The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-03
THE SHELBY BUDGET.
AS Usual, 1t Contains Some Very ssnsa-
tiOnRI Features.

Ab Csuhi, II OohbnShs very
tiOnRI Features.
SHELBYvILLE, Jan. 25.-[Special. THE
divorce mill cases are as follows: Leonard
B. Poe VS.. Ida NJ. Poe, cruel treatment
and Inconsistency; Mary F. Wilson wants
to be disjoined from William w. Tor the
reason that said William w. hs aban-
doned her and failed to provide for her
support, drew q revolver on her and
threatened ty kill her; Mary Marks, who
became a loving companion of George
Marks, Jan. l, 1889, and was separated
from him Jan. 2, 1889, says he failed to
provide for her; Harriet SHELTON was mar
ried to William SHELTON, Nov. 3, 1885, and
separated Dec. q, 1885, when the defend
ant abandoned her and refused to provide
for her: Maggie l.. Phair asked and re-
ceived divorce from Robert on account
OF abandonment and failure to provide;
Minnie Heirtlein wants TO be unhitched
from George, who has become, she alleges,
a drunkard and her life is in danger;
Joseph l.. Mary Gays that Josephine has a
bad temper and is disagreeable and he
wants legal separation from her.
The case, however, which has created q
sensation is that of Charles II. Clark, who
has filed complaint for a divorce from
Maggie E., in which he charges her with
cruel and inhuman treatment. Mr.. Clark
is wealthy and has been married twice.
He and Maggie T. were married April s,
1890, and lived together until Oct. 81, 1891,
at which time he says, she violently, in
solently and in a rud4manner struck him
in the face with her fists, and cruelty and
most inhumanly pulled his whiskers
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him to suffer much mental anguish and
physical pain. That she abused him by
using the most violent and profane
language and called him damned fool"
and other bad names. He says she has a
bad temper and a mean disposition and
frequently refused to cook for him. lie
also asks the court to set aside a
certain post nuptual deed OF
conveyance of certain house and lot
valued at $1,000, which he says she per-
suaded him TO make upon promise to live
with him, and that on Oct. 26, 1891, Mag
gle became angry at him and shook her
fists in his face and under his nose. Mag
gle cross-complains and seeks divorce
alimony and custody of their little child.
Her story is quite different from his and
excites both the sympathy and curiosity
of all their acquaintances. She has seven
counts of grievances as follows: % Re
Gently after their marriage ne became
rude, insolent and abusive and cruelty
beat and bruised her with his fists (2)
That he incited mutiny of the children
by a former wife and his hired hand
against her and caused them to abuse her
and call her vile and op-
probious names. 90 That on
March Is, 1891, he without cause or
orI ohDlroA h,or s,,o
most cruel manner. (4) That on April 3,
1891, while she was sick and in an ad-
vanced stage of pregnancy he became en-
ragged and choked and slapped her I'M
mercifully. (5) That three weeks after
she had given birth to her child and while
she was yet suffering from fever he cursed
her and compelled her to get up out OF bed
and do the housework, which she was
compelled to do until she became pros
trated and her life was endangered. (61
That on July 25 1891, he again became
enraged at her, and took off light pair of
slippers he was wearing and put On
course, heavy pair of stogy boots for the
purpose of kicking her and did knock her
down and kicked her, and, fearing that he
would kill her, she took her baby and
fled to a neighbor's house in her
night clothes and sought their protection.
(7) That on the evening of Sept. so. 1891,
her husband came home after supper time
and finding that she had nothing warm to
eat began abusing and calling her harsh
names, and finally he used language which
impugned her chastity, when she gently
took him by the beard. shook him tenderly
and said, "Charley, you know you are
telling a lie" whereupon he struck her
between the eyes. knocked her down.
etaDoDad her and falling across her took
her by the hair of the head and bumped
her head upon the floor, and continued
until, by her screams, the neighbors rushed
into the house and forcibly took him away
and compelled him to desist from fur
ther beating her. And she says that on
the next day be procured six wagons and