Jeffersonville (IN) Weekly Journal, February 19, 1897, p. 1. WOES OF MARRIED LIFE Charles Bottorff's Wife, He Claims, Insisted on Sleeping Late, Refused to Prepare Meals and He Wants a Divorce Charles Bottorff this morning filed suit against Lille M. Bottorff for a divorce. The petition recites that the couple were married December 26, 1895, at the defendant's home in Finley Township, Scott County, and that on June 13, 1896, the defendant left him and returned to her home. It is averred that the defendant, on numerous occasions, would lie in bed, refuse to get up and prepare the plaintiff's meals; that he would have to do his own cooking or go to work without anything to eat. It is further alleged that the defendant's mother would come to plaintiff's house and coax her daughter to leave him. The plaintiff is a resident of Charlestown Township.