The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-03
YEARS COUNT LITTLE.
People Get Divorces After Whole
Decades of Married Life.
Case Of Moore vs.. Moore in the
District Court.
Moore is sixtv-OneYears Of Age Both
Husband and Wife Accuse Each
Other Of Grave lTisdoings.

Moore received for his birthday present
a decree of divorce from his wife. Yes
terday afternoon he celebrated his 61st
birthday BY trying to defend that decree
in the district court There seems to be
something Of fatality about the case.
At the lime of the divorce Mrs. Eliza
beth A. Moore, Of s25 Monroe street, con
scented TO IT'S being procured. Now she
says she was crazy at that time, and
wants phe decree set aside.
Both paraes are well to do and we'll
known. having lived in Topeka since
1886. For year aud a half they lived
ia the Whiting property, where the san
ia Fe hospital now stanuss ana from
there they moved to Lime street, ia
Parkdale. and it was while living there
that the divorce was rendered, on April
2. 1892 by Judge Guthrie
Mrs. Moore WAS first put upon the
stand. She is % years of age. Inc
Moores were married in 1852, 10 OHIO,
and are the parents Of son and dapgh-
ter who are Of age.
ssWere you III about April 3, IL y"
Lawyer Ensminger asked her.
81 was suffering extreme nerV-
business and my left arm was
10 very bad condition. was
all broken down and had been for two
years previous to this time. As result
Of nv sickness and nervous complaints 4
was abOul ha4f crazy.
DID your husband ever get you to
sign an agreement"
.sHe did. III stipulated that I was to
have 81, 200 cash paid 10 me, and to be
decided the home place, which had a
mort gage of S6UO upon It. lie calcu-
lated that the Lime street home Vas
worth $4,000, for he said that mo had
given ms 5000 he pulled me back
into the house as L was going up town
aud asked me TO gn it. be began very
mildly, explaining what good thing 10
would be for both Of us, Dut later ne
stood over me and SAID he would make
an end of ms and SO 1 signed it.
"He said d dozen times during the sum
mer before This that he could have me
adjudged insane and sent to the asylum.
Alter The divorce he lived ia my house
for Two months, until 4 ordered MIN Out
Our tro bic WIS always over money, and
1 wanled nim to give me the income Of
one of q farms. 1 didn't know when 1
signed that paper that he was going 10
get divorce.
"SO0n after we we're married we moved
to Spencer, o., and there my nus band
got a flush trade at first, but soon there
was complaint about snort weights"
Did the building then burn dOwn?"
IS. anu ne y 81 kE4U Ills III al[lF co W
the decree four weeks after it was OBJ
tanned. ] was half crazy with my arm
at the time, and thought il would
nave to be ampntated. I went 10
Ohio soon after that aud spent
$500 of the $500 having TWO operations
performed upon it. There is S2l4 Of
this S 2OO still due, though it WAS TO
DO paid at ohce My Lime street home
was sold at sherif's sale for $7JO to
Moore, though ~ mad promised 10 look
after my property while I was gone. He
is living there now.
Judge GuthrIe cross examined fer Mr..
Moore.
do you know a butcher by the name
of AFaliace2"
yes"
Did you meet him in Kansas City on
the evening Of Feb. 8, 1922"
II did,
Did you meet John NJ WiIkerson
and David II. Burdge there that night9"
~ es, SIT"
Did they not 1ud you in room with
Wallace after u oclockf"
No, il was about 8 ia the evening
Mr.. Wukerson will tell you thar, for
they followed US right there, and we had
been there but about ~ minutes when
they came"
''W ere you arrested?"
NO, sir. I was not. AIr. Burdge and
\ 3Ir. Wnkerson asked US TO walk down
to the Blossom house, saying that they
wanted 10 talk to as. When we passed
! the police station they wanted the police
to arrest us, because there was some fee
or something ia it for them, but tine
police said they had nothing to hold US
| for Then we went on TO the Blossom
house, and had quite long talk
II had gone to Kansas City expecting
I 10 stay three weeks aud take Treatments
/ Sir Wallace was d. s.+e depot, though
had 40 more thought of his being there
/ than a perfect stranger. went % where
he boarded for supper, aud then we took
I a walk around amO0g the big stores
/ When we star ed for Mrs. Williams be
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