Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1904 — A New Divorce Case [ARTICLE]

A New Divorce Case

The papers in still another divorce suit were filed in the circuit court Saturday. Mrs. Della D. McLaughlin is the plaintiff and John McLaughlin is the defendant. The plaintiff lives in Carpenter township, end her maiden name was Russell. They were married Nov. 8, 1901, and according to the complaint he abandoned her the same day, and against her desire and wishes has ever since refused to live with her. This abandonment and failure to provide are specified as the grounds for the divorce, through cruel treatment is also alleged, but the acts are not set out in the complaint.