The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-23
ASKS BIG AL|MONY
Us. Bowen, Rich Kingman Co.
Farmer, Defendant Accused
DIVORCE MILL IS BUSY
DeIbert Forward Says His
Wife Fights Him.
!: MILL is BUSY

The divorce business has taken new
live Within the last two days Ave
new divorce cases were filed in the dis
trict court, three of them yesterday by
Amidon & Comfy
The most important case, perhaps. is
| that of Bowen against Bowen, in which
]. S. Bowen, wealthy farmer and stock
man of Kingman county, is made de-
| PENDANT in a suit for large alimony in
| stituted by his wife, Mrs. E. T. Bowen,
| of this city. Mrs. Bowen alleges that her
husband, during and since 1896. has ac-
cused her OF being a lunatic, that he has
also told other persons that she was in
sane. She alleges that when he found
that he could punish and annoy her by
making such accusation he continued
them more persistentIy, and that he
| threatened and told her that he would
send her to an insane asylum, and thus
| avoid the expense of keeping her. Mrs.
Bowen says her husband also threatened
to beat and wound her and has used vul-
gar and profane language in connection
with said demonstrations and threats
She alleges that he had told her to go to
work by the week because he could sup
port her no longer. All these alleged acts
| on Mr.. Bowens part has rendered her
life miserable and impaired her health,
she says, and she can remain with him
no longer.
Mrs. Bowen states that her husband
owns notes. monies, tax sale certificates,
cattle, hogs, horses. wagons and Ither
personal property of the value of about
81 900, and that he has about 200 acres
Of good Kingman county land. Mrs Bow
en- claims that Mr.. Bowen will dispose of
this property if not enjoined and re-
strained. She therefore asks that a re-
straining order be issued against the hus-
band The court granted the order, and
also gave her fifty dollars for attorney
fees, $25 suit money and temporary ALI
mony Of SO per week during pending OF
the suit. Mrs. Bowen alleges that all Of
the property was accumulated jointly.
that at the time Of marriage they had
no property. She asks as permanent al
limony judgment for one-halt of all the
personal property.
Mr.. and Mrs Bowen were married in
Triscola. ILL.,, in 1879 and have one son
20 years old
Delbert Forward alleges extreme cru
city on the part Of his wife, Laura For
ward, in his petition for divorce. and they
haven't been married very long, either.
Debert states in his petition that in No
venlber, 1898, his wife somehow or other
became violently angry and plunked him
in the face with her fist the aforesaid
fist being used without any cause or pro-
vocation whatever. They hadn't been
married a year when this occurred. This
isn't all, alleges Delbert. He states that
nearly all the time since that time, Laura
has persisted in quarreling with and
abusing him, and that she makes no eff
fort to control her temper. Delbert states
that she is very high tempered, and her
constant abuse renders ii impossible for
him to longer live with her. Mrs For
ward, he says, has already told him TO
leave home. and that she will not live
with him unless he agrees to obey her
and be good This Delbert will not do,
and he comes to Judge Dale for such re-
lief as the circumstances warrant.
Mrse. NJ. E. Bense asks to be legally
divorced from her husband, w. s. Bense.
TO whom she was married in 1855 She
has three boys. Roy. Charlie and Fred,
aged IA, 13 and Il years. respectively.
Mrs. Bense says her husband abandon
ed her in 1894 without cause. and has
not since that time contributed anything
to the support OF her and her children
She asks for absolute divorce and the
care and custody of the children
MILLIONS GIVEN AWAY
II Is certainly gratifying 70 the public
to know Of one concern In the land who
are not afraid to be generous TO the needy