Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1908-12-25
Another Divorce Suit.

Salisbury has brought suit for a
divorce from her husband, VIM.
u. Cox, at the next February,
1909, term of circuit court at
Salisbury. Plaintiff states in her
petition that she was lawfully
married to defendant the goth
day of October, 1891, III Chari.
ton county, Mo-, and continued
to live with him, as his wife, from
that date until the 26th day of
October, 1908; that during all
that time plaintiff faithfully de.
meaned herself, etc., but charges
that defendant, wholly disre-
garding his duties as the hus.
band of plaintiff, has offered to
plaintiff such indignities as to
render her condition as his wife
intolerable, said indignities be.
ing in. part as follows: That de.
fendant is an habitual drunkard
and has been addicted to habitual
drunkenness for the space of
more than one year, prior to the
date of the separation aforesaid,
and for the last seven years; that
plaintiff, for the sake of her
children, continued to live with
defendant, suffered his abuse,
cruel and barbarous treatment
until her condition in life be.
came intolerable and her physi-
cal health wrecked; that while
defendant was under the in.
fluence of liquor he repeatedly
made threats that he would kill
plaintiff and their children, and
without any provocation what.
ever took his shotgun and re-
marked to plaintiff that he in
tended to kill her and then and
there fired off the gun in the
house, and plaintiff was com.
PEELED to call her neighbors to her
rescue; that some time after.
ward defendant, at the solicita.
tion of his family and friends,
went to Mexico, Mo-, to take
treatment for the liquor habit,
but returned to Salisbury and to
his home the same day at 2
O'Clock in the morning in his
usual drunken condition; that
following this debauch defend
ant was confined to bed and un.
der the care of physician when
without any cause, defendant
accused plaintiff of giving him
medicine to cure the whiskey
habit, and again threatened to
kill plaintiff; that defendant
would shoot chickens in the
yard, would remark about being
a good shot, how easy it was for
him to hit mark, and by such
conduct constantly kept plaintiff
in state of fear and trembling;
that the 9th day of June last,
plaintiff was confined, and de-.
fendant failed and refused to
show her any attention what.
ever, but, to the contrary, left
her with her children and went
to Salisbury and return ed, after
the birth of their child, in his
usual drunken condition, and in
the presence of neighbors and
friends, who had gathered at her
home after being notified that
she was sick, defendant said
that he never intended to be at
home at the time. Plaintiff says
that from the time that plaintiff
had knowledge of her condition
in this regard be was angry and
insolent and used all manner of
vile epithets in his abuse of plain
tiff because she did not prevent
such q state of affairs; that said
infant died October 20, 1908, and
defendant would not attend the
funeral, and willfully and delib-
erately burned the clothing of
his deceased baoy as we'll as the
cradle; that although such con-
duct, inhuman and barbarous as
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