Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-19
SEEKING LEGAL SEPARATION
""teS Divorce Case In the Cir
cunt Court-Charkes and counter
Charges-Ehe Mueller spamsae Sui,

DttOFce case the QIr-
cunt Court-Charxes and counter
Sharges-Fhe Mueller Dam age Suit.
The sensational trial at the present
term OF the circuit court is furnished in
tue divorce case OF. Cora NJ. Findley
against Eli Findley called for hearing yes.
teroay afternoon. The charges and
counter charges involve about all the
statutory grounds except desertiop, con-
slsting of hibitual drunkenness. extreme
and repeated cruelty, infidelity, and what
not and the usual racy, salacious and
sensational details are to be expected.
Tne complainant is rather prepos-
sessiug young lady of 90 years, formerly
MISS Cora Griffin. The defendant for
number OF years until these troubles Gull
minated, was engineer at the Moline
salleable Iron company ard is said to be
hard workiu G industrious man. w. A.
Meese represents Mrs. Findley while
Maj Beardsley and j T. Kenworthy are
the defendants solicitors.
Though Mr.. Meese disavowing any in-
tention to that end, the appearance of the
complainant while being carried into the
court room hy four baliffs and reclining
IN Chair with her foot bandaged and
resting on another chair. tended to give
some what of a dramatic effect to the
scene and was calculated to create con.
siderable sympathy with the Jury as we'll
as tee spectators. This effect was bright
ened'by the fact, apparent to everyone,
that the complainant was not shamming,
but was really suffering from severe
attack of ipflammatory rheumatism.
After the usual preliminary skirmish-
ing in securing jury, which is COM
posed of Alvin Farber. John Loding,
John Lewis. Henry Blakesley. Fred Jenk>
ms and c. c. Studley of the regular
panel and William Bundle, NJ A. Gould,
John Cascaden, Otto Grotjan. W. L.
Nichols and George Parks, tailsmen, the
opening speeches were made by Mr..
Meese and Major Beardsley for their re-
spective clients. The complainant was
then called TO the stand, and after being
examined in chief and partially on cross
examination, the case was adjourned un-
til Monday morning.
Mrs. FinGley testified in brief that she
was married to the defendant on the 9Th
day of May, 1886, and that there was oIe
child born to them; that prior to her mar.
riage She was type-setteT earning So &c
Sl2 per week; that they lived in Moline
about four years on Fifth street between
Third and Fourth avenue; that defen'
dant worked as engineer at the Moline
Malleable Iron company and lost very lit.
tie time; that his habits of drinking were
bad, he often got drunk and came home
and abused her, that he had a habit o.
going out nights and remaining to 12,
and sometimes all night; that OF
three times that she can fix definitely
he choked her, and on two occasions
struck her; that upon numerous
other occasions he struck her, bu,
she cannot fix the time or place, that he
pointed revolver at her and threatened
to XII her; that before leaving her OF
May 81, 1891, he broke up the furniture
and also threatened to kill her; that whel
!, drunk he cursed and swore at witnes
and called her vulgar names in the pres
ence of their little gill; that he neve
accused her of or intimated to witness
that she was guilty of any unfsithfulnes
to him.
Upon cross examination no new fact
were elected except that the little cir
(who is the bone of contention in tn
CASEY was born Aug. 80. after the mar
riage.
There are large number of witnesses:
in this case, and the prospects are tina
the trial will occupy several days of mex
week.
The jury ia the case of Mueller vs.. thu
Rock Island road returned a verdict TO
the defendant for SO, $50 last evening.