The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-16
Wife Scratched His Neck at the
Breakfast Table.
One Time She Tore a Sleeve
Out of His Shirt.
HUSBAND ASKS A DIVORCE
Wife Threatened to Spoil Pref
ty Face of His Daughter.
One Time She Drove Family
Away With Nail File.

1t was Mrs Paul Huycke's threat to
spoil his daughters pretty face that
precipitated the avalanche upon the
Huycke household at S2S Buchanan
street Wednesday, according TO the
cross petition filed in the district court
by the Topeka lumberman-
Mr. Huycke, through his attorney
T. f. Carver, adds to the sensational
features of the case with his cross
petition. He takes up the different
charges lodged against him by Mrs.
Huycke, bride OF a few months. and
places a different Interpretation upon
them. She asked for separate main
tenance. He asks for a divorce, his
church Notwithstanding
Mrs. Huycke told of alleged beat
ings. He acknowledges the three rows
she refers to but says she started them
and denies he beat or choked her. In
her petition Mrs. Huycke charged that
he permitted his nineteen-year-old
daughter to dominate her and humil-
late her in his presence. Mr. Huycke
has word to say about that also.
He states that his daughter, Berna-
time since he married Miss Huey the
18th of last August but that she re-
turned to their home Wednesday.
"She greeted the plaintiff in a
friendly manner" he says, but APP
parently the seeds of kindness fell
dpOil DeiTeH STOunO-
Mrs. Huycke's Threats.
1t was then, says Mr.. Huyckes pc
tition, that Mrs. Huycke threatened
to spoil his daughters pretty face and
it was then the big row started. Here
is his version of it:
He demonstrated with his wife be-
cause of her attitude towards his
daughter and the wife rushed at him
armed with an eight-inch steel nail
file, meanwhile calling his daughter
names too vile and profane to be
placed in the records" He got be-
tween his wife and daughter and push
ed the girl towards the door, They
went out together. His wife, he says
followed them to the door with the
ferocious nail file and shouted curses
after them"
Huycke came on down town as u.s.
ual and says that when he reached
his place of business he found a bill
from local florist shop for s21.5O
worth of flowers his wife had pur-
chased
That was one and the last row in
the Huycke home but two others in
which blood flowed freely are de-
scr1bed in detail by the lumberman
They were married in August and
in November, he says, Mrs. Huycke
attacked him at the breakfast table
, claw1ng him, scratching him and La
cerating his neck until it bled He
SNyS AiC anu Ills Sl&l6en-Xear-O1Q DON
were forced to retreat and leave their
breakfast uneaten.
Lost Shirt Sleeve Once.
The next conflict told by Huycke
and the dates agree fairly well with
those cited by his wife, brought no
blood but Huycke says he lost a shirt
sleeve during the encounter. He saws
she attacked him, scratching and
striking him and calling him indecent
names. He admits that he took hold
OF her and sat her down on a bed and
held her there until it was safe to let
her CO. Then he fled in disorder
leaving only shirtsleeve.
As matters stand Mrs. Huycke. the
bride, is in possession of the old
Huycke home while the head of the
household with his son and daughter
are shifting for themselves. That is
the effect of the restraining order
granted by the court. But he wants
the order reversed. He says she has
no use for the big house all alone and
that she could easily find place
elsewhere He objects to separate
maintenance. He demands divorce
altho stating that he is willing to pay
reasonable alimony