[Stamped: D414408] COMES NOW the plaintiff and for cause of action against defendants alleges and says:
[...] (e) That shortly following Christmas, 1953, said Hubbard violently strangled plaintiff and sadistically ruptured the eustachian tube of her left ear, resulting in the impairment of her hearing. That such strangulation of plaintiff was a frequent practice on the part of said Hubbard.
Sara Northrup Hubbard - Complaint For Divorce
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