Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-07
VISIT TO CHILDREN is
SAID TO HAVE CAUSED
ASSAULT
L0STANT IS AG0G
SENSATION is SPRUNG IN CIR
CUT COURT WHEN MRS. lU.
VANA SMITH FILES DAMAGE
SUIT AGAINST Ex.SPOUsE.

A $4,000 valuation for an alleged
threShing she received mas been
placed upon he injuries suffered by
Mrs. l.uyOna Smith whep she was as.
saultcd by d. T.. Smith. her former
husband
Mrs Smith, whose iudescrctions
with Charles Reynolds, wealthy res
idcnt Of l.ostant, kept that village
agog with whispered rdmors, late vos,
t"rday afternoon filed suit ~ g Cir.
crit COX asking slo,oC9 ron her eA,
sp3Jse lor assault and battery.
Tho only the praccipc was filed
authentic sources trace Mrs. Smith
suit TO an episode of August Il last
when d. II. was charged with beat
mig his former Wifc while she was on
ono Of her visits TO their children
who then. and are nov. in his custody
Mrs. Smith will claim IN her bill
Of particulars that she was into the
law Ybml she went to their Old home
TO gather UP some of her lrinkets AMI
wearing apparel md al the same tin
visit with her three children Men
now. aged 3: George, aged 8, and
Robert. aged /. IN the divorce deere G
which BY the way, was granted to
Smith on around os inlidclity, il was
sDcclIicd by Jurge Eldregc that Mrs.
Smith could call on her otiisprings as
lon- as she made the visits between
sunrisd and sunset. II was while in
the act of taking advantage fthis
decrcial order That The alleged assault
occurred
TO her counsel Judge s. =. Ilall
of La Sale she recountcd the many
things that happened while she waF
the victim Of her husband rage. she
was given according to ncighbors. The
regular oldfashioncd matrimoni0'
trOnncing. Beat. checked. kicked etc,
rs are invariably expressed in di-
vorcc bills
Following her experience she be
came sick aud was forced to undergo
an operation for Appendicitis her at.
fdavit to prosecute as poor person
scta forth. and she has not been I'M
able 10 earn for herself since thai
time.
Mrs. Smith was defendant in The
sensational divorce proceedings il
which Reynolds, a wealthy farmer
was prominently mentioned as on'
phase of the triangle AT The hearing
there was mention Of settlements be
tween Reynolds and Smith, but moth
ing was said as to what amount
passed between the two men, follow
ing the exposure of Mrs. Smiths re
latiOnship with the correspondent
That ihcrc~w settlement. the com
plainant agreed.
The wife after admitting her mis-
conduct, said she would follow tn
straight and narrow. but Smith avcl
rcd II wns not very long un'il h
again heard that Mrs. Smith and Re,
nOlds were being seen together dul
INK his absences from home. II
then filed suit for divorce and VA
granted decree July ) with the pr'
vision that in hcu Of alimOny lr pa
his wife 500 in full Of any c|aln
she might have against him. The chi
drun were given to the husband a
now are living 1T his home. III
Smiths were married in Ottawa Jun
20. 1906
Smith Is o renter aud has u FAR
three miles cast of I.ooiant. VIII
the divorce case was not c0n'cst'
the suit filed here by Judge II;
promises to reopen all the past I'M
dents that disrupted the Smith hon
All OF l.0stant Is having It's hcar''
apparatus sci IN shape to attend !
trial. TO them trip 10 Ottawa "
be worth while, when tho prominon
or tha aneo,,lc concrrnpd N COuSi,lurt