The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-03-17
LANCE CHARGES
IN CODY DIVORCE
Hffalo Bill" Alleges That His
Wife Tried TO Kill Him
With Poison.
MAS GENERALLY CRUEL
sHereover, She Wouldn't Entertain th>
Friends He Brought to Their
Home, and So He Asks a
Legal Separation.
GENERALLY CRUEL

reryer, March 16.-Colonel William
HI ("Bufralo Bill") has begun q
suitSfnr divorce in which he charged his
sWtfeY# Louisa Frederci, with
eFneity and an attempt to poison MIN
@pn si3ecember &c, 1900.
TIRE suit was filed in the district u
pf BIG Horn county. Wyoming. on jan
aafS69. Mrs. Cody is 60 years old, ana
AhggfAmous plainsman and Snowman Is
AYE older. They have been mar
REEieasforty years.
In@addition to his charges OF cruelty
AyldaaE attempt to murder, Buffalo Bill
sSays%in his complaint that his marital
relations have been intolerable to him
tssiaGsM his wife's refusal several years
agutp entertain his friends on the
g,odySaranch at North Platte, Neb.
sHgrss@ Cody not only denies her hus-
Nbafiass charges, but will contest the
snif,#haying in preparation now, it is
ssafa,sSn cross-complaint, which Will in
yoige several persons in high social
standing in this country and Europe.
Not Seen Her for Long.
.ssyThiIe the suit of Buffalo Bill for a
sdlvoTGs was q surprise to his friends,
Il ftS HES been known to all Of them that
aiis inarried life has been unhappy for
rsofie@Nears past. Though Mrs. Cody
e has epnstantly resided at North Platte,
~her#husband had not visited her for two
years Eve the death recently Of their
daughter, Mrs. Thorpe, which 1t was
' noppssddssMould finally bring the couple to-
gether, failed to effect a reconciliation
!, 4 rsand Mrs. Cody travelled with the
body OF their daughter from Seattle to
Rochester and then back to Wyoming,
.Witilpat exchanging a word.
W. hesrnarriage OF William F. Cody and
. T3onisa Frederci was a They
meth 1866. Cody was just back from
oOaEhs@hWar Of the rebellion, II Miss
~ Fredsrci was a school girl in st. Louis.
aAShe#Was the daughter of a French eN-
) lie and one of the prettiest girls in the
Nasstsody was riding through st. Louis
y, at8taIeWhead of a party of scout when
G~lheSeanle across a party of young men
: Ealnoyi1lg some school girls. He in
iHs..erfeTsd, sent half a dozen Of the
goiltias Keeling, and escorted pretty
atL4ouisa home. On March 6, 1856, he
to snadeSl1er his wife.
c2asIike all men of the plains, n of
aIhis most pronounced characteristics
Twas gallantry, and his particular COR
eSaiaiiIy@toWard men and women of the
stage has more than once brought hin
BY d tppfominence.
He Helped Kathryn CIemmons.
" @gs He discovered the talents of Miss
~ Kathryn Clemmons, now Mrs. Howard
ea Gould. and it was his money that en-
,abled her to embark upon a starring
fpuT.4
. " lit at n dinner which Buffalo Bill
- d honor of Lulu Glazer that he
- hnfoided @ plan to found a home for
aoperassingers. This plan has never
..slaterialized, out Colonel Cody's regard
! !: sorsnctresses has never abated.
Goincident with the filing of The suit
! fora divorce comes the announcement
= that Buffalo Bill will retire from the
III laowbusiness and spend the remainder
Aap f Ms@days on his big ranch at North