Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1920 — RUNS AWAY WITH HIRED MAN [ARTICLE]

RUNS AWAY WITH HIRED MAN

Benton County Woman Disappears With Husband’s Hired Hand. The Gilboa neighborhood is very much aroused over the disappearance of link Harry Pratt in the company of her husband s 'hired manReport has it that on Tuesday night of last week Mrs. Hurry Pratt ran away with Thomas Foreman, deserting her husband, leaving with him their 6-year-old daughter Leia. Young Foreman had been husking corn for Mr. Pratt this fall. All summer he worked in the neighborhood and it is said that he worked for the Pratt family several years ago before they moved to their ipresent home. The family was .living at the time of this occurrence on the well improved farm owned by Mr. Pratt’s parents. Mrs. Pnatt was formerly Miss Belle Bennett, a daughter of Mrs. Charles Bennett of Fowler. The couple were married about 10 years agoMr. Pratt can give no reason for his wife’s action, as he states She had a good home and all the money she wanted to spend and no undufe amount of household cares.——Benton Review.