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Show IIK IS A IIKAUTY. A Wife's Tub of iw r aoM In lite Dlturis Court rod;. In tho Third Diltrlct Court tills morning Harriet Cook filed a suit for divorce sgnluit tier husband, Jea W. Cook. rhoarlli intirmarrled at Crown I cilnt, Lake County, In Uana, onBepU SOlh, HUT. About the inoiith of July, lbbO, the difendaut abandoned Ills wlfu nnd lias sltico continued to liven) art from her. Bluco their marriage plalntlir allegea that her huiliinil has treated her Inn cruil nml Inhuman manner. As an example of this she state that In I'eliuary, lbSO, n child was born to them, and for six nieiilh after wards alio waa confined almost entirely to lier led. During that tlmu Iho dtfeLdaiit frcUently utel cruel nnil brulal language toward her, tepeatedly tbreatei.eu to kill her, and tu eendhir to an asylum. Ufon dlvcra occaalona, whllu In a wenk and utt'rebled coudlllon, liu atiuik her with lilsilenched flat aud rejiealedly knocked her down, Inlllellug seviru bruises Uon her body. About July, lbS9, ho rtiutk her a ravage blow wllli hla list and kuockel litr a,alnt the dour casing. Hh fell to thu Hour an 1 ho then brutally Licked her, nod while lying proftratut ndlnn teml uri. cuntekus statu In) ihrew a luavy vallau iifioii her. During hir lllueaa liu le land to provide lier Willi medkllie and ptuntr care. ilufuro she was really al le t txn home, her husband iient twin her and tbu child to ) lalnllir'a sitter In tho Blato of Maine, mid fallci to furnlab her Willi nuy menu of rubslaUure wbalevir. In November, It J I, she returned to litr husbaud's bon-u at Cbkngo, III , but be refuted to permit bir to rtny there, mil thrust lier nut. Ho hail com-m com-m lied bur to work for Iho supiiort of liirtelf nnd chill wheu Iter lienlth wns uudermlnrd and her meegth genr, aud she bai bod to Itvu upon the iliarlty of liiends, iiotwllhitaudlng tint liu was abundantly ul.le to auj. fltt her, being tinatsnily in receipt nf toot wage. In rsow mber. 1SS9, dekndaul thtust her out of the home In Chicago, and for eight or nine months thoiealtcr lompellel lur nnd ber child lo llvu In l mult, unwholesome roi ins In undealrablu purl of Chicago. Thoy wen then In destitute clr-cumstancte, clr-cumstancte, Hi an 1 In a starving coudlllon cou-dlllon Difendaut mgketed to pay Hie small rent when ll fill duo, and she and her child were often turned out Into thu streets. During all this time be lived In luxury, and squander ed his money aud prorrty In riotous lien and rolllgatn habits. In July, lhOl, defendant compelled her nnd thu little child lo leave Chicago, tilling lier to go lo lilt friends In Halt Lake City. He i.oto her no money for Iho Journey, nu i liucu ber arrival hi rn bad nolioulrlbutud unj thing toward ber siiipoit. Klugaud I lout tiro the lalntlir atlorne-iB. |
