The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-19
NOVEL DIVORCE
SUIT IS FILED
Bertha M. Rice Prays Court
For Money to Help Pay
Expense of Suit.
SHE CHARGES ILL-TREATMENI
Defendant In Proceedings Will Prob
ably Bring a Counter
Complaint.

Bertha NJ Rrice, through her attor-
ney, Joseph Conroy, has filed suit in
the Lake superior court for divorce.
She allages. among other things. that
her husband, William F. Rice has ac-
cused her of improper relations with
three men, three blanks spaces are left
for their names, that he charged her
with associating with women of ques
tionable character, that he threw her
out of the house. and in so doing tore
her black silk waist and rent her voile
skirt into shreds.
Wants Rice to Pay Expenses.
But Mrs. Bertha Rice is not going
to content herself with securing a di-
vorce. She has filed an affidavit in
which she states that she is destitute
and has been left wholly without sup
port and she petitions the court to
compel Mr.. Rice to give her enough
money for her own support and also
to pay the expenses of securing an at
torney and securing the divorce.
1t is understood that Mr.. Rice will
contest the suit for divorce and so
Mrs. Rice is virtually asking the court
to grant her a sufficient amount of Mr..
Rice's money, so that she can secure a
| legal separation from him and $1,000 of
his money for alimony besides.
The complaint states that Bertha NJ.
Rice and William F. Rice were married
on the goth day of June, 1898. She
says that during the past fifteen
months he has been guilty of cruel and
inhuman treatment and has accused her
of associating with women of ques-
tionable character and having i'm
proper relations with three men.
Says They Are Untrue.
She says these charges have nc
foundation, in fact, and are the product
lof hallucinations brought by ex-
ltreme jealousy wholly without warrant
lShe claims that on June 81 of thi:
lyear, after accusing her of being guilty
of the above charges, he directed he
Ito get out of the house.
Mrs. Rice says that she had some o
: her clothing in her arms at the tim
and that Mr.. Rice struck her with nj
fist and then tore her black silk shirt
waist into pieces and ripped her voil
skirt into shreds
She says that he swore at her an,
told her never to look to him for sup
port again. She says that she ha,
been a true and dutiful wife and b,
reason of his cruel and inhuman treat
ment is a physical treatment physi
| cal wreck.
She asks for the custody of her tw
children, Charles c. Rice, age IA, an
for her other son, Kenyon B. Rice. ag
i9 She demands a divorce and s1,00
alimony.
Says She Has No Means of support.
In the affidavit, which was filed sep
T arately, she asked for a temporary al
lowance which would provide for he
support during the pendency of tn
trial, as she claims she is in a desti
tute condition and has no means o
S supporting herself.
She claims that ali of the propert
Mr.. Rice owns has been given to tn
chrildren and prays that the court Civ
her a reasonable sum to provide 70
her support during the pendency c
1.-THE trial and to pay the cost of tn
trial including the attorneys fees.
1t is understood that Mr.. Rice wi
be prepared to back up some seriou
charges against his wife when the cas-
:, comes to trial.