The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-08-14

| as he desired-it mat:ered little which. re
chose the latter course. 1t was stated that he
little relished the forced part he had been
compelled to play, and talked of instituiipg
proceedings TO have the marriage
DECLARED A NULLrTY
HIS threats nave assumed tangible form
In the .orn OF petition nied with the clerk
OF the District Court, in which he prays that
| the marriage be set aside, and eciared void
| and of no effect. on the ground that IL was
procured bv ouress, fIaud, violence end
through fear of great bodily harm. syn
Opsis OF the petition In question shows 10 the
best advantage
HIS EIDE OF THE QUESTION.
He sets forth that he became acquainted
with the defendant Hattie T.. Moose, about
eight or nine months ago, who short y after
house. He accepted the Invitation and the
visits were continued, IL appearing to him
that such visits We're not dissgreeshie to
received an invitation to attend litrle party
at the young ladys house on the evening of
the SOth OF June. Ne attended as desired and
invited By Miss Mcnamara to take q Walk.
which Invitation he accepted. and the two
were enjoying peasant teie-a-tete
Though the petition doesn't say sol, when he
mead a noise, and looking around, saH
Moose, the father, standing with Q
SHOTGUN LEvELED UPON HIM.
Moose told him 10 take ont his watch and
that he must. within I'VE minutes, decide the
question As 10 WhctutI VI uol ne "Ou.u
marry the defendant; that If the decision
was an adverse one; the contents OF the shot
gun would make r vacuum In plalntin'e body
in the region OF nus neat., Inc piaintin
informed that he had no time for foolishness;
that ii was a case wherein he had TO answer
Yes or no, and that IL the latter answer was
given, he might expect to have
HIS HEART BLOWN OUT.
Plaintiff alleges that he waited as long as
AraH m s.fF Urn natl I've.
decision Ihereupon Moose passed into the
house by q backward motion, keeping the
plaintiff covered with tue gun and telling
him that If he attempted to leave his seat
that he might expect death. the plaintiff
. sk ed for y drink OF wafer (no doun' ne pds
thirsty , but his prayer WAS unhett ed. The
far y ius aHa of she peace, and In
the interval of time which ssped
until the arrival of said officer Of he law the
plaintiff was KEEP in great feai that ais life
was in dan er by the leveled g. Of ,un and
by two reyolvers.
shortly, and the Plaintin stood ~ nd made
was compile ed; fearing that II he did not,
HIS LIFE WOULD PAY THE PENALTY,
and for these reasons, and these.alone, he hsd
given his consent 10 the marriage in a SEEM
ingy willing manner
had been completed that his new father-in-
law. insteau of giving hlm the hearty good
wishes for health and happiness that are
usual on such occasions and ex
tending to tn e new sou-in-law a warm
welcome into the bosom OF his family, said:
Now, damn you,
YOU CAN GO OR STAY,
lust as you pl.a'e." He p eaSed TO do the
ioTmer neither tarried he long in gong, ana
re has since had no connection whatever
with his putstive wife.
Plaintiff further sets up in his petition that
he had
TAKEN OUT NO LICENSE
or authorized any one TO do 30. and that he
did not consent 10 senG for the Justice of the
peace of his own volittoD.
He thinks that justice and good morals have
been GU 8ged and the most sacred OF con-
tracts has been
pfBASED BY THE DEFENDANT.
Whereupon he prays that the said marriage
be declared void us procured by duress and
violence, etc.
THIS case is one OF far more than ordinary
interest and will excite much attention from
the lovers of sensation when II comes up for
trial in the District Court.
The answer OF defendant VIII be given
when II is filed.