The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-08
Stories of. Booze, Sheotinf
-,-Irons. High Tempers. Re-
morse and Broken. Hearts
Were Told This Morninqv
JUDGE FOX PASSES ON
= THREE ..SPlCY" CASES
Evidence i in Frame Case |
Leads to the. Suspicion !.
That Fountain City Is Mar
boring a "BIind Tiger"

Booze and revolvers. men and WON
en-. high tempers. quick fingers. vexa-
ton. reniorse. broken hearts and sew
cred vows found their places In the
told in the divorce court this
morning. 1t has been a long time
since the usual line of cruel and In
human treatment" or failure to pro-
vide" was interrupted by scene from
real life such as presented this morn
ing When the stories were told. tears :
shed and injured feelings inflamed by
the recitals. the court very mindly APP
piled heart balm in the form Of disso-
luton of marriage.
Three Cases Heard.
Three cases We're heard by Judge
Fox and in each demon rum" and the
deeds of men infected by his spirit
furnished the motive for the plot
Women told of their desertion by their
husbands. of lost jobs, of sleepless
nights of worry. of threats on their
lives. of shots fired SO close to them
that they heard the whistle Of the bull
let's.
A "eiind Tiger" Tale.
Does Fountain City have blind
tiger" The question Is one that fol-
lows as the result of the testimony in
one of the cases 1t was to the effect
Oliver Frame left the home provided
for him by his wife and went to Foun-
tain City. He returned with quart
bottles Of whisky He did not have
time to come to Richmond to get the
liquor and the wife said she supposed
1t was purchased at Fountain City.
She said Oliver never had any trouble
to get it, But the sheriff did not hear
the evidence in the case.
Drunk in Front Yard.
In her application for divorce from
Calvin Jenkins. Stella jenkins told OF
| finding her husband drunk In the
| front yard, when she arose In the
morning. He had lain there through
| the night. She told Of his falling pros
| trate on the porch when he returned
| home at other times and how unable
| to move him. she had been forced to
let him lie in that position until help
could be obtained from neighbors.
She told how at Cincinnati. her hus-
band had mortgaged the furniture and
spent the money on himself. How
her mother had come to their aid. paid
off the mortgage and they had remov-
| ed to Connersyille. where unknown to
the applicant her husband had again
mortgaged the furniture and when she
was about to move 10 her mothers
home at Cambridge City, q constable
| claimed possession of the property.
She told how Calvin jenkins lost job
after job, because he would not work
him to paint their house aud given
him S. TO buy yarnish with. How
3215 was spent for yarnish and with
the other Jenkins enjoyed a spree and
did not return home until the next
morning. How he admitted he had
been drunk and claimed someone must
have taken the money from him, while
in tha, condition. As the tiny chill
dren PLAYED about the court room and
over the lap OF their mother. she told
how their father had been accusfom-
!.
and perhaps stay out all night, or at
leas: until a very late hour. How he
had spent the money on liquor in
stead of providing them and their
mother with proper clothing and pro-
visions All this and much more was
told. but before the story was COM
pieted a merciful court relieved the
mother of continued agony and grant
ed the divorce.
Il "Shot" Through Door.
When he shot through the front
door, / shot out the back explained
Jennie Miller. Then she delineated
and said she meant Benjamin. her hus-
band, shot a revolver at her and tho
use of the word as applied to herself
meant she ran with all her might out
the back door to keep from getting
hit Jennie and BENJAMIN are colored
folks, who had their troubles living to
gether, so decided upon the next best
thing and separated. That was some
H four years ago. Since then Jennie
has been working for her own bread
1 and butter and has not been bothered
by her gentleman friend, who was SO
handy with his "shootin' iron" Jennie
testified that Bennie was accustomed
| to come home drunk. That when in
that condition quarrels occurred and
then they got mad Strong invec-
tives were exchanged and the fuss