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Show SLEEPS WITH KNIFE BENEATH HIS PILLOW i May Mortensen filed an action for divorce di-vorce In the District court Saturday afternoon af-ternoon against Lewis C. Mortensen. In her complaint Mrs. Mortensen charges her husband with having a bad temper and a cranky disposition. She also alleges al-leges that he abuses her In a shameful manner, calling her vile names, cursing the children, smashing the furniture and staying away from home for a week or ten days at a time. She also charges him with making threats against her life, that he sleeps1 with a butcher knife under his pillow and carries a revolver. She says he will not support hl9 family. The couple were married in Denmark in 1874. ' 1 |