The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-08-27
FTER THIRTY YEARS
Kathinka Fritsch Sues for a
Divorce.
The Serious Allegations Made Against Her
Husband aud sons-A Local sensa-
tion-0ther Legal Light.

hathinka Fritsch and Francis Fritsch
were married at Wapakoneta O., in 1862
and have lived together as man and wife
for nearly thirty years. They have four
children, the oldest IS and the youngest 10.
Now, however, the wife has filed suit for a
divorce. She is 80 years years old and her
husband 81
She alleges that her husband is worth
about $4,000. consisting mostly of real
estate in Salt Lake and Ohio, and also
bonds, mortgages and gas STOCK.
In 1890, she alleges, while she was in
Germany, he wrote her demanding that
she should assign and transfer to their son
Adolph all her interest in certain property,
amounting in value to about $780, 600. This
she at first refused to do, and he sent her a
threatening letter in which he told her if
she did not transfer the property he would
not send her any money and she would re-
main in Germany and starve. and there
upon she signed the papers sent to her.
She claims this was done for the purpose
OF cheating and defrauding her OF her
dover right in the property.
She says he has failed to support her In
accordance with her station in life. and
has treated her with great and extreme
come burden; that he is extremely
penurious; that she was compelled to
undergo serious surgical operation while
living at the St. James hotel in this city,
and that he constantly complained OF the
expense and while she was very i'll re-
moved her to q house that was uncom-
pleted in order to save expense. and that
she rapidly grew worse until her life was
despaired OF, Notwithstanding which he re-
fused to properly warm the house or pro-
cure nurse. claiming it would cost too
much. She sent down town and pur-
chased thermometer 10 guage her tenn
perature for 35 cents, and when he found
1t out he few into q great passion, and
also did likewise when she purchased
pound of cherries.
As q consequence Of their constant
chickering's, she was driven to distraction
and her mental power was under
mined and she made an attempt on her life
in June, 1891, by taking poison, and few
days later again attempted suicide by cut
ting three deep cuts in the arteries of her
arm, the result nearly proving fatal.
The physician attending her ordered that
she be removed to another house, as she
would be driven permanently insane II
subjected to the treatment she had re-
ceived.
The defendant and his son, she says,
after this would charge her with being q
spendthrift aud insisted on her going to
Germany; that the children, with one OK
ception, treated her with contumely, and
told strangers and the neighbors that she
wss insane.
She says the defendant Is SO penurious
that the household goes for days without
meat, and willis sick would allow her 0
delicacies except beef tea, which was fur
nished by sisters of the Catholic church.
She alleges she loaned defendant $1,000
when they started in life. which was the
foundation of their present large fortune.
The language her husband uses toward
her, she says, is too shocking 70 repeat.
She asks for a decree of divorce. and
that pending litigation the defendant be
required TO pay her $3.50 per month for her
support and 81, 600 attorneys fees; that he
be restrained from selling or in any way
encumbering or assigning the property.
and that she be given the custody of their
infant child, Helena.