Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-07-23
Action Commenced Over School Pro-
perty--Court News.

perty--C0urt news.
An action for divorce was filed re-
Gently in Lorain county by Orlando
Crittenden, the proprietor of notion
store at Hudson.
His wife has filed an answer and
cross petition. A special from Lorain
says that she denies all the allcga-
tions i'm his petition and that she makes
counter charges against her husband.
They were married July l. 1869, more
than 81 years ago. She claims that he
abandoned her, without any just cause,
Aug. 10, 1897. She alleges that he
threatened to shoot her and that he
was guilty of extreme cruelty. She
states that he is the owner of a store
in Hudson, known rs the Racket
Store She asked that an injrrction
be issued restraining him from selling
or encumbering the property until the
final hearing of the action. An injunc-
ton was issued as prayed for.
LUNACY INQUEST.
Relatives of Nina Wark, of Tall
madge, who is alleged to be insane,
brought the unfortunate woman to
Akron Monday morning, Deputy Sher-
iff Hollinger had started to Tallmadge
to get the woman before they arrived
in Akron. He did not find her at Tall
madge When the relatives reached
Akron they were unable to find Sheriff
Kelly or any of his deputies. Mrs.
Wark was taken to the Sheriffs resi-
dence where she WAS kept until after
dinner. The relatives were under the
impression that they could take her d.
rectly to the depot without waiting
for an inquest. The woman was not
violent and no trouble was experienced
with her at the jail
SENSATIONAL ALLEGATIONS.
Thomas H. Groves has filed answer
and cross petition in the case of Sam
uel Goldberg vs. Harris Greenbaum ct
al. Groves and Greenbaum were in
partnership, conducting the store
known in this city as the Chicago
Bankrupt Company. They had similar
stores in several other cities. Groves
alleges that he had contract with
Greenbaum by the terms of which
he was 10 have one.ilalf the profits, af-
ter Greenbaum had taken $24 500 out
OF the business. This was the amount
he had paid for the stock at the time
OF Groves assignment Immediately
after the partnership was formed the
troubles began. Groves alleges that
his partner, for the purpose of cheating
and defrauiing him, sold the"stock of
goods in their store at Scranton, Pa,
for 81, 900 and that he appropriated the
money. He alleges that the stock was
worth at the lowest estimate $1,000.
priated large amount of money and
stock that belonged to the Akron
store. He claims the amount so .appro-
priated more than exceeded the S2I,
600 which he was to receive in addition
to the profits that were to go to Groves.
Following this the cross-pettioner III
leges that Greenbaum failed to pay
the salaries of their employees and
that he allowed the goods to become
squandered and lost, in the!'hope that
he could drive the defendant out of
business. He charges that Greenbaum
neglected to keep track of the
business, that he became drunk, or
feigned drunkenness, and that he treat
ed the defendant, employees and custo-
mers in an insolent manner, for the
purpose of wrecking the business.
Failing in this, Groves says that he en-
tered into conspiracy with the plain
tff, who Is his son-in-law, and 1'illie
Greenbaum, his daughter, it being
their plan to assert II fictitious claim
for $1,000 aud levy on the siocks AN
order of sale was obtained' and, the
property auctioned off, Following
these proceedings the parties left the.
state. They have remained away ever
since, the defendant claims for the piir-