The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-01-26
WIFE ASSAULTED
LAST SUNDAY.
And Has Already Come Into
Court For a. Divorce.
A CASE FROM MASSILLON
Threw a Teapot at Her and struck Her In
the Face--a Case That Had to BE
Heard In Private--I ourt
News.

Heard In Private--l ourt
News.
Through her attorneys, Willison &c
Day, Sarah A. Evans of Massillon came
into common pleas court Wednesday
morning with a petition for divorce
from her husband, Richard Evans, in
which she makes some sensational char
ges against him. The pair were mar
ried in 1877. For a number OF years, the
wife says, that she has been abused by
her husband, who would come home
drunk On last Sunday he came home
and began another round Of abuse. Ac-
cording to the petition he caught his
wife and choked her. Then she got
away and he grabbed the teapot and
threw It across the room at her. His
aim was good and the missile struck
her in the face, innicting painful inju-
ries. On Tuesday she left him and on
Wednesday morning the divorce suit
was commenced in court. The plaintiff
says the defendant has a horse and
wagon and other personal property and
that there is money coming to him from
the Warwick Coal Co Judge McCarty
granted an injunction restraining him
from disposing Of any of his goods till
the wife's claims are heard. The coal
company is also enjoned from paying
him his money till further order of the
court.
HEARD IN PRIVATE.
The divorce suit Of Edith NJ. Reighart
against Charles E. Reighart was heard
by Judge McCarty Wednesday morning.
The action was brought on he grounds
Of cruelty and adultery. The charges
growing out of the second count in the
cause of action were of such a nature
that the court decided to hear the case
in private. The wife is a very pretty
little woman still in her twenties. The
principal contest is over the possession
of the child. Judge McCarty took the
case into his private room. Attorney
Welty represented the wife and Mr..
Shields the husband. The divorce was
granted and the wife given the custody
of the child and such personal property
as there was.
TRYING LEWIS'S CASES.
In view of the serious illness Of Attor-
ney Jud Lewis, Of Alliance, his brother
| barristers of that city have decided to
| help him out in the trial of his cases in
court. The work will be divided up and
, Mr.. Lewis will be given the benefit OF
| the fees just the same as If he did the
work himself The first of his cases to
be tried this term came up before Judge
| MCCarty Wednesday morning. 1t was
| the divorce action of Lulu NJ. Culber-
| son against William Cuberson. Mr..
| Roach took the plaintiffs case in hand
in the absence of Mr.. Lewis. The de-
| fendant made no contest. The proof
showed that the husband had been cru
el to the wife, that he had struck her
over the face and driven her from the
house. This occurred just before their
last child was born. The court granted
| the divorce, gave the wife the custody
| of the three children and awarded her
alimony in the sum of 5000 with $12 a
month for the support of the children.
DIVORCE CASE.
Sadie Loretta Sutton on Tuesday eve
court for a divorce from Charles L.
Sutton and for restoration to her
maiden name of Sadie Loretta Stump.
The petition says they We're married in
June, 1898. The husband became
drunken and, in his habitually intoxi-
Gated moods was cruel. The wife says
that within seven months after the
her. Two years later he struck her in
the face with his fist and blackened
both her eyes. He became so cruel she
left him. She declares that he never
bought her any clothing in her life. The
petition was filed by Attorney Upham.
Sutton now lives at Bellefontaine
WENT TO THE WORKS.
Lincoln Brown the man who pleaded
guilty to the charge of petit larceny
in common pleas court and was sen
fenced to pay a fine of $50 or go to the
workhouse was too poor to avoid the
penalty of Imprisonment. He failed
to raise the cash and on Tuesday even
ing was taken to the workhouse by
Deputy Sheriff Harvey Zaiser
DECREE RENDERED.
The case of the Farmers bank VS.. Jas.
NJ. Mcneil ct al. was up before Judge
McCarty Wednesday morning. The
bank held a judgment for $72O against
the defendant and had brought suit
to have a lot sold to enforce payment
Attorney Mcdowell represented the
plaintiff in court and Judge Thayer the
defendant. The attorneys got together
and Judge Thayer admitted that the
plaintiff was entitled to a Judgment
The court thereupon rendered decree
! for the plaintiff.
BROUGHT UP.
A transcript has been filed in COM
mon pleas court in the case of w. S.
Shertzer against Dudley Reed and John
| LOutzenheiser which was tried in
Justice Reigner's court. Judgment was
rendered below in favor Of the plaintiff
for $120,27.