Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-02-27
TIE VAUGHN CASE SETTLED.

The divorce case of Ruby Vaughn
of Elwood township, this county,
VS. Theresa Vaughn of Pratt, came
to sudden close last Thursday
night. The case promised to be
quite sensational as indicated by
Mr.. Vaughn's testimony Thursday
afternoon, but the parties did the
wise thing before the following
morning and came to an agreement.
The plaintiffs petition charged
desertion and he asked for the Gus.
tody of their only child. He testi.
fed that Mrs. Vaughn left his home
and went to Pratt to live with an
uncle and refused to permit him to
see the child until ordered to do so
by the probate court of Pratt coun-
ty and even then mistreated him
when he came to see the boy.
The defendant filed a cross peti-
tion, asking for a divorce and the
custody of the boy. She charged
cruelty. non-support and alleged
that plaintiff called her vile names.
Under the agreement and the or
der of the court, plaintiff is given
divorce and pays costs, excepting
costs already paid by defendant.
Defendant has custody of child
during school months, excepting
at Thanksgiving vacation when
plaintiff has the privilege of taking
the boy to his home. In summer
vacation the father is to have Gus
tody of the child. Each parent
has privilege to visit the boy while
in custody of the other and if either
offers indignities to the other while
so visiting, it will be adjudged
cause for giving complete custody
to the other. Mr.. Vaughn will be
required to clothe the boy and pay
for his school books.
Noble & Tincher of this city rep
resented the plaintiff and Turner
& Crick of Pratt the defendant.
Other matters disposed of were
as follows:
George w. Lott VS. Walter Scott
and others, judgment opened and
hearing set for next term.
F. J. Wadsworth VS. P. D. Cum
ningham, dismissed as to defend
ant Geo. Allen.
Judgment quieting title was
rendered in the following cases:
Cloud VS. D. A. Whitney ct al,
Col. & U. S. Mtg. Co. VS. w. 7.
Neill ct al, K. A. Lane VS. Ambrose
Porter ct al, Peoples State Bank
VS. c. c. Bemis ct al, ]. M. Grouse
VS. Chas. Mosshart ct al, VIM. Gar
land VS. VIM. E. Campbell ct al,
Harmon Sailer VS. John Finnegan
ct al, P. D. Mats VS. |. A. Shedd ct
al, l.. A. Douglass VS. C. A. Cross,
judgment for plaintiff except as to
defendants R. Corliss and Mrs.
c. Hoagland.
Lester White, D. A. Nossaman
and w. H. Holmes were appoint
ed as commissioners to partition
land in case of Daniel T. Rose VS.
James 0. Morris ct al.
F.E. Reed VS. ]. w. McNeal ct
al, judgment of February 10th as
to defendant VIM. Lonker set aside
with leave granted to said defend
ant to disclaim.
The case of State of Kansas VS.
R. S. Bisby was continued until
the Maysterm. A. L. Noble, ,attor.
ney for plaintiff, filed a demur to
the petition on the ground that it
did not state that ]. B. Stockstill.
the petitioner, is a citizen of Bar.
Der county. The demur was sus-
tained and the plaintiff given 20
days to file an amended petition.
MIR. Noble also asked that the pres
ent injunction be dissolved but
Judge Gillett stated that the in
junction would continue in force.
The injunction forbids selling,
keeping for sale or allowing peo-
pie to resort to the Bisby building
for the purpose of drinking intoxi-