Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-07-20
THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIoEs
OF A NEWLY Welded
MEXICO COUPLE.
M"RS,AGARMSTRONG ASKS DIVORCE
A Bride Of Not Quite Two Month,
Seeks a Final Separation From
Her Husband AIlega-
lions In Her
Petition.

VnA martial WOeg of MP. nnu Mrs
A. q. Armstrong. of this oItv. created
a seyen-days, wonder along about
the Arst Of June. the pubIIc q too
familiar with the fsota to mead a re-
hash Of II In these columns.
A lew chapter ana a which has
been expected since the 1rst trouble
In June. was culmirated late Monday
evening. when Mra Armstrong fled
a petition for div orce from her hing
hand. A. a. Armstrong. She makes
mspy charges IN a very lengthy d
tltion under the caption Of nDaisy O.
Armstrong ' q A. q. Armstrong;
The plaintiff states that she was
married to defendant in the county Of
Audrain o II May Is, 1899; she was 90
years Of age and the defendant Al.
She states that che was young and
inexperienced and had great conf
dence In the defendant and on and
about the time Of her marriage with
him she depended entirely upon bis
superior Judgment as a result Of his
age and business experience. She
says that before marriage with de-
PENDANT he represented to her that he
was a man OF great wealth; that she
became engaged to- him in September
1898; that the plaintiff at the time OF
her engagement with him was work.
ing as q clerk in a store in st. Louis,
which position rendered her q sufi-
cient salary with which to support
herself. She ayers that defendant
came to st. Louis and represented TO
her that he was worth the sum OF
s75. 900 and told her, so she AYERS,
that. II she would marry him, he
would build for her an elegant resi-
dence In the CITY of Mexico and upon
the consummatiou of their marriage he
would deed the same to her with
ether nronartv Mrs Armstrong aavs
sitbat sbs tbareupon accepted his
offer ana became engaged 10 him and
the aaid defendant. a-pnarentIv IN good
fa,,s. ala erect an lot +. Olark,s add
tion. an elegant resideuce of the
valua az An .o00 The reaidenoe was
compIated about tbe goth OF NAV,
1899. and ahe thareupon kept her en-
vaoement and married defendant ana
tnev movad into ana beOsn living in
tba naw residence. she claims in
her pa,itlon that Mr.. Armstrong
r-anrasantad To her that he was the
owner Of tbs lot on which the resi-.
denca was buIlt and that he would
CONWAY the uame To her mon the
eonaummation Of their marriage. The
dafandaut alao aa,d. 40 the plaintiff
AYERS. that he would convey one.hali
az his propertv to her and upou
This promise ahe married MIN. After
the marriage the couple moved into
their CLARK Avenue home and lived
there ,she says about two weeks.Aboui
this time, the plaintiff AYERS In her
petition, she discovered that her
husband was addicted to the excess
i've use Of morphine and that he had
lied to her and deceived her about
his property and that be refused to
carry out his promises to convey to
her an interest In his property. She
SAYS that she found ont by her mar
ried life with the defendant that he
was diehonorable and not entitled tc
belief; that he was Of q low and
lecherous disposition and unworthy
of the confidence of q woman.
She says further that even after dis.
covering that Mr.. Armstrong had de-
ceiyed her that she conducted herself
In a wifely manner. The plaintiff
here makes the charge that her hus.
hand had made propositions to hel
that she 20 to St. Louis and associate
with womeu OF bad character. She
saws that he rave her the addressei
of woman Of that character and tried
IN oct her To stay over night witt
them. she learned. she SAYS, thai
tina defendant was not owner Of lot /
unor wh,ch the CLARK Aveuue houss
vas buIIt Che claims hat before
tha varriaoa he had caused the same
- ho convaved 60 MARY Armstrous
n traua NJ nIaintin,s rights and II
sT.ra ~ da,araant,a creditors. she
auavas tbat I note was executed b.
,ha defendant altar the marriage
a. 20 osE ana that on IuIv 3. 1899. hs
osrssd Nav Armatrono TO execute !
daad q, trnst man The CLARK Ayenu.
LAT tor tha nsrnosa Of forging III,
note ana which causad Il 10 be ad,
vsr.,sad ~, ssls. ali n this. IN.
a,a,n.,W o,s,r,s wss A. danv,va her a
~ ho,,a Ths nla,rt,W states IN he
ns,,,,o, ,hs. ahout : waak ate,
ss.~~..s,.~. .hss :. nrsssnaad ~
- nae |. owrer A. soua reaI es,at.
In MoherIv and mai she was told tina
a voula he uacasaarv q her 10 aIe,
shs dsaa corvav,nc the aame 10 an
otha- rar,v ana 1 sIvned the paper
ana onarras a II ~ 4 fact that IN,