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heldnsta-con-is-ex-c* dels in-s ar-ifully a re-hadthathori-be nded at at say:t hat do.”parkThe answer is in the way of a proceeding to estop the court from entering an order: to compel him to furnish the funds to bring Into the Daviess court several witnesses mentioned in the cross-complaint. By an agreement of the attorneys depositions will be taken in the various j towns and If after the contents have ‘been examined carefully . It:ls felt that the coming of the witnesses is necessary, the orisnal order will be taken tip by the court. Herjce the postponement; as It is impossible to take thp demolitions at once. In the meantime, however, the Rev. Mr. Ragsdale win.continue to poyfor the support of the wife $6 a week.In the affidavit filed by Mr. .Ragsdale. and prepared by Judge W. R. Gardiner, the minister denies that he„'-: is now in charge of a church, and has not ibgao for; thirteen months.. He, gave up the pastorate because of 111cons'omenrd.•bytl atlioollt;antMayone9 lawn-d a the iv illbyit fit' 1 “— • •—health, and lajiowett*ageiiTii‘cburcb 1 directory work at $73 a month. Ho??*2! denies that ho is able to earn $15 a month und right off the bat denies that he became intimate with a young ^ woman of thla county the some year he was married to the defendant. He ^ disputes the charge made’ by .Mrs. (Ragsdale that; she made a hand inthe clearings and corn fields,- but does admit that she did some sewing for • friends while Jiving at French Lick. /He claims that Mrs. Ragsdale and • the children never went to bed hungry so far as he knew, and if theydid it was not; his fault as provision had been made for such wants. In her complaint Mrs. Ragsdale chargesthat the minister had undue relations with a young woman at Shoals, but the minuter says that this woman isa cousin and bis conversations andthe like with her were as of one kinsman with another. 'He denies In total tho charge that he objected to Mrs.(Ragsdale becoming a member of the Ladla Circle of the Grand Army of the Republic, and he also s’aya that at no time of their married life did he ever strike/ kick or in any 'way abuse her. • Mdntion is made in Mrs.Qf Ragsdale’s complaint to a woman in3 Arizona to whom the minister referred to as his “Little Arizona Belle.” The Rev. Mr. Ragsdale flays that this “woman” is but a thirteen-year-old child and the photograph in^ question was made one day while he| was a visitor at the home of her par-L ents In order to please the fancy ofthe child. The minister says “that he was never afflicted with a venerlaldisease of any type, nor gave any §uchdisease to defendant, tout'be avers v she was afflicted with a venerlal disease and was treated for tame in a hospital at very; great expense to tho plaintiff.” The- minister denies .emphatically that'he ever struck: ^h«! wife in the side, in such a way as to cause a surgical operation. •The filing:of the original and conn-ter charges: iby j the Ragsdales have caused considerable' talk among thi acquaintances of the couple and It is probable that: Judge Ogdon will have to hang out the “S. R. 0,M sign when the case comes up for hearing.
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The Washington Herald
Washington, Indiana, US
Thu, May 18, 1916
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