Omaha daily bee., 1893-03-17
A Wife,s Sufierinrs.

A tale of domestic woe seldom eQualed
was poured into the ear of a reporter for
The BEE yesterday, by the broken hearted
wife of man, who for baseness and
bestiality has but few rivals, if the story
be true The wretched and now broken
home of the family has been in this city for
some years, through the man who took
solemn oath to love and cherish the woman
who yet calls him husband spends most of
his time in Omaha with woman who is not
his wife. About a year ago, the husband
wife and little child We're living in a cozy
home which they could call their own, but
on which there was mortgage of $3.50. The
husband has never been reliable, nor at any
time has been kind and true to his wife and
child, If the story of the wife be true, and
yet in all things she has submitted
to his wishes and endeavored to comply
with his demands, no matter what the
sacrifice When he proposed selling their
httle home and buying cheaper lot on
which TO build a cheaper house, she gave
her consent and wifelil1e signed the deed
which disposed of the home she loved so
well. The cheaper lot was bought and a
shanty built upon it, made of ship lap boards
ana not even plastered. In tins the wife and
child have shivered through the long cold
winter. at times almost freezing to death
while the husband occupied more comfOrta-
BILE quarters with another woman up town.
The one oasis in the desert of the Door
womans married life has been the unswery-
ing friendship toward her of the father of
the recreant husband Time and again he
has betrlended her in her extremity and
called his wayward son to account for his
conduct, but with only temporary effect
The kind old man, the only friend the
wronged woman had on earth, passed away
a short time ago, and now she is in
deed alone with her child. True she
has roof over her head, but the
death of her father-in-law revealed
the rehned cruelty of which the
husband Is capable, for the records show
that the place his wife calls home was
decided to her father-in-law without her
knowledge ana now at his death must be
shared with other heirs
His wife is now seeking divorce and is
also clinging to her humble home, with the
almost vain hope that the courts may give
her back that which rightfully belongs TO
her The wife has always kept the family
ana made by hard work the money saved
while her husband has alternated between
home, the police court and his female COM
paniOns in Omaha.
About year ago he went home and finding
pair of pantaloons his wife had mended for
IA neighbor-for she took in all kinds of work
accused her of being too intimate with the
owner of the garments and deliberately put
them on and walked away. For this he was
arrested and tried in police court with the
stolen pantaloons on. lie was fined Sla and
costs. But that is only q mild sample of
the meanncss of the man. After living
with other women up town until he con-
tracted loathsome disease, he came home
one DAY ana in his kindes, tones begged to
be taken back, swearing by all that was
sacred that he would henceforth leave of his
dirty tricks and be q true husband TO her
she received him with open arms and the
result can easily be guessed.
Ihe names have been suppressed for the