One of the most sensational court cases in Visalia's history

Okay, it starts like this....
My maternal Great Grandmother's sister, Laura Slinkard:
(photo probably taken 1894)
And the man she wanted to marry, Lee Jackson Danner:
But he didn't want to marry her, so she took him to court and won!
Before you read the story below, I want to preface it with this: Nearly 5 years ago in one of my
Mom's scrapbooks I found an article from our newspaper written in 1991, about this story. That was
the first I'd ever heard of it. So that was 2013, and I contacted the author to thank him, also telling
him that I was related to Laura Slinkard. Fast forward 4 1/2 years...About 2 months ago, the author,
Terry Ommen, contacted me again letting me know he had found some new info on the case and that
he was in the process of writing an updated version of this story for Visalia's magazine, Lifestyle.
That issue came out last week, and he graciously sent me a copy, which I was excited to read!
Here it is.
I broke it down in parts hoping to make it …
My maternal Great Grandmother's sister, Laura Slinkard:
(photo probably taken 1894)
And the man she wanted to marry, Lee Jackson Danner:
But he didn't want to marry her, so she took him to court and won!
Before you read the story below, I want to preface it with this: Nearly 5 years ago in one of my
Mom's scrapbooks I found an article from our newspaper written in 1991, about this story. That was
the first I'd ever heard of it. So that was 2013, and I contacted the author to thank him, also telling
him that I was related to Laura Slinkard. Fast forward 4 1/2 years...About 2 months ago, the author,
Terry Ommen, contacted me again letting me know he had found some new info on the case and that
he was in the process of writing an updated version of this story for Visalia's magazine, Lifestyle.
That issue came out last week, and he graciously sent me a copy, which I was excited to read!
Here it is.
I broke it down in parts hoping to make it …