Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1909 — NO DIVORCE CASE FILED. [ARTICLE]

NO DIVORCE CASE FILED.

The Republican publishes the statement that a divorce case was filed in the circuit court Tuesday by Mrs. John Jessen, against her husband, who, the Republican assorts, “was employed for several months last year, as editorial writer on The Jasper County Democrat” and who “disappeared shortly after the election last fall.” The above statements are false in every particular. No such case has

been filed, and may never be filed, although there has been some such talk, to straighten out some property rights. Mr. Jessen was\not employed as editorial writer on The Democrat last year or at any other time, but was employed as collector, solicitor and local reporter, for perhaps six months. The relations were simply those of employer and employe, and The Democrat is no more responsible for his private doings than is the Republican for the private acts or moral reputations of its employed. The Republican never neglected an opportunity to give Mr. Jessen a dirty swipe while he was an employe on The Democrat, which was both mean and cowardly, as he had no way of publicly replying, although perfectly capable of doing so, as he had more brains than the whole Republican bunch put together.

As for his “disappearing,” it was well known that he was going to Ft. Worth, Texas, last spring, several weeks before he did go, and that he went to said city and that I. A. Glazebrook saw him there last summer and worked with him in the cement business for some time, is also well known. * The Democrat knows nothing personally about him since he left its employ more than a year ago, has never heard from him directly since he left here nor does not know whether he is still in Ft. Worth or not. Neither do we know anything his family relations.

The reference of the Republican to his having worked for The Democrat at one time was intended to be a “slam” on this paper, and for this reason we make the above reply. No employer of labor can always choose his employes, and we presume the Republican would hardly care to shoulder the responsibility of answering for all the private acts of its employes, though it is ready enough to place such responsibility upon another paper.

The affairs of the Jesse J. Fry Roselawn bank, which went busted in October, 1903, have been finally settled by the trustee and a final dividend of 28 per cent declared. This, with the 13 per cent heretofore declared, makes a total of 41 per cent received by the creditors. The bank was a small affair and the liabilities were only about sl6 - 000.