La Junta tribune., 1902-02-12
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asehy fers Rssehss's wife Applies Tor
Divorce In osavsr.

meditated. spontaneous and Of
every other kind and degree is
charged by Matte Eleanor Lackey
in her suit for divorce from Rob-
ert L. Lackey, one OF the wealth.
lest farmers in Otero county, says
the Denver Post OF last Sunday.
She has commenced her suit and
secured an injunction under which
he is restrained from disposing Of
his property or leaving the state
until the case is tried.
Mrs. Lackey IN complaining Of
her husband says that he has been
guilty OF extreme and repeated
acts OF cruelty. consisting of the
inf1iction of both mental and bodily
suffering upon her. Two months
after their marriage he began with
out provocation to quarrel, scold,
upbraid and 6nd fault with her,
accused her Of marrying him for
his money, and finding fault be-
cause she did not work enough or
do the family washing. Then he
commenced to humilate her by
calling her Ignorant" "a lazy
thing, ga good-for-nothing," "a
no account" "a spendthrift." and
other names, she asserts. Then
he grew worse and told her "she
never had any thing" and .'did not
know how to take care of any
thing" and that he only married
her to have a honsekeeper.
In April Of last year he beat her
over the head with his fists, badly
bruising it, and when she ran M,
to a bedroom he followed her and
waving an open razor over her
head dared her to say a word or
attempt to move out Of the room.
She says she believes he would
have cut her with the razor if she
had said word.
The next time Mr.. and Mrs.
Lackey came together broke all
previous records. He commenced
by pinching the muscle of her
right arm until it was black and
blue. Then he threw her against
the wall with great violence, drew
her away and threw her back again
and repeated this until she was in
a faintinR condition, when he let
her 60 and struck her q fearful
blow on the mouth with his fist.
Lackey had three children by a
previous marriage and he urged
these children on to annoy their
step-mother, telling them to call
her any and all names that they
saw fit and daring her to touch
them. Under this encouragement
they called her ''lazy-good-for-
nothing" and saying "you ought
to do the work, papa hired you to
work and gives you what you eat
and wear" and "Papa says that
he got you to gather up our things
that we throw around
Mrs. Lackey says she was rear
ed in Methodist church, but that
her husband opposed her church
going and refused to permit her to
drive bis horses to church, saying
he did not want his horses dis.
graced by going to Methodist
church. He would not lie, her
take his children to Sunday school
saying that it was the "devil's
workshop"
On October 4th she left him and
came to Denver, but he promised
to be good and she went back on
November sd to his farm in Otero
county. She discovered, though,
that this was only "bluff" and
within a week he commenced to
annoy her again.
On December 16. 1901, he flew
into rage, grabbed her with all
her clothes and her shoes on and
threw her into bed and kept her
there all night, absolutely refusing
to permit her to undress or take
her shoes off or to even give her
drink Of water, although she
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