The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-02-22
WAS WORTH $4,000, NOW PENNILESS,
WIFE ASKS DIVORCE FROM HUSBAND

Seven months ago Mrs Rosa HUI
sey Of Garvin county. was worth
$4,000. Today she is penniless, ac-
cordng to statements contained in
petition for suit which she has
filed M the district court against {.
+. Grant, H. u. Hulscy. the Maxwell
Investment Company, and the Illinois
Insurance Company.
The sudden departure of hcr for
tune is attributed TO the squaudcrns
disposition OF her husband. alleges
the plaintiff She states tina, when
she married her husband at Pauls
Valley, on August 18th, 1870, he was
a barber 10y trade and possessed Of
nothing save his good looks She at
the time was p years old and being
a onc-fourth Choctaw Indian by
blood, owned allotted lands in section
10, ls.3w, containing 2SO acres. the
allotment being free from an en-
cumbrancos and worth at least s95.
600 BESIDES the land. she owned a
Ford automobile and had $500 in
cash Mrs Hulsey also had good
position with The Pioneer Telephone
Company.
After they We're married. states the
plaintiff. they lived WITH her parents
at Robertson During November,
1920, her husband IS alleged to have
persuaded and induced her TO make
a loan on the land from the Maxwell
Investment Company amounting to
! $4,000, and created additional indebt-
vdness for $3.50 as commission note.
Hulscy is alleged TO have collected
and squandered all the rents on the
/ land. etc. with the single exception
of one bale of cotton valued at $500.
| He sold royalties, states the plaintiff
to the amount of $l,1OO, and squan-
| dered the money.
In November, 1920. further alleges
the plaintiff. her husband traded for
"a business at Pauls Valley and com
! menctd operating a drink stand and
eating establishment. He proved "a
/ be a. man wholly devoid of business
capacity. states the plaintiff. and Jet
the business go To wreck and rum
never making any pretensc to make
anything out Of the business
About the time her husband made
the loan on land, states the plaintiff
he purchased an Essex touring car
agreeing to pay sl,7jj for ii, and
paid out of the loan sl400. 1--WE
months after, he sold the car Tot
s1l7. receiving s395 in cash. and tn,
remainder going on the purchase
price.
Hulsey had money TO carry on The
business if he wanted TO do so. al
leges the plaintiff. all being furnish
cd byF her. He defaulted his bills
and lawyers and collectors were con
stant!y throneing the store. Even
tually Hulsey is alleged to have taker
II sudden departure. leaving the plain
Tiff and creditors behind
Prior to taking A. w. O. L., HUI
soy and Grant. another defendant il
the suit. are alleged to have formed
a conspiracy to gain possession Of th'
last OF the possessions of the plain
tiff, and rob and iefraud the plaintiff
Hulsey is alleged to have induced
the plaintiff 20 believe that it wa!
necessary TO sell her eunity whicl
she owned in the land. to save then
from bankruptcy" Hulsey informini
her that the land would sell for wha
ii was worth. namely. $50 per acre.
Hulsey and Grant are then allege'
to have contracted whereby Gran
was TO buy the land for one Stude
baker car and one "old decrepi
Chalmers" Hulsey telling the plain