The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-30
DIVORCE CASE VARIETY
ANONYMOUS LETTER FIGURED In
ONE TRIAL YESTERDAY.
One Wife Released from Her Soldier
Observation-Disclosures with a.
Bad Temper.

There was a grist of divorces in the SUI
perior Court yesterday. and many tales of
woe were poured into the ears of sympa-
thetic judges. In Room a case was tried
IN which an anonymous letter appears to
nave been one cause of trouble between
husband and wife. This was the case of
Grant Howell against Jennie Howell The
husband, it was claimed, received a letter
one day and opened it. 1t was addressed
TO his wife, which fact, he claimed, he did
not discover until he had torn open the en-
velope. He then concluded he would read it.
The writer addressed Mrs. Howell in most
endearing terms and requested her to meet
him at certain place. The letter was not
signed. Howell confronted his wife with
what he claimed to believe was evidence of
her unfaithfulnesS to him, but she denied
knowing anything about the matter How
ever, matters did not progress smoothly
with them after the letter episode. Mrs.
Howell testified yesterday that she knew
nothing about this letter until it was shown
her by her husband. She intimated that the
letter was part of a plot against her. She
said the writing strangely resembled her
husbands own hand. There were other
charges against Mrs. Howell concerning her
general conduct about the house, and Judge
AA0ANCy SldHlcQ tic UlNOIc6. Inc court also
granted a divorce in the case of Mary A.
Palmer against Amos Palmer The latter
is soldier, and is stationed at Lexington,
KY His wife charged he had failed to pro-
vide for her.
In Room the court granted Dora Cocherl
a divorce from William S. Cocherl. The
plaintiff showed that her husband is con-
fined in the State Prison. where he was sent
from the Criminal Court while Judge Cox
was on the bench. Cocherl received a SEN
tence Of fourteen years for an attempted
assault on a fourteen-year-old girl
In Room l Judge McMaster heard evil
dence in the divorce suit of Edward Ulery
against Lulu Ulery, and took the case un-
der Amusement. Ulery said his wife was
made it impossible for him to live with her.
He produced testimony to prove some of her
violent acts. Ulery is blacksmith by trade
and formerly kept a shop on East Pearl
street. One day his wife went 10 the shop
while he was preparing TO shoe a horse.
The owner of the horse was waiting for
the work TO be done. The woman. 1t was
charged. declared that her husband should
not do the work and ordered the horse LED
out of the shop. When the owner refused
to comply with the orcer Mrs. Ulery
grabbed up a hammer anG was about to
strike him. Her husband disarmed her, and
she then threw horseshoe az the man,
striking him on the arm Mrs. Ulery claims
that she did this because the man had in
suited nef. one witness teStlne0 tnal Uiery
was once employed as engineer of an ice
plant in this city. The witness said that
one morning Mrs. Ulery came there, and
while he was talking to her husband she
assaulted the latter The court said he
would like TO hear what the woman had to
say abont this charge and had Mrs. Ulery
did assault her husband at the ice plant
but said she did so to get even with him.
She said that on that morning her hus-
viciously. and her thirst for revenge was