Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1906 — The Standish Divorce Ca se [ARTICLE]

The Standish Divorce Ca se

The divorce case of Mrs. Sarah L. 'Standish vs Charles Standish, was tried by Judge Hanley Thursday afternoon. They were married on the 13th day of the Month of Roses in the year 1904 and parted on the 25th of October, in the same year, They had both had revious matrimonial experience, and that was nearly all they did have, but what else there was the wife had it, and that is where the trouble started. She had S4OO and Charley wanted to get his fingers on the cash and she would not let him. It was an exactly ’similar case to that reported by Mother Goose, long ago.

My little old man and I fell out, And I’ll tell you what it was all about. I had money and he had none, And that is where the trouble begun. Charley wanted the money or nothing and so he left her on the date last mentioned. During the four months of wedlock he never contributed a dollar to her suppoit according to her evidence. The defendant is over about Brook, and tho he was served with a summons by the sheriff of Newton connty, he did not put in any appearance. Mrs. Standish however was witness enongh for the whole case and when she got in action Reporter Sigler, who was taking down the evidence “just for practice,” got a'plenty of it. Even the announce merit of the court that he would grant her a decree did not suffice to stop the fluent flow of evidence

A feature of the evidence was a letter io the plaintiff from the departed defendant in which occured this remark: “Sadie, You will never see your. Charley again. If you will be good we will meet in heaven.” A remark which caused general amusement, and which the plaintiff shared as much as anyone. She also had another document roiu her recreant Charley, consisting of a pencil picture of a young woman of Brook, her name being given, and labeled, “This is my girl.” This was passed around at the full and free consent of the plaintiff. Besides her divorce she was given the light to resume her former widow’s name of Mrs. Sarah L. Sullivan.