The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-09
FAMILY QJARRELS AIRED
EMMA AND WILLIAM BAKER CAN
NOT LIVE HAPPILY TO-
GETHER
CHARGES MADE AND DENIED
Wife Alleges Cruelty and Husband
Contends She Deserted HIS Bed
and BOarG-BOth Want
Children

Judge Lewis in the district court at
special term yesterday heard testimony
In the divorce case of Emma Baker
against William Baker. The matter
came up on an application Of the plain
tiff for the custody Of the two children.
for $25 attorneys fees and for 80 ner
month alimony during tne tendency of
this suit. The application was warmly
contested by Mr.. Baker through his
attorney, J. M. Hawthorne, while on the
ether hand, A. G. Briggs was Just as
active in arguing the case Of the plain
TIM After listening to tho arguments
and the reading of several affidavitx by
Mr. Hawthorne, Judge Lewis took the
matter Of attorneys fees and alimony
under consider alton, and issued an order
giving the custody of the children to the
defendant while the suit is pending.
They were married IN St. Paul on Oct.
l. 1890, and her maiden name was Emma
Young. The plaintiff is twenty-nine
years old and the defendant thirty-four
In her complaint she charges cruel and
inhuman treatment and cites an instance
where she alleges that he beat ano
choked her.
On the other hand, In the answer and
affidavits filed by Mr.. Baker, he alleges
that at one time, she went to Spokane,
Wash, and remained away fer over
seven months. While she was awav he
mother, Mrs. w. H. Baker, at SOL St
Peter street and took the best OF care
of them. Continuing he says, that ne
cent them to school and also to Sunday
school ait the Central Presbyterian
church. This was not all, however, for
according to Mr.. Baker in his afridayIts
when his wife came back she got Dos
session of all letters she had written to
her husband and destroyed them The
defendant also alleges that while sne
was in Spokane she posed as a single
woman, and went under the name of
Dorothy Baker. When she came bach
she told her husband that he had been
good to her, but she did not love MIN
any longer and wanted to go back to
Spokane. The defendant also alleges
that she deserted MIN on April last
On May 9 last, he alleges, that she
took their eight-year- old boy to her SIS
ter's, and that he went after the boy
She refused to give the boy up and he
pushed her aside and took possession
of their son. He denies that he struch
her and choked her as she charges in
the complaint. He alleges, moreover
that he has been a dutiful and kind
husband, turning over to his wife all
but IS of his salary every month, and
that he frequently helped her in her
household duties. Another serious charge
that he makes against tine plaintiff Is
that she frequently used to swear at
the children and would numerically beat
them.
In arguing the case yesterday Attorney
Hawthorne, for the defendant, commended
that the plaintiff was not entitled to get
slimony or attorneys fees pending the
litigation on the ground that she had
deserted him, and that the defendant
cannot be compelled to support his wife
when she has left his bed and board
against his wishes.
The plaintiff Is suing for separation,
not an absolute divorce.