Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-01
DIVORCE WHILE YOU WAIT.
Exceedingly Quick Time Made i'm Sew
eral Cases I'm an Omaha Court.
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IFrom the Omaha worId-Heraid-l
There was a whole household of women
and any number of anxious-loOking men in
Judge Wakeley's court room yesterday af-
ternoon. Old women, young women, col
ored women, and bleached blond women,
all were there; and there was likewise
good-sized crew of lawyers, the pockets of
The next case was that of Lottie Kinney
against William L. Kinney. Mrs. Kinney
came forward with her witness, a young
woman with baby in her arms. The two
were married in Council Bluffs in 1887.
Kinney formed habit of coming home
full of liquids and building bruises on her
person because her mother moved in on the
floor above them. He said he would not
live under the same roof with his mother
in-law. William likewise choked her and
broke furniture with her. He then de-
serted her, but came back at intervals to
beat her. Rosa Hall, sister of Mrs. Kin
ney. told story of the same kind. Kin
ney, foreman at the smelling works, did
not defend.
"Granted," )" said the Judge. Time, five
minutes and twenty-eight seconds.
Paul Thomson against Maren Thomson
came next. He was married in Chicago in
1869. He always made from four to seven
dollars day, but this was not enough to
satisfy her, and she didn't give him
enough to eat, although he was possessed
of a profuse appetite. She likewise
clubbed him. Possessed of a great pa
tience, Mr.. Thomson hoped as she grew
older she would get over this, but she has
not. An agreement was signed whereby
he transferred all his personal property,
farm implements and the like to her in
lieu of alimony. Mr.. Thomson was al
lowed his carpenter tools and twenty five
dollars as his share of the wreck, Mrs.
Thomson agreeing to keep the children.
This was at Whiting, Kan. 1t was a case
| of 'tBetsey and 1 are Out" and when
Thomson went to kiss his children good
bye she called upon them to spit upon
him. The attorney, in questioning the
younger witness, asked if the woman was
good wife, and was interrupted by the
judge:
s'That is something the witness may moi
be an expert in-the management of g
wife. Leave that to the court"
The question rose as to whether the
| agreement did not separate the two, and
matters finally did he not become a tres
| passers
| ''Why not leave them therel" the judg,
inquired of space. And he declined tt
l give the divorce Immediately, but will cal
\ it again.
| Lucinda Freeman against George A
Freeman was the next case. Mr.. Freeman
4 did not come in. Five years ago they sep
arated, and since then he has contributed
nothing to her support. Mr.. Freeman'i
sister, Mrs. Parker, corroborated the tale
and so did a second young woman who
acted as witness. Mrs. Freeman caugh
| her divorce in eight minutes.
| A minute later Mrs. Freeman, having
been SO thoroughly divorced, appeared il
neighborly way to help out friend
Mrs Hattie Henderson. Orville A. Hen
| derson did not care to defend his case
| Mrs. Henderson said her husband had left
her to live with another woman. Her di
yorce came to her in seven minutes, as on,
| of Henderson's former companions testi
| fed point blank to the truant husband liv
| ing with another woman.
| Young Jim Kelby then called up his frs
1 district court case. 1t was an actor
| brought by Eta W. Frohm to secure ;
| separation from heI husband, William ]
| Frohm. Mr.. Frohm was pictured as
| person with fierce and ungovernabl'
| temper, which he used upon her. Ono
he struck her so severely as to put her t.
| bed for four months. Once again he use'
| a stove poker on her when she asked hin
| to rock the baby pretty little gin
named Carlson was Mrs. Frohm's support
ing witness. Jim won his first case i
eleven minutes.
| Minnie Herrley came next to tell abou
Frederick Herrley, who did not come :
law. Mrs. Herrley says her husband
drinks, fights and keeps a revolver aboy
his bed to use in killing her. He likewis
has Il disease for turning the house owe
1 and dislocating the kitchen utensils. Fur
ther, he expressed a desire to keep hi
mother-in-law out of the house, to breal
her neck and to throw her over the fence
Mrs. Herrley's mother came in to tell wha
she knew. She said she ferstayned Eng
lish better than she spoke it. and Bin
Wakeley, the stenographer, was ready t
believe it. 1t was vain to attempt to sten
the flow of English-German elOquence
and he gave it up.
az don't think we need spend any NOR
time" said the judge "There's proc
enough for half dozen divorces"
The time was not good, the handicap il
the way of language being too great;
was fourteen minutes and seventeen sec
onds.
An old gray person, named William 1
Battey, came up then to tell of his troubl
with his wife, Jane L. Battey. They wer
married in Connecticut in 1855 and live
together thirty-two years. In 1887 sh
left his farm, not liking q farm careel
He has never seen her since. He was gi,
en- divorce on the ground of desertioE
Time, seventeen minutes.
Mrs. Sarah 4. Hipsher took "a divorC
from John 4. Hipsher, on the ground {
desertion, in four minutes, the best tim
of the afternoon.