The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-01-29
XANTIPPE
THREW POI BOWLS
STIRRING TIMES IN A WAIALUA
HOUSEHOLD AS DESCRIBED in
THE cox DIVORCE COMPLAINT.

According to a divorce complaint fill
ed by Andrew Cox against Annie N.
Cox, he succeeded in taking as a wife
8 Waialua Xantippe who had temper
that made things hum for a household
of six persons. She threw poi bowls,
dishes and knives, used a stick on An
drew and administered tongue-lashings
to his friends and relatives such as
finally drove them all away. Cox was
finally driven out too and he left his
home to Xantippe, seeking refuge else
where
Cox's complaint, filed by c. w. Ash
ford, says that he married the libelle in
1890, and charges extreme cruelty. In
addition to striking and abusing him
and abusing everyone else, the libellee,
says the complaint, also assaulted and
abused servants, so that Cox could not
keep any. He says that she has such
a bad temper that he cannot live with
her. The complaint alleges the follow
ing:
THAT at the time of his marriage
this ltbellant had a comfortable home
in the village of Waialua, on said ISL
and, where libellant's mother, two sis
ters, one brother, and the husband of
one of his sisters lived with libellant-
and that he took his wife to said home
Immediately upon being so married.
That the temper and disposition Of
said lebellee soon became so bad as
manifested by her abuse of, and her
application of insulting and filthy cpl
thets to other members of libellant's
said family and household, that it be-
came unbearable to the mother of libel
liant, who was thereby forced to leave
libellant's homeland libellant was sub
jected to the insult and humiliation Of
seeing his said mother, and his said sis
ters habitually abused and insulted by
said libellee, without the power to pro-
tect them save by their leaving their
home.
That with the passing of time the
hope entertained by libellant that the
temper and disposition of libellee would
improve with more mature years was
disappointed-for instead of improving,
libellant's manipulation of a sour, Bit
ter, Jealous and abusive temperament
Increased both in frequency and in the
triviality of the occasions which called
them forth; and the libellant's home
was soon made uncomfortable to each
member of his said family, except him
self and libellee, all because of the I'M
governable and vicious temper of libel
lee.
That for several years next preced-
ing the cessation of marital relations
between libellant and libellee, as here
matter set forth-it was habitual with
libellee to apply to libellant filthy, in
decent and insulting epithets,-too Ale
thy to be here written down, and this
in the hearing of the neighbors Of the
parties hereto and it was habitual
with libellee to assault and strike libel
liant, without provocation from him;
and on many occasions during said per-
iod, while in fits of ungovernable rage,
libellee has attacked libellant with a
stick, and with a knife, and with any
other weapon upon which she could lay
hands at the instant, and has thrown
many and dangerous missiles at libel
lant including knives, plates, poi
bowls and other varieties Of crOekery
and household utensils.
That because of the conduct of said
libellee, about three years since the
libellant found it impossible to longer
occupy the same house and home with
libellee and, against his will and in or
der to preserve his health and peace OF
mind, and to avoid the domestic con-
tentions into which the vicious temper
of libellee had plunged and kept his
household, libellant withdrew and re-
moved from his said home and sought
another home in Waialua, leaving his
said wife in the possession of his said
former home, wherein he has ever since
maintained her and has furnished her
with all the necessaries Of life"
Another divorce asked on the ground
Of cruelty is prayed for by Kelakea
Hook Sang, from Hook Sang. The IL
bellant says that she was beaten by the
libellee and was deserted in 1902. She
says the plaintiff is making 500 a
month and asks permanent alimony.
Frank Andrade is her attorney.