Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-09
SENSATIONAL DIVORCE
SUIT FILED IN ST, LOUIS
Mrs. ". X Lcmp, Jr., Charges MIL
ilonairc Husband Cruelty
Beat Her.

St, Louis, Feb. e.-The divorce suit
which Lillian Handlan Lemp and
her husband, William X. Lemp. Jr..
son Of the millionaire brewer, filed
against each other, came 60 trial in
the ST Louis circuit court today be-
fore Judge liitchcoc..
The suit Tor divorce, for alimony
ana for the custody OF j. q. Lcmp Ill,
was filed by Mrs. Lemp, out immedi-
lately thereafter Mr.. Lcmp filed a
cross bill, also asking for divorce and
the custody of the child.
Mrs. Lemp asks no stipulated sum
in allmony. She says her husband Is
worth St,500.000, and has an income
Of $50 000 a year, and she asks enough
20 support herself and her child COM
tortably.
Mrs Lcmp was the first Witness.
She told how Lcmp heat her in the
bathroom OF their home until shc had
to harricade herself In her room She
declared he deridcd her when she told
their son there was Il God,
Mrs Lemp also told how her hus-
band had often threatened her with
a revolver. how he had a detective
trail her; how he had locked her out
of her home, and how once he had
moved out the furniture while She
was absent
On cross examination Mrs. Lemp
said that her husband had taught her
TO smoke cigarettes after their mar
riaBe. The cross bin flied by Mr,
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custody of the child.
The religious education of the hoy
was one of the main causes of dif-
ference. according to Mrs. Lemps tes-
timony. She asserted that she had
had the boy baptized In the Roman
Catholic church, despite the fathers
wishes TO the contrary. but added that
she had told Mr.. Lemp Of her ntcu-
tion of having the ceremony per-
formed
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
seven years old, and the other, signed
in the presence OF an archbishop of
the Roman Catholic church. bound
MIR. Lcmp not to object to the bap-
tism of a child according to the rites
or THAI orga iaizafion Both docu-
ments bear the same date and 1t is the
contention OF Lemp's attorney that
Mrs. Lemp's agreement was subse-
auent to the other and superseded it
A letter was introduced in evidence
which was found by Mr. Lemp among
his Wifc's private papers. II was ad
dressed to MY dear little pal" and
contained this sentence,
"lie is going hunting next week.
md I wish to heaven he never would
-eturn.'
Mrs. Lemp acknowledges that she
lad written the letter. but explained
hat she had done so IN an effort to
ind out who had been tampcring |
With her private papers. She said |
hat the letter was deeoy and had
,ecn so placed that her husband |
would see IL II he searched her desk !
She acknowledges that the "he" re-
erred to in the letter was her hus-
,and"
"Do you believe that that letter
would quiet your husbands suspicious
when he already suspected youi" she |
vas asked
II thought that 1t would lead him
o s"eak to me and open the way for |
ne to make peace with him." she re-
lied.
Attorneys Tor Mr. Lcmp read "A pa
'cr signed by him. acknowledging the
marriage. denying that he had used |
busIvc language, admitting TINT hr |
Oft his wife october -, 1906, and |
hat It was his purpose never to livo
With her again.