Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
The Parker Divorce Case in Minne-
apolis Has at Last Been
Concluded.
mrs. Parker il Granted q Divorce
and the Custody Of the
Child,
The Court Will Hereafter Determine
the Amount of AlimOny for
the Plaintiff.


been going on in Minneapolis for some
time, is concluded and Mrs. Parker has
been granted a divorce. In delivering
his Judgment, Judge Hooker took occa-
sion to roast Parker in no uncertain
terms.
1This case is now brought to a close"
were his first words, land it has been
conducted with ability and earnestness
on both sides. AS for the incident of
yesterday, which has given rise to some
considerable feeling, I may state that
counsel for the defense came forward
with the names of his informants and
the court declined to receive them, but I
fthink that MI. Gilman acted in good
Faith" After this preliminary and throw
ing of oil on the troubled waters, Judge
Hooker addressed himself to the case
proper. After recounting the allegations
Sf the suit he first referred to the plant
1f. "Her manner of testifying," quoth
the court, cher freedom and ease in re-
beating the bad language said to be used
by her husband, largely impressed the
Ecourt whether, she had not been accus-
SEomed to use language other than that of
n lady. But of this there is no evidence
Ap show and the court has to deal with
Ieects alone"
&ogatory to the conduct of the fair plant
I'll followed and the James Parker stock
&ose considerably. The defendant HIM
|Self smiled ard looked around the court
with an approving smile. His triumph,
However, was but short-lived. The next
moment the judge in his most deliberate
md sedate tones delivered himself of
sAuch an opinion on his view of the re-
sepondent's testimony that made MI. Par
ker squirm in his chair and undoubtedly
SWish himself in another part of the hem.
fsphere.
/ The Flannery incident occupied the
attention of the judge in the first degree
land on which he seemed to have his YER
dict on more than anything else. "He
never saw what he described, it was
were the words that solemnly
rolled from the judicial lips "and," con-
tinued his honor, she deliberately per-
jured himself here in court and he has
lied about it.
"sThere were no grounds for that
charge and it characterizes his whole
testimony as perjury"
At this point there was a dead silence
and all eyes ~instinctively turned upon
Parker, whose face was doing the chame.
leon act to a nicely. But Judge Hooker
had not yet finished After a few mo-
ments pause his honor continued:
,,"When a man deliberately f~alsifies a ma
'terial fact his testimony is not worth
anything, except as it is c~orroborated by
the testimony of creditable witnesses.
Upon that rule the court must Judge his
testimony.
"There are also several other facts
connected with this matter which | shall
allude to. If the slot in the door had
been such that the defendant could see
to the other end of the room, he could
not have seen Mrs. Parker's feet or MI.
Flannery.
""That was false and he knew it.
"Every time he had opened his mouth
as to what occurred in the Bank of
Commerce building he has perjured him
self under his oath, unmindful also of
the fact that in so doing1he has at
tempted to drag down into mud the
name Of Mr.. Flannery, his family and
his friends.
#"Such a man is entitled to no consid-
GRAFTON whatever.
"The defendant has deliberately falsi-
fled himself in this particular and it will
characterize the whole of his testimony
as false except as subs!antiated."
The judge here paused a few seconds
and the crowd anxiously awaited further
developments, many anticipating that
the court would order Parker arrested
for perjury then and there.
6uch, however, did not happen, but as
though to further empasize what he had
already stated, Judge Hooker brought
his remarks to a conclusion by adding,
s1Never before has the court had occasion
TO use language so forcible as on this &C.
casion." q .,z.r
Formal Judgment was then given to
the effect that a divorce be granted to
Mrs. Parker, and that she have the GUS
tody Of the little girl, Also that in the
course Of a few days it would be deter
mined as to what alimony should be al
lowed mother and child. .
a4sTIhis case is now finished" were the
final words of Judge Hooker, and
SttParker's roast" was the only topic of
4conversation as the big crowd melted
away and the court official called
next
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