Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 298, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1916 — BRIDE SUES FOR DIVORCE [ARTICLE]

BRIDE SUES FOR DIVORCE

Wealthy Husband, 49, Refused to Buy Musical Instrument, Says Girl, 16. Tulsa, Ok. —After a marriage of eight months, the mother of Mrs; Gladys Brown, as next friend, is suing Earl M. Brown for divorce and alimony in the sum of $50,000 t together with SSOO fee and SIOO as the cost of bringing th action. She also asks the Court to enjoin BroWn from disposing of any of his property until after the case has been concluded. The wife is only 16 years old, whil i her hi sband is about 49 and ? w ealthy man, with hotels and room in;: houses in various places in this State. It is set forth in the petition that who n Brown met the girl whom he married her name being Gladys Holden, she w’.s attending school in Joplin, Mo., and that it was a condition of the marriage that he permit her to continue her stiidies, which he promised to so. Instead, it is alleged, he not only disregarded this promise, but refused to buy her musical instruments on which to continue her studies and removed with her lo athe home- of his mother and two spinster ■ st-’- here, where she was subjected to unpleasant family relations. At one time the petition recites, when lie was leaving home for a week, he gave her only & cents. Shortly after the marriage, it is stated, Brown told his bride that ho aadmade a mistake'and suggested that she induce her mother to bring in action against him to annui the ma--1 -imonial ties.