The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-06

| One divorce that will be of great iuteres,
to the society people of Wichita, yelling.
ton and Oklahoma. is that asked by Ledru
| Guthrie of Oklahoma City from his wife,
| Genevieve
Geneyieve Guthrie was formerly Gene.
We've, or Gyp Elder, OF Wichita and
| three or four years ago was belle in Wich-
Ita social circles. She was gay vivacioas
girl and Mr.. Guthrie. who was then living
at Wellington, fell in love with her.
They were married and afterward moved
to Oklahoma Mr.. Guthrie at once gained
great prominence there as lawyer and a
| politician. aud in the course of events his
wife, Genevieve, became the lady commits
sioner to the Worlds Fair from Oklaho-
ma.
Mr; Guthrie, who is now in Washington,
has through his attorney, filed his petition
for divorce, charging his wife with gross
neglect OF duty. From the petition it is
evident that Mr.. Guthrie's principal OBJ
lection to his wife Is that she travels en-
tirely too much.
Tue document will be read with inter-
est in Wichita. 1t reads:
"Ledru Guthrie, Plaintiff.
VS..
Genevieve Guthrie. Defendant.
Comes now plaintiff and represents
that he has been an actual resident in good
faith of said territory for more than ninety
lays Immediately last past, and is now a
resident of said county; that the plaintiff
and defendant were married on Jan. IL,
1888, and afterwards lived together as hus-
band and wife. there being no children of
such marriage and complains of said de-
PENDANT.
''For that she the defendant has been
guilty OF gross neglect of duty IN that
since such marriage and during the exist
ence of SUCH married relation she has taken
no part or interest in the affairs or bust
ness of the plaintiff and contributed moth
ing TO their welfare and has never per-
formed her household duties and general
iy neglected them altogether: that during
a large part OF the time since such mar
rage she has been absent from plaintiff
often against his wish and contrary to his
desire, and has visited in various parts Of
the country and in so doing has expended
large sums of money and incurred debts
and obligations which plaintiff and de-
PENDANT have been and are unable to pay;
that in the month of May, 1892 she went
to the city of Wichita, state of Kan
sas, to visit her father, and
while there, without the knowl-
edge or consent of plaintiff borrowed
money and went to Milwaukee, state of
and then against the protest of the
plaintiff went to the state of Virginia
where she remained until the mouth of
October when she returned to Oklahoma
City where she remained month or so
and then returned TO said city of Wichita
where she remained for some ana then,
after borrowing further sum of money
went to Las Vegas, in the territory of
New Mexico. where she remained until
the month Of March, 1893, when she went
to Washington, ID. c., where plaintiff then
was, where she remained until April
%. 1893. when she went TO Chicago in this
instance with plaintiffs consent. where
she remained month after which
she returned TO Washington and then
went again to the state of Virginia, where
she remained for some time and then re-
turned TO Washington and remained with
plaintiff for II short time and then went
again TO Virginia and in July went again
to Chicago where she remained until
September and went to Virginia again
aud afterwards returned to Chicago, and
in October. 1893. again went to Chicago
where she remained and now is ana re-
fuses to return to the plaintiff after being
requested TO do so; in all of which the
plaintiff says the defendant has been
guilty OF gross Neglect of duty.
Nv therefore, plaintiff prays judgment
that said marriage relation be dissolved
aud for divorce therefrom. etc.
"LEDRU GUTHRIE