Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-03-22
AGED COUPLE AIR
TROUBLES BEFORE
JUDGE ELDREDGE
DECEMBER OF LIFE DID NOT PRE-
VENT MENDOZA PAIR FROM CO.
ING INTO COURT AND "TeLLiNG
ON ONE ANOTHER"

lNo TN y " IOUHl ANU Il ElIiNG
ON ONE ANOTHER"
Anna Kramer's separate mainte.
nance suit against Jacob Kramer.
wealthy Mendoza man, ran from alb
horrence of the bath tub to possession
OF the front seat of their automobile,
at this mornings hearing before Judge
Eldredge in the circuit court. Kramer
is contesting his wfes suit with At.
to.neys Madden and Nicholson repre-
senting him before tLe bar of justice,
while II. VI. Kelly and Elmer Roberts
are counsel for the complainant.
The marriage OF Mr.. and Mrs. krl-
mer it was brought out at the hear
ing, followed IL contract entered into
within the first few days of the cou
pies acquaintance. Friends of Mrs.
kramers, she admitted on the stand,
helped in the romance by making her
acquainted with Kramer and a short
time after their first introduction they
were married
The ffierds had written Mrs. Kra-
mer she said, telling her they knew VI
a man who wanted a wife. She testi-
fled Oh the stand that she made trip
to Mendoza to give her prospective
husband the once over" all of which
being to his advantage, she consented
to the troth.
Their had been married a couple of
years, when Mr.. Kramer began to cool
in his affection, and to show marked
attention toward neighbor woman,
:he witness charged. Besides this
failing he was given to indulgencas
OF other kinds that were not to her
liking, she told the Judge.
The Bathtub instance.
Mrs. Kramer testified that her hus.
band had distinct adherence Of the
bath and boasted that his experiences
with that necessity were few and fal
between. Underwear and shirts, she
said, remained upon his person fol
as many as six weeks at a time.
AT night. Mrs. Kramer testified, :"
could hardly stand it to stay in ouI
bedroom. would tell him about his
old dirty clothes, and on one occasion
he consented to remove his apparel tC
the hallway After this instance he
would leave his clothes outside the
room. and III the morning, ii they had
not walked away he would put them
on again.
The Front Seat Episode.
In her recitation OF few of kra-
mer's virtues" Mrs. Kramer recited
an episode entitled The Story OF the
Front Seat She said that Kramer
purchased an automobile "to make
people mad, and then would never let
her sit along side him because she
was too Old. -
II never got a chance to sit IN that
front seat" Mrs. Kramer stated, 'and
all the time rode with him | had to
sit in the back because | was toe
old There seemed to the court at
taches to be quantities OF regret IN
Mrs. Kramer'S statement as She made
that last remark
Kramer himself just smiled at his
wiie's assertions.
Both Are Aged.
Both principals in the suit are wei
along in years. Mrs. Kramer admits
being a grandmother and Of having
grown.up family Of her own. Kramer
is about the same age as his VIE
Both are far enough in the December
of life to have had room In theil
hearts to allow for one another's short
comings. Had their suit been left on
of the courts there would have beel
an assortment of "loungers' wh'
would have been dyested Of an oppor
tunity to hear testimony that wa
only regrettable.
Has Contract.
Mrs. Kramer is in possession of al
ante-nuptial contract In which 1t i
purported to give her third interes
in Mr.. kramer's farm property ant
the use OF the home, both during tn
life of her husband ald after hi
death So comprehensive is the con
tract that the wife collected rent from
Kramer for use Of his farm, He pai'
her in all, she said, $4,000 as rent.
! The contract was drawn by Peori
attorneys, where the couple went t
get married, and is binding enough I
give Mrs. Kramer a chance to su
Kramer under eieCtment proceeding
TO oust him from his home, to agai
sue him for unpaid rents and to su
In Lee county for possession OF tn
farm. All of these suits are pending
while the separate maintenance su
is undisposed Of
Has Her Own Property.
Mrs. Kramer admitted on the wi
ness stand that she was in possessic
of a fiat building in Chicago and
two.apartment house in Austin. TT
nat property, she said, is worth $l'
coo or $1,000, while she did not t
any valuation upon the house IL tt
suburb