Salt Lake Telegram | 1903-02-26 | Page 2 | Poker Agreement Proved a Fizzle

POKER AGREEMENT PROVED A FIZZLE Marriage Contract to Get Husband . Into Church Aired in the- Courts of Chicago. CHICAGO. Feb. 26. A marriage contract con-tract in which a wife agreed to play poker with her husband if he would go to church with her. failed to work, according ac-cording to the testimony of Mrs. Fred E. R. Jones in Judge Baker's court. She is suing her husband, who Js the local manager of the London-Liverpool Globe Insurance company, for separate maintenance. She said he would stay out late from home playing poker. The playing was a sort of neighborhood affair. af-fair. He played with two widows. "Grass widows, or what kind?" asked the court. Mrs. Jones said there was a grass widow, and then a real one. In way of support Jones offered, she said, to give her $2.50 a week, she to furnish her own clothes. She also claimed that her husband hus-band advised her to go to Sam T. Jack's i show. Joues, In answer, avers that his wife married him In order to lead a life of idleness.