The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-16

cause of action is not brought through
collision on the part of either plaintiff
or defendant.
Therefore plaintiff prays that he may
be divorced from defendant and have
such other and further relief as may
be just and equitable
Mrs Cody tells a. story unique among
divorce court answers. She AYERS that
her husbands extreme desire for male
heir is inducing him to force upon her
the role of a Josephine, which she will
fight to the end. She said today:
L know there is a young woman
whom he has been taking around the
country for several years, and VINO, L
understand, is now in Washington.
Whether he expects to marry her, do
not know But I do know that he can
cast me off in this manner l shall
fight to protect my name lie ShaIl not
have a divorce"
Mrs. Cody is a Roman Catholic, and
on that account will not ask for a oil
vorce-
Il wouldn't do it anyway" she said.
I would not please the people who are
putting him up to this business one
of these is his sister, whose huspaaH
runs the wyoming ranch and lives on
the colonel. She isn't satisfied Win
what she is getting, and thinks that IL
she could be rid of me she would get
more. She has done her worst Tor years
to separate US, and at last she mas
talked him into It.
.s1The charges he makes are absurd
and he cannot substantiate them
suppose he imagined that L would lel
the matter go without contesl, put Il
will not rest under such injustice II
necessary in order to defend myse!I. L
will tell the court of all the lndignlties
which I have patiently suffered lor
years. ..,..4,lz
that story Of attempted poisoning. Ihere
isn't the senlblance of foundation TOT u,
Moreover, he says that II occuIreu u
North Platte. As matter oL i ael, % %
the day he names we were visiting III
Rochester. n. Y. where our children
Regarding the charge that I have
refused to entertain ms Irl !' .',1 &c
admit that on some OCCASIONS nav nav,
done SO. But it was always under .sucn
circumstances that wouldu colnpel any
self-respecting wife to. enter protest. l
have always been giad 70 ~
guests when they were respectaple pee
10 N, behaved themselves decently-
But 1 have at times opJec1eo 70 InS
character of some of the persons ne ndu
brought here and to tne coluue' % +,ai,,
ers who were respecta bic as Tar as tneI
renutation and standing were concern
"a WHY. I have had these rooms plled
with drunken men, stretched out on the
floor. auckland while
an orgie was in progress Due reilioii-
strated when he became c'oIonel Cody has
In all his trips aDIodu OptO0A ' -
never taken his VIE, -. % +,1-o mo n
~ bo1-e often asked him 10 take me 70
nay I, ~ said. but he always had
E excuse for not doing so. He usu-
ally could AFFORD to 6 5sk was soP pTe 4yhe eTpen
man - Qiie 80 81 hin $4,000 to get out of his
sl l.s+es,,,sieroent with that Catherine Glenn
entS, ISL lhS g .lSIess with money she said,
and felt that could best h bel pi1 lT tb by
nursing our investments he &c t9aned overs sl
hi nne1 to ion me to buy property he said.
You hang to this t e9e Come "f to m Roy
n ma ASK a. Won to mortgage it, don't you
do it, " 7xy-o,,,iney a can,
Re IS guilty Of the offenses charged by
Z ~ 2. ,.,- cruel and guilty of
d 1lrl ness and statutory offenses.