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Show SHE IS A DIPSOMANIAC. That Is What the Doctors Say of Mrs. Harvey. DRUNKARDS OF VARIOUS KINDS. Pre-Natal Influences and Intemperance Orders Made by Judge flartch Judgments Judg-ments Entered New Suits CommencedCourt Com-mencedCourt Notes. The trial of the Harvey divorce case was resumed in Judge Anderson's court this morning, the usual number of spectators being present. J. K. Gillespie was. the first witness called by the defense, and he simply testified as to the value of certain real estate owned by the plaintiff. Dr. Arthur I. Groves, the physician in charge of the Keeley institute, was then called, and he gave some interesting testimony testi-mony in regard to the alcoholic habit. Assuming As-suming that the defendant's mother was addicted ad-dicted to the use of liquor some months prior to Mrs. Harvey's birth, he would conclude, con-clude, taking other tacts into consideration, that Mrs. Harvey's appetite for liquor was hereditary and was simply a disease. In fact the drinking habit, whether hereditary or acquired, 'was a disease, and when it was acquired, it could not be controlled. He was satisfied that the case under consideration was dipsomania. If the father and mother of Mrs. Harvey were not addicted to drink he would say that the habit with Mrs. Harvey Har-vey was acquired. Pre natal Influences were discussed at considerable length, and the doctor stated that the habit might be transmitted trans-mitted to a child even by a moderate drinker. This might be true in the case of a parent who did not drink to the extent that his own health was in any way affected thereby. Dipsomania was a purely mental disease. He would expect to see the disease progress in a dipsomaniac. dipsoma-niac. Dr. Foutz was called by Judge Powers, and he testified that depsomania .was a species of insanity. In the case of an eppe-leptic, eppe-leptic, the disease would probably create a desire for drink and indulgence in stimulants stimu-lants would aggravate the disease. Dr. Foster was next called to testify as an expert on depsomania and nervous diseases, and like the preceding witnesses he placed Mrs. Harvey in the ranks of the dipsomaniacs. dipso-maniacs. This afternoon Mrs. Harvey was recalled and she testified in regard to her husband's general treatment of her. Mr. Harvey then took the stand and when he had finished, the charge of cruel treatment treat-ment made by his wife, took quite a different differ-ent aspect. The trial is still on as The Times goes to press. Another Divorce Suit. Mary Ann Pugh wishes to dissolve the matrimonial partnership heretofore existing between herself and Edward Pugh, and to that end ehe this afternoon brought suit for divorce in the Third District court. The parties were married in Cain-ville, Cain-ville, Pottowattamie county, Iowa, in lSi, and the plaintiff alges that away back in 1S72 the defendant, disregarding the solemnity of his marriage vow, wilfully and without cause deserted and abandoned her. He is the owner of a valuable lot in the Ten Acre p at, big field survey, and 6he asks for a decree of divorce, with a half interest in the property during her natural life as ali-1 ali-1 mony. |