Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
CUPID'S. BAD FRANKS.
Some of the Marital Woes Rehearsed
in the Desertion Court.
CALLED DOWN BY JUDGE MCLUNG'
Peter Walker Declares He Was Never Mar
ried to Kate Bowers.
MANY DIVORCE APPLICATIONS FILED

The list of sociological failures billed TO
hearing before Judge McClung yesterda.
was a lengthy one, but some had been set
| tied and in some cases the parties did no
appear, and as most of those who came It
the scratch had private counsel, Mr.. Goehr
ing's work was easy, mostly supervisory.
The case of Mrs. Deardorf against her hus
band, J. L. Deardorf, was first called. He i
charged with having given Mrs. Deardorf
settlement with a string tried to the con
ditions and she feared that he would moi
carry out his part of the separation con
tract and wants him put under bond t.
insure performance. He agreed to give hel
S. a week and keep alive q life insurance
policy in the Royal Arcanum for $1,000 fol
her benefit, and she on her part was to re
frain from interfering with him while fol
lowing out that which is right in his own
eyes. Judge McClung, while pa. ing the
defendant the compliment of observing
that he did not believe any of his state
ments, still said he had no power to inter
fere so long as Deardorf kept the fnancia
part of the agreement. Mrs. Deardorf sale
she was willing to sacrifice her rights as ,
wife if her husband deported himself so a.
to prevent scandal.
Owen Clark did not respond, but an at
torney stated that Mrs. Clark had agreed tc
settlement and the costs would be liqui
dated.
WALKER DISPUTES THE MARRIAGE
Mrs. Kate Walker as she STYLES herself
or Miss Kate Walker as her alleged hus
band, Peter Walker, contends is her title,
stated that she and Peter took trip to
Chicago and on the 9th of last October were
married early in the morning by Squire
Reed and she further said Peter had the
marriage certificate in his possessian. She
said she was II years old at the time and
there was no marriage certificate,
they simply getting off the train,
going to hotel where toilet
was made, after which the repaired to the
splicer's office. Kate had been indiscreet
enough to write two letters, which fell into
the hands of Peters counsel, D. R. Jones.
Kate is buxom and very energetic young
lady and her part in the scene in court
yielded considerable diversion. The letters
were submitted to Judge McClung. Kate
refused to acknowledge authorship, but
Peter deposed they came from her. They
appeared to prejudice her cause with the
Judge. Peter and his counsel mainly de-
voted their efforts to showing that the trip
to Chicago was mere lark and that no mar
riage had been formed, while Kate and
her counsel, John A. Cox, attempted to
prove a valid marriage. Mrs. Best, a sister
of Kate, testified that Peter at one time be-
fore the date given for the marriage had
said he would wade through blood to get
Kate.
A MOTHERS TELLING TESTIMONY.
Kate's mother, Mrs. Bowers, testified
that if Peter hadn't married Kate he had
deported himself as husband at the Bow
ers mansion for several weeks, and Mr.
Bowers deposed that Peter had admitted
to witness that he was married. Mr.. Bow
ers sturdily refused to be ruled by the tech
nical rules of evidence, but told his story to
suit himself.
Katie having admitted that she knew
nothing of any license gotten in Illinois,
Mr.. Jones contended that the circumstance
went to show that there was no marriage,
as the laws of Illinois require not only
license, but parental assent or that of
guardian, also, where parties are
under age, and Kate was only II
Willie IettT uOeSu LOOK mucD OlQer. lie
then called a young lady named Matthias
who testified that Kate had told her about
week ago that she, Kate, wasn't married to
Peter. but that she proposed to make him
support her anyhow. A Dravosburg saloon
keeper named Thorp, was next called to
show that if Kate we're a married woman
some of her actions were somewhat uues-
tionable and he testified that she was one of
quartette of two male and two females
who came to his place and asked for lodg-
ings. During the night they seemed to be
keeping mp too much of a picnic for a re-
spectacle party, he thought, and finally
about midnight he awoke his sons and in
formed them that he thought it best to eject
the whole party. The sons agreed
and preparations for conflict were
made but when the dodgers were
exhorted to ''get a move on" they got it,
confident that he recognized Kate as one of
the party, and that neither of the men with
her was Peter Walker. The Judge seemed
TO think it case of six of one and half a
dozen of the other, and dismissed it, divid-
ing the costs equally.
THE WIFE WANTS SQUARE DEAL.
Some time ago Judge Magee sentenced
William Loadman to pay his wife 50 80 per
week, basing the amount on the represen-
tation of his earnings. Yesterday evidence
was given to show that Loadman' s earnings
were Sc day, and the Court was asked to
increase the weekly allowance, but action
was de cred until both sides could be heard
The case of Elizabeth Herman VS. George
Herman was called, but Elizabeth was not
on hand. Georges story was heard He
said they were married 1881 and that some
six years ago she had deserted him without
He admitted that he had
heard since Mrs. Herman left him she had
become mother, but he knew not just
when and was not disposed to pass an opin-
ion as to the paternity of the child and
further was inclined to hold that he was not
under obligation to support woman who
eft him without cause, as he contends The
,ase was continued until Elizabeth could be
heard from. The parties reside on the South
side.
The case of Clara A. Hoffman VS. William
Hoffman was also continued Clara not
putting in an appearance and her husband
that she was the deserting party
and that she had left without cause.