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id in haste.ffly Pentist J. M. Fox's Wife Repents at Leisure.shotted rope for bare back.------ Little Doctor Is Charged inIMrorce Cowrt With Wife Beating—Other Court Cases—Blotter.proper, daahing little Dr. J. M. Fox. who -emiiT led prcttT Lillian E. Osborn to the altar I Cal.. last lane. Is made defendant tBstni: fcraogfet in tne divorce conrt yesterday m (be bride of six months, and the tales told in |tic fonplxitit pnWlc certainstories thst hare.been keepingprlctr agog for some time.Iff. fox has a dental office, and has lived in abcnt eight yean. Mrs. Fox, then Mist , yyae E. Osborn, came to Seattle from Califor--j! to lire with her parents. Her father. Mr. 1 «s W Osborn, who is agent for electrical aashea. is an industrious business eec. and the family reside at 523 Pine street.Voc after coining here Miss Osborn met Dr.Fox. attachment sprung up that caused tee girl's parents much uneasiness. Their ef-Igti to break the engagement were unavail* tig. tod the fair but headstrong Lillian wasde-Bnatned to many the man she lo\ed, and to ehar of parental opposition she went to Saa fjaacQ’ ostensibly to visit friends, but in re-M to become the wife of Dr. Fox. who folded her to California, and on June 5 the niar-St took place at Oakland, and shortly there after they both returned to Seattle.Tbt conduct of their daughter increased the»tnsure of Mr and Mrs Osborn and all solutions between them ceased. The girl lad riven up father, mother, brother and sister for the man of her choice, and before she bad tees bis wife a month, according to her state-Bsntsb* became subject to his abuse and w as netted in the most cruel and inhuman manner, ujdsoeh perfr nal indignities were heaped upon ber batd as to make her life a burden.gfee states in her complaint that before the loaeymoi-u was ended Ir. Fox began abusing ter sod applying to berth* coarsest and grossest Mitbets and the most disgraceful la: guage: that he frequently kicked and slapped her, beat ter with hia clenched fist* and mistreated her in various other ways, causing her great sufficing sad bodily pain and mental anguish.She further states that on the night of Derem-terllst heT husband went into a most violent Mseion and brutally beat her. and then com-{sited her to strip while be knotted a rope with wfcich to beat her on the naked back, but by«ing and entreating she prevailed upon him «e her the terrible puuisbment.She claim' that Fox makes 9300 a month out if bis profession and owns 915,000 worth of real tstete in th.s city: that she has uo means with xbicb to pay her attorney’s fees or carry on this nit ebe asks for 1100 temporary alimony, |250 for her costs in this case and a permanent ali-bodt of HOC a month.Judge Uchtenberg issued an order on Dr Fox losbow cause why he should not pay this aii-boq? demanded. The order is made returnable January 17. _ _
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
Seattle, Washington, US
Thu, Jan 08, 1891
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