St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-15
HOW HENRY WEBER SIZES HIM.
SELF UP IN DIVORCE
SUIT
IN WHICH He. is DEFENDANT.
THE WIFE OF THE REGISTER OF
DEEDS FINALLY FILES AN
ACTION.
BEGUN SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
She Alleges InfdeIity, Drunkenness
and Other GrOunds-He Denies
All the Allegations.

Register Of Deeds Henry Weber has
1 divorce suit on his hands. The &C
lion was begun by Mrs. Sophia Weber,
his wife, several months ago, but the
papers were not filed, for the reason
that truce was patched up on Weber's
conserving to pay his wife $50 week
to support herself and the children.
As the publication of the facts, it is
believed by Mrs. Weber's attorney,
might have had the effect of causing
him to discontinue these payments, the
Globe, out of kindness to Mrs. Weber,
withheld the publication at the time.
Mrs. Weber alleges that they were
married in this city in 1876, and have
five children, the eldest daughter,
Emma, aged eighteen, and the youngest
aged six years. She charges her hus-
band with immoral conduct in 1888 and
In 1894 and 1895; that he has visited
questionable places here and at Lind
strom, Mimi, and his visits to Lind
strom became so frequent that a sta
ton near there has been called Weber
in commemoration thereof. She fur
Their alleges that he rented room at
sos Fourth street south, Minneapolis,
and the plaintiff, accompanied by a
couple of policemen and several other
persons, found Weber there and a COM
panion in September last.
This was published in a Minneapolis
paper at the time.
The complaint then goes on to allege
that he is a drunkard and has been for
the last year, and that for the last
six years he has persisted in treating
the plaintiff in a cruel and inhuman
manner, subjecting her to personal in
dignitieS and bodily injury at times
and that within two months past she
alleges he has threatened to shoot her
While she was sick in bed in Septem-
Der, 1894, the complaint declares he re-
fused to furnish proper food, fuel and
treatment for her; that he has abb
sented himself from his home for
months and weeks on different occa-
sions, and has habitually spent half his
nights away from home during the past
three years. She further alleges that
he has failed to provide for the sup
port Of herself and children
Mrs. Weber alleges also that since
Weber became register Of deeds a lit
tie over year ago his net income has
been $4,000 a year. and from this she
asks the court to allow her alimony
at the rate Of $50 a week, and attor-
ney fees. She claims that he is not
fit person to have charge Of the chill
dren and asks that their custody be
given to her. In an affidavit appended
to a notice of a, motion for an order to
compel the immediate payment of $240,
Mrs. Weber sets forth that some time
ago the defendant entered into an
agreement to pay her $50 week, but
he only paid her $110 under this agree
ment, whereas he should have paid
$3.50, and che wants the difference.
In his answer Weber denies all the
principal allegations of the complaint,
and says that the charges are mali
ciouS and false. He further alleges
that when he was elected to his pres
ent office he was in debt to the extent
of $4,000, of which $4,000 was an I'M
secured claim, $1,000 judgments, and
the balance mortgages on his real es-
tate, and that the net income from
his office has not exceeded $439. Al
a month on an average. His personal
expenses have not exceeded $40
month, and the expense of supporting
his family has been $4,000 from the
time he took possession of the office
UP to the time his answer was pre-
pared. He gave his wife $100 at one
time to buy clothing.
He alleges that plaintiff holds the
title to unincumbered real estate vail
ued at $4,000, besides an interest in
the homestead. He says she is a
woman without any affection, and for
years past has shown no regard for
him, though he has always conducted
himself as good and kind husband: :
that she has been in the habit of neg
leeting her househould duties, and has
constantly upbraided him and falsely
accused him of vulgarity, negligence,
stupidity and inconsistency, and has
slandered him in public and held him
up in contempt in the eyes of his fell
low man; that in May last she left
him, and has since refused to live with
him, and that her sole object is to
compel him to apply his income to-
ward the payment of the incumbrance
on the property in which she is inter
ested. to the exclusion Of the claims of
his unsecured creditors