The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-10-14
divorce, for other relief as to the Court
may seem just and for costs and dis
bursemants of the action.

by Judge Webber last Saturday after
noon, upon the evidence of the plain
tiff, her daughter, Lulu Crouley, and
Mrs. Alice A. Gray. In this evidence,
written, and now on file in the Office of
the clerk of court, Mrs. Crouley states
that con the morning of March 24th,
1898, shortly after he returned from his
winter trip, Mr.. Crouley came down
stairs and commenced to threaten her,
saying that he would not allow any
more such goings on in the house and
that I must behave in better manner,
and then he struck me on my left ear
with his flat hand severe blow. I
suffered from the blow for long time
after and have not heard as we'll with
that ear since that time"
As to the occurrence Oh June 18th,
1894, Mrs. Crouley states that "we
we're through eating supper and I had
commenced doing up the work and I
accidentally let fall dish, and he pass
ed through the room at the time aud
he picked up box and threw it at me
striking me on the foot. He was an
cry because dropped the dish. I do
not remember that there was any
trouble before hand. My nephew was
sitting there at the time and my hus-
band remarked that more than one
can throw"
The dish dropped by Mrs. Crouley
was pie tin. It rolled under the
stove. The box he threw at her was
one fruit jars had been shipped in.
The effect of the blow according to
Mrs. Crouley, was that "there was a
bunch swelled up on my foot as large
as hens egg and my foot was lame
for long time. I felt it for over a
month"
Regarding the episode on Aug. 4th,
1897, Mrs. Crouley testifies that he
ommenced finding fault with her be-
cause their son, Willie, did not get the
chores done before breakfast, "and he
talked in an abusive manner to me-
My brother, his brother and his bro
theirs wife were there at the time. His
brother stepped out on the porch and
1 stepped to see if my boy was coming
from the barn and my husband fol
lowed me out. He caught me by the
shoulder and turned me around and
led me back into the house and told
me to sit down. I told him I had my
work to do.''
On Aug. Both, 1897, according tc
the evidence, Mrs. Crouley "was get.
ting ready to come up town, my daugh.
ter and I, and he seemed to be excited
about something. He sprung up and
came over to the cupboard where
was finding something, asked me what
l had done with the money he had
put in the other room. I told him
that I did not know that he had any
there. He said he had left money in
there and he could not find it, and he
thought I must have taken it. I said
I knew nothing about it. He caught
me by the shoulder and shook me lit.
le and said he would break every bone
in my body if such things kept on. ]
turned quickly around and got away
from him. He kept on talking but
did not pay any attention, as I got
the rest ofmy wraps and went away
to Mrs. Gray's. I did not see him
again until I came back. 1 remained
there should judge about half an
hour. I was there until my son
brought the horse and buggy. was
getting ready to come up town and
get advice of Judge Baldwin in regard
to the trouble we had been having and
my son had gone to the barn for the
horse before the trouble began, and
when he came up with the horse ]
went up town and consulted Judge
Baldwin"
Mrs. Crouley testified that Crouley
had ill-treated her and called her bad
names at other times, all of which has
affected her health. She also states
that there was no agreement between
her and her husband looking towards
q divorce.
The evidence of Miss Crouley sup.
ports that of her mother in every par
ticular. She states that her father has
a violent temper and she thought fol
a long time prior to that time that il
was unsafe for her mother to live with
him Both Mrs. and Miss Crouley
stated that they did not know where