The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-06-28


line. There the prpers are filed
with the clerk Of the court with the
request that no publicity be given
to the case. As the court officers
in the different counties are an1-
ious to ge: the divorce litigation
for the fat fees that go with them,
they never refuse to grant the re-
quest of their patrons in this res
pect.
The papers are hidden away I'M
til the time for the hearing arrives.
Then they are unearthed, and the
plaintiff, lawyer, one witness and
the Judge 90 to the Judges pri-
vate office, where the complaint is
heard and the decree granted with
the utmost privacy. The defend
ants usually never know anything
about the proceedings until they
ere served with the papers by the
successful 'iligaut rs rule 40
defense is ever offered in divorce
eases in Oklahoma. The defend
ants are seldom aware Of thu be-
ginning Of the suit. This is one
OF the principal advantages that
Oklahoma he's to offer to divorce
litieants. and it is this fact that
has turned the tide Of divorce hun
ters from South Dakota.
Occasionally, however, the BEST
laid plans of would-6e Divorces
60 anisS, as was the case OF John
Brown. a wealthy broker of Pitts
burg, Pa. Brown came to Oklaho
ma CITY some time since and re-
cently filed divorce proceedings IN
the District Court here, the con-
plant against his wife being
gross neglect of duty" His wife,
being an observing woman, had
noted his absence, and after dill
gent inquiry learned of his where
abouts. The fame CT Oklahoma
as place for divorce-getting had
reached her and she became sus-
picious that her husbands mission
here BODIED no good to her.
She accordingly employed an
attorney to watch her husbands
movements, and to notify her by
wire whenever he instituted suit by
divorce anywhere in the Territory.
The instructions were carried out
to the letter, and in the shortest
possible space of time after COM
plant was made, Mrs. Brown put
in an appearance and filed cross
bill, in which she asks for her
share of the property Of her hus-
band, which she declares is valued
at 100000.
Another case that will not be
disposed of without some trouble
is that of Mrs. Anna c. Whitney
of New York, who had already
made an effort to secure d divorce
in two other States and failed be-
fore coming to Oklahoma. She
has not filed her bill of particulars
as she has not yet acquired a resi-
dence. In both of her former
trials she alleged "sross neglect Of
duty" which will probably be the
grounds on which she will base
her suit here.
Court records tell but little of
the pending suits, and it is difficult
obtain much accurate information
concerning them, either before or
after DEGREES are granted. Usual
" complaints are OF the brlefest
possible character, and tell moth
ing Of the domestic troubles that are
responsible for the legal proceed
ings. d. d. Simons, a wealthy
manufacturer of St. Claire, Mich.
IN his compliant furnishes one OF
the exceptions to the general rule.
His wife he alleges, has been gull
ty of extreme cruelty, and he there
fore asks for legal separation from
her.
Among those holding prominent
places in the divorce colony's So
cial circle in this city are Philip
Armstrong of Nyack, n. Y, who
was married to his wife, Pauline,
January IS, last. He alleges that
since the wedding he has learned
that she was unchaste before mar
rage. c. +. Beech of New York,
a law book writer OF national repu-
tation, the author Of "A Treatise
on the Law of Contributory Negli-
gencr," has filed complaint in
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