Telegram-herald., 1890-04-23
Al IsHCaAs HUSBAND
He Is II What His Wife Says Is
True.
uswiliis Layer tties = BIN for Dis0rSss
In whiSh she Describes hsF mas
bsad - s'GTssay siil.ia.


levin Layer, OF the township OF
Bovine. by Mstbewson & Hicks, her
soliclto-s s. hAs hied a bli IN ehancery IN
the circuit court SgainsG her husbah.l'
jacob Layer, e. al. The bill sets forth
that the couple were marred on March
l6, 1855. in the First Baptist Church IN
Charlotte, but have never been able 10
get along harmoniously together.
Complainant alleges that her husband
has aiways been jealous, exacLng anu
lntoleranl, while she always did
every thing m her power 70 please him,
such a. digging potatoes, Teapng
wheat, loading nay aud doing many
other kinds OF outdoor jobs.
Yet after all this, complainant states
that during the entire time OF their
married life her husband has never
taken her 10 fair, Fourth of July
celebration, or show of any kind OF
even 10 church but few times, and
that her husband would get mad II she
called at neighbor's house.
Complainant further states that her
husband, besides cruelty treating her
and calling her all sorts of vile names,
has accused her of unchastity with one
John Clark, of Lowell, and told her he
would "gut" her. Complainant was so
frightened at his treatment that she
took her child and wentto her mother 5
home. A couple of days later her
mother took her back 10 her husband 5
place, but Jacob had got the start of
them, for he had changed the locks on
the door and they could not get III.
They went hack 10 the field where her
husband was, but he told her that she
had deserted him and that she could
STAY away from him and continue To
earn her living on the street, as she had
done. She resolved to go TO Charlotte
and was waiting for the train at Alto
station, when her husband came and
took her child Maudie and induced her
TO walk back home, distance OF three
miles, telling her she could live with
him again.
On November ., 1889, complainant
says she was taken quite sick, but her
husband refused TO provide girl TO
help her. Once her husband did take
her TO Bovine Centre, a distance of
three miles, to see DR.. Haskins. When
and worse and felt as though she could
not endure il until they reached home.
On the way there was a gateway,
through which team could be driven
right up to the doorway of their house.
She begged her husband to drive that
way, but he would not. She told her
husband that she felt az though she
could never walk and carry the baby
but he lefs her at the roadside, and she
walked in and carried the child, where
upon she had togo to bed, and has never
taken a step SINCE.
Complainant further states that since
the time she went to bed over four
months ago, she has been gradually
growing worse, that DR.. Haskins at
tended upon her until her husband
discharged him, since which, DIR.
Broake has att, N led her professionally,
and her mother and "auntie' have
been constantly at her bedside. Dur
ing this serious illness, she says her
husband has abused her beyond endur-
ance, and her friends have had to in
terfere 10 keep him from putting her
out of the house; that on April 3, 1890,
he told her ne should not pay her doc
tor any longer, and that he should not
furnish anything more for her support;
that she could eat up what there was
and then pack up and go where she
wanted to, and look out for herself.
That he then went down to his fathers
place, and they, Jacob Layer and John
Layer, the two defendants, came back
together, and John Layer sald he own
ed the barn and everything in it, and
he showed her paper and SAID he had
to take the things before complainant
should die. She could not say any
thing, but was distracted and almost
heart-brOken. They finally left, so the
bill states, sa, ing that as she could not
do business they might as well. leave,
but that some one else would come who
would compel her TO leave.
The bill further sets forth that de-
fendant Jacob owns the farm on which
they 1--we, which Is worth about $1,000
and personal property amounting tC
about $1,000, but pretends that he ha;
solu all the property to his father. A
divorce Is prayed for and also an IN
junction restraining defendent from
disposing of or interfering with the
property.
Judge Burch issued the injunction al
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