Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1900 — SELLS CASE TO COST $30,000 [ARTICLE]

SELLS CASE TO COST $30,000

CirotM Man said to tiara Offered to Compromise at $35,000. Columbus. ()., Dec. 12.—The Sells divorce trial will cost Mr. Sells more than $30,000, no matter what the decision of the court may be. Under the law Mr. Sells is required to pay all the expenses of the litigation. Including stenographers' fees and the counsel foe Ills wife. It deveJoped during the day that Just previous to the trial Mr. Sells tried unsucx-essfully to compromise the case with Us wife. He offered her $35,000 to permit him to secure a decree on some trivial charge, so as to avoid the disgrace of a prolonged trial, and she refused. She demanded $75,000, which is about onehalf of his fortune, and he declined. The defense has submitted a number of depositions from men who live in Cbntlauixiga, Tenn. The purpose of the depositions was merely to show that Mr. Sails had sought the company of Immoral women.