Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-11
Olson.
Files Suit.
Mrs. Sophie Lueken Charged
With Alienation as Jury
Starts to Consider Fate
of Confessed Lover.
Letters Read at Trial

Fremont, Neb.. Sept. 10.-(Spe-
cial. AS the district court jury re-
tired to consider the fate of John
Olsen, charged with attempting to
murder Harm B. Lueken May II,
Mrs. Florence Olsen, wife of the de-
fendant, filed a suit for S25,000 dam
ages against Mrs. Sophie Lueken,
alleging alienation of her husband S
affections.
In her petition Mrs. Olsen declares
that she was married to Olsen four
years ago. That in 1919 and 1920
Mrs. Lueken wrote letters to him.
arranged meetings with him; and
had illicit relations with him, in an
effort to ALLEVIATE him from his wife.
Mrs. Olsen blames her husbands S
arrest and confinement in Jail to
Mrs. Lueken's conduct. She de-
clares she had no knowledge of the
love affair between her husband and
Mrs. Lueken until after Olsen'S ar
rest, when she discovered the letters
Mrs. Lueken wrote him.
Jury Now Deliberating.
The suit was filed for Mrs. Olsen
by attorneys of Albion, Neb. She
is said to be living at Hastings. Sub
poenaed as witness in Olsen's
cae, the wife did not appear. The
jury began its deliberation on the
fate of John Olsen, at 5:45 o'clock.
Producing part of the letters
during the trial this morning. The
rest are in the mail between Omaha
and Fremont, he said. With no OBJ
lection from the state, reading of
Mrs. Lueken's letters to Olson, be-
gan.
The first message. dated April 3.
1919, was headed Dear John" and
ended with lots of love and kisses
from your Elizabeth"
Extracts from other letters fol-
low: $50, my dear, till we meet I
will be looking for you. with lots
of love and kisses, from your
Sophie s<
kiss to John"
"No use of living if can't enjoy
myself once in while"
"a kiss to my dear John"
A letter written June II, 1919,
told of her efforts to raise money on
her house.
Il guess now John you must do
the best you can until | can help
you," it said. "If you love you will
wait. / guess some day I will share
it with you"
Another letter written in July said:
did you take Harms suspenders
by mistake?
81 don't like to say anything about
money, but I have none" is an ex-
cerpt from another.
Trial Nears End.
The trial should end today. Olsou
gave his preliminary testimony yes
terday afternoon. He corroborated
much OF Mrs. Lueken's evidence, but
insisted that she was the one that
had arranged their meetings. and
not he.
She came to him at Omaha, Coun-
Gil Bluffs and Grand Island, he as
serted, and also invited him to visit
her at her home in Fremont on sew
eral occasions.
He said the last time he had been
at the Lueken home was about last
Christmas. Mrs. Lueken gave him
S. for railroad fare on one occasion
when he visited her. although he
had not asked for it, he testified.
He denied he had ever seen Lue-
ken's will, or that he had ever talked
to Mrs. Lueken about it.
A letter written by Mrs. Lueken
to Olson after ahalleged visit. which
he denies. had a reference to the pos
sible death of the aged husband.
1t read:
March. II, 1920.
Dear John: How did you get
home? | heard the train coming in.
| guess you had to run to get there
in time. The next time | will get
up sooner. but l laid so lcng wait
irg for smack but did not get none.
Well, I was glad you came anyhow.
Harem is up today again, and is get
ting some better. | don't know
what to do. Lcan't be with you
and | can't be without you, either,
so dear, l don't know what. So if
you think of going away. maybe it
is best for you. Then get me out
of your mind and forget Ine. know
you get tired to wait for me like
you said, and. l can't live either
nor do something to him if his time
came. He will 60 maybe sooner or
later"