Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-08
A Trio of Couples Legally
Separated.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis, of Ana
helm, Dissolve Partnership.
Reasons Why in These Cases Mar
riage Was a Failure.
Notes Filed in Evidence in the Dennis
Case-Mr. and Mrs. Timmerman's
Marital Troubles-AarOn Abbott
Divorces LOttie Miller.

Judge Smith yesterday ordered de-
cree of divorce entered by default in
favor of Samuel A. Dennis, from his
wife, Amanda E. Dennis, on the grounds
of adultery and cruelty. The parties
are residents of Anaheim, and the case
contained good many sensational ele-
ments. Fred G. Smythe, formerly dep
uty assessor of this county and later
county assessor of Orange county, was
made the correspondent on the adultery
charge.
The complaint alleged that the parties
were married in Stockton, this state, on
June %, 1882, and that the wife COM
mitted adultery with Smythe at the
United States hotel in this city in June,
1889, at the Hollenbeck hotel in August,
1890. and at the plaintiffs residence in
White, resident of Anaheim, was put
on the stand and testified that the de-
fendant confessed her guilt to him. The
following notes from Mrs. Dennis to
.Smythe, without date or signature,
were introduced in evidence:
"Could not write last evening; was
not able to. Cannot possibly 60 this
week. Will see you Tuesday eve near
opera house, at 80, April %. Then I
will know when l can GO. Will not
write again."
Another reads:
81 will write to you this afternoon and
will explain all. will go to Mrs. Flo
toms this evening about 7:30. 1 can
hand it to you, as will not risk mailing
it to you. You can let me know about
that San Diego business the same way.
am going to Santa Monica in week ;
meet me near Backs building
The third note is as follows:
81 would like to see you this evening,
same place as before at sharp"
Testimony was also introduced al
leging that the defendant was in the
habit of becoming intoxicated and max
ing an exhibition of herself on the
streets OF Anaheim. She once, it is
claimed, hit her husband with smooth
ing iron and threatened to shoot him.
Mrs. Dennis made no defense.
TIMMERMANs VS.. TIMMERMANs.
Several days ago Mary Timmermans
began divorce proceedings in depart
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her husband, John Timmermans, on the
grounds of adultery and cruelty, and the
case was brought before Judge Smith
yesterday on question as to the Gus
tody of the two children of the parties,
Blanca, aged 8, and Estell, aged 4, who
are now in the care of Mrs. Watson.
The adultery alleged against Thinner
mans was his living with woman,
name unknown, at 4531I Spring street,
up to and before December 9th last,
and the cruelty charges cover long
period of time, while the parties were
living at Fresno and in this city. The
complaint states that the husband
spent 800 days in Jail at Fresno for
beating his wife on March l, 1889. On
February 10th, of this year, it
is alleged, while the couple were
living at 423 Jackson street, the husband
beat his wife and, after chasing her out
into the yard, hit her on the head with
bottle. At Ala Hill street, the COM
plant charges, he is said to have struck
her, knocked her down, jumped on her
with his knees and kicked her in the
leg.
On June 80, 1891, Timmermans, it is
charged, with an alleged officer of the
law, entered his wife's APARTMENTS and
took a quantity of personal property.
On July Bird he forcibly took the child
rem from her in the Phillips block and
she has not been able to see them since.
Yesterday morning Judge Smith made
an order that the defendant should pro-
duce the children in court at O'Clock.
Timmermans, by his attorneys, put in
an appearance and stated that the
children were in the custody of Mrs.
Watson and that he was unable to pro-
duce them, owing to the absence from
the city of that lady. Judge
Smith then made an order allow
ing both husband and wife to see their
offspring pending the decision of the
suit. and continued the hearing OF the
petition OF the plaintiff for the perman-
ent custody OF the children till Thurs
day.
AS the parties were leaving the court
room, Timmermans said something to
his wife in an undertone, which she
claimed was "a foul name. The court
strongly reprimanded the husband, who
barely escaped punishment for contempt.
ABBOTT DIVORCES LoTTIE MILLER.
Aaron Abbott was yesterday granted a
decree of divorce from his wife, Lottie
Miller Abbott, in department three Of
the superior court. The parties were
married little over year ago, Lottie
Miller at the time being an inmate of a
house of prostitution on Alameda street,
in which business she has continued
since. The grounds of the divorce were
adultery.