Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-22
MARITAL MISERY.
As Disclosed by the Findley Divorce
Case
Her Woes in the Circuit Cour:-
Other Witnesses Testify.

As Mrs. Partngton says, there's moths
ing like trial of the domestic infacilities
of people to distract the attention o. the
public" This is certainly being verified
in the divorce case of Cora M. Findley
against Eli R. Findley. the trial of which
was resumed In the circuit court yester
day afternoon.
Ye gods and little fishes; how hot i,
was And the heat was not tempered by
the long, tedious and repetitious cross,
examination OF the complainant which
occupied the bulk of the afternoon SEES
sion. The major tried his best to break
the force of her testimony or involve her
in some glazing contradictions, but she
maintained substantially the same story
that she told in chief The usual
amount of slush was injected into the ex-
animation, the sole purpose being to
cater to the deprsved taste of the large
audience who seemed to eloat over a little
filth or double entendre as q precious
morsel
| Briefly stated Mrs. FindIey testified to
the fact that her husband was in the habit
of getting drunk and abusing her, and
also that on three occasions he choked
her and at one time he struck her.
As to his unfsithfulness she knew moth
ing except that he stayed away from
home nights, went to the neigh boring
village, across the river, and claimed to
know sporting women there, and was re-
ported to be tina; kind of man. She was
still suffering from the attack of inf am
matory rheumatism mentioned in our
last report, had TO be carried into court
and reclined while ;estifying. The de-
Tense claimed that this is mere shamming
aud characterized her sickness as fraud
enacted for its effect upon the jury.
Mis- Jane Gri1fiu. the mother of the
complainant, was the next witness. Her
testimony was il brief, that Mr.. Findley
WAS in the habit of staying out nights aud
coming home drunk. snd that when drunk
he was mean and ugly to his wife. She
detailed particularly The trouble culmin>
ating in the separation and said it was
caused by his drinking. that he never
accused his wife of unfaithfulness, but
said she was keeping company with
women who were putting his wife up 10
boss or run him and he wasn't going TO
ne bOssed BY any womsn; that he was
going to leave his wife; that witness said
for him to go home and think about il
and then if be concluded best TO go, 20
60 q1ietly; that he then went home. and
upon her following him there as che
agreed, she found he had smashed the
stoves, chairs, dishes snd other articles of
household furniture TO smithereens.
While the examir alton was in progress
court adjourned until this morning.
4 ter an hours preliminary business
the court took up the broken thread of
the case at about 10 o'clock this morn
ing.
TIE examination of Mrs. Griffin was
concluded 10 about an hour. nothing of q
oped. and the entire time occupied in the
recital of little family jars. II was as tedi-
Gus and embarrassing as November day
Numerous conversations between the par
ties were stated. many If which bad no
bearing on the issue, but the burden of
them all was that if the defendant were
given the chic be did not care what
steps were taken as to the divorce.
Mr.. Kenwortby conducted the cross
examination and got the witness com
pletely befuddled. The points made were
that she had only seen Mr.. Findley six
times in three years aud of these times
only three when he was "full' whereas in
chief she had said that she had seen him
at least 20 times year. Also that
she had but limited knowledge of any
acts of cruelty depending solely upon
statements made By. her daughter.
DR.. a. H. Arp as then called and said
that be was called to see the complainant
shortly after the attempted abduction OF
the child Dy Mr.. FindleY. that she was
suffering from pain in her chest and
arm but that upon examination DO ribs
were broken. He said that he was called
to treat her last Thursday and found her
suffering from infammatory rheumatism,
and that it was impossible for her to walk
on her foot or bear any weight on it.
Tress q Grscker Rancie Recital.
This excellent character impersonator
and platform artist, will, on Thursday