The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-12-29
SUED FOR A DIVORCE
Mrs. Over the Author OF Fort Reno, Served
With Divorce Paper.

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With Divorce Paper
Colonel d 3. Dyer of Augusta, Ga,
who was for years, Cheyenne ana Arapa-
hoe Indian agent at Darlington. has sued
his wife in Kansas City for a divorce
The morning News OF Augusta gives lhe
details as follows:
Mrs n p DYER was late this after
noon served with a copy or the libel Tor
, divorce filed by Colonel Dyer last week
in Kansas City, Mo.
1.-THE papers were sent here to Sheriff
O'Connor, who served them on Mrs
Dyer.
"a Morning News reporter late last
night heard that a copy OF the petition
| had been received and served, and called
on Mrs. Dyer.
THE lady received the reporter cor
daily and admitted that she had been
served with a copy Of the petition.
Mrs. Over was asked what charges
the colonel made against her to obtain
he divorce.
.'She said: In substance the charges
amount to this. that / have circulated
Injurious reports 10 effect his reputation.
standing and character in this communl-
ty. He alleges that I have circulated the
report that he has been the exclusive
company of a Green street society wo-
man who was a grandmother.
THE reporter asked Mrs. Dyer what
she had TO say in answer TO that speclhc
charge.
Her answer was. 1T is not necessary
for me 10 deny the charge She was
asked If she would contest the case.
.She emphatically replied that she
would and that she would be IN Kansas
CITY on the 18th OF January. which day
the writ is made returnable-
Mrs Dyer has an attorney here but
will also engage counsel in Kansas CITY
and will be there in person at the trlaL
She proposes TO fight the case to the
,, finish and will try IL possible to compel
the colonel 10 make her a monthly al
lowance sufficient to support her.
In the petition Colonel Dyer claims TO
he a resident OF Kansas City, Jackson
county, Missouri"
Colonel Dyer is now at the head of ex-
tensive business and financial interests
at Augusta. Ga Mrs. Dyer is the au-
thor Of a popular book entitled Fort
Reno in which she gives many interest
ing details of army life as well as OF
Indian life. Some critics regard II as
one of the best books current, dealing
with Indian manners, traits and GUS
toms. She is the daughter of the late
Hon. NJ r. Casey, ex-governor of Hi
nois and a man of national reputation.
She has friends among the foremost peo-
pie of the country, among them John L.
Palmer, ex-candidate for president, Mrs.
John A. Logan, Senator Cullom and 9TH
ers highly connected in Illinois and st.
Louis In the January Cosmopolitan
there appears an illustrated article from
her pen called "Some Types In Dixie"
She is much respected. is brilliant con-
versationalist and a writer of merit.
Mrs. G. w. Benton died at her home
on the corner of Grand and Exposition
avenues, West Side, at 4 o'clock yester-
day r.orning, aged 10 years. Mrs. BED
ten was one of the eally settlers of this
county. having come here with her nus
band, the late Geo. ". Berton, in 1871
She was the mother of Lew, Eli and Grin
Renton. and Mrs. \. j. York. She sank
10 her final rest after life We'll spent
and ripe in years. Her funeral will take
place from her late residence this after
noon at o'clock.