Douglas-Lincoln County NeArchives Divorce.....Rankins, Mrs - Rankins, Richard E 1889 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ne/nefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Debra Crosby http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002467 April 26, 2018, 4:05 pm Omaha Daily Bee Thur Aug 15, 1889 Omaha Daily Bee Thur Aug 15, 1889 Two of a Kind Richard E. Rankins was arrested by Officers Keyser and Kissane Tuesday evening charged with living in adultery with Miss Agnes Eckland at 915 North Sixteenth street. The prosecution was instituted by Rankin's wife. His defence is a county-charge against his wife, implicating with her a prominent attorney of this city. Rankins says he caught her a number of times in compromising situations with other men after she had been married to him. He therefore left her and commenced living with the female mentioned above, whom he would have married had he been divorced from his wife. He not suppose Mrs. Rankins would trouble him, as he has been separated from her for nearly three years. Rankins testified that after he had been married only three months, his wife presented him with a baby girl for which he was not responsible. Mrs. Rankins admitted that this statement was true, and Assistant County Attorney Shea, believing that the prosecutor was as bad if not worse than the defendant, recommended that the case be dismissed and the interested parties advised to fight it out in the divorce court where it belonged. His honor acquiesced and the prisoner was released. Additional Comments: [I am not related or connected to this line, please do not contact me for more information.] File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/douglas/vitals/divorces/rankins7gdv.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nefiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb