Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1905 — MRS. JASPER GUY HITS BACK. [ARTICLE]

MRS. JASPER GUY HITS BACK.

Says She Is a Saint, But Husband Is Personification of “Old Nick.” Through her attorneys, Jesse E. Wilson, of this city, and E. B. Sellers, of Monticello, Mrs. Josephine L. Guy, of Remington, has filed a cross complaint to her husband’s application for divorce, consisting of nine pages of typewritten manuscript. In this she claims to have always conducted herself as a wife should, and charges Mr. Guy with almost all kinds of meanness; with having repeatedly striking, kicking and cursing her; locking her in her room and taking her clothing to prevent her going out of the house; marching her about the house with a loaded revolver at her head; calling her “little heifer” and other bad and vulgar names; that on one occasion he pushed her off the porch and she was lame from the fall for a long time; that he kicked her out of bed; kicked her on the hip, severely injuring her, and from which she still suffers; threatening to kill her, and saying that he would and could hire a “Dago” to kill her for $10; that he told her he wanted to get rid of her in order to secure another wife; that he is an habitual drunkard and gambler, often staying out nights till 12 o’clock and later; that he wrote her while she was in Florida several letters, and threatened to harrass her with lawsuits, both civil and criminal, if she ever returned to Indiana, etc.; that he wrote that he would invite her father and brother and former husband to attend the trial of the cases he had already instituted, to “take notes;” that he threatened to “break her up’’ and compel her to spend the private means she has in fighting cases that he would bring against her; that he has done everything possible to humiliate and abuse her, talked about her to her neighbors, etc.,etc. All this and much more is set out in the complaint. She also alleges that she is getting along in years, and is unable to earn her living; says that defendant is worth $4,000 and is capable of earning $2,000 per year, and asks that a judgment for $5,000, costs of this suit, restoraton of her former name and all other proper relief. A motion to strike out most of the allegations in Mr. Guy’s complaint has also been filed, consisting of nine pages also.