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Lima's 'Son of God' Loses Wife and Earthly 'Court'Lima’s self-styled “King David, Son of God,” was divested of the court for his earthly kingdom in common pleas court Monday afternoon. Judge Moran B. Jenkins granted Mrs. Olive Whittredge, 44, a divorce from 74-ycar-old William Whittredge and awarded her real estate located at 830 E. North-st.The E. North-st property had been decreed as King David's court in March of 1946 and “ordained fromabove,’' according to Whittredge.The decree followed a three-hour hearing which the defendant had predicted would never be held because the plaintiff, her attorney and a witness “wouldn’t be there.” The court, dissolved th«» 15-year marriage on grounds of extreme cruelty after Mrs. Whitt-redgc testified that her husband, who makes no secret of what he terms “his divine origin,” set himself up as p dictator over herself and others, constantly kept her in a nervous condition, predicted her death and Urged her to make funeral arrangements, and frequently quarreled with her because she had affiliated herself with a church.The plaintiff related that she was compelled to leave home two years ago because of her husband’s religious fanaticism, that she accepted employment at the Allcn-co Children's home and that the defendant continued to annoy her by letters and telephone calls.Mrs. Whittredge declared that the self-styled “King David” never actually inflicted bodily injury upon her, hut that she lived in constant fear of her lift. She that altho Whittredge styles hi. -self a doctor cf divinity he has no church, but that he spent unrevealed sums of money on signboards, tracts and other forms of advertising proclaiming himself “The Son of God.”Paul Massie, 103(1 E. High-st, brother of the plaintiff, told of his sister’s ftafs for her life and informed the court that Whittredge had made a prediction that neitherMrs. Whittredge, her attorney, Paul Landis, or Massie would be here or the trial”, hut that later the defendant said.. “The Lord spoke to me, and I am going thru with it.” *Altho the defense rested without Whittredge taking the stand. Judge Jenkins questioned .him about the North-st property which he had deeded to his wife and which was to revert to him in event of her death.Carrying a white cane and a parcel of religious tracts, Whittredge faced the crowded eourt-(Turn To P»K« Two Cm). ^Elsht)
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The Lima News
Lima, Ohio, US
Tue, Jun 03, 1947
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