Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1901 — ANOTHER DIVORCE CASE. [ARTICLE]

ANOTHER DIVORCE CASE.

Ed Erwin Asks for a Divorce from Julia B. Erwin. John E. Erwin has brought suit in the circuit court for a divorce from bis wife, Julia B. Erwin. In 1882, owing to the opposition of the brides’ relatives, they eloped and were married in M ichigan. .Their married life apparently was not of the most pleasant nature, and in December, 1807, the-defendant left her husband and the last heard from her she was in South Chicago. She took her two sons with her when leaving, but later sent them back to this country. (Jne of the boya has been making his home with Mrs. Drake, of Rensselaer, and the other with Isaac Blake, near Remington. The plaintiff asks for a divorce and the custody of the children, ao that there will be no danger of their being taken from their present homes. He alleges abandonment and cruel and inhuman treatment and intimates that he can make stronger charges if necessary to procure a divorce.