The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-17
Welded TELL THEIR
WOES To- THE COURT
Six Wives and One Husband
Ask to Have Marriage
TIeDissoIved.

Everything. from simple desertion to
attempts to kill, was alleged IN the
half dozen or more divorce cases nled
in the district court yesterday. Drunk
enness was charged by both HUSBANDS
and wives, who appeal to the courts 10
free them from unpleasant alliances.
Nina ]. Scott, who, at the tender age
of fourteen, was married in 1891 to
Archie Scott, twenty years her senior,
wants release from the contract Sne
entered into at that time. During the
twelve years of her married life she
has endured almost everything, accord
ing to the story told by her in her ap-
plication for divorce. She says her
husband came home drunk and drove
her from the house, and for her own
safety she had to seek refuge at the
home Of her neighbors. He threw
scalding water upon her and it was
mere pastime for. him to throw pitch
erS, chairs and dishes at her. She
finally tired of lodging these things
and wants the court to legally sep
arate her from her husband.
Charges Wife With Drunkenness.
In the Bradhag family it is another
story, for here the wife, Paulina, is
charged with being responsible for the
trouble. Her husband, Eugene H. Brad
bag, to whom she was married twenty
y
says she comes home in a beastly state
of intoxication and her desire for liquor
has become such that he no longer de-
sireS to live with her. 1t is charged
that every time she goes out shopping
she returns home in an intoxicated
condition, upon which occasions the
children are the ones to suffer.
Anna Sophia Snyder, who was mar
i ried to Willard w. Snyder, eleven years
ago in st. Paul, has tired of her choice
because, as she states in her prayer for
relief, he drinks heavily and oftentimeS
threatens her life. Upon one occasion,
she says, he came home drunk and Sc
curing large butcher knife, threat
ered to to kill her. He some times re-
mains drunk as long as three weeks at
time and his spreeS seldom last less
man. and according to the story told
by his wife, he. came home less than a
month ago and assaulted her until she
had to call in policeman to protect
her. She is tired of the life and is
willing to give up both her husband
and the name he gave, but she asks the
court to Re permitted to keep the three
children which have been born to them.
Fears Husband Wiz Kill Her.
= Frances Michael, who was married
to August Michael in Germany. in
1879, is another dissatisfied wife. She
says she did not object to running a
boarding house and keeping her hus-
band for number of years, but it was
more than she could stand when he
commenced taking the money from the
house and spending it for drink. For
a long time, she says, she paid the
rent and boarded him, but when he
formed the habit of j throwing the
dishes at her and scratching her she
had him sent to the workhouse, to
which institution he has been num-
Der Of times. She says he is hope
less drunkard, and she wants to be rid
of him. Mrs.. Michael fears her hus
band will carry out his threat to shoot
her, which he said he would do If she
applied fora divorce, so she applied
to Judge Orr for an order of the court
restraining him from In any manner
interfering with or assaulting her. The
order was granted, after which the suit
for divorce was filed.
s. Mrs. Anna Probst has been married
to Benjamin Probst but eight months,
yet she is satisfied that she has had
enough of married life, and the court
is asked to grant her a divorce. Six
weeks after Mr.. Probst led her to the
altar she had him arrested for nom
support, but the case was later dis
missed, when he agreed to care for
her down and kicked her, and she
wants to leave him.
Desertion is the charge made by
Mrs. Lizzie Casteel against John Cas-
teel, whose wife she became at Des
Moines, Iowa, in 1896. Her husband
still lives at Des Moines, but Mrs. Cas-
teel has lived in st. Paul the necessary
year, and her suit for divorce is
brought in this county. She is tired
of her husbands method of living away
from her and wants to be relieved of
him and his name She asks the court
to restore to her the name Of Wood
cock, which she bore before she met
Mr.. Casteel
Mrs. Hannah S. Zimmers is another
divorce courts at the October term.
She was married to Henry J. Zimmers
ten years ago, but she ayers that he
has deserted her. and asks for a d.