Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1911 — Wife Charged Hubby With Desertion; Court Dismissed Him. [ARTICLE]

Wife Charged Hubby With Desertion; Court Dismissed Him.

Squire Irwin presided at a case alleging wife desertion Thursday. The plaintiff was Goldie Bowen and the defendant her husband, Samuel Bowen. They were married July 28, 1910, and the frequent fall rains and the productive condition of the soil in the neighborhood of Newland are assigned as the cause of the birth of a child to them in September. The testimony brought out the fact that they had lived together at the home of the defendant’s father for some time and that finally the plaintiff left and went to her own father’s home. Since that time they have not lived together. As she did the leaving the court could see no desertion on his part and he was discharged. Moses Leopold represented the defendant and Dunlap & Parkinson the State.