The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-05-11
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

Mary A. Schloegel vs.. Wilhelm Schloegel.
No. 24O4 Equity. In the Circuit Court for
Garrett County. Maryland.
The object of this suit is to procure a de-
cree of divorce a vinculo matrimonii for the
plaintiff from the defendant.
The Bill states =
l. That during the month of May. 1868, the
plaintiff was married to the said defendant
by the Rev. Hoffman, a German Lutheran
minister, near Accident, in Garrett county.
2. That following said marriage she resided
with the said defendant man and wife,
near Accident, in Garrett County, for period
of about three months. at the end of which
said time the said defendant deserted and
abandoned your oratrix without any just
3. That during the time when they were
living together the said defendant on fire.
quent occasions acted in a very cruel and bru-
tai manner toward your oratrix and her
young daughter, a child by a former marri-
age, beating both in a shameful manner,
threatening to cut their throats and to do
them other bodily injury so that the plain
tiff became and was afraid that he would
take her life, and his conduct toward her in
this particular becoming so dangerous she
was finally compelled to have him bound
taken out about the month of August 1853,
and was followed by his deserton of the
plaintiff
A. That since the date of said separation
and abandonment she has N ever heard from
the said defendant and does not know What
became of him, and said separation has con-
tinued uninterruptedly for more than three
years.
5. That one child was born of said marri-
age. Phoebe Catherine, who has since groSn
to womanhood and married.
g. That during the time when she was v-
ing with the said defendant the plaintiff en-
deavored at all times TO treat him properly
and in a manner BETTING thk relationship,
and has always acted in a proper and chastc
manner.
T. That during the year 1879, and some
sixteen years after said desartion and aban-
donment by the defendant, the plaintiff be-
ing informed by certain persons whom she
believed to be correctly informed as to the
law that said absence unheard of was sufEi-
Gent TO give her divorce without any legal
action whatever, and acting in perfect gcod
faith and believing that she was free to re.
marry. did intermarry with one George Vag-
don with whom she lived until the time of his
death in 1911. without any knowledge of the
iHegality of her action. but she has since
been informed of the illegality of said mar
riage.
8. That your oratrix has been a resident
OF Garrett county ever since the formation of
said county.
9. That your plaintiff believes said deser
ton and abandonment on the part of the
defendant to be deliberate and final and said
separation to be irrevocable and bevond anv
possible hope of reconciliation
10. I hat the said Wilhelm Schloegel is not
a resident of the State of Maryland, but the
plaintiff dotas not know his present location.
Inc LII then prays for a vorce a vincuo
matrjmCn nil of the Plaintiff from the defen-
dant, Cor general relief and for an order of
publication.
II is thereupon. this oath day of April.
1922, cIdered by the Circuit Court for Gar,
rett county. Maryland, in Equity, that the
Plaintiff. by having copy of this order in
serted in some newspaper published in Gar
ret comfy once in each of four successive
weeks before the 26th day of May, 1922, give
notice to the said absent d PENDANT Of the
object and substance of this bill. warning him
to be and appear in this Court, either in per-
son or by solicitor, before tho Iav
Of June. 1922, to show cause, if any he has
WHY decree should not be pas ed as praycd.
f. Z. TOWER, Clerk
True copy-Test: E. z. TOWER, Clerk