Show CHAPJIAX ANSWERS Denies Allegations oC Cruelty and Failure to Provide The defendant in the divorce suit of Caroline Chapman vs Joseph Chapman Chap-man yesterday by his attorney M M Ivaighn filed an answer to the plaintiffs complaint in which he denies de-nies that he treated his wife in a cruel manner or otherwise than in a kindly or considerate manner denies that he ever struck or kicked her or in any way abused her or called her bad names I Defendant also denies that he is an habitual drunkard or that he uses intoxicating in-toxicating liquor other than in a moderate I mod-erate and proper manner He denies that he earns 20 a week or any sum greater than 10 a week He also denies that he has failed to support his wife and children and avers that at the present time he is willing to support them He says he has a proper and natural regard for his wife and children chil-dren and has worked and struggled to accumulated a little property which he might leave them when he dies He denies that he had any thought of selling his home for the purpose of depriving his wife and children of support and shdlter denies that he Iras 2000 in any bank or ownes anything any-thing but the home of plaintiff and defendant and the tools of a bricklayer brick-layer which are not worth 20 He alleges that his wife as well as himself has some infirmities of tem himsel 1 per and admits that it times this has caused some little domestic unpleasantness I unpleas-antness which Jie supposed had been I overlooked and forgiven on both sides He also alleges that his wife has been stirred up to bring the action for divorce di-vorce by officious and intermeddling friends under whose influence she acted wherefore he prays ithat plaintiff plain-tiff take nothing by the action and > that the temporary restraining order preventing him from disposing of his property be dissolved Jmlpre Iiiirton and Party Judge Tudd yesterday received a letter from his old friend Judge Horace I Lurton of the Sixth United States circuit stating that he was about to Jeave Nashville Ten nesseee with Mrs Lurton Miss Lurton two sisters of Mrs Lurton and their husbands for a trip < to San Francisco The party will travel in a private car and intend stopping 00 at Salt Lake for a few days They expect ex-pect ito arrive here about August in and Judge Lurton is desirous of meeting meet-ing with the attorneys of this city during his stay Xo Court Today I was expected that Judge Batch would hold court today but his honor has not yet returned from a trip to Beaver and yesterday was repotted re-potted as engaging in the pastime of fishing in Panguitch lake so there will be no court here today Mrs Speed Innocent William Speed who in his answer to the complaint of Mrs Speed in the suit for divorce made charges of adultery against his wfe now states that his allegations were made on reports re-ports < which have since been proven false He says all the charges made against Mrs Speed have been satisfactorily satis-factorily cleaned up and he Is satisfied satis-fied of his wifes innocence |