Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-06-21
THE homestead
IN OPEN COURT
KOSTACHECK DIVORCE SUIT
FULL or HUMAN INTEREST.
MORTGAGE TORN FOR GIRL
Gallant bohemian Fen In Love With
Typical Maud Mullcr-Dhorcc
Denied Wife.

Denied Wife.
The drawing aside OF the curtain
from the life of MIR. and Mrs Joseph
Kostachek In the District Court yes-
tcrday revealed a heart throb story
that rivals In human interest the pas
toral plays such as the "Old Home
stead and others so popular a few
years back. In fact, plot for such
"A play could be taken from the life OF
these two unfortunate Bohemians.
A few years ago Mrs. Kostachck.
then a healthy slip Of a girl, was liv-
ing happily with her old father and
was not a thing to mar her happiness
and day after day she followed her old
German father TO the field, after a
custom Of the old country and as
sisted him in plowing
The only blot on the happiness Of
this family was mortgage ON the
farm for $4,000. held by Joseph KOS
tachek, fellow Bohemian from the
old country who had become rich
since reaching America.
Kostachek was big, strong and good
looking. When the time came for
the payment Of the mortgage held by
Kostachcck, the old farmer had only
$1,000. But the rich man chat is
what he is called in the play) had
fallen victim to the daughters
charms, and for the fathers permis-
sion to marry the girl, he tore up the
mortgage and released the old white
haired farmer.
Kostacheck and his girl bride re-
turned to Tulsa, where he had big
home, and for short time everything
went along smoothly She soon
found, she says, that her husband was
not all she thought him to be. She
heard rumors OF his relations with
other women and, finally becoming
convinced Of what kind Of man her
husband was, she returned 60 her
| fathers house and started divorce
proceedings. by this time her health
was beginning to fail, and this only
added to the sorrowful burden of the
old father and mother
In short time Kostacheck follow
ed his girl wife to her home In an
attempt to persuade her to return to
him. Ho told her that he had re-
pented Of his former actions. and
that If she would forgive him, he
would give her $4,000 and piano
for which she had long craved. The
simple-heartcd girl forgave and re
turned to Tulsa, and again the mari
| tial relations were resumed The
wife waited and waited for the piano
and the 10000, but they were not
forthcoming, she states.
A short time after returning to her
| husbands house, so she testified on
| the witness stand yesterday, her hus-
band made her a proposition to be-
come a white slave, to turn their
home into house Of prostitution,
and to become a public character her
self.
This revealed her husband in his
true light she claimed, and a short
time later the young girl again left
him and went back to her Old par
ents. Another divorce suit was filed
| ia which the wife asked that she be
given her freedom and 100000
The climax was reached yesterday
afternoon when the case became All
issue in the District Court.
Tho young wife. who had been fall
ing IN health for several months
was brought into the court room
/ hardly able 90 stand, and told the
court the ptful story substantially
that Of the foregoing When her ey-
idcnce was concluded, she was com
pletely worn out and was forced to
lay down in the court room to re-
cover.
She was followed on the witness
stand by her aged father and moth
or, neither one able to speak or un-
derstand a word Of English. An in
tepreter had TO be used II was pitt
| ful in the extreme to hear them tell
Of the sufferlngs Of their only child
how healthy she was when married
and how she had dropped and faded
away until now she is only a shadow
Of her former self seldom smiling,
whore before she was cheerful and
happy.
Eut their hopes were doomed to
disappointment. In her ignorance OF
human nature, tho girl wife had
made one mistake which made It i'm
possible for her 10 be released from
her husband She had condoned his
ononses by returning TO live with him,
aud the court ruled that he could
not grant the divorce.
II was another peep behind the
screen, revealing a story of misplaced
confidence, and how q girls happiness
had been sacrificed to save the old
/ homestead.
From beginning 10 end the case was
| ful' Of incidents unusual I'm divorce
suit Tho father of the girl, sI,lklug
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