Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-05
CAST OUT WITH CHICKENS
Wife of Nearly Thirty Years Sends
Frederick ScheuIer to the
Poorhouse
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald
DENVER, Nov. 4.-After twenty
eight years of married life, the past
few years of which have been spent in
litigation with his wife, Frederick
Scheuler is a feeble, pennileSS, aged
outcast. Turned out of his home by
his wife through processes of law, his
scanty wardrobe thrown into the
streets, the chickens from which he re-
ceived his last source Of revenue, upon
which he was meagerly maintained,
driven away and scattered with the
winds, he has made an individual ap-
peal to Judge Mullins for relief. But
the Judge, whose duty it is to admin
lister the cold letter of the law and
not to warp it so as to season it with
mercy against the legal rights Of one
for the charity of the other, could only
listen to the old mans story in silence
and tell him to go his way unaided.
The decision which was the final un-
doing of the old man was rendered by
Judge Mullins the first of the week,
which gave the wife, Mrs. Catherine
Scheuler, the little home occupied by
him in the suburbs of Denver as a
chicken ranch. Immediately after the
decision the wife went upon the prem
ises and took possession. She gathered
together her husbands few effects and
threw them into the road in front of
the place, and then made war upon the
chickens. With a broom and missiles
of every description, according to
Scheuler's attorneys statement, she
chased them to the four winds, and
they, like their former owner, are out
casts and a prey to the elements and
the wild animals of the surrounding
hills.
The last suit involved the little
chicken ranch In an unlawful detainer
action. A number of years ago Mrs.
Scheuler brought suit against her hus-
compatibility of temper. In this she
failed. But the attorney for Scheuler
claims the court enormously entered a
decree against the husband for ali
mony, thinking a divorce had been
granted. He maintains that alimony
can only be given where a divorce is
granted. Anyway, he says that after
the old man by gardening and selling
eggs and spring chickens had paid ali
mony under the order for more than
a year, he was taken sick and fell be-
hind.
He states that the wife permitted the
debt to accumulate without making an
effort to collect until it amounted to
a large sum. She then obtained an ex-
ecution against her husband, and the
sheriff levied on the chicken ranch
property. He sold it, and the wife be-
came the purchaser. The old man had
no place to go and refused to walk out
upon the common. Mrs. Scheuler then
brought suit of unlawful detainer.
They fought it out from justice court
to county court and then appealed to
the district court where Judge Mullins
has rendered final decree against the
old man.
Without a dollar to his name, un-
able to appeal the case further or pay
attorneys fees, he was Informed by
his attorney that there was nothing
else to be done. 1t was then that
Scheuler went for a last appeal to
Judge Mullins.
II guess 1 will have to go to the poor
farm" said the old man, as he feebly
plodded across the court yard and
down the street, without dollar or a
friend to his name