The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-01-14
f TERRIBLE TILE OF WOE
As Told by the Plaintiff in the
Divorce Case of Egdn
VS.. Egan.
Wife Cruelty Beaten and Turned
out of Doors by Her
Husband.

1AAoiO uLuy ASuu VI NlOi gan LOS
commenced an action for divorce from
her husband, Thos. Egan, who owns
or resides on farm two miles from
Morgan. The plaintiff in the action
is "a years of age and the defendant
is % years Of age. They were married
in the city of Pipestone, this State,
about March Both, 1891. Egan is
a Catholic and his wife is Protestant,
Her maiden name was Addie May
Rescue. One child, a boy of five years,
is the issue of the marriage, and for
the possession of the same the plain
tiff prays.
The facts leading up to the action,
as given by the plaintiff, but generally
denied by the defendant, are SEN
sational in the extreme, and if true,
show a degradation of one specimen
of mankind, of which the mind could
hardly conjure an equal.
Baldwin & Patterson of this city
have the CAGE for the plaintiff. In
the complaint, after setting up the
preliminary details, the plaintiff alleg-
es that since said marriage the defend
ant has treated her in cruel and in
human manner at divers times and in
particular as follows:
"On or about the 18th day of Jan
uary, 1892, at the city of Pipestone, the
defendant assaulted, heated and bruis-
ed and ill-treated her; on or about
Dec. 18th, 1898, at the home of J. c.
Duncan, in this county, the defendant
assaulted, beat, bruised and ill-treated
her; and again. on Dec. %, 1895, at
their home near Morgan, the defend
ant after beating and bruising her
threw her out Of the house, closed and
fass.Eed The door SO that she could
not return; threatened to cut her head
open with an axe if she attempted to
return or attempted to get in the house
again. By reason of this she was
compelled to go without wraps or suf-
fcient clothing for distance of two
miles and seek shelter and food and
clothing of neighbor."
The complaint further alleges that
Egan abused and ill-treated his wife
on other occasions, accusing her oI
violating her marriage vows, all o1
which has impaired her health, etc
She alleges that Egan is worth about
$4,000 and prays that be be compelled
to pay her alimony and costs and ex-
penses of trial. Application for ali.
mony was made to Judge Webber on
last Tuesday.
Judge Bowers is attorney for de.
fendant, and as before stated, he has
filed an answer entering general de-
nial to the whole series of charges
made by Mrs. Egan.
Accompanying the complaint and
application for alimony are three aff'
davits on which the plaintiff bases the
ground for alimony, as we'll as fo1
the decree of divorce. One of the aft
davits is given by the plaintiff, anoth.
er by G. w. Mead, sheriff at the time
in question, and the third by DR.. A
B Hawes of this city, who has beer
treating Mrs. Egan at the home o1
Jailor Ben Robidou for some time
past.
The affidavit of Mrs. Egan deals
with the case which eliminated on the
night Dec. 22d. At that time she was
enciente. She swears that sometime
after supper on that night Egan COM
menced using abusive language at
her. He disavoved the parentage
and declared that she must visit GER
tain physician in Springfield for re.
lief. Upon her refusing to do SO he
threatened tc kill her; then, according
to the affidavit, Egan moderated, and
told her that if she did not comply
with his request she must leave the
house and never darken the door
again; thereupon he started anew the
abuse; then he struck her; then threw
her on the bed and called young
man who was working on the farm a,
the time to hold her feet, after which
the husband is alleged to have STRUCK
and bruised her about the head, b. cas-
and abdomen, sitting on the latter fol
a brief period.