Volume 9 , Issue 23

1905 - Interesting Divorce Case

The Oklahoman, dated Oct. 12, 1905, pg 2, left Oklahoma Territory citizens catching up on court cases in Guthrie, O. T.

The headlines read: "Oklahoma Court-- Litigants and Their Troubles In Various Parts of the Territory - Interesting Divorce Case - Bride of Two Months Asks To Have Marriage Cancelled Because Hhe Is Ccharged With Murdering Her Predecessor."

Guthrie, Okla., Oct. 11, 1905 -- In the district court at Kingfisher yesterday, Mrs. Fannie Fuxsa began proceedings against her husband, Frank Fuxsa, Jr., and his father, Frank Fuxsa, Sr., asking for temporary and permanent alimony. She was married to Fuxsa in Omaha, Neb., about two months ago, within a few days after the sudden and mysterious death of his first wife, to whom he was married on February 27, last. The story of the case is an interesting and unusual one.

Following his second marriage in Omaha, Fuxsa was arrested at his home near Hennessey, in Kingfisher county, by Deputy Sheriff Mon Tate on a charge of wife murder. His preliminary hearing was held early in September and he was held to the grand jury under $3,000 bond, which he afterward gave.

It is charged against Fuxsa that he murdered his first wife on July 25, last. She was but sixteen years old when she married Fuxsa last February, and Fuxsa himself is but nineteen years of age.

A great many witnesses were examined at the time, many of them being Bohemian neighbors of the accused. His wife died from strychnine poisoning, and it was announced to be a case of suicide. This decision was believed at the time, but Fuxsa's hurried second marriage aroused suspicion and an investigation was started, which resulted in his arrest. The witnesses testified that the cause of the woman's taking strychnine, if it was self-administered was on account of continual upbraidings and abuse from her husband.

His first wife was Miss Fannie Reisart, the daughter of a farmer living near Bison.
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