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Show FORCED PLUG TOBACCO DOWN WIFE'S THROAT In Judge Morse's division of tho Third District court Saturday, "William Morford was . ordered to pay Ida Morford, Mor-ford, who is suing him for divorce on the ground of extreme cruelty, $5 a week tomporar' alimony. Mrs, Mon-ford Mon-ford says that Morford on February 22, 1909, locked her in the house, forced a plug of tobacco down her throat, and, holding it there, bent her back over the back of a chair until she fainted. In December last he also publicly assaulted her on North Third West street, she says, nnd to be compelled com-pelled to live with" him longer would fit her for a madhouse or consign her to a premature grave, she declares. Thev were married at Hcber City, December De-cember H, 1902. There are two children. chil-dren. Mrs. Morford also wantH her maiden name. |