▁appeal ▁of ▁the ▁front ier ▁was ▁that ▁" a ▁man ▁cannot ▁keep ▁his ▁wife ▁here ." ▁ ▁After ▁C ody ' s ▁announ cement ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁su ing ▁for ▁divor ce , ▁Freder ici ▁began ▁to ▁fight ▁back . ▁She ▁claimed ▁that ▁she ▁had ▁never ▁attempted ▁to ▁poison ▁him ▁and ▁that ▁she ▁wished ▁to ▁remain ▁married . ▁The ▁trial ▁then ▁moved ▁to ▁court ▁in ▁February ▁ 1 9 0 5 . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁witness es ▁who ▁spoke ▁to ▁a ▁newspaper ▁was ▁Mrs . ▁John ▁Bo yer , ▁a ▁house keeper ▁in ▁the ▁C ody ▁home ▁who ▁was ▁married ▁to ▁a ▁man ▁who ▁worked ▁for ▁the ▁Wild ▁West ▁show . ▁She ▁claimed ▁that ▁Freder ici ▁acted ▁in h osp it ably ▁towards ▁C ody ' s ▁guests ▁and ▁that , ▁when ▁C ody ▁was ▁not ▁at ▁the ▁ran ch , ▁she ▁would ▁" feed ▁the ▁men ▁too ▁much ▁and ▁talk ▁in ▁a ▁violent ▁manner ▁about ▁C ody ▁and ▁his ▁alleg ed ▁sweet he arts ▁... ▁and ▁that ▁she ▁was ▁seen ▁putting ▁something ▁into ▁his ▁coffee ." ▁Other ▁witness es ▁mentioned ▁C ody ' s ▁comment ▁that ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁handle ▁his ▁wife ▁he ▁had ▁to ▁" get ▁dr unk ▁and ▁stay ▁dr unk ." ▁The ▁battle ▁in ▁court ▁continued , ▁with ▁testim ony ▁from ▁three ▁witness es , ▁Mary ▁Ho over , ▁George ▁Ho over ▁and ▁M .   E . ▁V rom an . ▁After ▁the ▁witness es ▁had ▁test ified , ▁C ody ▁changed ▁his ▁mind ▁about ▁the ▁divor ce