The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-05
KEEPS BOOZE
UNDER PILLOW
Alice Stevens Says Husband
Gets Drunk in Bed.
euE keKe Tn RE nlV0RnEn
she ASKS TO Be DIVORCED
Claims Hubby is a Desperate
Character.
Marion Malleable Company Fight
ing John Weston I'm the Circuit
Court For the Fourth Time Since
the Beginning of His Suit For Ten
Thousand Dollars-News of Marion
County Courts.

Through Attorney l.. H. Myers
Alice NJ. Stevens today filed a petit
tion for divorce from James r.
Stevens The petition asserts that the
couple was married in Belle Center
Hardin county. Ohio. May 10, 1888,
and that five children were born of
the union, two of them being under
age and in custody OF the plaintiff.
The plaintiff says she has always
been a faithful wife but the defend
ant is guilty Of extreme cruelty ana
gross neglect of duty. She says thai
he has been an habitual drunkard for
more than three years and for more
than four years has FAILED and re-
fused to provide tur 1er or the minor
children.
The petition states that Stevens al
ways Keeps a bottle Of whisky under
his pillow, frequently getting up In
The night to drink theretrom copious
draughts, resulting I'm his becoming
drunk in bed at which times he
threatens TO kill her and the children.
stevens is accused of going to bed
without removing his shoes and cloth
ing and doing other unsanitary things.
Plaintiff claims that her husband
has permitted their furniture TO bs
taken for debts contracted for intoX-
icants and SAYS that he Is a dishonest
and desperate character and will an
roy, torment and injure her, causing
ner to lose her employment as do
nestle. unless restrained.
She, therefore, asks that she le
granted a divorce and custody Of the
Two children mentioned in the petit
ton and that Stevens be restrained by
n court order from Interfering with
her, tneir children or the property,
A transcript of the evidence in the
case of Joseph w. Harris who was
fined 5000 and costs by Mayor Setter
,or violation or the local option
law July "a, has been filed In the
common pleas court together with a
hin OF exceptions. by l.. T.. Myers
Harris attorney.
A foreclosure action was started in
the common pleas court this morn
ing by Jesse Hess, of Columbus
against Mary a. Pryor and others.
Hess sets up two notes for $500 each
given him by the defendant on sep
tember II. 1909. one note was due
In 2l months and the other in p
months. He claims neither has ever
been paid
The payment OF the notes was Sc
cured by mortgage on tract ol
land In Moral, This property mas
been sold four times since the record
ing of the mortgage but the mortgage
has never been cancelled Hess there
fore, makes all the purchasers parties
defendant and asks for Judgment
In the sum Of $1,000; That the mort
gage be foreclosel, the land sold and
his claim paid out of the proceeds OF
the sale.
netitlon I'm error was filed in the
circuit court today by Scotied and
Durfee and G. c. Fisher for the Marion
Malleable company against John Wes-
ton. This is AN interesting damage
suit which has Travelled to the circuit
court three times. Weston sued for
$4,000 damages for injuries received
while employed by the company and
M The last term of the common pleas
court was given a judgment Tor $3'-
75O.
Weston took the case to the circuit
court IIG llIEl lllltf NAiN' - FNN
feated in the lower court, ana the
MaIleable company went up twice,
and todays action makes the third
time. Seven grounds of error on the
rart OF the trial court are alleged ana
n Is asked that the judgment be re-
yersed by the circuit court
w. Fl. Dndne against Phillip Dutt'
administrator Of the estate OF Henry
Behner, Homer I<idwell and John
Kidwell. is the title Of petition In
error filed In the eircui court To-Day
by Crissinger & Cutlery.
II is set up that a judgment was Sc
cured on a note for s220.ss at the
January term of the common pleas
court and three grounds OF error are
alleged In asking that this judgment
be reversed.