The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-10-18
'SADY |. EBERHART HAS
STARTED DIVORCE SUIT
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
Sadly I. Eberhart of Amarillo,
Texas, has started an action for a
divorce from w. w. Eberhart of
Mankato.
The suit was commenced in the
district court of Potter county,
Texas, and is set for trial in the
January term.
The plaintiff recites in her COM
plant, which was drawn by her at.
torneys, Cooper, Merrill & Lumpkin,
|of Amarillo, that she was married
to the defendant in Chicago on
August 5, 1896, and they lived to-
|gether until August 5, 1911. The
couple moved from Mankato to
Texas, so the complaint says, about
October l.. 1907 They lived together
there until August 5, 1911, when
the defendant returned to Mankato
The plaintiff claims that the defend.
ant continuously remained away and
refused to provide home for her,
and she has been compelled to sup.
port herself.
Had Community Property.
The plaintiff claims that at the
time they went to Texas the couple
owned community property of the
reasonable value of $4,000. She also
alleges cruel treatment. She states
in the complaint, that she always
conducted herself with propriety and
attended to her household duties.
The plaintiff claims that some
time ago the defendant decided three
sections of land in the panhandle
country of Texas to defendants
Adolph Veigel, ]. R. Brandrup and
|R. o. Eberhart for the purpose OF
|defrauding her out of her property
rights in the property of her hus.
band, and is willing to buy it back
for what they paid for it. She asks
the court to set aside these deeds
of conveyance.
Defendants Enter Denial.
Defendants Veigel, Brandrup and
Eberhart deny the charges alleged
in Mrs. Eberhart's complaint, claim.
ing that they bought the land in
good faith, and for a valuable con.
|sideration, and without any intent
on their part to in any way assist
the defendant, w. w. Eberhart.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eberhart have no
children.
S. B. Wilson of this city is also
attorney for Mrs. Eberhart.
A. R. Pfau, Jr., and c. j. Laurisch
are attorneys for w. w. Eberhart
in the divorce proceedings and also
for Robert Eberhart in the land
transaction.
This afternoon dispositions were
taken in S. B. Wilson's office from
Messrs. Veigle and Brandrup rela-
tive to the land transactions.
The reply to the complaint in the
action for divorce has not been pre-
pared.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Lippert who
were married yesterday, left in the
afternoon by automobile, going to St
Peter. They slipped away from their
friends here, SO three automobiles
full of young people followed them
Mr.. and Mrs. Lippert discovered
that they were being followed and
they went on to LIE Sueur. The
three auto loads went to st. Peter
and there they discovered that the
bridal couple had gone on. The
young men in the party all got into
one car and went to LIE Sueur, leav,
ing the ladies in the station at St
Peter.
When they reached LIE Sueur they
found Mr. and Mrs. Lippert sitting
in the station, and Immediately tele,
phoned to the ladies at st. Peter,
telling them to come to LIE Sueur on
train No. 4.
A little while before No. 4. ar
rived another bridal couple, from LIE
Sueur, came to the station ACCOM-
panied by a crowd of friends, so
the Mankato men very kindly intro
,duced Mr. and Mrs. Lippert to the
crowd and then proceeded to make
merry all round. When No 4 pull
led in Mr.. and Mrs. Lippert started
for the end of the train, thinking
to avoid the crowd, when their
friends who had got on at st. Pete.
got off and "riced" them plenty. A
seat in the diner had already been
arranged for them with signs and
the Mankato men went into the train
with a string of cowbells and intro
duced Mr.. and Mrs. Lippert to every
one in the train.
Miss Kathleen Hart and Eugene
Bibb of Minneapolis were also on
the train, and they enjoyed the fun.
Miss Hart and Mr.. Bib, whose
engagement was announced few
weeks ago, were taken by their kind
friends to tho end Of the coach and
were introduced to the people in the
car, who were told of Miss Harris
engagement to Mr.. Bibb. The people
in the car were asked to give them,
as we'll as the bridal couple, a good
time and their blessings.
Fairmont, October 10.-Carl Brandt,
a painter and paper hanger at Cey-
Ion, attempted suicide Tuesday, by
taking a large dose of strychnine.
The fact that he took an overdose
of the deadly drug enabled thephysi-
clan to save his life. He swallowed
enough of the stuff to have killed
a dozen men had it been admins
tered in small doses.
Brandt procured the poison at the
drug store in Ceylon for the pur-
pose, he claimed, of poisoning rats
and did actually use some of it in
that way.
Z Had Been Drinking Heavily.
He had been drinking heavily On
Tuesday and stated to several peo-
pie that he had too many troubles
and intended to make way with
No one paid much atten-