The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-04
Mrs. Herbert Armstrong Brings
Action i'm Lawrence.
Technical Grounds Extreme
Cruelty and IncOmpatibility.
WILL BE NO CONTEST.
Granting of Decree Is Expected
Soon.
Couple Members Of Ultra Smart
Set in Topeka.

Word was received here today from
Lawrence, Kan, to the effect that
Mrs. Isabel Roberts Armstrong has
brought a suit for an absolute divorce
from Herbert l.. Armstrong, of this
city. 1t is believed that the matter
will be finally adjudicated in the dis
trict court at Lawrence some time thia
afternoon
Mr.. Armstrong is the deputy clerk
of the supreme court of the state and
is one of the popular and well known
men OF the city. For a number of
years past he and his wife have oc-
cupied prominent place in the ultra
smart set of the city. While the news
OF the divorce proceedings instituted
py Mrs. Armstrong will be received
with great surprise by their acouain-
tances in the city generally ii will NOT
pc surprise to their most intimate
friends for it has been known by them
Tor some time that the marital rela-
tlons OF the Armstrong; were strained
and that the question of a divorce
was soon to be taken to the courts.
Some of the stories heard were to the
erect that Mr.. Armstrong was to be
the applicant for the divorce, and
would bring the suit
rms latter version of the unhappy
relations existing between the Arrn
strongs proved to be the correct one.
neys, Bishop and Mitchell of Law
rence'nled her petition for a divorce
from Mr. Armstrong with the clerk
OF the district court at Lawrence. on
rrloay Every effort was made to
cover the matter up and keep il from
becoming public property
News of the fact that Mrs. Arm
strong had brought the proceedinTs
SsaKea out and around Lawrence on
saturday and were confirmed this
morning. The matter, however bad
oeen so bottled up that the newsnana-
men at Lawrence were unable nm -
suit. o" 4" the
1t was learned that Mrs. Armstrong
ASKS 1or divorce on the general grounds
oa oa extreme cruelty" This charge Of
used by lawyers in drawing I'm divorcs.
papers. 1t certainly covers a nultitude
or Things, all the way from phvsicai
punishment and bodily injury down to
bility.,
Mrs Armstrong asks for the divorce.
SO IL is understood, and specifies in
Gompatlniity in that her marriage re-
lations with Mr.. Armstrong have nor
been pleasant for some time, and also
that on several occasions he has used
marsh language towards her
onoer the usual procedure in di--
Vorce suits when the petition is filed
the defendant to the action has twenty
days in which to make an answer after
the summons in the suit has been
served upon him and these twenty dev-
must expire at specified time before
the beginning of the next term of the
district court in order to get on the
trial docket for that term If this
usual procedure had been followed n,
the Armstrong case. the matter wouid
not nave come up for final determine
tion In the district court at Lawrenco
until the January term of that court.
But the law permits the defendant in
divorce suits to waive such rights as
he wishes in the premises so as to bring
the suit to speedy settlement. Mr..
Armstrong has done this very thing
through his attorneys, Mulvane and
Gault, of this city. An issue of some
sort has been drawn in the suit the
specified time Of twenty days TO which
Mr.. Armstrong was entitled to make
his answer has been waived and there
will be an ending of the suit within a
few days of the time Mrs. Armstrong
filed her petition, possibly today.
At the offices of Mulvane and Gault
1T was learned this morning that Mr.
Gault was in Lawrence ION business
Mr.. Mulvane was not at the office just
before noon and no information could
be obtained there concerning the suit.
Mrs. Armstrong is the daughter of
Col. ]. N. Roberts, one of the pioneers
of Lawrence and one of the wealthiest
and most distinguished citizens. Her
marriage to Mr.. Armstrong, ten or
eleven years ago, was not only one of
CURED in Lawrence in its history but
also a society event of prominence
the entire state.
After their marriage Mr.. and Mrs.
Armstrong took up their residence IN
this city and for a number of years
have made their home at No. 1924 Van
Buren, street. Until quite recently the
home life of the Armstrong; has been
looked upon as being we'll nigh ideal by
their friends and acquaintance. Mrs.
Armstrong has not been living with her
husband since the latter part Of June
or the first of July. she having made
her home with her father at Lawrence