Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-18
j. NJ. Carmean Will Bring Ac-
ton For Divorce Against His
Wife, Leonora Carmean
HUs1AND TELLS A SAD STORY
Considers Wife Was in the Power Of
Oscar Carmean, and That She Could
Not Resist His Evil Influence = At
tempted Suicide to End Her Life -
confesses All Before Departing

j. M. Carmean, Il farmer residing
on the old Scott place. four miles
southeast of the city, WILL within a
few days, file suit in the district
court asking divorce from his Wife,
Leonora Carmean, on the ground of
adultery. Mr. Carmean tells a sad story
of wrecked home which has come
about thru the evil influences OF his
own cousin. Oscar Carmean, whom
he will name as correspondent. While
he blames his wife for her actions, he
does not consider that She is alone
to blame, for he believes that were it
possible she would throw aside her
foolish love. Mrs. Carmean, SO the
husband claims, is completely within
The power OF his cousin, whom he had
trusted with his vile, III MS own home,
as tho they might have been brother
and sister.
Suspecting for some time that all
was not right between young Carmean
and Mrs. Carmean Mr.. Carmean fin
ally wrung from his wife confession,
which has ended in u. separation and
Mrs. Carmean leaving for Peoria, Ill.,,
ostensibly on u visit. Mr.. Carmean,
however, says that she is not coming
back, and that Mrs. Carmean states
that Oscar Carmean took the same
train out of this city tor the south.
Mrs. Carmean, however, says that she
did not know her husbands cousin was
on the train until after the train had
passed Dillon.
Thinks She Has Gone to Stay.
Mr.. Carmean has every reason to
believe, from what he has heard from
his wife by letter since she left for
Peoria, that she has no thought of re-
turning. Mr.. Carmean had a mutual
understanding with his wife before she
left, and gave her $500 in drafts and
cash, $500 more than she had asked for.
When Mrs. Carmean went to the sta
ton her husband thought he saw his
cousin at the depot, but was not sure,
as the latter avoided him. Later, how
ever, according to his statement, Mrs.
Carmean admitted that he had taken
the same train out OF here.
Wife Had Attempted Suicide.
Mr.. Carmean's belief that his wife
would have shaken herself Of her in
truding lover had she been sufficiently
self willed is based on the fact that she
attempted to end her troubles by tax
ing her own life on Christmas day.
Laudanum was swallowed by the wom
an, who, fearing that the poison would
not do its work, covered her face with
llyN hi af cnf1 I'D W. n n.
form. She became violently ill and
vomited, throwing most of the poison
from her stomach. Mr. Carmean says
that his wife later confessed to him
that Oscar Carmean had threatened
to take her life, as we'll as his own,
with revolver if she did not consent
within few hours to leave with him,
and that she, rather than desert her
husband and daughter, determined to
die. This was the second attempt Mrs.
Carmean had made, according to the
husband, to end her life, as once be-
fore she took chloroform.
Mrs. Carmean is quite a progresses
ing young woman, and will be 35 years
of age March 5 next. Her maiden
name was Webb, her home was in ma
homst ILL.,, where Mr.. Carmean married
her about sixteen years ago. The wom-
an has one daughter, Hetta, now 10
years of age. Oscar Carmean, the
young man whom j. M. Carmean ac-
cuses of wrecking his home, is only "a
years of age. He is a double cousin
of Mr. Carmean, their fathers, who
we're brothers, having married sisters.
Young Carmean worked for his cousin
during the year 1904, and also worked
during the corn picking season last
fall, living at the Carmean home.
Mr.. Carmean is making preparations
to remove to this city, in order that
his daughter may have the advantages
Of a better schooling.