The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-18
EIihu ID. Bremen Has No Priv
ileges in Own Home.
That Is His Answer to Wife's
Divorce Petition.
HE SMELLS FOOD COOKING
But He Is Never Given a Bite
To Eat, He Says.
All Communications With Fam.
lily Are in Writing.

Since the night his wife grabbed a
pillow from their bed and went to an
other part of the house, EIihu D.
Bremen. 20, and with several thou
sand dollars at his command, has been
nothing excepting a roomer in his own
home with the expenses of a family
to maintain Such is the state of af-
fairs described by Bremen in an an
swer and cross petition in a divorce
suit filed in the district court. He is
Lincoln street.
Communication between Bremen
and his wife's two daughters by for
mer marriage are carried on in, writ
ing, Bremen states. In short. their
married life is nothing short of armed
neutrality and Brefner has requested
the court to straighten out the affair
Immediately. Only the Illness of Ed
Rooney, one of the attorneys. has kept
the case from going to trial this week.
Only Smells Food.
To make matters worse, Bremen
states that the aroma of cooked food
from his own kitchen floats on the
air into his room. But he doesn't get
a bite. He must pass his own dining
room and go to the restaurants to eat,
he states in the cross petition.
Brenner's life with Dora V. Bren-
ner, formerly Dora V. Witt, has
been short They were married in st.
Joseph April 1, 1919. Bremen in his
petition describes a pre-nuptial agree
ment in which. he alleges, that both
agreed to an unsigned contract pro-
viding that neither should inherit the
others property and their worldly
possessions should go to children by
former marriages.
With this agreement both launched
into the matrimonial sea on the his
toric first day of April. Bremen states
that he had considerable difficulty in
persuading his wife to attest to his
last will and testament but finally
both signed their names to; the others
will.
She Wouldn't Sign Deed.
Then, Bremen stated, he wished her
to sign a deed conveying his property
to a SON. This he claims, she has
stoutly refused to do. He describes
life insurance policy in which his wife
and a son are beneficiaries. He says
his wife took the policy and refuses to
return it. He also tells of putting up
money for her son to buy a State Jour-
nal route with a promise to pay the
money back. The boy, he says. has
the route but no return payments have
been rerceived altho the lad is making
good money.
One night, he says, his wife grabbed
a pillow and went into another part
of the house. Since that time Bren-
ner states he has merely been room
ing in the house, paying the bills and
endeavoring to seek rest and comfort
despite the fact that his wife's daugh-
tiers entertain gentlemen friends in the
evening by singing, playing and dane
ing
He describes writing them a note
pleading for a little less music and
more quiet. To this, he says, they
answered in writing, as follows:
In regard to your sneaking and
prowling around, We desire you to dis
continue from now on"
Mrs. Bremen in her petition asks
for suitable alimony and states that
he will not support herself and the
family in accordance with their social
position.