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reJBtRotten To The Core,Without doubt one of the most odious c aees tbat has ever been tried in the courts of Mills county was the Hamilton divorce salt which was up for hear* ing last week* la this oaee it frill be remembered, Mrs. Chas. Hamilton sued for a divorce from her husband. He in turn filed a cross petition asking that hie wife not be allowed a divorce but that he instead should be given a legal separation from her. He alleged that she had been guilty of adultry and all sorts ot other improper conduct that was not very becoming to a loving and dutiful wife. Mrs. Hamilton, on the other hand, claimed that she had been a perfect model of chastity' and decorum and that it wrb Charles who had been naughty—awfully naughty. One of the least cffeneea that she accused him of, being that he failed to provide for her and consequently she was compelled to make her own living.The matter came up Friday morning and the whole day and part of the fol lowing forenoon were consumed in airing the loalhsome affair. The facte brought out in the case—no matter bow artfully veneered — wouldn’t look very pretty in print. Should we give the full details of the diBgueting ©vi denoe introduced, this isBUe of the pap er vould be excluded from the mails as indecent literature. Bat we hove no de-sire to do bo. No one who was not in the court room during the progress of the progress of the trial can have the least idea how “rotten*' the case really was from start to finish, neither can they have the slightest conception of the moral depravity tbat was abundantly illustrated. Quite a number of Glen-wood people was subpoenaed as witnesses in the case, Of course some of them had nothing to do with the trouble while others—well after the experience they have just had perhaps they will be a trifle more cautious next time.The case was before Judge Thornell and it didn’t take him long to come to a decision after it was concluded. He had made up bis mind as to the merits of the claims of the two parties and seemed to think it was pretty much of a standoff between them. Instead of allowing either of the petitioners the divorce asked for he dismissed both applications and imposed half of the costa of the case on eaob of the aiioing parties. The Judge said in making this decision he had taken several things iuto consideration. la the first place the conduct or Mr. and Mis. Hamilton before their marrioge bad been rather irregular and now that they are married they should be compelled to live together. And by refusing a divorce to either party he would make it impossible for either one to get mixed up in another matrimonial entanglement. In concluding the Judge said that be had tried some pretty rocky oases in his fifteen years1 experience on the benoh but the evidence in this case iu some respects was the most disgusting of any tbat be bad ever heard.t2a
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Mills County Tribune
Glenwood, Iowa, US
Thu, May 02, 1901
Page 8
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