People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1897 — SOLD HIS WIFE. [ARTICLE]

SOLD HIS WIFE.

A Missourian Parts With the Partner of His Woes For the Sam of SIS. The right and title to a woman were sold at Obillicothe, Mo., recently for sls, G. E. Demitt selling bis wife for* that amount to Robert Winston of Carrollton. Winston and Demitt are friends, and the latter says he knew his wife would live with Winston, but would not live with him. The Demitts are from Albany, and Mrs. Demitt has a divorce case pending there. Winston is also suing for a divorce at Carrollton, and it was stated that one of the terms of the sale was that Demitt should not appear against his wife when the case comes to trial. Winston and his cheaply purchased treasure left on a trip to Illinois, and Demitt accompanied them to the depot, bidding them a friendly goodby. Shortly after their departure be was arrested for attempting to pass a counterfeit bill. —St. Louis Post-Dispatch.