Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1898-05-20

Kitchen VS.. Kftchen.

huss I'D, J. T. Kitchen, at the July
tern Of the circuit court at Salisbury.
The plaintiffs petition is in words
and figures as follows:
Plaintiff states that on the 18th day
of e Fsbruary, 1897, at the county OF
Chay;ton and stafe of Missouri, she
was awfully married to the defendant;
that the plaintiff continued to live with
the ascendant as his wife from and
after he date aforesaid until the goth
day st September, 1897, last past;
that curing all that time plaintiff faith
fully aemeaned herself and discharged
all hsk duties as the wife of defendant,
and IS all times treated him with kind
ness and affection, but the defendant,
wholly disregarding his duties as the
husband of plaintiff, has been guilty of
such cruel and barbarous treatment to-
ward plaintiff as to endangsr her life,
and has offered plaintiff such indigni-
ties As to render her condition intoler-
able. ia this, towit:
That on the 10th day of July, with
out asy cause or reasonable provoca-
ton therefor, defendant struck and
beat plaintiff in the face; that on or
about the 24th day of July, 1897, such
personal violence was again repeated;
thaton the 18th day of e. defend
ant kicked and cuffed plaintiff, telling
her thai if she informed her father or
mothsz of the treatment she was en-
during he would kill her, and telling
her further to go home and stay there,
as he had frequently done before.
And plaintiff says she continued to
endux and suffer said treatment in the
hope Il amendment, and that on or
labout the date last aforesaid, and
aftef ske had been subjected to the
itreatnlent as aforesaid, defendant did
prem e. upon the intercession of the
fat1ieE 81 plaintiff, that he would treat
her ~ thereafter. But plaintiff
says that within one week thereafter,
and without any reasonable cause or
provocation whatever, she was kicked
and beaten by defendant, by reason
whereof she was confined to her bed
for day or more; that during the
week following she was struck by de-
fendant with buggy whip, and that
on or about the 10Th day of Septem-
Der, 1897, defendant again struck and
beat plaintiff in the face, leaving
bruises and marks of such blows upon
her person, and calling her at the
| time, as he had frequently done be-
lfore, "a G. D." and telling
lplaintiff that ne was doing this to gel
| rid of her.
j And plaintiff says that by reason of
such cruel and barbarous treatment
her life was put in danger and hel
condition rendered intolerable, and by
reason thereof she was forced to sep
, arate herself from defendant on tht
|; 2oth day of September, 1897, a
aforesaid.
Plaintiff states that since the separ a
ton aforesaid there has been born o
the marriage aforesaid a female child
named --; that she is now a resi-
dent of Charlton county, Missouri
and has resided therein for more thai
E one year next before the filing of thi
suit; that defendant is seized and pos
sessed ofreal and personal property @
. the value of $4,000.
Wherefore, plaintiff prays to be di
vorced from the bonds of matrimon
contracted as aforesaid; that she b
awarded the care and custody of he
! infant child; that alimony be awarde'
. her by the court for the support c
herself and child out of the propert
of the defendant and sfor such flrthe
orders, judgments and DEGREES a
!. shall be meet and proper in tn
lpremises.
Messrs. StockweIl & Lamb of Sa
lisbury are plaintiffs attorneys.