Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-03-18

The divorce On grounds of cruel and
abusive treatment Trouble COM
nencet for the newly welded Palm
- ihree days after they were mar
red. he said. when she vas jealous
because he talked with the landlady
where they were staying n Boston.
All lis earnings with The exception
Of little Palmer said. he lad put
into the farm
HIS bride wrote 70 other men
while they were n Albion. Palmer
claimed. and signed Ihe letters
Minnie Beam He said Minnie took
SNUFF the first thing in the morning
and The last thing At night and thar
2fter taking i she acted Iipsy.
Mrs. Reynolds VINO owned rti- farm
N Albion which The Planners bought
was mex She testified as 20 the
slack appearance Of Ms. Palmer
7bCUt The house: that she couldn't
cook: Jna- she 1iGa. take bath IN
he tine size was A. me REYNOLDS
farm; thar Mrs. Palmer told Ms.
REYNOLDS that she slept n her
boomer. Ter Stockings aaG her *
nora- >he said M- Pt-mer cur
wood most Of the time. = keep his
mind as he toiG her Mr.. REYNOLDS
said Ms. Palmer told IF plans %
pu- something On some candy which
: she asked M Smiley 70 buy for aer
a. Weeks Mills.
Mr.. Smiley spoke If how cross Mrs
Palmer was towards her husband.
She asked Smiley 70 buy ca7Cy and
-aid aim "a be su-e and r~t red The
winners salc that ne would ca, PA
rler pleasant man around the.
house.
Some K cker
She said she could KICK high and
she die" sad NJ. Smiley II iescr1o-
Ing what IL called peculiar actions
Of Mrs Palmer Ee stated that she
wcu.d go around the house kicking
up and acting our as If she were up
seY
Palmer or being recalled. said wifs
( offered him ne candy bur he refused
because Of Information gwen hin by
M- smiley.
+ = was actually AFRAID thai she was
.-ulrg 20 poison ne" The -lan on the
stand said And me woman from
whom he vas T-viag &C get freed
Seemed vary -ruc1 amused over he
statement for sre nodded and smiled
ard "A ked with her ATTORNEY.
Mrs. rs -nie Beam Palmer took me
stand. She 3 snort and were an
Alice Blue su:r with spring ha- Of
---,.sil desir7. she refused ire
, judges permission - Sit Mrs Pal
uer Is also very hard Of Lea-1g and
=. rnes appeared 70 misunderstood
ne Questions.
LF-s -eT married he said and
mats he var re proposed" said the
woman On the stand aac she smiled
Is she repeated IL We never had d
lua--ei because never speak back
- Inn. Ia said was d poor bum
and ne kicked ard pinched ne
BRIDE joker
Ms Palmer denle. -hat she ask ed
Palmer % make a viii. she SAID she
slept Win her clothes on because II
vas cold. II ~epiy ~ question as 20
whether or no she had married De
fore. she replied Married TWO tines
husbands both dead and they were
gentlemen toe
~ first Mrs. Palmer denied writing
letters to other men while she was II
A-bion ard later she said thar she did
write the letters The man % vacru
she wrote was so years Old. and sae
signed the letters. your intended
WIFE y guess I was faoiiag when
I wrote that" she replied and -3ggled
ana shrugged her shoulders as she
sad Il
\ Cross Of Mrs. Palmer
Cross examined by Attorney Jones
M-s. Palmer admitted tl,aI certain
parts OF letters she had written on
Dec. anu Dee q We're not L-1e. bur
she added rta, or the paper she
wrote wsa- she liked Che was ques-
tened aoou, a letter she wrote 70 NJ
Gardner telling nm thai she expect
ec . be there a silor- time n TIE
Spring anc would 81 % see him
You lid not intend 70 get I'd Of
NJ Palmer and go the-e"" asked
Attorney Jones
No. I 6id not" replied Mrs. Pa
mer.
MS. Palmer repeated that she IS 81
years If age ana thar she Was born IN
1T she testified that she lived with
her asst husband eight wears ard maj
ne died IN October. 1913 When she vas
AZ Sioux City she visited her aunt. and
when she wrote Mr.. Gardner TIA: she
was working there for the everyday ne
cessit.es IF l;fe it was not true Her
aunt accompanied her 70 the South sta
;ion n Boston and there they pared.
Mrs Palmer remained in Boston . time
ana did homework there
( Regarding the selling of some Of hey
things 30 as % get enoug. money y
some 70 Augusta 10 the cour- Mrs