The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-21
AGED HUSBAND
CRIES IN COURT,
Bante Marital Infelicities Related
by the Complainant at Trial
in Clayton.
CHILDREN AMONG WITNESSES.
Will Testify for Both Parents
Judge Mckinney Grants Di-
yorces to Seven Other
Couples.
CHILDREN AMONG WITNESSES.

Aged Louis Bante, who Is suing his wife,
Charlotte Bante, for divorce in the Clayton
Circuit Court, wept while relating some OF
his marital experiences on the witness
stand yesterday.
MI. and Mrs. Bante are among the best
known persons in Baldwin, st. Louis Coun-
ty and lived together thirty-five years be-
fore the old husband decided to ask the
court to annul the ceremony that had been
celebrated by a silver wedding ten years
previous. This same silver jubilee plays a
part in the testimony introduced yesterday
by the husband.
More than forty witnesses have been sum-
moned to testify in the case. On the stand
yesterday Mr.. Bante. between sobs, told the
wrongs to which, he says. he has
been subjected. On one occasion he de-
clared his wife armed herself with a BUTCH
er knife. revolver and ak, to prevent his
entry to one Of the rooms of the house. He
complained that meat cooked for him ap-
peared on the table badly burned many
times. and he was forced to go to q hotel
for something, to eat.
Prior to their silver wedding celebration
he stated that he requested his friends not
to purchase presents for him, but to be
prepared to contribute to a collection that
would be taken up for the Deaconess Home.
When the collection was started, he says,
his wife accused him before all the guests
Of an Interior motive.
Some Of the children testified yesterday
afternoon for their father, and others will
be put on the stand to-day for their mother.
allegations equally as strong as those OF
her husbands. She asks for alimony In
gross. Their are two minor children, and
both ntigants are contesting for their Gus
tody.
Judge McElhinney granted DEGREES In
seven other divorce cases yesterday. MAUI,
da F.. Payne was DIVORCED for the second
were first married in 1892. and were remar-
ried in 1896. Mrs. Payne alleged that her
husband drove her from his home October
first wife to treat her with disrespect. She
was granted the custody OF her two small
daughters.
Bluford Atterbury was granted a divorce
from Irene Atterbury on the charge Of de-
sertion. They were married March 5, 1881,
at Hillsboro. ILL.,. and separated in Septem-
William J: D.. Mccarter vas given q legal
cause she refused to cook for him. Their
R RarEfe s, us U.s., T 70 N sT1s1: iast Il, 1857 Sni' A ia1%
HOFFMAN, was divorced from Otto C. Hon-
nan because he threatened to shoot her.
a Tnss were xas,,1 married. y isa, NAY Hsr 2 maiden asSSs and nsm SEP of
Fritz was restored. Annie o. Armstrong
who married Hugh Armstrong November Is,
-1s1. n separated from him August, 1885,,
was granted q divorce on q charge of nom
support and abandonment. Lille NJ. Hun
tington was divorced from w. D. Hunting
ton or a charge of %indignities. They were
separate u February 81, nSsls e. e o 49,. she hss'' W aaa
awarded the custody of her child and her
maiden name Of Kincaid restored.
Telltale letters were found under the car
pet in his wife's room by Joseph Calvin to
his wife. Ellen. signed j.. H. McQueeney.
Calvin told Judge Mckinney their con-
tents were suspicious, and was granted q
divorce and the custody Of his 6-year-old
daughter. The couple lived together from
1890 to 1899.