The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-09
TROMP is TIRED.
Married Life Has No Pleasure
for the Cigar Man.
Charges Wife With Cruelty in
the Household.
WERE IN HER WAY.
Claims She Abused the Two
Step Children.
Has Also Threatened to Ruin
His Business.
WE'RE IN HER WAY.

H L. Tromp, the cigar uaanufac tI1r-
er, with his place of business at No
so41z Kansas avenue, has instituted a
suit for an absolute divorce from his
wife. AdeIia Tromp, on the grounds
that ever since their marriage a eoupIe
OF years ago. Mrs. Tromp has beea
guilty of extreme cruelty towards Mr..
Tromp's two children by a former
wife and that she has not treated him
IN proper manner because of threats
she has made at divers times to rtIin
his business and character. Mr.. TroTnp
Claims that under these circumstance
II is impossible that marital reIa tfons
should longer continue between himself
ana VIE because her actions have de-
feated all OF the legitimate objects and
ends or matrimony. The Tromps live
at No. 1855 Van Buren, street.
In his petition for the divorce which
was nled with the clerk of the district
court Wednesday afternoon MT. Tromn
sets up that he is the father of two
children, a boy 20 years old and a girl
Is years old by a former marriage and
that the mother of these children died
in December, 1903. His daughter i a
student at st. Mary's academy at In
dependence, Mo He and his present
Wife were married on October 10 1905.
It Is stated in the petition that at
all times since within a couple of
months of their marriage, Mrs. Tromp
has been guilty Of extreme cruelty TO
the children. and especially the daugh-
ter. Mr.. Tromp states that his wife
was well informed of his condition as
regards to family before she married
him and that before the marriage she
expressed her extreme SoIicitude for
the welfare Of the children and de-
elared it TO be her desire to become, IN
all respects, a substitute for their dead
mother.
Mr.. Tromp sets up that his daughter
IS very backward and undeveIoped for
~ Arr~ -
nonmalicious, inoffensive, innocent and
a wholly unsuspecting child and that
she had never had any malice towards
her stepmother. but on the contrary has
expressed in her innocent credufity her
high esteem for Mrs. Tromp
notwithstanding such conduct on the
part of his daughter, during the periodi-
cal vacations when she is home from
school, Mr. Tromp declares that Mrs.
Tromp has carried on constant course
Of cruel and unusual treatment towards
the girl and has denounced her in most
deprecating terms and epithets. Mrs
Tronp has declared that she could not
stay in the same house with the girl and
on occasions has insisted that she be
sent to a permanent residence in con-
vent She is also accused by Mr.. Trornp
OF having denounced him for the ex
pense in sending his daughter TO st.
Mary's academy. To Mrs Tromp's re-
peated requests that the girl be sent
away permanently Mr.. Tromp has re-
piled in the negative stating that he
would always keep and maintain his
family at his house and home according
to his duty. Mrs. Tromp has replied to
this determination by stating that II
the girl was not sent away she herself
would leave the home but she would not
go until she had obtained half Of Mr..
Tromp's property
Mr.. TroInp sets up further that during
the last two months Mrs Tromp has
been extremely hostile to the son TO his
great humiliation and that she has
threatened him with corporal punish
ment and to slap his face" even
though he is twenty years old and of
approximate physical maturity Mr.
Tromp goes on to declare that on April 2
his wife called him a liar and a thief
and declared that both he and his son
ought TO be in the penitentiary and that
after she had made this remark she
added significantly that she had the
money to put him in the penitentiary-
Mrs Tromp, IT IS claimed in addition.
has threatened to ruin Mr.. Tromp's
business and reputation and that in her
attempts to carry out this threat has
falsely, cruelty and maliciously made
statements to many persons rejecting
on his character For these many rea-
sons, Mr.. Tromp. through his attorney.
George E Overmyer. prays the court for
an absolute divorce from his wife