The North Platte Semi Weekly Tribune

Unusual Circumstances Discovered in Divorce Suit.

Testimony of an unusual character was taken Thursday afternoon in the divorce suit of Mrs. Ida L. M. Laiske against her husband, Charles H. Laiske. Mrs. Laiske, according to the evidence of children and others, believed her husband practiced witchcraft and so firm in her belief was she that she practiced incantations. When an animal or fowl died on their farm the belief of the wife was that it was due to her husband's witchcraft and she took the dead bird or animal and cutting out its heart filled it with pins and at times would throw it in boiling water in an effort to ward off misfortune. Although the couple, both of whom are aged, have eight or nine children, none of them reside at home. Mrs. Laiske asked for divorce on the grounds that her husband used abusive language. This is the third similar suit for divorce which she has brought. The judge found that while the two could not live together and were better residing "separate and apart', he could not grant the divorce and allowed Mrs. Laiske a maintenance of $25 per month, to begin June 1. Mr. Laiske owns a 400 acre farm seven miles from Amherst.-Kearney Hub.