She Asked the Court for Her Maiden Name Back

Attorneys Eddy, Gordon and Agnew, for Alma C. Van Epps, filed a complaint in the superior court today against E. L. Van Epps for divorce and alimony.

The plaintiff alleges that she was married on the 10th day of June last, and that for more than a year past the defendant has been guilty of cruel treatment and has, by personal indignities, rendered life burdensome, making it impossible for the plaintiff and defendant to live longer together in peace and harmony as husband and wife.

The plaintiff further charges the defendant with assault without cause or provocation, and cites as a particular instance that of April 7th, when she alleges the defendant threatened and violently maltreated her, using offensive and abusive language.

The plaintiff further sets forth that she is without means of support during the continuance of the prosecution, and that the defendant is a strong, able-bodied man earning now the sum of $3 per day. She complains also that the defendant is possessed of certain personal property, which she alleges is community property, and prays that her maiden name of Alma Q. Yerion be restored, that the bonds of matrimony be dissolved, that plaintiff be released from all obligations thereof, and that she have an absolute decree of divorce. She further asks that a just and equitable distribution of the property be made.

Mr. Van Epps will file his answer within twenty days. It is said that it will place the case in an entirely different light and that it may lead to some sensational developments.