The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-20
GOBBLED ALL THE CREAM,
Did J. u. Hughes, and That Started
His Second Divorce.
THERE IS A ROW OYER PROPERTY,

Which Judge Ha4en Tried TO I'm
| tan%Ie, But FaIIed-J. U. il Gone
with His Daughter.
Judge Hazen listened to an intricate
divorce suit last evening.
There was lot of property involved,
aud in the tangle and wrangle over 1t,
Mrs James y. Hughes, who got divorce
two years ago. Mrs. James U. Hughes,
who was getting the present divorce. and
| two attorneys who represented mort
Cages of $500 on Hughes 270-acre
farm, near Rochester,, northwest of To-
peka, seemed all trying to "throw each
| other down." in the popular slang of the
day.
But it was all good natured on the sur
face, at least. One reason that every
thing went along SO merrily In the
squabble over the property is because
Mr.. Hughes suddenly vanished about q
month ago, when the divorce suit was
filed. taking with him his youngest
daughter. He was a large man of 55
North and South Topeka. The entangle-
msnt ia further increased by the fact
that Hughes has half q dozen children
who must have part of the property.
Mrs. Parker, the mother of Mrs.
Mary l. Hughes, who wanted the di-
vorce, told the story of the marriage two
years ago.
81 told him that he was too old to
marry again, and so FORTH" she said.
II said that besides there would have to
be some provision for taking care Of
Mary and so forth, If they were married.
He replied. Just say the word, and I'll
deed an eighty to her now He said it
was clear of incum br ance''
"Did you afterWa rds see the deed5"
asko ed LAWYER J. j, ScheUck,
81 did"
Mrs. Hughes sister testified about
Hughes extreme cruelty.
HOne morning when I was at the
farm" she said, ''he threatened to knock
my sister down. She had just gotten up
from a sickness and was not at all well
then. She had just put the cream in
the coffee cups for breakfast when Jim
took the cream in her cup and turned it
into his. Sister said, why, what did you
do that for? You ought to be slapped
for that and he said. Just try it on if
you want to. and I'll put you on your
back" The last part of this was said
with fire and a sense of her sisters
wrongs.
"Ths is all care to hear about the di-
vorce part" said Judge Hazen. 81 will
grant the divorce. Now can you agree
about the property"
But they couldn't agree. When Mrs.
Clara L. Hughes secured a divorce two
years ago she was given eighty acres
with $4,000 mortgage on it. She was
also given a lien on the homestead of
ninety-four acres for the payment of the
$4,000 mortgage. There is also mort
gage of $1,000 on the other ninety-five
acres of the farm. L. s. Ferry for this
last mortgage, bobbed up and mildly
suggested that judgment be given for
this, but Judge Hazen did not allow it.
Hughes is said to have taken $4,000
with him In cash when he left with his
little girl. Judge Hazen would like to
get hold of this girl to give her to her
mother, and the rest of the people would
like to get hold of the $4,000 which they
claim Hughes took away with him.
"Now If you can arrange any satisfac-
tory division of this property. even leav-
ing him entirely out, 1 am willing" said
Judge Hazen.
At this one of the attorneys began to
| talk about the north and south eighty,
etc.
swat a minute" interrupted the
judge. "Don't tell me anything about
| that farm. I know ali about it, already.
I know too much about it. went ont
there one day and drove all over it. and
it cost me two or three dollars 70 get my
| buggy fixed when / returned"
The division of the property will be
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