The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-19
MANIFESTATION
- Ex-State Senator Says His
Wife Was Cruel
: Ne SUES HER Foa DIVORCE.
- rsIs Of His Wrepgs-osshSsY At
nfss Dssssss-Maideos Lssss His
Csse In suvrems Court.

rx-ssste senstor Trustsn r. Dyer ha.
ess,ea 70 the superior court for 10000
~srsoay and a divorce from his wife.
w.ry ponsius Dyer. The complaint Was
- IN the superior court yesterday, ana
s.a<s TIE action on alleged cruel ana In
t,u.sn treatment, whereby Mr.. Dyer was
.srnegfsd 10 leave home and seek an
sse5e elsewhere.
rrrs.sn r. Dyer and Mary Pontius were
-.rrsed Ia this city June Is. 1sss. bat. sc-
+ <xsinx % the complaint the married
n. vas anything but happy. While DIR.
rrs< loved bis wife, and was unto her
.sxays a kind and afrsctionats husband,
40 performet In every respect Ia Q kind
-snaer. al bis marital duties and obi
<st,ons be says that Mrs. Dyer WAS far
srosa being q model wife: that she fire.
nssntfy. without cause. struck hifn with
A. hands and pinched him until his
s<se became blue: that she cursed and
ssusea aim. aud sought to wound his
s.sl.nss. For the purpose OF further ha-
r.sssne him. Mr.. Dyer complains. his wife
sasrged him with deceaving her. brought
~ re false accuse ton that he had been
x.rrisa prior 10 his marriage with her.
a. that he had another wife living In
sas East. all OF which charges she knew
: the time to be grounGless. and that
,asy we're made Intentionally TO wound
"a annoy him At divers times. says
!. .he abused and mlstreated him. and
ssnsfllated and disgraced him In the eyes
81 Stranger
uex Dyer Ii described ss o person OF
v,o;aat tssnper and OF ungovernable pas
sion and the climax came on November
K lsa xhen she 10 said 10 have put her
husbands clothes and other effects into
= trunk, "and put said trunk and proper
~ oat into the hall Of the house. and then
.na there ordered the plaintiff to take
ssM trunk and property out OF the house
and 10 lease said house himself and new
= return, and then and there compelled
ss.d plaintiff to leave said house and take
his wearing apparel and clothes with
hssa"
To back up his claim for aiimony, Mr..
uysr sets out that his wife has In her
name real ana personal property of the
reasonable value OF s75.oOo. and that the
real estate Ia as follows; Thirty-nine lots
in Pontlus second addition: the east one
haif OF lot s. block Il. Fairview home
stead addition, containing . 5000 two
story dwelling house: lot G. block %.
pontIus' shird addition. with two dwell
iings, valued At g 900 each. and lot IN
Eliensburg, Kittitas county. On this
property. Mr.. Dyer says he and his wife
have erected three dwelling houses. OF
the value Of 5000. ana have cleared the
Toss. graded the streets and made other
improvements. consuming In the work
and the accumulation of personal prop
erty now held By Mrs. Dyer. all his earn
lags since their marriage. He also bor-
rowed money to the amount or sf.5oo. and
gave notee which are now outstanding.
on account OF the conduct and actions OF
bis wife, he claims 10 have lost the benent
o. all his time and labor during the whole
period OF the matrimonial venture.
amounting. together with the money ex-
pended In the Improvement OF the prop
srty, 10 the reasonable sum OF $1,000 He
therefore asks for q divorce. for an &C
counting. for an attorneys fee Of 1.ooo.
ard In case an accounting cannot be had,
for $4,000 aiimony. together with costs Of
the action TO be charged against the prop
efty
The complaint was served November 30
b. Thompson. Essen g. HUMPHREYS. at
torneys for Mr.. Dyer. and December II
demand AMI motion for . bill Of particu-
lars vas made by Burke. Shepard q
Woods. who will fight out the wtfe's side
OF the controversy. They asked for de-
tailed statement or the outstanding notes,
the amount Of each. and TO whom paya-
BILE: the amount paid out In improve
menss ani taxes; the details or the mis-
treatment charged. and the names or the
witnesses: and the amount OF the earn
lngs % the husband since his marriage.
Counsel for Dyer has prepared motion
20 strike from the files the demand and
motion. for the reason that Mrs. Dyer Is
said 70 have fun knowledge OF the notes
ana the other matters of fact and THAI
tie matters are wholly evidentiary. ana
not properly the subject for n BAH or
particulars
Since the disruption Of his household
Mr. Dyer has abandoned his law prsc-
tiee arst has lived in seclusion upon his
ranch across the Sound, He Is now stop
pins IN this city. and viii probably re-
main Until The determination or the
suit
THE DEFENSE OF ATKINS.
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