Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-09-11
MOTHER Of 10 ASKS
COURT TO RELEASE
HER FROM HUSBAND
ALLEGES MATE THREW CROCK
OF SALT AT HER AND ONLY
LAST WEEK HIT HER OVER
HEAD WITH DINNER PALE.

Mrs. Mary Tonnelli, of Marseilles,
the mother of ten living children,
started divorce proceedings in the
circuit court this morning, against
Charles Tonnelli, whom she married
at June wedding in Sunny Italy
twenty-five years ago. Mrs. Tonnelli
made charges of cruelty against the
defendant, claiming that in May he
threw crock filed with salt at her,
and that on Friday of last week he
hit her over the head with his dinner
pail.
In the bill she alleges that she has
been compelled to have him arrested
because she feared he would harm
either her or the children.
The date OF the ceremony uniting
the Tonnelli's is given as June 12
1900, in Lizzona, BeIva, Italy. The
ten children of the principals are
Carl, aged 81; Bah, aged 49, Louis,
aged IL; Floyd, aged 49, Renauld,
aged 13; Ernest, aged 8; Florence,
aged 8: Anna, aged 6; Della, aged 4
and Charles aged 16 months.
Mrs. Tonnelli asked an injunction
prohibiting the defendant from mo-
Testing her or the children.
La Sale Man Asks Decree.
John Fl. Rigden, of La Sale, started
a divorce proceeding against Mrs
Magdalene e. Ridgen, of Appleton
Wis, in the circuit court this morn
ing on charges of desertion. Mr.. Rig
den claims that he and his wife were
married July z, 1910, and lived to-
gether until January Is, 1920, when
he alleged the defendant left him.
and has since refused to live with him.
The bill states that six children
were born to the defendant, three of
whom are living. He asks the Gus
tody of these children.
Ottawa Woman Sues.
Mrs. Mary Lundberg, of Ottawa,
started divorce proceedings against
Frank Ludberg in the circuit court
this morning. In her bill she accused
the defendant of drunkenness, alleging
that he has been intoxicated almost
every day for the past ten years, and
has been unable to follow any useful
occupation, on account of his alleged
drunken condition.
The couple were married Septem-
ber 80, 1905, and lived together until
September 8, 1922, according to the
complainant's bill Mrs. Lundberg
stated that the defendant was extreme
ly abusive when intoxicated, and re-
fused to allow her to sit in the room
with him and threatened to do her
bodily harm
Mrc Jupdhoru oaourad ~ ;r,,,,o
tion prohibiting the defendant from
her, or from disposing of
his property. She asks that she be
granted alimony
MarseiIIes Woman Freed.
Mrs Irene Eckert, of Marseilles,
secured a divorce from Lemuel Eek
ert, in the circuit court, before Judge
Eldredge, this morning, on charges
of cruelty. The couple, according to
the testimony of the wife, were mar
ried Aug. 3, 1919.
Mrs. Eckert alleged that the de-
fendant treated her cruelty on numer-
GUS occasions, and that once when
she was in a grocery store in Mar
seilles he struck her and would have
hurt her more had it not been for
the interference of bystanders. She
also alleged that on one occasion
when she was suffering from peri
tonitis he forced her to cook for him
and a guest when he knew she was
quite i'll.
Mrs. Eckert was given the right
70 resume her maiden name, of Irene
Lodigiana, and was granted the Gus
todv of her little son, Edward Eugene
Eckert.