The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-02-01

replenished the same from time to dime
so that she could draw thereon as she
desired, and otherwise gave i1er what
ever was necessary for the reasonable
qualification OF her tastes and desires.
That In the months of August and
September, 1905, plaintiff took a trip
to Alaska in company with her father.
the defendant paying ALI her expenses
incurred In connection Herewith, and
defendant charges that while upon such
trip, plaintiff being absent from Far
go more than eight weeks in making
the same the plaintiff and her father
conspired to. break up defendants
home, and as far as lay in their power
to wreck his domestic happiness and
to impair and destroy his profession
al standing. After returning from
such trip plaintiff came back to their
home, resumed the care of the house
and the performance of her duties as
housekeeper, and seemed glad to re-
turn. That on the 22nd day of Mo-
ven1ber, 1906, the plaintiff, without
giving the defendant the slightest
warning of her intention to do SO, but
as defendant is advised, and as he
verify believes the fact to be, in pur-
suance of prearranged plan between
herself and her parents, in the fore
noon of. said day, after defendant had
left their home and gone down to his
place of business, forsook and left the
home of defendant in company WITH
her father, taking with her the two
children, one of whom was dangerous
ly i'll, and also taking most of her
personal belongings and a large num-
Der of the private papers and effects
Of defendant, and that without the
slightest warning of such an intention
on her part, and to the CONSERVATION
and great surprise of this defendant
the plaintiff began this suit. That the
plaintiff went to the home of her
parents and has remained there ever
| since the commencement Of this suit.
and that although he has repeatedly
sought to see her and obtain an ex-
PLANTATION of her conduct, he has been
refused by her parents the privilege
OF so much as seeing or speaking to
his wife; and that has wife is now so
completely under the influence, control
and dominion of her parents that it
is impossible for defendant to so much
| as see her. or, to talk over with her
their differences in the past, in all of
which matters the plaintiffs parents
have acted with vindictive and cruel
righteousness, and with the intent to
so poison the mind of plaintiff that
she would be unwilling to return to
her duties as the defendants wife.
s. Further answering the complaint
defendant alleges that since plaintiffs
| departure from his nome in Fargo, as
aforesaid, he has continued to keep
and is now keeping said home open.
cared for by servants, and notwith-
| standing the premises plaintiff has
never returned or offered to return to
her home, and has refused to even see
defendant since her said abandonment
of him. ~ -rtt
9. Further answering the complaint
defendant alleges that shortly prior
to their marriage he presented to plain
tiff deed of conveyance to the south
ninety-five (95) feet of lots eleven
| CID and twelve 12), block thirty
three (33) of the original plat of Far
go, upon which to erect their home:
that thereafter defendant erected a
dwelling thereon, the total value of
such lots and dwelling being about
twenty five thousand dollars ($25, OO0) !:
that such premises have at all times
since been the homestead of the par
ties hereto, and the same are now oc-
eupied as such by the defendant.
Defendant admits that he has had
large practice in his professional
work, but denies that his income mas
been anything like the amount stated
in the complaint and denies that he
has accumulated fortune in the sum
of from 100000 to 100000, or in
any like amount; defendant alleges
that his income and the amount of his
present worth are greatly exaggerated
in the complaint; that while he has
in fact enjoyed a large professional
practice, a considerable proportion of
the work done has been charitable in
| its nature and that a considerable
| proportion of the total charges made
for professional work have been uncol-
lectible; that excluding the homestead
in Fargo, the furniture and furnish
ings thereof, the barn and ground up
on which it stands, and the horses and
carriages therein, defendant at the
present time is worth not to exceed
one hundred thousand dollars ($1OO,-
0OO), and that in his opinion the value
of such property does not in fact. ex-
coed the sum of seyenty-five thousand
dollars (s75,OOO)"
/ Or. Rindlaub's Cross Bill.
| Such answer also contains two
counter claims, the first charging
plaintiff with extreme cruelty, and the
second charging her with desertion on
Nov. %, 1905. The first counter-claim
among other things specifically alleges
the following acts of plaintiff consti-
tuting the alleged extreme cruelty, to-
wit; THAT without cause, excuse or
provocation, she has charged defend
ant with infidelity to his marriage
vow; that she has charged him with
being untrue and unfaithfuI to her
since their marriage; that she has
| charged defendant wit criminal inti-
! macy with other women; that plain
| tiff also grossly slandered and abused
defendant by stating to others that
| defendant had been guilty OF infidelity
| to his marriage vow; that he had been
crimina1ly intimate with other women
since his marriage to plaintiff, and that
he had been untrue and unfaitnful to
her; that each and every of said
charges and ISLANDERS were untrue. and
were without foundation in fact: that
defendant never gave plaintiff any
cause, excuse or provocation whatso-
ever for the making of said charges.
or the circulation of such SANDERS
but that in all respects, since their
marriage, he. at all times, conducted
/ himself as true and dutiful husband
should do.
That PLAINTIFF has likewise charged
defendant with being a morphine