Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-29
Council Bluffs
sToUGH DIVORCE is A SURPRISE
wife lakes Allegation of Extreme

Wife Makes Allegation of Extreme
Cruelty.
Suit for divorce was filed yesterday in
the district court by Mrs. Sylvia Snyder
Slough, daughter of Rev. G.. w. Snyder,
pastor of st. Johns English Lutheran
church, from Carl Frederick Slough, to
whom she was married June -, 1906, in
this city. The filing Of the suit comes
as a great surprise to Mrs. Stough's many
friends in Council Bluffs, as outside of
the immediate family circle and a few
most intimate acquaintances the fact that
trouble had arisen between her and her
husband was not known.
In her petition Mrs, Slough makes some
what sensational charges against her hus-
band, who is the son of Prof. Slough of
Midland college, Atchison, Kan. She
charges cruel and inhuman treatment from
shortly after her marriage. Mrs. Slough
alleges that her husband beat and choked
her one day at the beginning of the pres
ent month. She alleges further that on
one occasion when she had been subjected
to abuse by her husband. he told her that
"he would go to hell and take her soul
with him"
Declaring that her husband is earning
$4,000 as commission selling books, Mrs.
Slough asks the court to award her $50
a month temporary alimony pending the
determination of the suit; 81, 900 perma-
nent alimony and $50 a month for the
support of their child during its minority.
On application OF Mrs. Slough the court
issued a temporary injunction restraining
Mr.. Slough from interfering with his wife
or with the, household furniture and eff
fects.
Mrs. Slough is a we'll known musician
and prior to her marriage was prominent
in local musical circles. At the time Of
the Transmississippi exposition in Omaha
Mrs. Slough, then Miss Snyder, was Sc
lected by the committee having the mat
ter I'm charge as the prettiest young
woman in Council Bluffs and her picture
was used to form part Of the composite
photograph from Iowa. Mrs. Slough has
for some time past been making her home
with her parents, Rev. and Mrs. G. w.
Snyder.
According TO the decree handed down
yesterday by Judge Woodruff of the dis
trict court in the suit for divorce brought
by Mrs. Rhoda Butler, her husband, Will
liam II. Buffers wealthy farmer OF Nicola,
Ia, will not be required to pay 100 as
asked. Besides the decree Of divorce Mrs.
Butler is to receive twenty W and a half
acres Of and near Nicola, 1850 In money
and the costs Of the trial,
In handing down his decision Judge
Woodruff said that although the amount OF
altmony granted was small In proportion
to the amount of property owned by the
defendant, a contract entered into by Mrs.
Butler and her husband in which the
amount Of alimony was fixed, could not
be ret aside by virtue OF the evidence
given. This contract, which was drawn up
by a Nicola attorney, provided that Mrs,
Butler was to get a divorce, twenty-five
and a half acres Of land and costs Of the
suit. Judge Woodruff, however, allowed
$50 more to provide for the plaintiffs sup
port for the next three months.
In addition 10 the contract drawn up by
the Nicola attorney, Mrs. Butler signed an
ante-nuptial agreement in which It is stipu-
lated that she was to receive tl.NOO for
every year she lived with the defendant.
AS the couple were married only last Octo-
Der, Mrs. Butler under this agreement was
not entitled TO a fun $1,000. Before the
trial Mrs. Butler was granted by the court
$500 for temporary alimOny and for her
attorney fees. 1t was stated that Mrs. But
Ter will appeal from the decision Of Judge
Woodruff.