The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-22
SAD STORIES TOLD
MANY APPLICANTS FOR THE UNITY
ING OF THE NUPTIAL KNOT.
Forced Out Of Bed, OF Ten Nights
Sleeping on the Floor. is the Tale
Told by One Young Wife-Mrs.
Clara Lynch's Husband in
the Pen for Forgery.

! Three more residents OF Sedgwick
county, weary of marriage. arrived in the
| district court yesterday and filed petitions
for permission to give up and surrender
the yoke that oppresses them
The first one was Clara S. Lynch, nee
Kaufman.
Mrs. Lynch asks for a divorce from her
husband, John H. Lynch, on the grounds
that he is felon in the state penitentiary
of Colorado, serving a ten years sentence
for forgery.
John H. Lynch was well known here
in the Monte Cristo days, and his fortune
at one time was estimated highly. When
at the meridian of his financial and social
glory he married Miss Clara Kaufman,
and although she was a worthy prize the
girls of marriagable age said my. but
isn't she fortunate girl?"
Times have changed and the supposed
good fortune of Miss kaufman did not
last long.
When times changed Lynch went to the
speculative centers of Colorado. Utah and
other western states, and lost heavily.
About two years ago he determined to
play big hand aud retrieve his lost for
tune. He was then in Denver and met
there young fellow named Stone and his
wife from this city who was also strug-
Cling in hard lines. Lynch sold valuable
piece of property in which he used Stone
and his wife as tools, and forged deed
for it. The property did not belong to
him. he was arrested and on the 18th of
December 1892 sentenced at Denver to
serve ten years in the penitentiary.
j. G. Faust asks for a separation from
his wife, S. NJ Faust. They were married
on the 10th of March, 1898, and soon after
baby was born, to the plaintiffs great
surprise. astonishment. anger. &c. He
renounced the child. claimed no relation
ship with it, and il is for this reason that
he asks the divorce.
Tue raciest of all the cases is that in
which Alice E. Lamb is plaintiff and
Frank Lamb is defendant. She tells
pitiful story in her allegations.
Previous to last April she lived at Hast
ipgs, Neb., and not only had nice house
and property, but was also the owner of a
grain elevator Mr. Lamb made love to
her, she reciprocated aud in April '93 they
were bound together in the holy bonds of
matrimony.
Shortly afterwards Mr.. Lamb Induced
her to sell her property and come to
Kansas with him where they could
spend an eternal honeymoon, basking
in each others love under the blue and in
spring skies peculiar to this state-and
Italy.
She sold out and then he compelled her
to come with him to their new home over
land in wagon. He then induced her to
purchase farm near Derby.
For some reason the change of climate
had severe action on the we'll spring Of
his love, and in her own language, che
forgot his marriage vows since coming
to Kansas" He began Immediately to
curse aud swear at her and called
her names. This usually occurred
after they had retired at night, and on ten
different occasions she was compelled to
leave her couch take a quill: and sleep on
the floor till broad day light in the morn
ing.
During the present month he pushed her
out of the barn while she "was
pursuing the duties Of farmers wife,"
and this, it appears, is the straw that
broke the camePs back. She owes 81. 900 on
her farm while he has property amounting
to about $4,000 aud she asks a modest por-
tion of this for almony