Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 273, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1910 — WANTS DIVORCE AFTER LONG MARRIED LIFE. [ARTICLE]

WANTS DIVORCE AFTER LONG MARRIED LIFE.

Addie Kenoyer Charges Aaron Kenoyer With Many Faults and Asks Alimony in Sum of $40,000.

One of the most sensational divorce suits ever filed with the clerk of the Jasper county circuit court is that of Addle Kenoyer vs. Aaron Kenoyer, sent here on change of venue from Newton county. The defendant lives in Indianapolis, where with colored colored people he is known by the soubriquet of “Father Mose.” He is the owner of 300 acres of land north of Kentland, valued at about S2OO an acre, and the complaint sets out that he also owns Indianapolis property and that the plaintiff is of the opinion that he has money in bank, and other valuable assets. For twenty-eight years they lived in Kentland and raised a family of five children during the forty-twc years that they lived together. They separated in May, 1908, according to the complaint, and have not since that time cohabited together. The suit was-brought by T. B. Cunningham and he later called in Attorney Frank Foltz. The defendant has had a number of lawyers on the string but for some reason they are sidestepping the case. Just why is not known unless it is a matter of the size of the fee, for there are usually a number of lawyers ready to help out a first-class family quarrel when there is alimony in the sum of $40,000 at stake. Among the attorneys that were counseled by the defendant and who have since withdrawn from the defendant’s 'side of the case are Isham & Isham, of Fowler, and Emory Sellers, of Monticello. Kenoyer is now said to have entrusted his case to an Indianapolis attorney.

The complaint sets forth that the couple were married April 5, 1866, more than 44 years ago. It alleges that during most ail of that time the defendant was guilty of cruel and inhuman treatment and that she continued to live with him for the sake of their children. Their marriage, the complaint says, took place in Indianapolis when she was only 14 years of age. The complaint says that in the superior court of Indianapolis, in May, 1908, he was ordered to pay her $25 per month for her support. This, she alleges, she has trouble to collect. In addition to general cruelty, Mrs. Kenoyer charges her husband with intoxication and with applying to her