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THE COURT NEWSV uLizzie Davis Asks for anAbsolute Divorce frorr I-'11Clyde Davis.A UNIQUE CASEFred Klem Asks to Comefrom State’s Prison toTestify in His Suit.iJIMW I! ( lt;Kli!i ii i tplaw lt;• !in'*,rimf'MtV FjohS►rlLizzie Davis tiled a suit tor divorce from riyde Davis, through her attorney, (\ L. Walters, Tlw*y were married November gb, T.NH7, and li’ d u-gether until August bH, She alleges cruel and inhuman trmdnnet. She savs that lie is an habitual«lt; la.\i !drunkard, and that since February, ] ..liUU, he spoilt all his earnings lor drink, and did nut contribute to the’* nilt;support of the plaintiiT and their ciiil-*ni i(Iron. She alleges that the dePndant \ VV:Iforged her father’s name lo'^ojne]munotes about Lav |, limi. U th** 1,1,1/Voie hot toa .amfrowe ' ; ’ ■ meI! a inaamount of $l,uon and pro-ur-d morcy.He then left her with a little child less than a year old. without any provocation and spent and wasted the money lie obtained, by drinking andriotous living. He stayed away from her and th dr two children for iwc]v«* years, during whi h turn1 he did not iicontribute lo tin ir suppo-L nor cor-] respond with her or send any vot'd of his whereabouts. in February, j 1 lOlik lie returned to his family, prom- ‘lt!-ised to do better and was ivceiv d ;1 flit1liack. He immediately broke hisjuir promise, however, and took up iiis lo( former way of living, spent all ];L inoney for drink, and not satisfied with using Ins own earnings about the holiday time pawned her silverware and her gold watch for money to buy mink. SUV* aii-g'-s urn! on .\e lt;gust lid he left home, saying he was going to work, but that she has no-seen nor heard from him since, iId*has bclt; u employed rec ently in Tocsin.A ttime of leaving hem-1 she. a! leges they lived in a rented house elsh* • « ia mho:sc;‘ lt;'pmCU :tintinfillFirst street, this city, and he left hmwithout fuel, help, pro\ isiuiis, or paying her rent, and with only .» in tin house. At that time iludr bake was only six weeks eld and tic pkiiniiff was ill and without help so Lake care of the little one. Since Laving, he has given them lio In-bp. She asks for an absolute divorce and the custody of their three children: Ldrey, ageu ,i!sixteen; Ktlu’l, aged fourteen, and .ilt;sie. aged ten we-dor.hi?u)er.u* i tie its; i v• w. -CMtil
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Decatur Daily Democrat
Decatur, Indiana, US
Mon, Sep 29, 1913
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