Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-24
'1K ARNOLD DIVORCE CASE
MRs. LOTTA G. ARNOLD CHARGES
HER HUSBAND WITH CRUELTY,
PARsIMONY, AND
1HToLERABLE TREATMENT
Cannubial Infelicity Portrayed in
Unvarnfshed Terms and as Em-
phaticaIly Denied, in the Common
Pleas Court at st. C~lairsviIle Yes
terday-The Evidence offered

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Before Judge Hollingsworth, in the
Court of Common Pleas, of Belmont
county at st. Clairsyille, yesterday
morning promptly at 9 o'clock, the first
case called was that of Mrs. Lottie C.
Arnold, plaintiff, against Charles Ar
mold, defendant, in divorce, and con-
tinued till adjournment at 5 p. m. The
a~us.ence, considering the prominence
Of the parties, and the testimony ex-
pected, was small outside of witnesses,
not numbering fifty people. Any at
tempt at loud laughter was frowned
upon and effectively restrained by the
judge at the outset.
The ~pleadings were a petition filed
December 81, 1900, and an amended
petition filed February IL, 1901, and an
answer filed March 2, 1901.
The gist of the petition may be brief
dy summarized. The wife charges the
husband with extreme cruelty, irritat-
ing and provoking her though know
ing her highly sensitive nature and
nervousness, and general lack OF good
health. Further, that he is a success
full druggist worth several thousand
dollars, and yet deprived her of suffi-
Client money to properly carry on the
household; that when she is Unable to
pay bills he abuses her; objects to
burning sufficient gas to heat the
house; compels her to pay for medi-
cine in his own drug store; penurious
and exacting to the last degree, con-
stantly upbraiding her, till her nerves
have been unstrung.
In the amended petition she AYERS
that she has for a long time been af-
f1icted with a disease, and that his
persistence in a certain regard has so
shattered her nervous system and
wrecked her that her general health
Is interfered with. That, thereupon,
she has been caused to harbor an in
tense loathing and dislike for her hus-
band, which, though she earnestly en-
deavored, she cannot overcome and
get rid of and that she cannot live
with him except to endanger her
health. She, therefore, asks for divorce,
reasonable alimony and that her maid
en- name. Lolita c. Carter. be restored.
The answer filed simply denies the
allegation of cruelty and any grounds
fora divorce. James c. Tallman, Esq,
appeared for Mrs. Arnold, and j. c..
Weems, Esq, for defendant, Chas. Ar
mold. After reading the amended pc
tition Counsellors Tallman first called
Mrs. Arnold.
Mrs. Lolita c. Arnold's Testimony.
"We married June 5, 1898. First
met Charles Arnold in California in
July, 1897, when Christian Endeavor
excursion took place. My family con-
sisted of myself and mother. | was %
years and six months old when mar
ried, at Delaware, Ohio, on June IS,
1898; ten days after marriage moved
to Bellaire, Ohio, and lived there ever
since, There, the family were Mr.. Ar
mold, my mother and myself, and there
was an understanding that mother
should live with me, and the home
was bought with mothers money.
That is all the property she has. She
placed property in my name under
standing she would have a home.
Before mother bought the property
we lived at the Windsor Hotel from
June IS, 1898, till last week in Sep
TENDER or first week in October. The
first disagreement we ever had was
just ten days after we married. He had
refused to order a cab. | ordered it
and by a mishap we were nearly too
late for the train when he carried on
furiously. On the trip to Bellaire from
Delaware, he got off twice and lunch
ed, and / had naught to eat from 6
o'clock in the morning till 6 in the
evening during my bridal tour.
THE first racket he made was about
money, which was the ordinary bur-
den and theme of his grumblings and
~upbraidings. | asked him for SO to go
to Wheeling. He refused. He would
give me $40 on Monday morning with
which to buy everything for the house