The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-31
DOWNWARD WAY
Of ONE WOMAN
A Family Wrecked With Two Bright
Little Boys Sitting in Court
Room and Mother Weep
ing at Home.
WOMAN SEEMS TRANQUIL
is complaisant When Rest OF the
Folks Arrange Settlement
Leaving Her Out In
the World.

| Mrs. Matte May Fink found the
primrose path of dalliance turned to
rocky road this morning and in the
superior court she skidded into ths
| ditch and there remained only
wrecked family, two very fine little
bows on the front bench and mother
weeping her heart out at home
The docket read that her husband,
In. A. Fink. hard working man, who
used to be on the street cars, had filed
an information against her and Aoy
Weeks. a teamster for adultery anu
that the case was set for trial at
10 o'clock.
The young woman, petite, handsome
of face and perfectly Tranquil all the
time set, inside the bar a dozen
feet from where the teamster sat- at
the other end of the row OF chalrs. On
the front bench outside the ralllns
was the wronged husband with inc
two little boys. both as pretty as pic.
lures, bright as polished metal anu
roundeyed at the strange place 10
which they had been brought.
srioht Bows Attracted Others.
Not once for an hour did the mother
even glance at the boys at whom ey-
er-ybody else was looking, and neither
did she display the least interest in
ANYBODY or anything in the court
room.
Her attorney, Frank M. RallingeT.
was a little late. and the court waiter
for him while the men talked IN 10"
tones heard at a funeral. over by the
clerks corner.
II developed that Fink and his pref
ty young wife lived together most OF
the time until a week ago, When she
moved to a boarding house and got
work In the Hubinger works, although
the husband had taken the wife pack
two or three times.
The Last Chapter Is Written.
Fink expressed little worry, De
cause his star witness, woman. hau
disappeared ard could not be round on
the day Of the trial. Otherwise, ne sat
quietly with his two fine little ooEs,
looking every few minutes earnestly
at his wife. who caused 1t all.
Finally the woman's lawyer appeared
and spoke to Edward McManus, states
attorney Then there was more taiklhg
between Fink and the prosecuting at
tOrney, the WOulhn y law Ci Civ ~
stepfather, land the two lawyers.
The woman herself was not con-
suited until all the rest were done
confering, and then she instantly and
casually agreed to the proposition
stated to her by her attorney.
Arrsnoino the Fragments Of Home
It was ell arranged without contnu-
ing the case before the court which
led toward the penitentiary for both
the woman and her Paramour, If they
were convicted.
That case was dismissed. A divorce
should be granted in which the father
of the two bright boys should keep
them and pay no alimony. That Oil
yorce proceeding, already started,
should be expediated
As soon as the district court can
grant the divorce degree. Mrs. Matte
May Fink will be unmarried, separa-
ted from her two bright little boys at
whom she did not even look this morn
inc I'm court, and ALWAYS the docket OF
the superior court will show that she
was the defendant in the adultery
case set for today and later dismissed.
Out of sight, not mentioned in the
! proceedings. entirely blameless, tho
mother of the wayward young wife
and mother wept at home and has the
sincere sympathy of everybody who