The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-04
a UNIQUE ANSWER.
Defendant NilIisOn's Attorney In
duIges in Peculiar PhraseOIOgy.

Defendant NilIisOn's Attorney In
duIges i'm Peculiar PhraseOIogy.
Theophilus r. Millison, the defendant in
a suit for divorce recently brought by
Jennie Millison in the Superior Court, has
employed counsel and will contest the ac-
ton begun by his wife. Mrs. Millison's
complaint Was. fIedein Room / about two
weeks ago and on account of the sensa-
tional allegations set up attracted consid-
cradle attention. The Millisons are well-tO-
do people living at No. 40 Broadway. In
the suit brought by the wife it was charged
that Millison, who is a travelling salesman
in the employ of the Vonnegut Hardware
Company. had neglected his family for the
society of one Minnie LII Dana, a dashing
and attractive young married woman of
the South Side. One paragraph, of the COM
plant asserted that Millfson had entered
into negotiations with the husband of his
charmer for her purchase and that La
Dana was to leaye the. city on payment
of $500. This sum was raised, the complaint
charged, by placing a mortgage on the
Millison property.
Millison, through his attorney, w. y.
Pickerill. yesterday filed a demurrer to his
wife's complaint. The document is rather
unique ana answers the nfSt ana Stno,d
paragraphs in the following language: The
first paragraph has lots or WoruS ~ 1t and
was evidently prepared for newspaper con-
sumption and has achieved its purpose in
that respect. But in this State divorce suits
are tried by the court and, not by the
Sorosis. MiIlison is charged with lying,
staying out late at nights. buying another
lady a bike watch and organ and getting
sulky and telling his wife he didn't love
her any more. But there is no intimation
of personal violence or of neglect of his
marital duties to plaintiff. The paragraph
makes a grand swoop by charging Millison
with buying another woman, but in this
charge discloses the fact that the plaintiff
helped him raise the purchase money and
got part Of it herself $1,000 With full knowl-
edge of all the facts of this last wrongful
act she discloseS that she assisted in con-
CT II N a ii np. If 'Hn. didn't account RI MA int tiff
for all his money That statement discloses
a good deal to the average man. 1t was
a case of 'henpeck.' A good many men
only stay at home when they can't find
they providenfor their wives, use no viola
ton towards them. they furnish no grounds
for divorce. s = x According to the dis
closures of the complaint she was living
happy with him after he became 'indis-
Greet and foolish The husband was SIM
ply not as successful as many other huSA
bands in keeping knowledge from his wife
that has caused her sorrow. She had bliss
while she was ignorant and her misery be-
gan with her wisdom"
About the time Mrs. Millison began her
suit for divorce from Theophilus Millison
Minnie La Dana brought an action for sep
aratiOn from Burtis La Dana. Attorney
Pickerill appears for both Millison and Mrs.
La Dana. Yesterday the latter, through
her attorney, filed an additional paragraph
to her complaint. Mrs. La Dana, after re-
citing the fact that she was married in
the city Of New Albany, Ind, tells how
she was grossly deceived by the defendant.
She took the name of La Dana" she
AYERS, believing that to be her husbands
right name, but she has since learned that
instead of being "Burtis La Dana" his
name is plain Sanford G.. Brady. The plain
tiff further ayers that La Dana or Brady
has a wife and three children living in
Trenton, N. j. This woman. it is claimed,
was his lawful wife at the time of his mar
riage to the plaintiff. Mrs. La Dana asks
the court to set aside the marriage con-
tract and restore her maiden name, Minnie