St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-17
SENSATIONAL DIVORCE.
Gel X. Fassett. EEinister. Brings
Suit Against His wife.

Gel x. EaSSelts q uHLuhStcAs
Suit Against His wife.
In the district court yesterday Gel L.
Fassett began an action for divorce against
Abbie L. Fassett, to whom he was married
at Denver Col. Oct. 90, 1884. At the
time of this marriage he was wldower %
wears Of age. and she widow of AZ. Mi.
Fassett's home is in independence. this
county. where he has resided for many
Years. practicing medicine on snail scale,
and plaving the part of a Seven Day Advent
ist missionary. MI Fassett did not live
happilv with his first wife, and in less than
a week after her death he married again.
He owned considerable property, and be-
fore he went to Denver to be married, he
decided most of it away, and this Is where
much of the trouble seems to hinge.
The troubles of the family have been
frequently aired in the local papers.
Mr.. Fassett alleges in his complaint tnat
On the third day after his marriage, his
wife commenced course OF
CRUEL AND INHUMAN TREATMENT
toward him. by charging him with
having promised to give her deed
to all his property. Mr.. and MIS-
Fassett arrived at their home in lndepend-
ence. Nov. S, 1884. followed by Nelle
Nicholas. a sister of the bride, who had
previously refused to accompany them
This Nj. FaSsett claims, was part OF a
conspiracy to make his life a weary burden.
Mrs. Harriet Eaton, his wife'S mother.
aged 81 wears, also accompanied MI. ana
Mrs. Fassett TO their home, it being under
stood that she was to have home win her
daughter, Mrs. FasSett, for time. Serious
eruptiOns ensued soon after, and the out
come was that Mrs. Eaton sought home
elsewhere. In December. 1884, Mr.. EasSett
made a will. giving to Mrs. FasSett his
homestead and most all his other property,
but she continued to haraSS him by begging
him to sell his property and live at Mime
apOlis. This he would not do and on
the oath of December Mrs. taSsett lett
him, but before she went she accused
him of committing adultery with Ills
daughter. Lizzie Tallman. Three days
later she demanded that her things De
taken to the depot saying that she con-
sldered it a sin to live with nm any longer.
Mr.. Fassett declares that While ne was
pleading with his wife to remain with MN
anti spring, at least her sister, Nellie
Nichols, rushed into the room and charged
him with driving his wife out
INTO THE STREETS IN MIDWINTER.
w nell he utulGu lilios oliC cAiOUOON'
I had YOU in Denver, my friends would pull
every hair out of your bald head and am
going from house to house and expose you
as a bypucrite." In March Mr.. FaSSett in
order to please his wife. removed to Mime
apolis. No sooner had he settled in his
new home than his wife accused him OF
charging her sister, Nellie Nichols. with
stealing. and began calling him vile names
in such a loud tone of voice, that the at
tention of the neighbors was attracted. From
this time out Mr.. FaSsett alleges, his wife
declared that she did not want her sister to
live with them. yet she secretly harb0red
her and exposed Mr.. FasSett to great hui
initiation. While living in Minneapolis
Mrs. Fassett refused to fulfill her marital
duties. refused to prepare her husband 5
meals. and in sundry other ways made him
wish he had not married her. Mrs. Fassett
finally left her husband, and when he re-
turned to his old home in independence she
still refused to return to his domicile. Since
she first left him she has lived apart from
hun altogether and still continues to do 50.
For a second cause of action Mr.. FaSSett
alleges that Mrs. FasSett was Incapable OF
fulfilling all of her marital duties on account
of a private disease This, he claims. she
did not inform him of before the marriage
and in fact he did not know OF 1t until ne
found it out himself. Therefore he wants
complete divorce and a decree OF the
court restraining her from in any manner
having an interest in any OF his property.