The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-01
HIS WIFE "NAGS' HIM
Banj. F. Sayres Alleges Many
Things in a Divorce Petition.
TWO NEW SUITS FILED
One of Which Is Leona Church
VS.. Her Husband.

BENJAMIN r. Sayres alleges IN divorce
petition which he swore to yesterday.
that ne enlisted In the civil war as q
volunteer in 1863 He says he was COM
PEELED to swim rivers In winter time and
did extra duty on the firing line and
from the terrible exposures he contracted
heart disease from which he has suffer-
ed ever since. He says his wife has
schemed for quite while to get his pen
sion.
Mr.. Sayres sues for a divorce from his
wife, Huldah, to whom he was married
in 1859. He says that Mrs. Sayers has
''nagged' him and for more than six
years she has been petulant, pevish, and
faultfiinding towards him, belittling him
in the minds of his children and in the
language of the petition, has made his
home a veritable hell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sayres have been blessed
with a large family Of children. mostly
boys. Mr.. Sayres alleges that he has
been the victim of a great deal Of abuse
and cruelty at the hands of his wife and
has received a few beatinEs from the
older boys which was administered al the
instigation of Mrs. Sayres. The boys
could not have handled the old gentle
man had he not been sick at the time
he was mistreated. Mr.. Sayres haas been
sick home, he says that while his wife
was robust and healthy she would not
give him food and medicine. This was in
1898. He says his wife got mad and turn
ed the boys against him and that Will
Ham and Clinton beat him and threw him
into a glass and severely cut his head.
In 1897, 1t alleged. Mr.. Sayres and ms
wife, for the purpose OF borrowing
money of r. Richards executed chattel
Mrs. Sayres afterwards claimed that she
did not sign the mortgage and that her
husband had forged her name. It is fur
Their alleged that Mrs. Sayres falsely
stated that her husband was crazy and
that she intended to have him adjudged
insane. Mr.. Sayres claims that this ac-
cusation waas made for the purpose OF
having a guardian appointed and to get
his pension money and property. Mrs.
Sayres is said to have falsely and mali
ciously accused her husband of being
drunk. He save he has not been drunk
at all. He says she has accused him of
gambling. Mr.. Sayres says the accusa-
ton was false.
At numerous times within the last six
years. Mr.. Sayres alleges his wife has
told the neighbors that he frequented
lewd women. He says 1t is false.
The children born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Sayres are William. aged 20; George, aged
IS: Clinton, aged %: Claude and Clarence,
twins. aged II years; Lille, aged "a; Viva.
aged II who is now Mrs. Burt Pierson.
Mr.. Sayres asks the court for decree
OF divorce and care and custody OF the
twins.
The second case filed yesterday was
that of Mrs. Leona Church, against her
husband. Charles Clinton Church. to
whom she was married on July 81 1897.
She says Church has been in Jail most
of the time since their marriage and
has failed to support her. He is now in
the state pen!teHtlary at Lansing and
she cannot see what good Is to come
from carrying his name. Mrs. Church
wants a divorce and the restoration of :
her maiden name. Leona Wilkinson. A !
Thomas Cherry is her attorney.