The morning call., 1893-09-24

"a little over year married. and what
from worry look how my daughter Nellie
has changed"
The beginning of the end of the Grippe
domestic troubles commenced yesterday,
when Frank /. Kingwell. Mrs. Cripe's
attorney, filed complaint for divorce for
his client, praying for alim0ny the custody
of one child, all the community property
amounting TO $4,000 and the right to re-
sumo her maiden name, Nellie Adelaide
Swan. She also asked for restraining
order to prevent her husband from disD0S-
ing of his interest in the partnership prop
ertv of Cripe & Schroeder.
Nellie, in her complaint, alleges that for
a period of more than five months her hus-
band has treated her in an extremely cruel
and inhuman manner. He, she alleges,
has called her a great many bad names,
and she states the specific dates when he
so abused her. Then at times, when she
had gone to trouble and pains to get his
meals for him, he would refuse to eat her
cooking, which to young housewife was
slanderous. Then, too. the more she
would talk the less he would say, often re-
fusing to speak to her.
On October II. 1892, he threatened to
kick her and the furniture out of the
house. She does not state that he made
his threats good. however. He accused
her of wanting to poison him. This she
emphatically denies. Then to add insult
to injury she alleges that frequently the
giddy Grippe would drive past Mama
Swain's house after his wife rad gone
there to live ACCOMPANIED by all kinds and
conditions of young women, and the bold
rascal would let them drive while he
hugged them for the delectation of mother
and wife. On November ., 1892. the de-
fendant locked the door of their home and
Nellie went home to mama, and she alleges
that for eleven months he has wholly failed
to provide for her support.
Cripe evid emily grew weary OF coming
home and finding no one to welcome him,
so he took unto himself a housekeeper
whose true name is unknown to the
plaintiff. So she names her as Jane Doe
Murray, and accuses Charles Andrew
jackson Grippe of illicit relations with the
woman and Of having introduced the said
Jane Doe Murray as his wife. The child
of the couple is boy, 6 months old, and
Edward Ernest Grippe. Should he survive
Ii the plaintiff desires his custody.
A CALL reporter saw the fair plaintiff
and her mother. The fair plaintiff had
nothing to say. The mother had. She
said:
hit wasn'tlong after their marriage be-
fore we began to get suspicious that all
was not right. He wouldn't tell us where
he was from. and those with whom he
claimed relations ship promptly denied him.
When he came to the house he brought a
trunk. which was pretty heavy. tell you
He never let us know what was IN it. But
one day he left it unlocked and we
searched it. / believe he had it full of
rocks-not money but cobblestones-for
the heavy trunk had suddenly become
light, and we only found dirty pair of
socks and an old pair of overalls and some
letters from other girls and the following
advertisement. which he had put in THE
CALL on November s, 1891:
VOUNG MAN. RECENTLY FROM THE EAST,
i highly educated and refined, desires TO form
the acquaintance OF good, honest working girl
possessed OF few hundred dollars and one will
ing to help to make a pleasant home; with
above requirements can secure honest. kind
and affecgionate husbands: object matrimony; no
trifIing: will give references Address True, box
So, Call Branch Office.