any of IT. She was wholly supported, and
children by the generosity OF her friends. and
| he has wholly failed, for more than a year
| to make provision for the support of her and
! her children in food, clothing, or shelter, and
/ still fails to do so, though he was and is abun-
danfly able to do so. That since she parted
/ from her said husband she is satish fed by in
dubitable testimony, that he then and ever
since, intended to wholly abandon her and the
children, that the visit was contrved solely by
him, 10 get clear of her and the children. That
there are many other causes of divorce, which
she will not at present set down, with a hope
that they may be reconciled before the next
term OF this Court, and if not reconciled, she
reserves the right to do it by amendment
hereto That a reconciliation of them is i'm
probable The said defendant resides in Kan
sas he owns real estate in this county to the
value of $40 900 in White and other counties
of this State, lands OF the value of SO 900
in Illinois, Iowa. and other States, lands, but
she does not know the quantity or value he
sides, in money and personal property due TO
him $1,000 that Theodore Gazlay as his
agent has in his hands ST. 900. She makes him
lGazlayl and her husband defendants to this
petition, and requires each of them to answer
said matters fully on oath as TO said property,
real and personal, monies. &c, and set out a
description of the real estate, where situate,
and the value thereof, and how much money
said agent, Gazlay. has in his hands. That
she has reason TO believe from what she has
heard, that he Lane will get up suit for a
divorce in Kansas, of which she will not have
actual notice, with the intent TO cut off her just
claim against him for alimony. Petitioner
saws that he said Lane is not a fit person 10
have the custody Of the children. and pfays
that defendants may be summoned 10 answer
this petition, and that said James H. Lane he
ordered to pay TO her, pending this suit, such
sums of money. at such times as may be sufi
cIent TO sustain her and the children, and The
same order be made upon said agent for
money in his hands, or which may come into
his hands, as such agent, and prays for d-
vorce and Judgment for alimony, for $4,000
against said Lane. "a may be right having due
regard to the children, and that she may take
her maiden name Of Mary +. Baldridge, and
prays for all other adequate relief in the prem
ises. MAXI II. LANE.
By BRowS her Solicitor.
ENDORSEMENT on COMPLAINT.
Dearborn Circuit Court.
rs. Petition for Divorce
JANIS II. LANE. and allowance.
THEODORE GAzLAY.
Filed in the Clerks Office
April -, 1856. s. l.. JONES. Clerk.
j. 4. BaowN, Attorney for Plaintiff.
And Whereas. afterwards, 10 wit. AT lh'
Term of May. Of said Dearborn Circuit Court
in the year 1856. and on the l2th, the Judicia
day of said Term, The following proceeding
were had before said Court in the above cuti
tied cause, to wit:
MARY Z. LANE Complaint for Divorce
LANES H LANE No. LIS.
e AT this time come the parties, by their attor
5 neys, and the defendant files his answer herein
F.. and the same reads as follows, to.wit:
MARY L. LANE Action for Divorce in Dear
born Circuit Court.
And now comes said defendant. James II
i Lane, by Theodore Gazlay his attorney, an'
for answer to said complaint. says that eac
and all the charges and allegations containr
= in said bill are untrue, and therefore he denie
:. the same.
e JAMES II. LANE.
u By THEopoRE GAzLAY, his ATTY.
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