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IIMORE DEVELOPMENTSIn Tagffdrt Divorce Suit—Mrs. Taggart Piies Sensational Charges.\Several weeks ago, Major E. F. Taggart of the6th U. S. Infantry, whilehome on furlough, filed suit for divorce j from Grace Culvert Taggart, to whom he was married in 1890, charging her a with desertion, immoral and unchaste conduct, and asking for the custody of their two children. Major Taggart has left for the Philippines, and his case is in the hands of his attorney, J udge Taggart, of Wooster. Last week, Mrs. Taggart, who has been living in San Fransico, appeared on the scene and filed through her attorney, M. L. Smyser of Wooster, across petition in which she alleges startling misconduct on the part of her husband. We print in part from the Wooster Republican: Mrs. Taggart says that on two occasions in Manila, Taggart without cause struck and beat her in the face with his fists and that at the time he was drunk. That at Ft. Leavenworth Kans., he threw her against a chiffonier, dislocated her jaw and used her so violentlyylionvCthat she was compelled to have medical attention for many days, that she attended a party at his request, with the j that ha v.-GuId forv.her, which he did not do, and on her return home beat her violently, tearing the clothes from her body, and only desisted because of pleadings of the oldest boy, that he came to her bed the next morning, tore her from the bed, and said, “you must have been on a h— of a bat last evening. ” Mrs. Taggart says further that he was guilty of other extreme cruelty changing her with unchastity, etc., all of which he knew to be untrue. She^further alleges, that when his conduct became known to his superior officers, he was threatened with court martial, and for a time was actually confined with a sentinel over him. She says that she left Ft. Leavenworth with their children, with his consent.Mrs. Taggart declares that about May 21, 1904, pretending to take the children aboard a transport, he got possession of them and came to Ohio with them, where they have no acquaintances and no attachment. She insists that she is entitled to their possession and has no intention of kidnapping them etc. Upon final trial, she pleads for a divorce, custody of children and reasonable ali-| iliiiii j.Mrs. Taggart was permitted to see her children while in Orrville last week, on exhibiting a court paper, giving them permission to do so. She brought along a good supply of fruit, .which the little fellows greatly enjoyed.
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Orrville Courier
Orrville, Ohio, US
Fri, Jul 01, 1904
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