The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18
OLD MANS
MISTAKE.
Another Case of Three Score
Years and Ten,
Linking Itself With Youth With
Disastrous Results.
BUT ONE SHORT YEAR
After His Wife's Death B. f.
Golden
Marries a Young Woman From
Kansas City.
AFTER TWO MONTHS
Of Married Life, She Gets a
Divorce
And a Large Share of His
Property.
Marries a Young Woman From
Kansas City.
AFTER TWO MONTHS
)f Married Life, She Gets a
Divorce
And a Large Share of His
Property.

win not be responsible for goods
charged against me by Mrs B. F.
Golden. B. F. GOLDEN.
The above notice appeared in the
Journal last evening and il was follow
ed an hour afterward by a decree in
the district court, giving Mrs frankie
Golden d divorce from her husband, b
F. Golden, to whom she was married
September Sth of this year.
Everything was conducted with the
utmost secrecy. The clerk was re
quested to not allow any information
about the transaction to be given out
The papers We're taken out of the Of
flee by the attorneys, Waters q Wa
ters, and the proceedings were docket
ed without the usual title of the case
The divorce was filed late in the af-
ternOOn, alleging cruelty-It was follow
ed five minutes later by an answer filed
by Attorney A. H. Case, in which Mr..
Golden denied all the charges made by
his wife.
Then the party filed into the court
room. The attorneys had all gone
home and the room was deserted, but
took his place on the bench and listen
ed to Mrs. GOlden's story, which was
to the effect that her aged husband
had threatened her on several Occa-
siOns and that they could not live hap
PLY together. Mr.. Golden submitted
no testimony, and the divorce was ac-
y
ing consumed but an hour, which
breaks the divorce record in Shawnee
county.
Mrs. Golden at first demanded the
family home at 215 West Tenth ave
nue., the fine driving team used by Mr..
Golden and enough money upon which
to live comfortably The matter was
finally compromised and Mrs. Golden
was awarded 1,200 aIimOny and the
personal property in the house.
Mrs Golden was seen at the Golden
home on West Tenth street. but re
fused to discuss the trouble. She is
rather tall and has a pleasing face and
brONn eyes. She came to Topeka from
Kansas City and had lived here but a
short time when her marriage to Mr.
Golden took place.
Mr.. Golden is one of the Oldest resi-
dents of Topeka, and is considered
quite we'll to do. He owns considerable
property in Topeka, and his income is
sufficient to place him in the list of
wealthy men. His first wife died about
a year before his marriage to the pres
ent Mrs Golden.
Mr.. GOlden's story is that of an
abused husband, according to his YER
sion Soon after their marriage, Mr.
Golden opened the doors of his COM
Portable house at at 215 West Tenth
street to the brother and sister of his
wife. and, he says, made them as com
Portable in his own house as he would
his own children This was the begin
ming of the domestic trouble. He and
his friends say that his marriage to his
young bride was but a deep laid plot
on her part and the part of her sister
to get Mr.. Golden's money. After Mr.
GOlden's marriage, he spent AZ days in
California at a health resort. During
the time he was there he placed a fine
carriage and team at her disposal and
did all possible for her comfort, never
stopping at expense.
From the first day of their married
life it was anything but harmonious
according to Mr.. Golden'S story. Soon
his wife found fault with him. Her
brother and sister caused Mr. Golden
no end Of pain by their sighting re-
marks. From tongue lashing it came
to everything but blows. Mr. Golden
says he was forced to stay away from
home on account of the i'll feeling
shown him by the brother and sister
of his wife and his wife herself He
says he was locked in the house at
times, and at times he was locked out
He would come home and find his own
door barred against him At other
times he would be a prisoner in his
own room. He was almost distracted
and he knew not what to do He
thought he must endure his misery
and that he must continue to 1--we with
his wife and keep her in his home He
consulted with his closest friends. They
advised him to leave his wife. He saws
he would return to his home only to
be met with abuses. Day before yes
teroay the climax came He went
home late in the Afternoon and was met
with cold reception, and was kent
away from the evening meal Since
then he has been living with his SON
in-law Samuel Robertson, at 91S
Quincy street.
John c. Waters of the firm of Wa
ters & Waters, refused to discuss the
divorce
Mr.. Golden was 20 years old when he
was married last September, and his
wife was 26.