Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1909 — Editor-Postmaster Martin Is Sued for a Divorce. [ARTICLE]

Editor-Postmaster Martin Is Sued for a Divorce.

A sensational suit for divorce was filed Wednesday in the Laporte circuit court by Mrs. Rose M. Martin, wife of Charles E. Martin, postmaster and newspaper man at Westville. Cruelty is charged and a temporary allowance and permanent alimony are asked. The complaint sets forth that her husband is worth $4,000, that his Income from the Westville Indicator, of which he is the publisher and editor, amounts to >I,OOO a year, while the office of postmaster pays $720 annually.

The couple were married July 16, 1899, and separated the last time on April 12 last. Mrs. Martin is now living in Laporte with her aunt, Mrs. R. H. Saunders. The plaintiff filed her first suit for divorce in 1904, but a reconciliation followed.

The defendant in this suit is quite well known in Rensselaer, being quite prominent in Republican state politics, and having visited here when a candidate for the nomination for a state office.