Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1900 — Got a Case of The Klines. [ARTICLE]

Got a Case of The Klines.

The county of Newton does not begin to be a large enough field to hold all the actions of the litigious Kline family, and as a result some of their numerous cases drop over into Jasper county, every once in a while. The latest of these, pent here on change of venue, and just filed in our circuit court, is that of Addie Kline vs. Charles W. Kline. The plaintiff is the wife of John W. Kline, and he and the defendant are brothers, According to the allegations of the complaint, the defendant. Charles W. Kline on Jan. 4 1899, went to the house of the plaintiff, in a state of intoxication, and when her husband was absent. He threatened to burn her house, to shoot her, called her vile names, then went away and soon returned with a gun and a can of coal oil. He threw the oil on the side of the house and tried to set it on fire and also pointed the gun at her. She was so frightened that she left the house, with her children, and walked a mile over rough frozen ground, and with the result that she was sick from the fright and exposure. She sued for $5,000 damages, and was awarded $1,900 by a jury in the October term of the Newton circuit court. The defendant got a new trial, and then the case was sent here on change of venue.