The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-08
SUES RICH HUSBAND
Mrs. MaItby Wants Divorce
and $4,000 AIimony.
ALLEGES MANYINDIGNITIES
Were Married in This City
Twenty Years Ago.

Mrs. Matte Maltby, through her attor-
neys. Stanley. Vermi,ion & Evans, has
filed petition for divorce in the district
court, in which she makes some sensa-
tional charges against her husband, Frank
! lin Maltby,a wealthy and prominent stock
man of Olathe. The nature of Mrs. Malt
! by's complaints are such as illustrate a
/ p.tifUl and heartrending experience of
! twenty years in the grasp of man who,
! if her story is true, has none of the finer
feelings of respect for womanhood In her
petition Mrs. Maltby states that she and
her husband were married in this city Oc-
tober %, 1877, and the results Of the mar
| riage were seven children, four of whom
! are living; two being small. When they
were first married, Mrs. Maltby says she
worked hard and endeavored in every way
to assist her husband to get start in life.
They removed to Johnson county, where
they engaged in the dairy business, which
business he still owns. The list of indig-
mites he is alleged to have heaped upon
her is a lengthy one. The petition states
that she was made to work like a slave
and when she was i'll and weak he drag
under threats. get up and milk cows, cook.
and do other labor. Once, she says. when
She was in a delicate and weak condition.
he compelled her to get out of bed at
O'Clock in the morning and milk the COWS,
and as result of his alleged brutal treat
ment and the hard work he made her per-
form, the younger child was uniformed
She further says that after the birth of
this child she came to Wichita, and while
here she asked her husbands permission
to visit specialist, but he declined grufiy
and compelled her to take treatment by
mail from a physician at Olathe, who was
hlred by the year. Another time when
she was weak and Ill she says he made
her c-ean cultivators. The indignities did
not end here. Mrs. Maltby says her hus-
band threatened to kill her If she ever
divulged any of their family affairs or his
manner of treatment, and would kill any
attorney who attempted to assist her In |
any way. and would kill her relatives |
should they endeavor to interfere. AS
other causes of action, Mrs. NIaltby states |
that her husband would not provide her |
with the necessary clothes and comfort |
BETTING her position in life Finally, with |
MS ADVICE ana consent, she came to the
home of her parents in Wichita last De-
cember, with her two smaller children.
and he has since refused to provide for
them. Mrs. Maltby says her husband has
land near Olathe worth $1,000, $50 head of
cattle, worth about $4,000; 80 mich cows
Tor dairy purposes, worth about 81 200;
shares of stock in the Patrons Co-Opera-
tive Bank of Olathe, worth $500, and per-
sonal farm property worth $1,000. Mrs
Maltby wants an allowance of SIS for at
torney fees, $50 for suit money, SO per
week temporary alimony during tendency
Of suit, and 5000 permanent alimony. She
further asks a restraining order to pre-
vent her husband from disposing of any of
the property or encumbering it in any ,
way. She also asks to be given the GUS
tOdy of the two smaller children