Arizona republican., 1920-12-25
CHARGES WIFE WITH IMPROPER CONDUjGT
 IN ANSWER TO SUIT

Sued in October for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty and desertion, Charles l.. De Mund yesterday Tiled an answer to the suit of Mary c. De Mund, his wife. Mrs De Mund alleged her husband accused her of improper acts with other men, hired detectives to watch her and on April 24, 1920, en- tered their bungalow in Los Angeles with three detectives just after she had entered the place with man friend who was assisting her to move to an apartment house. Her husband, she alleged, accused her of infidelity and threatened to kill her. She charges her husband with having violent temper and being quarrelsome and cruel
 Mrs. De Mund asked for $1,000 a month as temporary alimony until the hearing of the case and a division of the community property, which she said amounted to S350,000, from which an income of s25,0000 is derived. De Mund filed demurrer to the suit on the grounds that his wife was resident of California and this court had no jurisdiction in the case. The demurrer and a motion for temporary alimony were heard in the superior court several days ago and Judge Jones of Flagstaff who sat in the case. took lilC lldllSI uil0tI aQNiStIIICubt SIdAAiAS he would render a decisoin on Decem- Der 21. The decision has been post poned to a later date.
 De Mund alleges in his answer that his wife has not resided in Arizona l long enough for this court to have l jurisdiction in the suit. He says they were married in Missouri in 1896, and l denies they have been bona fide resi- I dents of Arizona for the past 21 years. He alleges his wife has not lived in Arizona since 1909, and at the time she i filed the suit. he says. they were both residents of California. He denies that 1 he abandoned his wife in Los Angeles on April 4, 1920. but alleges they have not lived together since that date. He denies he was jealous and cruel as she charges and alleges he has borne her alleged improper conduct with great patience. He denies he ever l mdae any statements about her con | duct with other men. but alleges he I believes she has been guilty of i'm proper relations with other men. He admits he told her in Phoenix in Mo- vember. 1919, that she did not love him and was simply waiting until he died ] because she wanted his money. He admits he hired detectives to watch her at their bungalow in Hollywood.
 He alleges that detectives saw a man go into the bungalow with her at 11:30 o'clock on the night of March 26, 1920, and stay until 4:30 o'clock the the next morning. De Mund denies he entered the bungalow on April 24
 1920, with a detective and after causing a scene, threatened to shoot her. He \ alleges he went to the bungalow abou,
 3:30 o'clock that afternoon and entered
 the back door with a detective Ills
 wife, he alleged, came from bedroom
 as he entered and the man climbed
 out of the window.
 De Mund denies his estate is worth
 S350,00o, with an income of s25,0oo z
 year, but alleges his estate amounts ts
 S196,627.3S. with an income of s7,424
 He declares the estate is not com.
 munity property but his own persona
 property. He states his wife has al
 estate of about $35,000. He asks sh,
 take nothing by her suit and that sh,
 be required to render an accountin,
 of the money and proprety he ha
 given her or placed in her control.