Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette Fort Wayne, Indiana Wednesday morning, November 28, 1917 Page 24

THE COURT NEWS

SECHLER LIKED DUCATS; WOULDN'T CLOTHE WIFE

John Sechler, formerly of Uniondale, Wells county, is a man of unusual habits, his wife alleged in her complaint for divorce filed yesterday. Unlike most husbands who are sued for divorce, John put his money in a bank and kept it there. When she asked him for any with which to buy clothes, he clung to his ducats and told her to get busy and earn some money to get them herself. Also, since their marriage, he has not shown her the courtesies due a wife, she charges. In addition to the divorce she asks $1,000 of these hoarded funds, a restraining order to prevent his drawing money from two local banks, or selling property in Uniondale and also to prevent his molesting her at her rooms in the Bank block. They were married November 3, 1907, and separated Monday. Hans C. Meland is her attorney.


TWO WERE TAKEN TO PENAL FARM.
Bluffton, Ind., Nov. 27. -- Marshal Henry Fritz to-day took to the state penal farm at Putnamville, two prisoners, Ervin Franks, who plead guilty to petit larceny for theft of coal, and Andrew Reynolds, who plead guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The former was sentenced to thirty and the latter to sixty days at the penal farm, in addition to fines they will lay out.


WELLS COUNTY SOLDIER MARRIED AT LOUISVILLE.
BLUFFTON, Ind., Nov. 27. -- Word has been received here of the marriage at Louisville, of George Studabaker, a Wells county man in the national army camp at Camp Taylor, and Miss Hannah Witmer, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Witmer, of this city. The bride went to Louisville some days ago and will remain there while her husband is stationed at Camp Taylor.


W. C. T. U. TO CONDUCT Y. W. C. A. CAMPAIGN
BLUFFTON, Ind., Nov. 27. -- The W. C. T. U. ladies of Wells county will have charge of the campaign in Wells county to raise $1,000 toward the Y. W. C. A. war fund, and they will work under the direction of Mrs. Abram Simmons, of the county council defense. The W. C. T. U. will meet Saturday, to make detailed plans for the campaign to be made next week.


PYTHIAN SISTERS WAR FUND COMMITTEE MEETS.
BLUFFTON, Ind., Nov. 27. -- The war relief commission of the Pythian Sisters convened in Bluffton this afternoon, at the home of Miss Cora Hood, to plan for putting into effect a plan to accumulate a relief fund by an assessment of $1 per member. The commission is _______________ of grand chief, Mrs. Florence Bain, of Decatur; supreme mistress of correspondence, Mrs. M. Josie Nelson, of Union City; grand mistress of finance, Mrs. Nellie F. Eshleman, of Elkhart; and the grand mistress of records and correspondence, Miss Cora Hood, of this city.


BLUFFTON WEDDINGS.
BLUFFTON, Ind., Nov. 27. -- A marriage license was issued to Miss Pansy Vera Moyer, sixteen, a daughter of Allen Moyer, and Mr. Ray Flowers, a son of Reason Flowers. The couple will reside in south Bluffton. The marriage of Miss Lela May Swigart, a daughter of L. A. Swigart, and L. D. Taylor, a son of Alonzo M. Taylor took place this afternoon at the office of Justice J. K. Rinehart. The couple reside in the south part of [end of article on this page]