Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-09-06
A Divorce Case.

This Is the first notice of the kind
that has been served on me or any
of my ancestry for fourteen hun
bred years. This unfortunate
woman went to Minnesota fifteen
years ago, to her sister-in.law's,
Dorcas Morris. She had a baby
one year old. I hired her as a
housekeeper on my farm. Ofcourse
coming to her sister-in-law's I
thought she was all right or they
wouldnot recognize her. The Nor
ris woman and my wife said her man
was dead. ] married her on my farm.
Afterwards learned my wife's man
was alive and alsoD orcas Morris was
FIVE years In Marietta with Ange-
roma, notorious woman. Also my
wife and husband had parted three
years before this baby was born. In
three years he got divorce In Ma
rietta from my wife, by showing
she was a very bad woman. One
year after I married her we had a
boy. He Is here now. My wife
ran away and left that baby when
five months old with me on my
farm for two weeks. She was
nursing him then on her bosom.
I took her back then. When my
boy was four years old she ran off.
Five weeks after baby got sick, I
sen latter a doctor, he came and
she came with him.. When the
doctor left she went off with him
although the child was very sick.
This Doctors wife left him for
catching him In bed with the hired
girl. Afterwards I took Ter back.
I let her stay. Alas, the following
March she skipped out on a Fri
day. Went to Bellaire to her
brother, Frank Mason. On Satur.
day she advertised under a fictitious
name for q widowers home. On
Sunday coal digger came from
st. Clare and took her out for two
months. After this I took her
back she has been away entirely
for the last FIVE years. After I
married her I sent after her niece
to Marietta with thirty dollars.
This girl the first year cost me one
hundred and eight dollars. I can't
blame my wife for what She has
done. She had FIVE brothers they
have been In the pen, none of them
but have left their families and
kept bad houses.
After sold I came to Parkers-
burg from Minnesota. Eight years
ago I came to Sistersville and have
lived here since. After I got work
here I sent after my family to Par
kersburg. She would not come. I
went down and told her If she did
not come I would take my boy.
She said If I gave her a pug dog I
brought from Minnesota I could
take my boy. l did so.
This was In the spring. She was
kept on till Christmas by that man,
Dickinson, under the trestle 60
Ing into Parkersburg. I suppose
he got tired of her. She wrote me
at Christmas she would come If I
would send Nellie money to pay
her way here she could spend
Christmas with Johnny and me. /
sent the money as Johnny wished
to see his little sister.
You must remember she always
abandoned Johnny until he was
twelve years old. Now he can earn
something for her. Our school
board helped me to get her to have
him go to school, but last year, OF
course. I bought all books and
other necessaries and always his
clother.
1t Is very painful for me to write
this but you see I had to do 1t to do
myself justice.
I could write a hundred blacker
charges against her If wanted to.
The last mayor of this city In my
absence gave my child to that rep.
rebate, that never cared for him
until after he could help her. So
then l expect the present mayor
will give my child to me. Do with
me as you would wish to be done
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