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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1920)
9 ft THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE!- OCTOBER 31, 1920. A 9 A'" S Drift Toward , "I I TI 1 a h .oxj trident in r Douglas bounty timored Trend Exists Only in finds of Pemocratic Poli ticians, Declares G. 0. P. County Chairman. ft f 1 i eir 'First Divorce Here Granted -in 1856 Style of Hubby-Wifey Warfare in Pioneer Days Much "Like Up-To-Date Brand. . Susn McEnheimer was a good wife to Geofge McEnheimer. But George was a cruel husband. 'He cursed her, threatened her, failed to j turned to him, she says, "hoping and cap," written on both sidrs and tied with red tape. She relates the time and place of their marriage, states that they hare two boys and four girls, tells ahout leaving George twice and details hit shiftlessness and cruelty. She gays he "left his wife and children to be provided for by their own exertions and through the char- Ultra HI UIQ I1CIKIJVVI9. .Jin. v support her and their six children and consorted with another woman. Now is the time for all good men ; according to testimony fn court, v women io come to tne am 01 , , susan ana ueorge were marnea oartv." is a slichtlv Daraohrased Sn 1R.17 in Dalton. O. Martin Van t& miliar expression used Yesterday Buren was president of the United ey V W. G. Ure, republican county States then. , , M nairman. ' , Susan got a divorce from George i i"l fail to find any drift or trend in Omaha. March 29. 1856. It was Cri Sward Cnx and the Hpmnrratir tick. tk. (;.. i;nv nnntnil in i DouKlas county he. added. rit0ry of Nebraska and special act ,w4 ioper lo live with know that there if considerable 0f the legislature was passed in or- ft" ,mtroper 10 1,ve WIW About January IO," 1854,' In theft home he caught her by the throat and threatened to take her life, she relates. " ,i i.! . - ; ) , WUI Win Handily. 1j "The republicans have a majority -a rpftisfratinna hr. nnt thv will . ... .7 J r , t . . ueorge wctnneimers aomesuc misdeeds of 75 years ago, is in the records of the district court in the Douglas county court house. It is there forever with the record of the ! . C , :1 believing that the said George would conduct himself in a manner better becoming a husband." Calls Him Cruel. But "the said George" commenced a course of unkind, harsh and tyranr nical conduct toward her which con . tinued with verv slight interruotions lAHr "T.r: ' !" ""V1?. Marcn lVt 1 w" until she finally' separated from him. vviu w uu me ,uuiiuu4ut me iirst aivorce grantea in tne icr- u. ... - , -. , . ....... ... n.v.v y vuuiiuwaiiiv OI lne legislature was passcu 111 ui - fcpired conversation1 from demo- der to assist, her . in getting iteed static headquarters about a 'drift to from her hrutal spouse. ux. but it is not actually visible. ( "The, evil that men do lives after J rlnf 1 tiftr soviet vpjn iti tVt minda I f , . those , who are making these 3.286 Suits Added. The good is oft interred with their bones"; says, the poet. If the evil reaches the courts, it does, indeed, live aftef them.' For the account of '"in handily, speaking of Douglas tounty where my activities are cen nnj..e(j, of course, it follows that Hrm fi rmihtirn mutt baa U k. m tton V volrs next TnHav In nnl-f He is a man of violent oassion and ungovernable temper," she de clares ana many times dunnsr their ttiarried life he addressed to her "op- irobrious epithets and threats of per sonal violence and repeatedly threat ened to take her life."-, She charges him with unfaithful ness during their married life. , Signed With Mark. ivino hr tinhand wouldn't cive her anything when she left him and therefore she was going 10 iae ure things. The decree ofidiVorce was granted to Mr. Powers March 29, 1856, by Judge Ferguson. The next divorce petition tn the local court was that of George Bridge against Frances Bridge, tiled March 21, 1856. On the same day Augusta Greenlee filed suit against James A. Greenlee for di vorce. . , , , - , That was a big day s business in the divorce line. ' ' In the year 1919, there were.l.4(b divorce suits filed In the local dis trict court. I , More than a dozen x divorce suits were filed in one day on several oc casions. Out cf a total of 3,286 suits of all kinds' filed, 1,405 or near- 1v half were for-divorce. ' Youth's Career Ends With Reform School Sentence Harold McLaughlin, Who Ran Away From Home, Sent to Kearney for. Robbing 1 Store. Harold McLaughlin meteoric career in Omaha ended yesterday, when he was sentenced to the Boys' Industrial school at Kearney for robbing a store on South Thirteenth street. Juvenile Judge Sears im posed the sentence. ' Harold is 12. He arrived in Oma ha a few weeks ago Pressed in a Boy Scout uniform and told officers he ws on his way to Chicago to meet This parents, who had sent him enough money only for railroad fare toVOmaha. Investigation revealed he had tun away from his parents at Montrose, Colo., and he was sent to River view home. He escaped from River view two weeks ago and stole a horse and buggy to hasten tHe dis tance between himself and the home. After his capture he escaped again and was caught after burglarizing he store. A 'letter received from his. father by Rev C. M. Worden stated that they could (do nothing with him. Home Is Ransacked Burglars ransacked thexhome of Mrs. Al Klung. 2021 California street, Friday night and filled V suit case and traveling bag with sloth ing, 6hoes and , jewelry, making away with the whole works. Mrs. Klung reported the case to police. Bee want ads are business getters After 24 Years "Ahuscd Hubbf Airs His Grief Mate Abused Him Before Fel low Workers and Has His $10,000, Husband 1 Claims. William Tracy is a downtrodden man, ground under the iron heel of woman. So he told the district court yesterday-in a petition for dj vorce from his wife, Jessie. For 24 long years William has been a worm, trodden under the foot of woman, he says. William went on the theory that kindness brings happiness. He worked hard and turned over all hie money 4o his wife. She has mor than $10,000 in various banks in Omaha, all of it earned by him and given to her, he says. Did kindness win? Nay, brethren. Despite the 10,000 simoleons, his wife frequently struck him. Once she even shot at him with a gun, he says. And she catne to his place of employment and abused him before his fellow employes, iie declares. The worm-'has turned, after 24 years. William is after a divorce. The Tracys live at 1907 Center street N Men Whose Car Killed Pony Owned by Boy Given Finei James Sage, 518 North Twenty third street, and Leslie Walters, 1814 Cumin street, occupants of a car which ran down and killed a pony belonging to Clyde Drew, 318 South Fifty-third street, on October 10 were fined $25 in Central police- court yesterday. AllV'in 4li. Y 1 i . ....... . .... tmc1Aria lnH Hi. nrH tYMeri rt At f-- f -1 1 .' 1 J Turn I " UUHVauai IHU91 Kl ...uuuj nnvsw ,"'-'v-' v MIS, 41W4U1ICI1MCI( Baits iur B Ul" :um,l vote. Republicans are holding thousands and tens of thousands vorce and custody of theirtwo eTl for their ticket and the situa-. of others. " j girls. Sarah and Susan Ellen:-1 - , .B9nrlooks favorable." v 1 k The record vault is not a large'. .The petition is signed with her FTiiiai. ure annea mat secretary. room. , cut u is crammea iuu 01 J trilty at Washington and local X Vicrats are tettinor out a lot of lgand;Jtes. .f . asseriiis sort of campaign propa- v - makes republican- votes," ? he Appealing to Reason'; '. v e republican party is appeat- o the spirit of reason rather to emotionalism Thev are ft an aoocal to reason and will n that basis," Mr. Ure said. " fNhelnittee has issued a call for vol- f toiler workers for next Tuesday at l.nuefcolls. Men and wompn whn wift ,rlM" 1' or part of the day are re i t,,-'ed to communicate in.person or I ' witteleohcne to Thoma I"vnih. r. jgiytiry of the county central com- t. 'i . 1 1 1 a e r s k it ice, in inc uascniciu o ioit nar strcet, telephone Tyler 5636. central comnuttee is unable fn MV 4rT flit a eeiM TV i I . J vinvii miM VWH" xioent tnat mere will be many re- a puoncan men and women, who will !- thanli maKii ; win I Till comib HflM j.x.iry J ftrtttee, ney stri 'The .,286 new suits were added. And none of them are ever de stroyed. Covered With Dmt There the papers lepose, year after year. Petitions and answers, cross- petitions and affidavits, subpoenas make a living "if he would work." mark, It is witnewed by J. W. Pad- apek, clerk of the district court. - A deposition of Charles H. Ander son, taken February 7, 1856, in Mount Pleasant, la., is part of the ancient record. He says McEnheimer was a coop er and in good health and could 1 A7ilu. - 7,. Pfinsirtrr it Iheir natrinfi. Hutu n. ff give some of their time next Tuesday ', to assist the cause of republicanism i , and Americanism in this manner. ' Many have already offered., their services. Instructions will be given' -1. Headquarters. 1 To Be'Oosed Monday j, Tke local , republican campaign1 - win do ciosea &ionoay night with a big rally w the Auditorium, where Congressman Albert" W. Jefferis and others will" Speak., " Election Commissioner IL G. Moorhead will ifork on Sunday, et . g bis books t.e:id for 164 voting r x Vcincts of thei county, t v" ''eadiir nf bnth rfmrtrratl. nA i j : j ' . ... . . . Ck.Vi-r -- -- -- -"-!hu capiases, motions ana counter-! Anaerson states tnat he boarded -f a i . TTiT u ? commit- motions, all the legal papers known with Seme "hands" at the McEnheim- i- UCLIUlCr LIldL LIIC , I.dlllllillir II IN I J. 1 A 1 1 " 1 . . I . f 4 r f w A i in itsiiiirr nfTWPfn man ann me t r nnrrta tn t n a tti tnr a ixNa n r n - - ----j - uv" a tuv irinui ui WtJii t si ism fellow-man, are there. that Mrs.v McEnheimer conductedj Ti i . a . .1 i - . i ic (i -.i . . r iiiuusuuus tua icns oi iiiuusanus nerseii wita propriety ana ', pru of suits repose in this vault. They i dence." . run from the year 1856 up to the "But the said George MeEnheim- present day. , er, the deposition continues, con covered- wttn ausr are tne oiu ducted himself toward her in a very papers in spite of their steel pro- i outrageous a.nd unbecoming manner, j .fU on can ccwir Ifctjcally gver... . , :- -: 1 iVlandlordWillSeB , - J Goods of Rent Jumpers l"HlvSBeliiii MpUli' ' M Wmi' lilrn t An exceptional bargain for Monday only. J tT E jj , lCU U liiKe .Mk Each Pieie is beautifully finished in mahog- V I I I 1 IVJ ff q the Vallie - OT any and heavily upholstered in long wearing Qji' M I VX O " 1 ' it- ' ipW!p'' tapestry. A high-grade "Kroehler". suite.- I I A I""" rf Here . Duofold opens to a full size bed. Unusual Qu 1) v p ' -. '"".' ' . II ' bargain at .....-........'-.! i 1 Il ' ' '' yrr- , . eBasn , -v--irT, i mmll LetHartmans. 1 I' ;ltn 8 S ' fiJCSr m ' ..- y fcj I yfWMfi"' ' rot the cobpU who is Just f . B 15 K i , i ''" r 3 :vf?VOrl ' 1"'' '' "j 7 jj u i ii. starting housekeeping an . H s i . 1 r V1 "v' ' ' ' '-:H" '"'"ii h hVhJ ' a account with Hartman's LI . g s ILi : ' " eLe?w A '. Tl will be the first step to p is 1 ; jUKrT ' I" Wf success. -The terms are g Si x FY jHCrT ' ' LVr .'Jl so easy you'U never noUca g g . home" ' : s s ...... - ' I been lacking. j H. yiskope, .proprietor ; of the Sunshine apartments at Seventeenth and California .streets, is .holding a basement full of suit cases, bed cloth "f ing and1 odd articles of men's cloth-. . 'ng -for unpaid room rent, he told Constable George McBride, yester llav. . ' In an eifort to find a child's tri cycle .which had . been rcplevined om Wiskope. by Mrs.. Fannie Leihy, 1714 California street, 1 the constable came upon the pile of j goods being held by Wiskope. "Yep, when they fail to pay rent, they fail to take their clothes with them," the proprietor . told Con stable McBride. Wiskope declared he would auc tion off the goods. Senate' Committee 1 Plans Hparincr Hpm A'of ti tection. They are yellow with age. And those ;who disputed 'and quarreled ' and fretted and fumed and called each other unkind names and fought and warred in the courts, amid hate and envy ' and jealousy back in the '50's all are in the quiet Rrave. Their quarrels are forgot ten. Never To Be Destroyed. "These records will never be de stroyed They will be kept a thou sand years and longer, if possible," jaid Clerk of the District Court Robert Smith. "But with all the litigantr dead, why cumber space with the rec ords?" , . . "Why, some of these records srow more valuable with the passing years," said Mr. Smith. ".Many o those early suits were on real estate and titles. Some time such real estate may become very valuable and its title may be called in ques tion. Then these records of the long ago must be referred to. Such records might be worth millions. Senator Calder f New York', head the United States senate commit tee on . reconstruction and produc- ,They must be kept very carefully." But le us return to the unhappy domestic drama' of George , and Susan McEnheimer. Dead and Forgotten. Though they are dead and forgot- 7 tion. win conduct a vneanner in Omaha November 13, according 'to word received yesterday by Imohas f itnmorns, secretary of the Ne- raska State League of the Building ri-ttici Loan association. ?. .'I IT4Trf will k m,M ti t Jr l. .. .. . ,... ., f i . ; . seiner ouuaing ousiness nas Deen nanqicapped Dy lacs ot loans, trans portation or labor, what' prices for building materials prevail in the community, how great ,is the alleged shortage of housing ana construction and what effect it has. if any, on in dustry and public welfare. Prison Number Ten Looms for Man Held "ERobert Wilson, the roan with ix I jrases," was held for district court gisterday by Judge Foster in Cen feal police court. Bonds were fixed cfc$6.000. ijffWilson was arrested last week ifter a ar he had stolen from Frank 'A Vfav 4R1Q Parnam trt rrMA. ed with a street car. nlson has served lime in nine penitentiaries. iri Places Handbag On Radiator, Turns, It s Gone Mabel Jiall. 421 --South Thirty sixth street, laid her handbag on a iidiator on the-fifth floor of the t. W. C A. Friday for a-' few ten'nutef. .;:'?'. f When she haa scarcely'. rturned around, she found it was gone. The bag contained a watch, ring,, bank deposit book, four unendorsed checks for $200 and $1.50 in cash. Fwo Highwaymen Stop ; al Man and lake Z f Thironh an A Rllli, vwi iiv.vi, .... .v knltnt vim. Fridav nicht and Wtf. , t7" k.'r.nnrt.d tn htt waft ads are best business , " ttera ?1 ten, their domestic drama is toaav preserved fn this "vault of 10.000 d'vorce suits." , s - ' Susan and George, as saidbefore, were married about 83 years "ago. The petition for. divorce and the affidavits and testimony "read" much like a present-tlay divorce case. And here we may pause a moment to observe -that "the good old days" were very much like today t when viewed in the cold, unromantic light of legal papers. , . . ' ' Men abused their wives- and cursed them then as many do now. Wives nagged their husbands as 6ome do today, And the "eternal triangle" was already an old insti tution. ; Picked a "Lemon." Susan, as stated, picked a "lemon." She struggled along with him for 14 years before she finally left him. 'ihis was shortly after they had moved to the wild and woolly terri tory of Nebraska in 1854. After she had been away six weeks George promised to do better and she returned to him. But George didn't make good on his promise and she finally left him "for good," January 2, 1855. Susan was evidently a woman of foce. She wanted a divorce.' But there were no organized laws. Un dismayed, she went to the territorial legislature with her trouble. And that body-, on January 23, 1856, passed "An act in - relation to the application of Susan McEnheimer for a divorce from the bonds of mat rimony from George McEnheimer." The case was then referred to the Hon. Fenner Ferguson, judge of the district court for the First Ju dicial district of the territory. Still Easily Legible. -V On February 1 1856, Mrs. McEn heimer hied this petition, now yel lowed with age, but still easily leg ible. .It comprise; four, sheeta of "fools- by abusing and ill-treating her; and on the occasion he, the said George, seized her by the throat in a very threatening manner, swearing at tne same time that he would cut her G - d heart out." The bill of fees for taking this deposition which contains over 1,000 words, writing it with .pen and ink and acknowledging it, was $1. " ' A Hard-Working Woman. Altogether it appears that Mrs. McEnheimer was a hard-working but much-abused woman and . it is pleasing to note that she got her divorce in Omaha, March 28, .1856. District Judge Ferguson signing the decree. George made no answer nor did he contest the suit in any way. George was found to.4e guilty of statutory offenses and of cruel and inhuman treatment' Mrs. Mc Enheimer was given custory of the two girls, Susan and Sarah Ellen s . . beely, Hanscom & foppieton were attorneys for Mrs. Mctnheimer. The industrious and upright Susan has returned to dust, r So has the cruel Georee. So has Charles An derson. So has Judge Ferguson. So !iave beely, Hanscom and loppie ton, the attorneys. A Mistreated Husband. - The next divorce case filed in the local courts concerned a mistreated husband. . Gardner Powers filed suit for di vorce here February 22, 1856, against ms wifer Sarah. - -A.- J. Pop nleton was his attorney, v The Powers- had lived together, though not hannlv. for nearly auarter centurv. Thev were married October , 4. 1832 (the year after Napoleon Bohapartte died, if you nlease).' They were wedded in Charleston. Ind., and lived there until the fall of 1854 when they came to Cass county, "Nebraska. She Threatened Him. "For 15 years." says Mr. Powers' petition, the life of your petition er has been rendered unhappy and insupportable to such an extent that the welfare of your petitioner and Sarah, his wife, requires a separation since they cannot live together in peace and harmony." , Mrs. Powers evidently did not like the frontier. ,for she often threatened to leave her husband and return to Indiana. She threatened him with "personal violence, he says, James R.; Humble testified at the trial. He said he had heard Mrs. Powers declafe repeatedly that she would leave her husband arid that "if she could get across the Missouri river he would never see her again." Pulled His Beard. Mr.' Humble said he heard her threaten to burn down her hus band's house and destroy his bees She was wasteful, unkind and ill- natured, he said. He saw her strike her husband and "pull him about the house by hi beard," which she called "trotting him about, the room right sharp. She was a large and powerful woman, he said. In July, 1855, Humble said, she took a large quantity of household goods to the east bank of the Mis souri rivet and buried them there, Jacobean Dinihg Suite $10085, In the popular William and' Mary pe riod. Chair have genuine blue or ' Spanish leather seats. The 48-inch ta ble extend to full six. feet. - A won derful pet at Blue and Mulberry Velour Mahogany and Cane Suites 75 Ton are not limited to ons pattern at this reduced price. There are several styles, all with loose sprinB-fillcd cushions and coming complete witn bolster and pillows. See them tomor row. Special at ., ...,.... ) Come Here i Monday Value $24.65 Exactly as illustrated. 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