New-York tribune., 1892-01-07
A MIXED DIVORCE CASE.
TWO WIVES INTERESTED IN II.
THE HUSBAND GOT A DIVORCE FROM ONE IN
UTAH, BUT i IT LEGALf

! THE HUSBAND GOT DIVORCE FROM ONE IN
UTAH, BUT i IT LEGAL
Tboma. O Bullock formerly sunday school teacher
in Dr Tamaccs church, I'm Brooklyn, ana at present
prosperous rice dealer at no. 12o Water-st doing
business Of 1900 900 year, according I" Brans'ec
reports the defendant in an extremely oo'nP''
Gated divorce suit which tried before Judge lruiA'
in the supreme Court Yesterday. The plantlH IN inc
, suit /, Mrs Annie f. Bullock. Mr. Bullock secured
dcc,se of divorce from his wife in salt Lake City IN
1.75 and on August 10, 1870, he married Lydia T.
Rldgeway Of Philadelphia, and lived with her uhtu
few months ago as her husband Most OF the time lneS
lived at no West one twenty UNJUST III
a handsome house, richly furnished, wile lie Wao pay
ing h first wife $50 week the support Of herself
and one daughter. Judge TruaX pacucsly prohounceu
this Utah divorce worthless yesterday oy refusing ~
admit it i'm evidence saying that Bullock had no'
gained residence in salt Lake CITY.
MIR and Mrs. Bullock were married on May "a
13G4 AT Grafton Jersey County, Ill. They came 10
this city To 1.-Two and Mr. Bullock became suhday-scho
teacher In DR.. Talmagc's church lie became unu''s
intimate Mrs Bullock charged in suit for divorce
which she brought in 1873 1876 against her nus
hand with a woman who taught in the same sunday
school This woman had a child by Mr.. Bullock 90
Mrs Bullock alleged. Mr. Bullock begged her not 10
pres, the divorce suit and he promised To DO Deeer !"
the future She orgave him and they lived together
again Just before Christmas. 1877. Mrs. Bullock and
Yesterday Mr. Bullock went away from home, saying
thot he was going away on business trip and would
be hack before Christmas. Subsequently 1t tdred out
that he had gone to salt Lake CITY and secured INC
divorce there.
Nil, Mande May Bullock the daughter Is teacher
in Grammar school No. Il, and she is now twenty
three wears old She little about her father she
said Yesterday on the witness stand because she was
~ youug when he went away. In 1858 some Of her
friends asked her why she did not have piano. ana
she had replied that her father too poor to buy
one for her. This friend was connected With DIX
busnc,, house downtown, and he decided to LOOK up
her fathers rating in Bradstreet's reports He dis
covered that tie OF +. -. bullock CO. wac com
posed Of r. O. Bullock aud his wife. Lydia T. Bullock
thc husband and wife being equal partners. The
volume Il business va, put at 100000 year. Upon
the friend reporting these facts to MISS bulIoc| Sv
was greatly surprised and told her mother about H.
Her mother was also astoni~hed. Miss fuIock wrote
to her father asking that she be allowed To see Ih
hut he wrote back telling her she must not come 10
s.e him. Then Mrs. Bullock went down to zee her
husband and he old her that he had secured divorce
from her In Utah and that ho did not want anything
more TO do with her lie advised her To SEQ MS
lawycr and she did 20, and saw the divorce papers
Then ,he brought this suit for divorce
william d. May OF no West Onehmdfed ana
wenty-third-,t.. testified that he visited Mr. bulio'A
at, nj, wife 80. = at their home, No. West one
hundred twen Is third St. and also at the country
home Of the 1.uocks, near Dover, y. j. Mr. BULLOCK
had the house fitted up SImptuousl, and drove f'Ht
bor.cs i'm the country, Mr. May t~thcd. h'ltiIds
: E,ren o. 80. West Onc hundred ahdt"e'N -'lhIu
ST. also testified 10 the same thing ,-,.
i,llnrk wa. the only witness called Tor the defence
t "at tb,t hi. went to salt Lake Cltl ia the summer
~ I,.. did ,Omc business thorr, starter INC ul'pi.c
nil went on 10 Francisco ana attcuou 10 oi'c ,
b,inc., affairs there. and then returned !" Nit bhe
CIV \ftcr remaining t~O or thfc" weeks i' ,dne
Past and then went back Ia salt Lake 'lty III 80 =
,rb.u h, -, u.cd the decree OF dvofc" ga d NPI =
-.- An attempt was made 10 introduce MI &c re 'h
divorce I'm evidence but Judge TruaN ruled II OUT on
tho grnund Lit Mr.. Bullock had never secured
re- idcnce 300 tan. -, 4 .,.-u. -,
Tic fact va. al.o brough, out by the testimony "i
, rter for Brad streets that Mr,. Bullock 10.
h,d informed Tho trade that after pctopcr l. lcy',
'hc v,- uot nor husbands partner, ana ihat Sh'
,tild not T.. rc-pol-iblr for any transact tors "t h'
III nulbn.k ~ =. 10 declared by the LAWYERS
lid also I,it Mr. Eu,ck when -hc di>Covc 'h'
ronpltatIon.. Judge Truak gave the lawyers u'''i
-ttuniay IT, had lu their buei'