Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 266, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1911 — Two New Divorce Cases Filed; One By Husband, One By Wife. [ARTICLE]

Two New Divorce Cases Filed; One By Husband, One By Wife.

iTwo new divorce cases have been filed in the Jasper circuit court One -is brought by a husband and the by a wife. Harvey Lucas has sued his wife, Lela O- for divorce, alleging desertion, abandonment and cruel and inhuman treatment. He states in his complaint that he was compelled to marry the girl on September lb, 1910, by her charges which developed ’o be false. He States that he was on-j ly 19 years of age and that she was 24 years of age. He also states that he was sick at the time and that bis bride refused to wait on him or to give him any medicine although bis sickness developed into typhoid fever and lasted for six weeks. That two Weeks after their marriage, viz. on September 29th, she wholly deserted him. He also charges her with familiarity with an Indianapolis saloonkeeper. Another case is that of Mrs. Rose' Klaus, wha asks release from Jacob Klaus. They live at Remington, and she alleges that they were married May 16, 1906, and that two children, a son and a daughter, were born to them; that she is 22 and be Is 32 years of age. She charges failure to provide and abandonment. She says that while he Is not an habitual drunkard, he drinks and at one time permitted their infant son to drink whiskey. She claims that he has made threats against her an& that since their separation he annoya her by following her. She asks for divorce, for the custody of their two children and for other relief.