Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1888 — A Kansas Divorce Case. [ARTICLE]

A Kansas Divorce Case.

The fallowing from the Hugoton Kansas, Hermes, concerns a couple of former residents of Rensselaer, who removed 'to Greensburg Kansas, some e time ago. The lady mentioned l>elow is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Grant, who live just west of town: One of the most interesting suits that has come up for hearing at this term was the djvorce case of Prichard vs Prichard. The plaintiff in the original ease, John T. Prichard, asked for a divorce from bis wife, Josephine A., on a plea of adultery. " Mrs. Prichard appeared to defend her character and was backed by the best people of Greensburg, where she has lived for some time, and the plaint ; ff, seeing be had a big task on hand, withdrew his plea when the case came up for a hearing on the 15th. Mrs. Prichard, the defendant went to trial on her plea of desertion and extreme cruelty, and during the’recital of her testimony brought tears to the eyes of her auditors. The court found Mr. Prichard guilty of desertion and extreme cruelty and granted the wife a divorce. Parties from Greensburg who know the parties io the suit are loud in their denunciation of Prichard, who they say, showed a willingness to bring disgrace not only on the mother of his children but upou his daughter as well, because she refused to sign a mortgage to their home and be turned out a pauper on the streets. The fact that bis plea was withdrawn is convincing proof that it was a trumped up charge. We congratulate Mrs. Prichard on her vindication.