The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-02-23
The DOC" Scott Case.


ing to get the decree of divorce-which
the old Gus fraudulently secured-set
aside so that she may get the pension to
which he is justly entitled.
THE records of the district court"
says the State journal, were consulted
and the following ascertained:
tom J. Scott filed suit for "a divorce
from Kate Scott in the spring of 1899.
He stated in the petition that he had
married her November IA, 1887, at
Wlnterset, Iowa, but that the wife
abandoned him in March, 1897, and in
spite of the fact that he had written to
her time and again and invited her to
return to him she refused to do so. The
alleged answer of the wife was filed in
which all of the allegations set forth in
Scott's petition We're denied and the
wife claimed that the husband sent her
| away from home; that she wanted to re-
turn but that he would not send her the
wherewith to do so; that she has good
defense and is ready to prove that
everything she states is true.
Commenting on the case the State
journal says:
Scott swore in his petition that he
had been a resident of the state for a
year when, if the statements made in
the attorneys letters are true, the
plaintiff perjured himself. Can a de-
cree obtained by fraud by husband
now dead be set aside by the court?
1t would seem SO. Mrs. Scott must
have the decree set aside in order to
obtain widows pension, and the only
way in which she can go about it, it
would seem, is to come to Leayen-
worth and prove to Judge Fitzpatrick
that her husband had not been resi-
dent OF the state for a year and that
furthermore the answer alleged to have
been filed by her was not authorized by.
her.
IF Scott had lived with the woman in
Kansas after obtaining decree of di-
vorce and had introduced her as his
wife after he had obtained such decree,
he, by common law, was her lawful hus-
band and she is entitled to the pension
even though he had divorce decree in
his pocket, but just what the laws of
Iowa are in this regard is not known.
"Why Scott should get decree from
his wife and then return and live the
remainder of his natural life with her is
peculiar move on his part unless he
repented his action and thought, by
hiding the decree, the former wife
would still be his wife and nothing
would be heard of it.
Mrs. Scott, according to the letter,
is in dire circumstances and it would
seem that, if she took care of her di-
vorced husband up to his death and
lived with him as his wife throughout,
she is entitled to his pension even
though he did do a little crooked work"
Fraud Exposed.
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b We notice Professor Eli Hutchinson.
superintendent Of schools in Decatur
County, reported to the January ses-
sion of the board of supervisors that
be had issued certificates as follows:
First class rs; second class 100; third
class 1O1; making total of 227 teachers
in Decatur County only 26 of whom
have first class certificates. it. will be
observed that we have not enough
teachers holding first class certificates
to supply the high schools of the coun-
try. Is it possible that our high
schools are to a large degree being
taught by those whose scholarship does
not enable them to procure first class
certiticates?-Lam Patriot.
1t makes no difference how MANY med
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George and Bert Howell arrived
home late last Friday night from Mon
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journing for several months for the ben
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proving beneficial they were advised to
return home. Bert is none too rugged,
but his spirit is buoyant, and as he
says the SHOWS of Iowa look better to
him than the flowers of California, re-
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content. AT any rate he is home with
mother and nothing that loving hands
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George Britt traded dead COW Civ
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sleigh. Britt told him that, the COW
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self famous with "let her heave, can
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being dead if she had hide on. Britt
guaranteed whole hide or no trade and
they snapped. When dad" went
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medical aid. She was sure enough a
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What's the secret of happy, vigorous
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