The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-23
GRIND TO BEGIN.
Twenty seven Divorce Cases on
the Docket.
Judge Hazen Will Devote Next
Week to Them.
MANY WRONGED WIVES
Majority of the Applicants Are
Women.
Causes Vary Over the Entire
Limits of Statute.

/ tf1ct court will begin grinding on next
| Monday morning. The grist of unhap-
by couples numbers q.
There are Is cases on the docket to be
disposed of Monday and Judge Hazen
win be kept busy severing the holy
bonds of matrimony on that day. OF
| the q cases 15 are brought by abused
wives and IL are brought by hus-
bands who have found double blessed
ness burden on account of all kinds
| of causes from desertion to being stab
| bed by their wives with razors. On
| Monday the court will start off with
! Alice Leslie, who has asked the court
| to separate her from her husband, Ed
mon Leslie, because they have quarrel
| led constantly since about three weeks
after they were married at Strong City
in February, 1898.
Lizzie Robb wants a divorce from
Edgar Robb, whom she says in her pc
tition she agreed to live with as a duti-
full wife some time about 1892. She
claims that he has been cruel to her
and has called her bad names. He has
on several occasions struck her. she
says, so she wants to leave him for
ever and she wants the horses and wa
CONS he owns divided between them.
Mary n. ]. Warren has requested the
court to grant her a separation from
Asa ]. Warren whom she married at
Tecumseh August, 1898. because Asa
abandoned her last year. She owned
seven lots in the town of Tecumseh be-
fore her marriage and she wants them
given to her.
Jennie May Mitchell has requested
the court to legally free her from
Calvin Mitchell because she has been
i'll treated since they We're married, Oc-
tober II, 1900. She says Calvin is a
man of violent temper and has threat
ened to kill her. She asks to have her
maiden name of Jennie May Douglass
restored.
c. L. Spendlove wants divorce from
Irene Spendlove because Irene seemed
to love another man. He says he has
given Irene all the household furniture
and all he wants is a divorce.
Lima w. Bayless wishes a divorce
from ". c. Bayless whom she married
in 1898. She says her husband has been
cruel and has struck and beaten her.
She wants the farm property owned by
Mr.. Bayless to net her some alimony
Mary Schauer wants legal separation
from Rudolph Schauer whom she mar
ried in 1869 in Switzerland because of
extreme cruelty and non support She
says that on March 1e he struck her a
blow on her head.
Clara E Jackson has asked for a di-
vorce from Joseph L. Jackson, whom
she married at Cherryvale in 1880 be-
cause he has struck, spit upon, beat
cursed, abused, villifed, assaulted and
threatened to kill her, and beaten and
choked her until the same became too
grievous to be longer borne
Matte Ewing married John Ewing in |
1881 and now wants a divorce because |
he has beat her with his fists and |
called her names, threatened to destroy |
the household furniture and has neg |
1ected her.
b. It. White has asked for a divorce |
from Eldora E. White. whom he mar |
ried at Wamego in 1897 because she has |
been cruel and has neglected him and |
left him.
On Monday Judge Hazen will hear |
the story of s. E. Brown, who wants a |
divorce from Francis Brown whom she |
married at Tecumseh in 1869, because /
he has abandoned her without just /
cause
Carrie Russell will plead for separ-
alton from 3. o. Russell whom she |
married in Topeka in 1898, because for
four years he has been cruel toward her
and has been under the influence of Ii
quor for the past year. She asks for
the custody of the only child, Ralph
Russell.
bonds of matrimony between himself
and Nevada Cornish be severed. They
were married in 1895, she has deserted
him without sufficient cause.
William Meyer has asked for a divorce
from Kate Meyer whom he married in
St Louis 25 years ago. He says Kate
drove him away from his home in ST.
Louis and used very bad language
and he went back to live with her once
more and gave her his wages every week
and that she let her brother use the
money while he, William, the husband, |
got but little spending money Then
his wife called him lazy, drunken and
worthless and then he left her for ever
and come to Kansas.
Eliza Link wishes legal separation
from William Link because the defend
ant has grossly neglected her since they
were married in 1894. and last May
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he has in the bank held by the court
until alimony is allowed.
Henry Spalding has asked for a d.
vOrce from Mary Spalding because Mary |
would brandish the family razor. They
were married in May, 1898 and in April,
1900, he says at about the corner OF
Fourteenth and Washington streets in
the city OF Topeka defendant attacked
plaintiff with a razor and cut the plain
tiff in the side with said razor, cutting
through the plaintiffs clothing and cut
ting a cash in the plaintiffs side one
foot in length That said cash was so
long it required IS stitches to take the
same up. The plaintiff was thereby in
capacitated from labor for a consider
able. period of time They separated
for time and then lived together in
Kansas City despite the cash and the Is
spalding gave Mrs. Spalding So to buy
clothes and she took the money and dis
appeared.
from Jesse Deveer because he has been
guilty OF gross neglect of duty and
knocked her down and called her bad
names.
William Garrett asks for a divorce
from Hattie Garrett because for 5 years
Hattie has continually abandoned him.
They were married in Topeka in 1883.
Annie Hyatt asks for divorce from /
David K. Hyatt whom she married in
August 1899, because he has failed to
furnish her wearing apparel and has
been abusive to her.
On q Wi
he story of Maggie NJ. Maze who wants
divorce from Auta E. Maze whom she
married in 1895. She says he has been |