A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > New York > Brooklyn http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=683 Also visit our new sister sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=46377 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: The New Haven Evening Register Article Date: November 16 1899 Article Description: His Wife as a Skeleton. OKERLIND Danced Chicken Bones on Table to Show How She Would Look. Article Text: New York, Nov. 16.--Justice BOOKSTAVER, in the Supreme Court, yesterday heard the application for divorce made by Mrs. Mary E. OKERLIND from Gustavus E. OKERLIND of Brooklyn. Mrs. OKERLIND testified that when they used to have chicken for dinner Mr. OKERLIND would pick the bones and then take them in his hands and dance them up and down the table, so she could see how she would look as a skeleton. He would say to her upon such occasions that they had been married nine years and that it was time she died, as no wife should like longer. Mr. OKERLIND testified that his wife has always treated him harshly and threatened him with bodily harm. Once she threw a pail of water on him when he was in the garden. Justice BOOKSTAVER reserved decision. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com