The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-16
MAJOR OBEAR ON STAND


terday morning denied that he had ever
threatened his wife with a pistol He
said he did not Jump out of vehicle
in a runaway and leave his wife and
child to their fate, nor did he want to
stay in this country when in the army.
He wrote Senator Hoke Smith of Geor-
gia to try and obtain transfer to the
infantry in order that he could go to
France
He did not want a divorce, he said, and
never threatened to obtain one. He tes
titled that she had failed in many of her
household duties to him.
Here the plaintiffs closed their case.
The trial opened at the morning ses-
sion yesterday with the concluding tes-
timony to be offered for the plaintiffs
City Commissioner Fl. P. Burrus testifIed
that he had known Fealy is months and
in his opinion he had bad reputation.
On DISCRIMINATION he stated that ne
was a close friend of George ,. ooear
and lived near MN.
T. n. Bailey, secretary o, the lo'eo &c
Credit association. sald mat ne was On
e-disclple or realys anu hau nno"
him -FOUR years. he tnoushe ne ~, hau
bad reputation. ne sdio ne 49, ,lie ~
c1ety because soinethihs uisaSi eo"o
CURED between .henl' ,u;o,t j.,
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na'eo 'ha. onai ;t,, ~ No natients
Ieit 70 tne ,, bis course If
re hau NO. .ss,s IL Nos RUNNING
lessons ne tesS Lll,,. - -, h;s au,, usine
sac se ee," ,e fn. 10y t,e nrrnose his sne
reais .s..oS'lt tr,,the', he declared.
rIei'y ueiu7 a,,,d ~ believe E,ealv on
~ sou ny
I'M, ;sra i, tbis case is first
a4,,or +his woman is good enough.
r,,re e,,ourb chaste enough to have the
n,stod,, of her children. or whether
80 ;s ;n,nroner woman and should
,osa then, The NEXT issue is to decide
,,,he+her or NOT his woman has nor
NAL sanity or if her mind is so weak
tba+ sba naeds a Guardian because she
cannot take care Of her affairs
.,Tba third issue Nbeine whether Major
ohear,s treatment of her was menacing
| enongb ~ entitle her to a divorce. All
| Questions of Fealy and how good or
bad he is are mere incidents to this
| court
"What is the nature of the man who
asks mat he he permitted to bring IN
these children? The evidence has shown
| that he is Ioafer and has done no
| work for wears. he has not even tried
| IN pet work He spends his mornings
| in bed in spite of his army training
His selfishness is shown nv the facts
| that he wrangled with his wife over
boar ia a nd cd aft
| cbicsans hecause tomatoes and eggs
were his diet
.eHe is man Of violent temner ad
mittine that he got extremely provoked
and aysn Nd ~ he cbokad nv friends
uhan he cn,arreled with his wife He
Kicked NET cats and rabbits beloneine
~ bic aul, cbjldren ab6ut the bouse
~ ~. es. -, ,it.,a -,
a,.ino ha d;d,,. Lrar, ,,,hat ha ~.
80, ,,ha, he rot ,r,ad uelthrsatN
oo a a,;t ,,,,raar "a
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! ~ ny. ~ 100 ~ a'io ne " - ~
ms ch'io.eh ~ pr,lsins ,neo lnis cour'
llxea-up uanN ~"oA sho"ihs "here
ne gave mem inonsN,
HAD VlOLENl IEMfER
He appropriated everything MS wire
owned taking her pistol her money
and her checks He took $4,000 OF hers
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