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Show I I SHE WOULD BE FREE 1 ' ' 1 Serious Charges (Vlade by i c , IVIrs. Heagren. 1 1 - r ! LEFT HER WHEN SHE WA.i ILL I ! 1 . I Charged With Beating Hrsr en Various Occasions. X Hit Her on the Head With a Punch- ing- Bag and Deserted Her for I Another Woman. ' The amended divorce complaint Med by Alba L. Heagren nirainst Edward B. Hongrcn. Ip the District court yesterday. Is ono of tho most sensational paper.? o ; Its kind ever recorded In the cour.ts of ' this State. The crounds alleged In the Ij, complaint ore cruel and Inhuman treats' treat-s' i mcnt. and of 3iich a nature as to be I almost Incredible of belief. 1 , Tho plaintiff alleges that she and the 1 defendant married In this city on Dc-B Dc-B comber 14. 1501. and that for more than I a year tho defendant has been guilty of I extreme cruelty. During the Christmas I holidays tho defendant Is alleged to have 1 told the plaintiff that If she received 1 nny presents from her parents or bro-I bro-I ihers or recognized them In any way, she H could pack her things and go back lo wL them, and threatened to eject her. "When V 1 she, was weak and In a dellcato condl-H condl-H tlon nnd asked the defendant to get some I coal for a fire, he Is alleged to have an- swercd. "Xh In hell ain't there, nnd Hi what In hell did I get you for, anyway?" HI He Is charged with having struck her 1 over tho head with a punehlng-bag". M moiv.lv to liuruIHnto hor: and that, while I If In the presence of visitors and friends. II to hnrass her, took her In his grasp and II twisted her body In every possible shape. J On nnother occasion she alleges that 0 she entreated him not to go to the then- BiT-r- tm nnd followed him to the door with I J'. their child in her arms, asking him to Il-JJ kiss the bnbo before he went, and that 1 he brutnlly closed the door upon the Kh plaintiff's arm. causing her grcnt pain. J.l The plaintiff states that if her arm had J rot been caught in the door. It would I I have closed upon the baby's head. 'i In the month of July. 1903, when the plaintiff and little child were both ill. M1 the defendant Is charged with having t gone to the racetrack, and remained r a way until 10:30 o'clock at nlglit. Tho KJ next morning, it is alleged, tho child 'V'l died, "and tho defendant, notwlthstand- '1L Ins tle condition of plnlntlff's health, left jrt her alone with their dead child from C o'clock In the morning until 4 o'clock in Uil lno afternoon of said day." ' lie Is charged with having refused to ,jr, speak to the plaintiff for days at a time, ,E md to have treated her In a churlish !rl manner, offering no excuso for his ac- , ' Mons: with having refused to send for h a doctor when the plaintiff was seriously i; 111, and to have thrown her out of bod ' i rnto the floor, greatly endangering her J life. Another charge la "The defendant L ' has neglected tho plnlntlff In the even- ' 1 Inff and has nought the society and en- : 1 gaged himself In the entertainment of another woman, namely. Miss Llllle An- j derson:" and the plaintiff alleges that on ii or about the ".'1st day of December. 1993. ! ind on or about the 30th day of Dccem- 'T hor, 1&03. the defendant represented to i he plaintiff that he was going to his 1L 'odge. the Woodmen of the "World, but 'ff In ti-uth and In fact, on both the said ft occasions, the defendant went out In the 9 , evening and met tho said Lllllo Andcr- . ffln and took hr to the ploy In tho fil ' Grand Theater, nnd on those occasions, ! A when the plaintiff remonstrated with tho 1 I1 defendant for his conduct In that re- i pppct. he bos treated rnr with contempt nnd has refused to tell her anything jj .TbOut thf matter, j f Thr plaintiff asks for permanent all- I ,', nony In thp sum of $15 per month, and . . that she be restored to her maiden name 'jl of Alba L. Fullmer. |