The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-14
SHE WOULD
Be A WIDOW
But Sidney Wouldn't Die
So Hattie Left Him in
Disgust.
NOVEL DIVORCE SUIT IS FILED
Whiting People Figure in Romance
Which Is Revealed Today in
Superior Court.
NOVEL DIVORCE SUIT IS FILED

Here's "She wouId-Be n Widow"
story from real life.
If you were a comely young woman
of 23 and you knew n sickly old man OF
50 years of age, who had life fnsur-
ance policy and pension and you
should warm up to him and finally mar
ry him and then the old man should get
well; would you desert him, or would
make the best of a bad bargain:
That in Just the proposition which
was put up to MRS. Hattie Haight OF
whiting and she decided 1t by deserttng
her husband. She couldn't stick 1T out
until she did and so she left him and
now he is suing for a divorce.
Complaint Filed Today.
The complaint which was filed in the
Lake Superior court this morning In
the case of Sidney Haight VS.. Hattie
Taight, is one of the most unique that
has vet been filed in the local courts.
The story of a young woman marry
ing an old man with a life insurance
policy and a bad cough. has been more
or less of a fiction, but in this case it
is a fact and even if Hattie Haight did
call Sidney, her husband. IAN old gray
headed fool" as is alleged in the com
plant; he finally got wise to her and
he is now taking the necessary steps
to prevent her from becoming his bene-
ficiary.
Was Resident of whiting.
Sidney Haight has been a resident of
Whiting for a number of years where
he was employed in the Standard OIL
company's plant as assistant fire chief
1t appears that his wife came from
Jackson, Mich, and when she met Sid
ney and found that he was sickly and
had a life insurance policy and a pen
sion. she thought the young girls of
Whiting were overlooking a good
thing.
1t was not long before she persuaded
sidney Haight that he was pretty
nice old man and that it would not be
| bad idea for them to get married In
| spite of the fact that he was So years
old and she was %.
Only Thirty Years Difference.
What is a little matter of thirty
years difference in agen when the life
insurance tables show that you have
| a ten to one chance of getting rid of
/ a husband in few years.
The marriage seemed to agree Won
derfully with Sidney Haight. He i'm
mediately improved soon as the
ceremony was over. and it was not long
/
young mau.
But sidney's good health started
trouble in the family. 1t was then that
Hattie gave voice to her disappoint-
ment. She told him that he was an
"old gray headed fool"
He was beginning to be pretty well
convinced of the fact himself and so
he didn't say much. Then she came
right out and told him that she had
married him in the first place expect
ing that he would die
Waiting For Dead Mems shoes.
That rather got on his nerves He
didn't like the idea of living with a
woman vulture who was sticking
around waiting for him to drop off SO
that she could take hold of his worldly
possessions.
The upshot of it was that she final
ally got tired of waiting for him to die
The longer she waited. the stronger and
more alive he got. 1t was awfully dis
courag ging.
Finally she came to the conclusion
that she was not going to waste all OF
her young life waiting for his demise
and so she packed UP her things and
left for Jackson. Mich, where she has
been trying to forget her little finan-
cial venture down in Whiting.
Getting Back to Earth.
But by this time all of the romance
had gone out of Sidney Haights las
marriage. He Yas beginning to SEE
things in taheir real light. He hae
taken a little flight but he was getting
back to terra firma.
He was advised that he had bettel
get a divorce or his wife would get hi:
property anyway. so he filed a com
plant in the Lake Superior court il
which he stated the facte giveI
above.
Amt 1t awful Mable!