The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-09
LIMP DIVORCE SUIT
MAKES 
WIFE or MfHLIoNAIRE MAI
 HARSH CHARGES.
Declares that Rach st. Lsuis AIsn Op- posed Giving Ills, Yeungs sen q Religious Ednca afion---Fash- fsnnhles ln Ceurt.

St. Louis. Feb. s.4Sensational ac- cusations sgaiast her millionaire hus- band. Wiflian l.. Lemp, Jr., were made by Mrs. Lillian Handian Lemp when she testtified today in the trialSof the divorce suit which she has filed against him and to which he has replied with q cross bill,
 Mrs, Leinp swore ,tliat .Lemp had beaten and thrown her down flight of steps;s that he had locked her oat of doors; that he had employed detectives to watch her. dismantled their home by moving. out the furniture and taught their son. WiIiism ! Lernp III. to be an atheist.
 .ongcross examination she added to these accugations one that her husband had taught her to smoke cigarettes af- ter their marriage.
 Mrs, Lemp was the first witness eY amined and she was still on the star when adjournment was taken. for day
 In her suit Mrs. Iennp asks z
 divorce, the custody of their son 2 . the boy In comfortable circumst ges.
 She ayers in the bill that her nus band isi worth $i,50o,ooo and has an income of s5o.00o. The cross bill filed by MT. Lemp also asks divorce and the custody of the child.
 The religious education of the boy was one of the main causes of dif- ence ybetwees the couple. according to Mrs. Lemp's testimony. She asserted that she had sthe boy baptized in the Roman Catholic Church despite the fathers wishes to the contrary, but added that she told Mir. .Lemp of her intention 10 have the ceremony. per- formed =.
 Under cross examination she was asked to identify an ante-nuptial con- tract by which, she agreed to surrender all rights of religious instruction of any oh ildren born of the marriage, to her husband Mrs ;, .Lemp acknowledg- ed the signature of this document, but declared she had newer seen 1t, that when she signed 1t the paper was so folded as to conceal the contents and that she supposed she was signing afi- other paper that had been read to her. i. It was brought out that two ante. nuptial. agreements had been entered into. One bound Mrs. Lefip not to inc terfere in the religious training of any child until the ,offspring was . years old and the other signed In the pres- euce of the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church bound Mir. Lemp not to object to the baptism of . child &C., cording to the rites of that organiza- oAA@a1 date and it is the contention of Lemp's attorneys that Mrs. Lemp'sf agreement was subsequent to the; other and sue perseded it.,
 Eater in the proceedings a letter was Introduced in evidence. which. was found by Mir. LleFnp among his wife's private papers. It was addressed to My Dear Little Pal" and contained this sentence. .'TIe Is going hunting next week. and wish to Heaven he never would return. =
 Mrs. Leiap acknowledged she had written the letter hut explained that she had done SO iH an effort to Ind out who had been, aaTnpeffpg wtth her pyi- vate letters. She said the letter was a deeov and had bsAn s0 placed that isS hnsbaIla would see 1t IF he searched her desk. She acknowledged that the met referred to in her letter was her husband.
 The court room was filled throughout the day with faghionabiy attired men and women. ..'s5