Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-22
SUED TIE "MINER. :
Charles A. Walsh is Plaintiff in a
Klondike Suit.
SlREA CARRU1HERS ASKS DIVORCE
Says Her Husband Has Not Deported
Himself ~ Married Man should
Mrs Grimm Gets q Decree
FROM the Court.

Mrs Grimm Gets Decree
III FROM the Court.
From Tuesdays Daily.
j Hon. Charles A. Walsh, secretary of
the national democratic central COM
mittee,. is suing the proprietor of the
Miner the newspaper on which Mr..
/ Walsh worked while in the Klondike.
just what the cause of the action is
cannot be determined, because the on
/ ly thing that has reached the Wapello
county district court are the interrco-
atories to be answered by Mr.. Walsh,
and which are to be used in the trial
Of the case. The Undergraduates were
received today from firm Of solicitors
4 in Dawson City, representing the par
ties in the, case, which is entitled Chas.
A. Walsh, of the city of Dawson in tie
TERRITORY OF the Yukon, in the Domin-
ion of Canada, attorney at law, by his
attorney, Z. C.. Corwin, of the same
place, miner, plaintiff, VS.. Thomas w,
O'Briep, of the same place, proprietor
of the Miner" newspaper of that place
and transferree by purchase OF the IN
terest in. that paper of John L. Reese
and William V. Somerville and John
! Meiklejohn. just what the difficulty
is. between the secretary Of the nation
4 al democratic central committee and
the proprietor of the Dawson paper
does not appear, but the interrogation
les, on behalf of the plaintiff would
indicate that it was something about
the newspaper during the time Mr..
Walsh was on the staff of the paper.
The following Undergraduates are
all the Information that can be OBJ
tanned:
In what capacity, if any, were you
employed on the Sun or miner
newspaper in the Klondike region?''
IF SO employed, by whom We're You
epgaged?' .'s
u AT what salary were you engaged 81
Between what dates did YOU work
thereon:
How much money was paid to you
!! between the said dates as salary"
i while so employed on the Sun on
Miner. newspapers did you at any tine
Il instruct William V. Somerville or any
other person to forward TO your wife
the sum of $500 or any sum of monev
whatever, by John L. Reese?''
j eff not, what instructions did YOU
give to William " Somerville, or such
other person, with regard to forward
| ing money to your wife for your
Did you at any time write to yonr
wife and inform her that you were
forwarding money to her by John r.
Reese"
'If so produce extract of letter"
Il The following, questions are to be
nrnpOnndad fn Mai nYiff' xyifp.
II did you ever receive from yo.ig
husband letters or letter stating
that money was to be forwarded 10
n you from Dawson by John L. Reese,
or any other person whatsoever"
i IF SO, please produce extract of let
i ter"
Es ,s Divorce Cases.
/ Sirea Carruthers, by her attorneys, Ja-
II ques d jacques, today filed a petition in
the. clerks office asking that she be
granted a divorce from her husband,
| William L. Carruthers, Burlington
engineer. ON the grounds of adultery
and naming an Ottumwa woman as co,
respondent. Plaintiff, for cause of ac.
| ton, says that she and the defendant
We're married June, 2S, 1855, and con;
tinued TO live together as husband and
wife until October, 1898, during all OF
4 which time she conducted herself to.
ward defendant as loving and duti.
full wife. That since their marriage
i the defendant has been guilty of re.
peated acts of adultery with one Flor
ence Sherman, in this city, and with
other persons whose names are to this
plaintiff unknown. Plaintiff says that
her maiden name was Sirea Plummel
and she asks to be restored to that
name. Plaintiff further alleges thai
defendant is a locomotive engineer and
i a first class mechanic, earning and. ca.
pable of earning from $125 to $50 per
month; that he has no property of any
consequence but that he is a young
man in good health, but 80 years OF
/, age and is well able to pay this plain:
j tiff from $25 to $50 per month for her
support out of his wages. She asks
for. a divorce upon the grounds SCI
out for the restoration of her maiden
name and that she have Judgment fol
j alimony at the rate of $25 to $50 pei
month in the discretion Of the court
so long as defendant is working fol
q the c., B. 60. railroad company, ant
for such other and further relief al
may be just and equitable.
Y Judge Roberts signed a decree yes
terday releasing Lizzie Griffin from ths
BONDS of matrimony that heretofore
have existed between herself and hel
Husband, William Griffin. The decree re
cites that the court finds that defend
; ant has been guilty of habitual drunk
enness and of cruel and inhumar
I, treatment.
4 An order was also signed by the
count giving Arthur Gephart, admins
traitor of the estate of Charles f Blake
authority to cancel certain mortgage
given by August Lindholm ON lot 2
block H., in Blake's first addition t.
the city.
4 F. NJ. Hunter was appointed guard
an yesterday of Frederick G. Blake,
person of unsound mind, Mr.. Hunter
bond being fixed at 5000.
Charged With Burglary.
i Ed. Greendale and James Hoyt, boil
former residents of this city, are under
ARREST in the city of Des Moines,, charg
ed with burglarizing the sBurling5ol
depot at that place last week. It i!
said that they took number of va
4 Uses and when their apartments were