▁with ▁information ▁about ▁C ody ' s ▁alleg ed ▁inf idel ities ▁or ▁Feder ici ' s ▁excess es . ▁ ▁C ody ' s ▁two ▁main ▁alleg ations ▁against ▁his ▁wife ▁were ▁that ▁she ▁attempted ▁to ▁poison ▁him ▁on ▁multiple ▁occasions ▁( this ▁alleg ation ▁was ▁later ▁proved ▁false ) ▁and ▁that ▁she ▁made ▁living ▁in ▁North ▁Pl atte ▁" un b ear able ▁and ▁int ol er able " ▁for ▁C ody ▁and ▁his ▁guests . ▁The ▁press ▁picked ▁up ▁on ▁the ▁story ▁immediately , ▁creating ▁a ▁battle ▁between ▁C ody ▁and ▁Freder ici ' s ▁teams ▁of ▁law y ers , ▁both ▁of ▁which ▁seemed ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁better ▁authority ▁on ▁Neb r aska ▁divor ce ▁law . ▁Div or ce ▁laws ▁varied ▁from ▁state ▁to ▁state ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 0 0 s . ▁Des ert ion ▁was ▁the ▁main ▁grounds ▁for ▁divor ce , ▁but ▁in ▁some ▁juris dict ions , ▁such ▁as ▁Kansas , ▁divor ce ▁could ▁be ▁granted ▁if ▁a ▁sp ouse ▁was ▁" int ol er able ." ▁The ▁Victor ian ▁ideal ▁of ▁marriage ▁did ▁not ▁allow ▁for ▁divor ce ▁in ▁any ▁case , ▁but ▁the ▁move ▁west ward ▁forced ▁a ▁change ▁in ▁the ▁expect ations ▁of ▁hus b ands ▁and ▁w ives ▁and ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁remain ▁married . ▁In ▁Lewis ▁and ▁Clark ▁County , ▁Mont ana , ▁ 1 8 6 7 ▁records ▁show ▁that ▁there ▁were ▁more ▁divor ces ▁in ▁that ▁year ▁than ▁mar ri ages . ▁Part ▁of ▁the