The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-02-12
COURTROOM CROWDED.

COURTROOM CROWDED,
The case has attracted wide attention
and the courtroom of Judge Geo. Hitch
cock was crowded when the case was
called. In her suit Mrs. Lemp asks fol
a divorce, the custody of their son and
sufficient alimony to keep herself and
the boy in comfortable circumstances.
She AYERS in the bill that her husband
is worth 81, 500, 900 and has an income
of $4,000. The cross bill filed by Mr..
Lemp also asks a divorce and the GUS
tody of the child
The religious education of the boy
was one of the main causes of differ
ence between the couple, according to
Mrs. Temps testimony. She asserted
that she had had the boy baptized in
the Roman Catholic Church, despite
the fathers wish to the contrary, but
added that she had told Mr.. Lemp of
her intention to have the ceremony per-
formed.
Under cross-examination Mrs. Lemp
was asked to identify an anti-nuptial
contract by which she agreed to sur
render all rights of religious instruc-
ton of any children born of the mar
riage to her husband Mrs. Lemp ac-
knowledged the signature of this docu-
ment, but declared she had never seen
it; that when she signed it the paper
was so folded as to conceal the contents,
and that she supposed she was signing
another paper that had been read to her.
TWO ANTE-NUPTIAL CONTRACTS.
1t was brought out that two ante
nuptial agreements had been entered
into. One bound Mrs Lemp not to
interfere in the religious training of any
child until the offspring was years
old and the other, signed in the pres
ence of the archbishop of the Roman
Catholic Church, bound Mr.. Lemp not
to object to the baptism of a child ac-
cording to the rites of that organiza-
ton. Both documents bear the same
date, and it is the contention of Lemp's
attorneys that Mrs Lemp's agreement
was subsequent to the other and super
seeded it.
Later in the evidence a letter was in
PRODUCED in evidence which was found
by Mr.. Lemp among his wife's private
papers. 1t was addressed to My Dear
Little Pal, and contained this sentence:
He is going hunting next week and l
wish to heaven he never would return. "
ADMITS SHE WROTE ST.
Mrs Lemp acknowledged she had
written the letter, but explained that
she had done so in an effort to find out
who had been tampering with her pri-
waite letters. She said the letter was a
decoy and had been so placed that her
husband would see it if he searched her
desk. She acknowledged that the he"
referred to in the letter was her husband
Did you believe that letter would
quiet your husbands suspicious when
he already suspected you?" she was
asked.
[ thought that it would lead him to
speak to me and open the way for me to
make peace with him, J" she replied.
Mrs. Lemp also testified that her hus-
band possessed a violent temper; that
he habitually carried a revolver, and
had displayed the weapon several times
on slight proyocation. For days at a
time, and once for three months he re-
fused to speak to her, she said.
Attorneys for Mr.. Lemp, when the
case opened, read paper signed by him,
acknowledging the marriage, denying
he had used abusive language, admit
ing he left his wife October IS, 1906,
and that it was his purpose never to
live with her again. 1t is expected the
trial of the case will consume four or
five days.