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SENSATIONAL DIYORCCCASE FUOW OXFORDMrs. Ella Finch of Oxford, through her lawyer, Wilbur Nolin, prosecuting attorney for Bentonjand Wfcrren counties, has Hied suit at Fowler for divorce from her husband, Norton Finch and is asking alimony In the sum of $40,000. The couple were married March 21, 1889, and separated March 11, 1920. In the petition filed Mrs. Finch charges cruel, inhuman treat* ment. She complaints that Mr. Finch’s manner of treating her is rude, insolent and angry. That he shoved her about roughly and often struck her. That on March 11, when she was working In the kitchen of her home, he knocked her to the floor and would have killed her had not her son interfered; that he drove her from her home with a hatchet and froih his farm, threatening to kill her. She fled to a neighbor's home for protection, insufficiently clothed, without hat and . outer garments.I The defendant refusd to allow her to get her clothes and to com* upon the premises and told her he would kill her if she came in the house.She charges insufficient support, saying that he will not allow her to live in a manner commensurate with their means. Mr. Finch she claims would not allow corn from his cribs to feed to the chickens, but she was forced toiray feed at the mill in Oxford. She alleges the defendant wears old, patched and worn, dirty clothing and will not observe cleanly manners, wearing his clothes for long periods at a time.On the day before the separation, when she was washing, she alleges he tangled clothing In the wringer in such a manner it had to be destroyed in order to use the wringer.The couple have one son George, 19 years of age. Mr. Finch owns 200 acres of land in Bolivar township valued at $$0,000. Mrs. Finch says his personal property will amount to $20,-000.
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Attica Daily Tribune
Attica, Indiana, US
Sat, Mar 20, 1920
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