Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-02-11
TELLS Of ABUSE
MRs. LEMP TEsTIFlEs AGAINST
MILLIONAIRE HUSBAND IN
DIVORCE SUIT.
SENSATIONAL ACCUSATIONS
Ct Louis Brewers Wife swore she
Had Been Beaten, Thrown Down
stairs and Locked Out
Of Doors.

ct. Louis, Feb. 9.-Sensational &C
cusations against her millionaire nus
hand, william J. Lemp, Jr., were made
b Mrs. Lillian Handlan Lemp wnen
she testified Monday in the trial OF
the divorce suit which she had filed
AGAINST him and to which he has re-
piled with a cross bill. Mrs. Lemp
1wore that the defendant had beat
her and thrown her down a flight OF
steps. that he had locked her out OF
doors. that he had employed detec-
tiyes to watch her, dismantled their
home by moving out the furniture and
taught their son, William ]. Lemp ILL.,
to be an atheist.
On cross examination she added to
these accusations one that her nus
band had taught her to smoke cigar
rettes after their marriage. MRS.
Lemp was the first witness examined
and she was still on the stand when
adjournment was taken for the day.
The case has attracted wide atten-
tion and the court room OF Judge
George Hitchcock was crowded when
the case was called. In her suit MRS.
Lemp asks for divorce, the custody
of their sor and sufficient alimony to
keep herself and the boy in comfort
able circumstances. She AYERS In the
bill that her husband is worth 81
100000 and has an income OF $4,000.
The cross bill filed by Mr.. Lemp also
asks a divorce and the custody OF the
child.
The religious education Of the boy
was one Of the main causes OF dill
ference between the couple, according
to Mrs. Lemp's testimony. She as
serted that she had had the boy bap
tiled in the Roman Catholic church
despite the fathers wishes to the CON
trary, but added that she had told
Mr. Lemp of her intention to have
this ceremony performed.
II was brought out that two ante
nuptial agreements had been entered
into. One bound Mrs. Lemp not to
interfere in the religions training OF
any child until the offspring was
seven years old and the other, signed
In the presence Of On archbishop Of
The Roman Catholic church, bound Mr..
Lemp not to object to the baptism OF
child according to the rites Of that
organization. Both documents bear
the same date and It is the contention
81 Lemp's attorneys that Mrs. Lemp's
agreement was subsequent to the 9TH
or and superseded IT,
Later in the proceedings letter
was introduced In evidence which was
found .bx MI. Lemp among hlsswlfe's
private papers. 1t was addressed to
"My Dear Little PAL and contained
this sentence:
HE is going hunting next week and
Il wish to heaven he never would re-
turn
Mrs. Lemp acknowledged that she
had written the letter, but explained
that she had done SO in an effort to
Ilnd out who had been tampering with
her private papers. She said that the
letter was decoy and had been so
placed that her husband would see IT
II he searched her desk. She acknowl-
edged that the He" referred to in.
the letter was her husband.
Mrs. Lemp also testified that her
husband possessed a violet temper
that he habitually carried revolver
and had displayed the weapon several
times on slight provocation. For days
at a time, and once for three months,
he refused to speak to her. she said,