Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1902 — A New Divorce Case. [ARTICLE]

A New Divorce Case.

A new divorce suit just filed in the circuit court, is notable from the prominenoer and high standing of the parties. The plaintiff is Mrs. Mildred C. Powell, of Rensselaer, and John W. Powell, an exsheriff of Jasper county and for many years past holder of a good position iu the government printing office at Washington C., is the defendent. The complaint states that they were married April 4, 1865, and lived together until a short time prior to Deo. 15th, 1901, when the defendant abandoned their home in Washington, and has refused to live with her since. The complaint also charges cruel treatment for the past eight years, in the denial by the defendant of any affection for the plaintiff, in repulsing her demonstrations of affection, in rediouling her religious principle etc. It is also asserted that the defendant has become a believer in spiritualism, one of the doctrines of which, the complaint alleges, is the principle of free love. The defendant gets sll6 per month for his work for the government and a pension of sl6, and alimony is asked in the sum of $45 per month.