St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-21
A FAMILY SKELETON
Laid Bare by the Institution
Of a Sensational Divorce
Proceeding.
Mrs. Lucien Warner Tells a.
Sad Story Of Domestic
Infelicity,
And Charges Her Husband
With the Most Brutal
Treatment.
Absolute Divorce and $780,
600 Alimony and DAM
ages Asked.


day, praying for divorce from the fet-
tiers of matrimony which have for a
number of years united the lives of two
prominent personageS of ST. Paul. Miss
Sadie K. Clayton became the wife of
the late Gen. I. A. Jones. and was left
a widow several years ago with pen
sion of $40 a month. Lucien Warner, a
prominent real estate dealer and man
of considerable wealth, courted Mrs.
Jones, and they were married July 2S,
1886, in st. Paul. He had previously
been married also, and had children,
now grown to WomanhDod. Mrs. War
ner claims that her husband agreed, be-
fore their marriage, TO give her 50,000
in cash to take the place of the pen
sion she drew as widow of Gen. Jones.
and which she would forfeit by mar
Rage. They seem to have lived UNI
hupply since a short time after their
marriage. An action for divorce was
instituted couple of years ago by Mrs.
Warner, but was dismissed by mutual
| consent, and matters went on until re-
Gently = growing worse. Yesterday
Mrs. Sadie K. Warner filed complaint
against her husband, Lucien Warner,
asking for all absolute divorce, the
| custody of their child, Lucia Clayton
| Warner, during the tendency OF this
! action. for $4,000 alimony, for the
S50,0U0 which was promised and agreed
to be paid her TO take the place of the
/ forfeiture of her pension. aid for 81, 500
to pay her attorneys as fees in the suit.
| The story i'll parts as related in the
complaint. is as follows:
Claim of the Wife.
| Mrs. Warner is forty years old and
her husband is about fifty-four years of
age. Their child, Lucia Clayton War
ner, was born May 26, 1887. During all
the period of their marriage she has
performed all OF Ter duties as wife
fully, freely and henorably. She charges
her husband with treating her in cruel
| and thurman manner since March l.,
1851, to her damage in health. safety,
comfort and life. During her pregnacy,
and before the birth of her daughter
Lucia, he. without cause or excuse,
| Quarreled with and Scolded her and
used bad language before his children
by a former wife. He often threatened
tha6 if she became an invalid
he would not take care of her.
AbOlt three weeks after the birth of
their child he abused her on account of
her weakness, and insulted her with
| taunts of weakness. About four weeks
alter the birth of the child he assaulted
her, pulled her around the room, and
violently threw her upon the bed and
upon the ouase-pummeled her with
his Misunderstanding and pressing her
with his fists against the conch-called
| her She-devil. and said that she had
| killed one husband, and was now kill
ing another. She claims to have been
SO bruised and hurt internally that she
has been. rendered permanently weak
and disabled. In July, 1887, he kicked
her out of bed. chOked her. called her a
| hypOcrite, false fiend. and threatened to
| XIII her. He kicked her out of bed as
many as six times in July, 1887, and
| struck her with norSeWhlp at another
assaulted her. and he encouraged his
daughter to put her out of the buggy,
and said: '.Pil back you" He then
struck her several times. In August,
1887. he struck her on the head, While
she was sitting in a chair holding her
baby, so cruelty that the paby fell from
| her arms upon the floor, endangerlng its
life. He then charged her with drop
| ping the baby, and assaulted her and
beat her-fOrced her upon a chair in a
| corner of the room and sat upon her for
about ten minutes. while one of his chill
dren clung to him aud besought him to
let her alone. In August, 1887. he con.
| fined her in the dining room and in the
cellar pushed her down stairs, as
| Saulted,
ChOked and Beat Her
so that she was forced to cry murder
| and she is killing me-" lie then put
his hand over her mouth and threatened
! tn % hnr fIf nd hap in, .la,
to save her life, to say: Il will behave
myself"
In September, 1887, he knocked q
lighted kerosene lamp out of her hand
called her fiend, villain, tyrant and
She-devil, and struck her and slapped
her in the face several times.
In October, 1887, he violently slapped
her, first On one side of the face and
then upon the other. about dozen
times, and then pushed her into a cor.
ner and threatened to kill her.
In July. 1888. he struck her with a
gOld-headed cane at least ten times, OH
body, making them black and blue.
This cruel treatment was continued
until Sept. 8. 1883, when he
beat and ground her down
! in corner with his fists while she had
her child in her arms. and threw her OF
the bed, from which she was rescued by
Mr.. and Mrs. May, who were called 10y
the servants.
In March, 1889, he again assaulted
her, and threw her on the floor and hello
her there with his knees on her breast
She partly liberated herself. and he
then clutched her by the hair ano
pulled her around the room. Her lungs
were so injured by his treatment this
time that it caused hemorrhage.
In July, 1889, he struck her with his
clenched fist. In August. 1889, he
struck her upon several occasions Or
Sept. 90, 1890, while playing the piano
he struck her with his fist and knocked
ner from the stool to the floor. When
returning from services at plymouth
church on the evening Of Oct 5. 1890, ht
struck her on the mouth with his fist
On Oct. 10 he knocked her agains
hot stove, and said, 81 will throw vol
out of the house." He then sent her t
a small room up stairs without fire. HI
at that time threatened to kill her.
She says that she cannot longer LIVE
with her husband because of fear O
, | personal danger to life and limb: tina
her health has been permanently af
, | fpcted by his treatment. He has Otter
! proposed separation, and offered hel
$4,000 as a consideration for Separa
ton by consent of parties. She alleges
that her husband has property worth a
! least S350.000. but does not know tn,
exact amount or the way it is invested
as he has kept his business matters ;
secret from her.
THE COURT WAS LENIENT,