The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-05-04
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

Mary A. Schlcegel VS.. Wilhelm Sclloegel.
No. 2404 Equity. In the Circuit Court for
| Garrett County. Maryland.
| The object of this suit is to procure a de-
| cree of divorce a vinculo matrimoni for the
plaintiff from the defendant.
| The Bill states
/. That during the month of May, 1853 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 a period
| of about three months, at the end of which
said time the said defendant deserted and
abandoned your oratrix without any just
cause whatever.
8. That during the time when they were
! living together the said defendant on fire.
| quent occasions acted in 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 that the plain
| till 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
| over to keep the peace. which action was
| taken out about the month of August, 1853.
and was followed by his desertion of tna
| plaintiff.
| 4. That since the date of said separation
! and abandonment she has Never heard from
| the said defendant and does not know what
| became of him, and said separation has con-
| tinued uninterruptedy for than three
| year,.
5. That one child was born of said mari
age Phoebe Catherine. who has since gro Vn
| to womanhood and married.
s. That during the time when she was liy-
| ing with the said defendant the plaintiff en-
deavored at all times to treat him properly
and in n manner beftting thk relationship.
and has always acted in a proper and chastc
manner.
I. That during the year 1879. and some
sixteen years after said desartion and aban-
iOnmpnt hNy ba lafanla,f ln ,,1,s 1.
ing informed by certain persons whom she
believed to be correctly informed as to the
Ia" that said absence unheard of was sufi-
clent TO give her divorce without any legal
action whatever, and acting in perfect q cd
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
illegallty of her action, but she has since
been informed of the iIlegality of said mar
riago
s. That your oratrix has been 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 beyond any
possible hope of reconciliation
10. hat the said Wilhelm Schloege is not
a resident of the State of Maryland. but the
plaintiff dohs not know his present locator
The ILL then prays for a divorce a vinculo
matr mcnii of the plaintiff from the defen-
dant, Cor general relief and for an order of
publication.
Il is thereupon this cath day of April
1922 ordered by the Circuit Court for Gar
rett county, Maryland. in Equity, that the
piaiutiil, by having a 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 l922. give
notice to the said absent defendant 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 the 18th day
Of June, 1922, to show cause, if any he has
why decree should not be pas I'D as prayod
F. T. TOWER. Clerk
True copy-Te.t E. T. TOWER, Clerk