Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-03-24
CODY LOST HIS SUIT
Buffalo Bill's'' Partner a Good
Mother and True Wife.
HIS TROUBLE LIQUOR, NOT POISON
h UnhappIness Was Caused by Ac-
lions of Ex-hunter and Scout, as
shown by Letter From Daugh-
ter Aria Before Her Death.

shown by Letter From Daugh-
ter Aria Before Her Death.
SHERIDAN, Wyo., March 24-"Buf-
falo Bilf' Colonel William +. Cody has
lost his suit here for divorce from
Louisa Cody, Judge Il. II. Scott of the
district court deciding that charges of
attempts on the part of Mrs. Cody to
poison her husband and other alleSa-
tons had not been proved.
Judge Scott asserted that the testi-
mony showed that Mrs. Cody had al
ways been a good mother and Il fond
and indulgent wife.
Judge Scott in his opinion said:
THE law of the state Ices not make
tncompatibility a ground for divorce,
but it does read that extreme cruelty
rendering the condition of either party
to the marriage contract intolerable Is
sufficient grounds to allow the granting
Of a decree.
The first cause of action in this case
Is the charge of poisoning on Dec. 26,
1900, or some time prior thereto. The
evidence wholly fails to support this
issue, but shows the defendant was
trying TO rescue the plaintiff from a
state of intoXication and administered
not poison, but remedies which she
deemed beneficial 10 him. His inabili-
ty TO speak on this occasion did not
come from these remedies, but came
from his extensive use of i~ntoXlcants
at the banquet board and was as hu-
initiating 10 the defendant as to the
plaintiff.
"'The unhappiness caused by the ac-
tons of the plaintiff is shown by the
letter of their daughter. Arta Thorpe,
whose beautiful character shone out
from her unhappy home in h words
Of her letter written just before her
death:
"'Oh. papa. why did he do it? My
heart is just broken over it. Oh, why
lid he do itT"
Judge Scott also found that the
charge Of ~unbecoming actions on the
part of the defendant toward the colo
nel's guests was not proved, that there
was no evidence that she had even
threatened her husbands life and that
With hlltIlNiIiS IN iNh w NJ
laughter. Arta, at Rochester, n. V.
in February, 1904, she offered Il prema-
nent reconciliation and no answer ever
came to this.
"She was an Overindulgent mother
and wife, who always took pride in his
success and always looked forward to
his home coming and made great
~ n Vn tiAnG IN rnnniTn him - san
Judge Scott. "She entertained his
guests with cordially. She did not
use profane language. h poisoning
Of his pet dog was accidental. She
never spoke disrespectfully of him to
his friends or guests. She always &C
fcompanied him to the depot on his de-
.IDarture and was there to receive him
on his return. In her home she has
A large statue of him in the hall; in
her bedroom she has his portrait, done
by Il famous painter; on her stand she
las his photograph, and the dishes she
used were souvenir ones stamped or
etched with his portrait. Such, in
brief, is the character and conduct of
Mrs. Cody extending over a long period
of her married life.
I'm return for this wifely devotion
the plaintiff has been cruel TO her
and heaped %indignities upon her. Even
If it were true hat the defendant had
at times been impatient with him and
such impatiencc has been considered
an indignity, it is also true that she
mas had much to contend with.
There are some allegations in the
answer that are not sustained by the
evidence. From the evidence it does
not appear that the plaintiff was so
addicted to gambling as to impair his
business abilities or trustworthiness.
He did not use intoxicating liquor
IN such quantities as to interfere with
Tho rrn~nenntfnn Of his hnSinpSs