Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-17
J. N. BAKER SCORES
LAWYERS IN HIS PLEA
Claims Thnt An Was ,.olng Well
tniii Grating iawyrrs indu,cd
Wife Ia Ash for DiNorc.

y y lhNr whose wife tor 80
years brought suit against him Tor
divorce the other dhN. hiamcS law
NrrH Tor his troubles aud therefore,
he iuditcs his own answer tu hct
suit ~ Witch she alleged 80 many
SHORTCOMINGS on the part uf her
hushapd thai he makes no attempt
to go into det,il IN his answrr which
wus filcd YESTERDAY
The Nakcts have some oil lHnd
near CoWcth. In Naguucr county,
where they have liNrd tor mnWN
years, both nov claiming thai what.
ever ~ success has Cuur to them an
NE, has been due to their respective
"fforls. nakcr. IN hr answer ra,s
the secret ~ II all IN that hlH wife
, rs 'taKN fnr muucy." bat II wsr
when oil was found un thclr farm.
that thclr troubles really com.
mcnoed
We have onr of the finest hnm's
In the country says ltaket la his
nnswer To- his wifcu petition "nud
was getting along fine until these
grating lawyers found out We had
a little oil money coming tn Us
tontinu ny. he states and H,ers.
! Symo time ago these lawyers here
f"nnd out w. had little money
coming To rs fOr oil snd since that
time they have hccn bounding my
wife every tine she came 10 Tulsa
irAln 10 Got her ,o tie n NJ win a
divorce suit or some other snit that
would let them In on the drtl 80
ihey could make grab fuT II
l.fe IN the country. n appears.
was too slow Tor Mrs Ilnker Espc-
cially on saturday afternoon, her
husband alleges. she would come tu
town, oven II SHE had Ia Nalk ur
bum ride" That meant one auto.
mobile. he says aud 80 Automobile
II Was II IN listed ~ worth 1900.
and II was HnkSr's duty un saturday
afternoon. whether or No. rain ui
shine, work or no work. To btins
hcr here.
I, develops from Mrs Uaker'S
answer also thar tho movies have
served 10 unsettle Mrs Bakers men.
tai equilibrium 'thc visited OUT
two daughters last summer aud they
are working for picture shows ana
have 10 home FOR themselves OF her
either" he. sets out IN his hill Iic
intlmatos also thar these Visits to
the daughters Of movie procllvities
have served Ia make her discon-
tented Rnd new and fashionable
gowns strike her fancy with much
frequency also serve to accentuatc
m" dlScordant tone In their reis.
lions
As u hclpmntc. Mrs. Daker hns
been nix. according to her s3.year-
old husband. who declares that M he
tollcd ana saved and ecrimpod. HIS
wife took To her own Use tbe funds
which she received from the sale ~
chicks and other livestock from the
homeplace
Ho. after setting forth his virtues
and his wife's faults I'akef submits
10 the court this proposition:
In case the court does not feel
Inclined To grant this request, then
! pray the cour, 10 sell all the prop
eriy We have. real and personal aud
thN all oil rights aud royalties he
sold and one half tho proceeds be
siNen 10 my wife along with her al
vorce ana tho other half To he paid
TO me aud that 1000 he taken from
her half and paid to me for MY In.
dlvldual work aud money paid out
on mprovemenis and that tho attor-
ney- Tor this plnlniiN he allowed
nothing. hut that they be arrested
and thrown In Jail and disbarred
from practicing law IN oklahoma for
deliberately ana maliciously break
Ing up this home. n the court
doesn't agree with this proposition.
then I ask the court Ia appoint my
son Earn iiaker tn wind up the or.
tstc without bond"
u. " Crewson and Gustav Erick-
son are the attorneys for Mrs.
Iiaker