The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-15
L. A. Wright Asks Only ID
yorce and Motorcycle.
Willing That His Wife SHAH
Keep the Rest.
CHARGES FEW BUT SERIOUS
Says She Placed Garbage Gan
Under His Bed.
Heaved Various Bits of Table,
ware at Him, at Times.

The vacant space under his bed -
no place Tor a can OF garbage, aScol
ing to L. A. Wright, and even II ne oiu
forget to empty the can before ne leAt
home in the morning his wife had no
business putting it there. For that
reason, and for other reasons Aui1y
enumerated in a petition tiled IN tne
district court today, Mr.. Wright asks
for a divorce from his WlIe, Aura
Elizabeth Wright.
The Wrights live at 52S west Elgnln
avenue and according to the peulon
were married at Lawrence, OCTOBER 10,
1911. Mrs Wright, he says, IS elsnt
years his senior. He mentions thal IN
his petition, but does not lay claim
to a divorce on that particular ground.
Instead, he cites the instance OF the
garbage can and of times when Mrs;
Wright lost her temper and heaNeo
teacups and case knives at him. He
alleges no injuries, except those OF
mental nature. The tea cup and case
knife incident is alleged to nave oc-
CURED Nov. 6, of last year: MT.
evening expecting to get his supper
but that his wife refused to COOK the
meal and that. when he protested she
SHE'D the table ware at him. He saved
himself by lodging.
Wright is a machiniSt at the santa
Fe shops and says his habit has been
to turn his wages over to his VIE
to pay the current bills. Recently, ne
says, he discovered that he had been
wasting his money on fancy shoes and
silks and satins-things his wife was
entitled to want but which were not
justified by his wages. He Thought
she was paying the bills, he says, but
discovered that she had been paying
small amounts on the bills and using
the rest on clothing and that when he
awakened to what was going on he
| had accounts amounting to $500
against him, scattered over town
| Trouble Started Early.
Although the domestic affairs of the
| Wright family have just reached the
climax, Mr.. Wright says the troubles
date back TO within three days of their
marriage. Three days after they were
married, he says, Mrs. Wright told him
she didn't love him and that she mar
ried him only to spite his parents.
Even after that blow, he says, he
struggled along and tried to do the
right thing. But he says she naggeG
! him constantly and was never salts
fled and that following the garbage
can incident he is ready to quit The
garbage can thing seems to irritate
Mr.. Wright particularly.
: one morning before he went to
work, he says, Mrs. Wright told him
to empty the garbage. Man-lfke he
| forgot it. He didn't think of it that
| night nor the next. In fact, the mat
ter of garbage left his mind entirely
! But one night he noticed a peculiar
odor in his bedroom He couldn't To-
cate it at first but finally traced it to
a point under his bed. He pulled
receptacle out-a familiar looking re-
| ceptable-and it dawned upon him
what had happened. After he forgot
to empty the garbage, he says his wife
| put the whole works under his bed and
left it there until the smell told him
| about it.
Because of all these things he has
| asked Mote q Rooney, attorneys to
secure a divorce for him. He saws he
| is willing that Mrs. Wright shall keep
the household goods. All he wants is
the divorce and a nrOforCVcle