Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-11-22
NOTHING BUT TROUBLE.
CHAMPION HENPEcKEo MAN is
A RESIDENT OF CHICAGO.
In Answering Divorce Bill ne says
Wife Threw Stove at Him, Be-
sides Using Hammer. Scissors
Fists and Feet az n eapons.

Chicago. August r. W. Siebel. at
torney in the Fort Dearborn building.
the other day made an answer TO
bis wife's bill for divorce, which, II
all the tales told therein can be
credited. bran6A him as the most
henpecked husband In America.
The Siebels were married In 1908
and have three children. They at
tanned some notoriety In June when
Siebel kidnapped" his children and
took them for an outing at Lincoln
park. There he fed them all the Ice
cream they wanted. Afterward ne
took them home. Mrs. Siebel. who H.
a partner in the West Side Conserva-
tory OF Music, previously had sued
him for divorce. She charged him
with cruelty and desertion.
Sebels answer AYERS that so far as
ahe cruelty and desertion is concerned.
the shoe is on the other foot. He
chronicled his married life In detail
and, II his averments are accurate
matrimony for him was continuous
war.
His troubles, he said, began a few
months after the marriage, and Gull
minated in a three day battle. which
started on December 81. 1907, and
continued until January !, 1908, when,
for self.preservation. he packed up
and left home. His disagreements
with his wife, so the bill stated. all
had their origin In his wife's over
weening delight in "the glare of mid
night enjoyment" In less melodrama-
tic language, this means that Mrs.
Siebel was visiting gaudy restaurants
at night, while husband stayed home
and minded the babies.
Mrs. Siebel. said her husband. not
only beat him regularly and earnestly.
but boosted Of her pugilistic ability.
Among the instruments of her
wrath were the following: A ham
mpr. scissors. her fists. her feet, .
plate, a section of gas hose. a small
gas stove, a foot rule, her shoes, his
razor. a wrench, butcher knife. their
furniture.
One of the things that made Siebel
want to leave home, said his bill, was
his wifa's curtain lectures.
He was obliged to lay on the floor"
said the bill, and endeavor to sleep,
but said Patricia B. Siebel by her con-
tinual abuse. splitting in your orators
face and striking him, prevented him
even securing sleep in the bathroom"
The browning catastrophe occurred
on New Years evening, December 81,
1907. Mrs. Siebel, said the bill. went
out celebrating while her husband re-
manned at home with their children.
She was out on the streets, said the
bill, until 1:15 in the morning, when
she returned and invited him to join
her in the festivities. He refused,
according to the bill, and she struck
him and locked him out Of the house.
He stopped that day at hotel but
returned to his residence January 2.
When she had got him safely inside,
said the bill, his wife attacked him
with an "eight-foot gas hose, breaking
his nose and greatly bruising his face,
continuing such beating for over half
an hour and while she was SO en-
ragged she threw small gas stove at
your orator, bruising him on the back
and she ceased only when her mother
came to the room and said: There
is no use doing that, you cannot hurt
him that way where upon she took
a one foot rule and struck your orator
on the shoulder. thereby breaking said
rule"