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Show MRS. PICKER IS RELEASED. Husband Declares That Fault Was All With the Wife. Mrs. Nancy Jane Picker was yesterday released re-leased from tho cruelty of her husband, Edward Ed-ward II. Picker. Judgo Morso rendered a de-creo de-creo of divorce and look under advisement tho question of how much iillmony Plekor should pay his abused wife. The decree was ln pplt'. of Picker's testimony that he had not aworn once ln twenty years. Picker was on iho stand In his own behalf yesterday, trying to refuto tho evidence glcn by tho plaintiff's witnesses. He testified that Mrs Plcliur had told him that who did not care for him; that sho would leave him as coon us sho found a mun whom she rcallv loved. Ho tcsllllcd, a.i hohad claimed In Ills cross-complaint, that Mrs. Plckir had only married lilm In oilier to get iKissesslon of his property; proper-ty; that he had deeded the housj to her only a" few days before sho filed her complaint for divorce; that sho had made his married llfo miserable ltecaue ho hnd hitherto refused to deed the property He denied using any abu-slyu abu-slyu lunguago toward her. claiming that ho had not used an oath In twenty years. He du-clarcd du-clarcd that ho hud been a good husband to her and that the fault for their unhaupiness was on Mrs. Picker's side. |