The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1914-12-04
SAYS MATES MAMA
cAIlElHER THING
Daughter-in of Rich ST.
Louis Woman Testiies I'M
Alienation Suit.
HURRY LIKED BISCUITS
Mrs. Emma Milford Testifies She
Sometimes Scorched Meat and
Was Sc0lded.

case of Emma Milford VS.. Margaret
Milford, now being tried in the COM
mon pleas court, was on the stand fol
several hours yesterday in her efforts
to show that her mother-in-law, the
defendant, had come between her anG
her husband, Richard Milford, causing
him to abandon her, and creating ar
irreparable breach in the happy re-
lations formerly existing between
them. The young woman is asking
$4,000 damages from her mother-in-
law who is wealthy.
She stated that from the time they
were married On March 20, 1912, un-
til her husband, who had been serious
ly i'll, was removed to hospital in
St. Leuis for treatment, they lived
pleasantly together except on occa-
sions when the defendant visited them
at the farm on which they We're living
near Desloge.
She testified that when the mother
was On the premises she was not al
lowed the eenpanionship of her hus-
band, who was compelled to go with
his mother through the day, and re-
main with her in the house she occu-
pied until late at night.
When asked if the defendant had
ever seolded her she stated that she
had not, but that in speaking of her
to Richard, she referred to her as a
thing" unfit for him TO live with.
:, She said that one morning at the
breakfast table when Richard asked
his mother why she could not make
nice, light biscuits such as were made
blythe plaintiff, the defendant became
very angry and said that ANYONE
with good sense knew that no cook
book recommended the use of two diff
ferent kinds of powders for biscuits"
She also stated her husband rarely
complained of her cooking, although
at times when she would cook the
steak too much he would find fault,
but never became angry.
When her husband was removed to
st. Louis, she visited him at the hos
pital few days later and saw him
at his mothers home after he had re-
covered, but he refused to return to
her, and stated that if she came to the
city it would be impossible for him to
live with her on account of his moth
er's wishes.
She testified that at one time when
she was in the city while Richard was
in the hospital, Mrs. Milford took her
to her home on Barker avenue. and
showed her over the premises, and
while there, stated that she would
never permit her boy to go back to the
farm, and that they had not decided
what they would do with the plaintiff.
: Her testimony was corroborated by
that Of her brother, Emmett Robinson
almost throughout, and Mr.. Buck al
so testified as to the happy relations
existing between the young couple
when he was working on the farm af-
ter they were married.
Miss Cora Morris testified to con-
versations with the defendant in
which she informed the witness thar
she did not consider the plaintiff as a
fit wife for her son, and that she never
intended to allow him to come back to
her.
At the conclusion of the plaintiffs
testimony, the joint will of William
G. Milford and Margaret Milford was
offered and accepted in evidence, af-
ter which the plaintiff rested.
The jury was then excused while the
argument on defendants motion to
dismiss for lack of evidence was in
progress.
The motion was overruled by the
court, and the case will proceed at the
opening of the session this morning.
Maggie Tarr was granted divorce
from Stephen d. Tarr and given the
custody Of her children. She was also
awarded $500 alimony and $50 attor-
ney fees.