Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-05
MINISTER'S WIFE GETS DIVORCE
Alleges Husband Did Not Live Accord
ing TO His Calling.


Mrs. Sara Roberts, wife Of the Rev. A.
B. Roberts, a Baptist minister and former
pastor of the Baptist church in Smith Cen
ter, Kan, was yesterday granted a divorce
from her spouse on the grounds of cruel
and inhuman treatment. The divorce was
granted in the Pottawattamie county dis
trict court by Judge Macy. The decree
also grants Mrs. Roberts attorneys fees
and $1,000 alimony. 4.
The couple have been married more
than twenty years. Mr.. Roberts is now
supposed to be making hts home with his
widowed mother in Missouri, and who is
said to be very wealthy, and is an invalid.
Rev. Mr.. Roberts was in Council Bluffs
last winter and made his home with his
son. who at that, time. conducted a cafe
on Pearl street. He left the city early
in the present year, and his son left only
a short while ago.
In her testimony In the case Mrs.
Roberts stated that she married Mr.. Rob
erts before he entered upon the work OF
preaching, Trouble over three women, to
whom, at various times, Mrs. Roberts
thought her husband was paying too much
attention, was the basis of some OF their
marital difficulties. A young woman mem
Der of Mr.. Roberts congregation in Smith
Center, a divorced woman living near
jamestown, Kan, and an employee of the
Roberts cafe in this city were the per-
sons mentioned by the plaintiff in her
testimony.
Despite his ministerial calling. Rev. Mr..
Roberts, his wife testified, occasionally
became intoxicated.
Mrs. Roberts came to Council Bluffs
about a year ago to be treated in a hos
pital. Her husband, who had resigned
his pastorate in Smith Center and had
one to Excelsior Springs because of nerl
vousness, arrived in the city shortly after
ward. After Mrs. Roberts left the hospi-
tai. she and her husband lived at the
Grand hotel and later occupied rooms else
where. their son being proprietor Of the
restaurant mentioned.
The defendant did not appear in the
case.
DEGREES Of divorce were also granted by
Judge Macy yesterday as follows:
Mrs. Alta Pearl Wood from Newton
Wood; grounds, deseTtion.
j. s. Reynolds from Mrs. Midiam A. Rey-
nolds; grounds desertion.
Daisy Rehfeld from Bernard Rehfeld;
grounds, cruel and inhuman treatment.
Mary Rosenberg from Louis Rosenberg
grounds. cruel and inhuman treatment.
HSSCA DSNA ORNA8 - H
The fall term of the Iowa School for
the Deaf viii begin October /. according
to the announcement just sent out by
Superintendent II. w. Rothert. 1t is ex-
peetsd that the attendance will be largely
increased over that OF last year. Sew
eral new teachers have been engaged to
replace those who have resigned.
Arrangements have been made TO meet
all pupils at the trains on their arrival
and see that they are transported TO the
school and placed safely in the dormi-
tories. Parents will be promptly notified
Of the arrival Of their children, thus al
laying any anxiety on that score.
Glass work win begin Immediately
after registration is finished, and Super.
intendent Rothert in this connection has
urged that parents see hat their children
arrive at the school promptly. as late ar
rivals materially hinde the progress OF
the classes.
superintendent Rothsrt is making !
strong appeal for the deaf children OF
the state who have had no teaching Al
the school. explaining in his bulletins
that the institution is a regularly estab-
ltshed branch OF the public school sys.
TEN OF Iowa and Is in no sense 1
charitable institution nor an asylum. he