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Show each cms OTHER CRUEL Husband and Wife Testify in Suit Brought by Mrs. Elizabeth Cleary .fter Elizabeth Louise Cleary had i testified in her divorce case yesterday afternoon that her husband. Martin J. Cleary! choked and abused her. Mr. j Cleary took the stand and told the : court that his physical efforts were , necessary to c ontrol hep ad stop her from attacks upon hint. The case opefted estrdoy afternoon In the distil, dis-til, t courl before Judge r;eorg- s I Barker it is p reliable that the trial Will not be completed until late tomorrow to-morrow afternoon. Mrs Cleary testified to many acts 'of alleged cruelty on the part of her' I husband. Chiefly among his acts of alleged inhuman treatment, she said was his habti of choking her until; I she nearly became unconscious and j then permitting her to breathe before again applying pressure on her throat. I The woman also told of periods when it was necsOSHtry for her to flee from home to the house of a nelgh- bor to evade the attacks of Mr. "leary. , Mr. Cleary told the cOUl'l that he twisted Inn wife's wrists at limes, but.1 declSJM this action was necessary to i protect himself. I The couple was married here An-' gust l'i'. Tin re ure i-o children |