Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-17
JUDGE ZANE BUSY.
A Morning Of Divorce Suits and No.
lions Of Various Kinds,
REMARKED AND DIVORCED.
A Husband Breaks His Promise aud
Takes the Cousi queuce. -Uumanly
Behavior Towards q Wife.

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heard before Judge Zane this morn
lug was based on tue grounds Of drunk
enness and cruelty.
Judge Sutherland represented the
plaintiff, a tall ladylike person appnr.
emily about forty .ivo yoars ofage.
rhe marriage took place at Provo on
March /, 1876. For several years the
defendant had been guilty Of habitual
drunkenness and when not intoxicated,
90 the complaint stated, he ill'lrentoi
the plaintiff nearly every day. on
the witnts,-stand Mrs. Page said that
that she obtained n divorce from her
husband In tho yehr 1891, but ut his
request and upon his promise to reform
ehe was remarked 70 him
on January !, 1892. He had
previously given her writetu pledge
that he would entirely abstain from
.ao use Of liquor Ia future, and also
tnhaye better In every way. In April
Ia L, however, he fell back into his old
vays-once more gave way 10 drink
nud abused her. On once occasion no
raised a chair at her son by a former
husband anu WAS ABOUT 20 strike MIN
over the head with II when ehe. stepped
brtwgrn them and got the blow ln-
stead. Defendant had repeatedly
uailed her by vile names, aud Ia tue
presence OF her children aud ncquaini.
uuurs used oppTObrioub language TO-
wards her, falsely accueiug her OF want
Il chastity. lie once chohed Que OF
hrr sons almost into insensibllity upon
MS demonstrating with Poage upon his
uumanly conduct, and his unkindness
was the cause Of the boy committing
tu'clde.
Anothcrson Of the plaintiff, a lad Of
about 10, having given corrobofative
evidence, Judge Zane granted the
decree.
THE HUSBAND ANSWERS.
shortly before noon the parties in
lhr divorce suit OF Annie 4. Wit.
uack vs.. Ferdinand w. Willmack
we're on hand waiting Tor their turn,
aud tho case was subsequently, called
Tor hearing. IL came up on AN order
s. show cause for the alimony.
Attorney L.. w. Tatlock appeared
Tor the plaintiff; the defendant, who
was also there was represented by At
tornoy Koenen.
The parties intermarrled at San
francisco, Cal, ON December 1t,
1898. There are no children. Mrs.
WiltmAck alleged that ever since
their marriage her husband has been
an habituGl drunkard and guilty Of
much cruel treatment towards her.
Soon after the marriage he began TO
call her vile names anu use vulgar anu
obscene language toward her, both In
private and In public, anu this, che
says, has continued ever nince. In the
fall OF 1902 he struck hor violent
blow In the face, and repeated this IN
May, 1898, also tearing her clothing on
the latter OCCASION. Within the past
year ho mas at various times spat aud
thrown beer In her face. AT divers
times he has pointed and ilourished n
pistol In her face. Plaintiff also
states that her husband has incum-
bered property Of the value Of $4,000 TO
5000 = tnat not less than $1,000 Of
lnis IL cash and $4,000 or more Ia se-
cured notes; also he has real estate
uf the value OF quite $500, besides u
business and stock Ia trade.
Plaintiff therefore asks, Ia addition 10
the decree OF divOrOr, for permanent
uhm0ny, and that her maiden name
annie 4. Coulbournl be- restored TO
her.
The defendant filed Au answer dc.
nying absolutely the charges OF drunk
enness andcruelty amt says he has new
eT,pOinted a loaded pistol NJ the plain
tn nor fl0urished It before her. He
declares that she Is possessed OF over
$1,000 In money aud Ia well able TO
ueiray the expenses OF the present
suit, an she IL now "living In ease and
luxury.D Defendant ietaliates by
asserting that his wife has called him
very bad names ON various occasions;
averlng that she was married 10 one
Epperstein In San Francisco long
before he (deiendant) know her, and
that the marriage relation between her
and Eppersteln was not severed at the
time he himself married her.
Judge Zane granted temporary ali.
mony at tho rate Of $50 per month
pending the hearing OF the suit allowed
attorneys fee and COSTS.
ABOUT a SCHOOL BOND ELECTION.
In the case Of Clifford J. o. Irwin ct
al Va the FOrtiethsohool district OF Salt
Lake CITY, Attorney w. J. Harvey,
on the part OF the plaintiffs, applied 10
the court 10 take up the hearing as
early AS convenient, stating that the
care was an urgent one, as some $1,000
Wptr tied up awaiting the COurt's de-
c,riuu IN this controversy. The litiga.
( uu arises out OF the school district
lection held ON February 9Th In the
n. uut year, when tho sum OF SIG 500
was voted as bonds for the putpOte uf
hgi.dlng new school house, the pur.
chasing VI site therefor, aud other
sites which might hereafter bB deemed
necessary. There are two Objou.
ti0us raised on the part OF the
Plaintiffs In reference 10 the Issuance
UfIho bonds. Attorney Eugene Lewis
u counsel for the plaintiff.
Judge Zane SAID the case must come
on regularly, but promised 10 hear the
arguments later In the day, II possible.
OTHER GASES.
Isaac Hunter Va the Salt Lake 4
Los Angeles Railway 90. The de-.
mufrer was Withdrawn aud 20 days
allowed to answer.
S. w. Morrison ct al vs. ID. w. Gamble
a al. Same order.
J. w. Squires vs. IL. j. Osborne et al.
Demurrer overfuled and ton days al
lowed 10 answer.
The case Of Carson VIZ Carson was
continued I'LL the 9th inst
Chas. johnson vs. John Beck. DE.
murrer withdrawn. Ten days b