Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1901-02-15

Before the case ever came to trial an
agreement was made by the husband
and wife whereby the two should live
apart for the rest Of their lifetime, and
that the defendant should return to
his wife all her property, amounting
in all to about $500. The bill was aft
erward dismissed, and Mrs. Hender-
shott and her mother and two Chill
dren left for Braddock to reside.
AS an excuse for his contemplate
conduct Il. G. Hendershott assailed
his mother-in-law in an article pub-
lished in his paper aud charged that
she was to blame for the trouble that
had arisen between himself and his
wife.
On the other hand, Mrs. Hendershott
and the neighbors claimed that the
mother-in-law story was but an artful
dodge of Hendershott's to conceal as
much as possible the real facts in the
case. 1t was freely reported that the
defendant had beceme infatuated with
Miss Helen Blanchard, compositor
who worked in the Falr-Dealer Office
and resided with her father, Geo. L.
Blanchard, at 727 Canal street. Later
events have satisfied many persons
that Mrs. Hendershott's story is cor
rect. According to statements made
by the police and accounts published
in the daily press, an elopement was
only prevented by the vigilant watch
maintained by the young lsdy's father.
As time passed, matters grew worse
instead of better. Miss Blanchard left
her fathers house and refused to re.
turn, whils'the broken hearted father
sought out Norman Kilburn and
asked him If he could not invoke the
aid of the law in the protection of his
family. The matter was referred to
States Attorney Cullen, and, while he
was investigating matters, word was
conveyed To Ottawa by Chicago at
torney that divorce proceedings had
been instituted by Hendershott
against bis wife in the Superior Court
Of Cook county.
f. q. Hendershott, the complainant,
by his attorneys, Ayers, Rinaker s.
Ayers, OF Chicago, and Buffers & Carr,
of this city, states under oath that he
is resident OF Cook county, and that
on Aug. II, 1891, he was married to
Catherine Corcoran in the city Of Bis
marck, and that from that time to
Aug. l, 1900, he lived with her as hus-
band aud conducted himself toward
her as a true, kind and indulgent hus-
band"
= After this formal introduction Hen
dershott goes on to say that on the
10th Of April, 1900, h1s wife, Catherine
Hendershott, did willfully and malic-
iously attempt to take his life by plac-
ing arsenic or some other poisonous
substance in his ''morning drink, !" and
! that during the latter part Of July,
1900, she repeated the dose. The CON-
plainant says that he then left his
wife and went to live with his brother,
Herman Hendershott. The complain
ant says that he is the father OF two
children, but does not ask for their
custody.
The strange part of the whole busi-
ness is that Mr.. uenderShott should
now charge his wife with trying to
poison him, when in statement in
his own paper he e1onerated her from
all blame and said that she was faith
full wife and an atfectionate mother.
For some time past Hendershott has
been living in Chicago, where he
claims to have suite Of furnished
rooms; but this has been denied by
Mrs. Hendershott, who, has filed an
answer and raised the question of juris.
diction. Mrs. Hendershott, the Jour.
nal is Informed, proposes to fight the
proceeding to finish, and in the
meantime there are rulnors to theSet,
feet that Hendershottw be called
to account for swearing to a residences
In Chicago, ii it is proven he is still a
resident of Ottawa. *. :. =.