Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-26
An Exceedingly Light Day 10 The
Third District Court.
the KSox.GRoEsBrcK SUE
Mrs. Maggie Herman Divorced From 4
Worthless llusband-Judge BartclPs
Return, Etc.

the bench this morning. Tomorrow,
however, his honor expects 10 be busy.
At 10 q. m. Mrs. Mulvaney ami
Charles Valentine-wh0so names are
10 familiar to the public OF salt Lake
City by this time ~ 10 need no further
introduction-will he brought IA 10
outcr their pleas, and large and curl.
Gus audience will doubtless DO there
again 10 moet them. The hearing a
The election cases with the Utah Com
mission ~ defendants will also be taken
up, as per arrangement, unless any.
hing un fofeteen could occur TO war
rant another continuance, which 10
not expected.
Chief Justice Merritt sat for
about an hour and quarter
I'll O'Clock. Two matters only came
under bis notice. Nearly the entire
time was taken up with wearisome
legal argument in the case Of Frank
Knox w the Gfocsbtck Co.. on motion
Ut the plaintiffs counsel, Attorney
II. Il. Booth, 10 strike out part of de.
fendanps answer. Attorney Arthur
Brown having replied on tue part VI
the defendants the court overfuled the
motion, 10 which the other side ox.
oepted.
HE TREATED HBR THANKFULLY.
The complaint In the divorce Guit OF
Maggie Herman VI +. J. Herman was
hlsd ~ long ago a. September, 1892.
An answer was filed denying tue allie.
cations therein, but afterwards with
drawn.
Judge Powers was the petitioners
attorney anu ho stated the above fact
upon the case being called this morning,
adding also that Judge Hogv, who
represented tue defendant, had In
formed him that he would not now
appear, all Dfoperly matters In oonton.
ton ~ between the parties having been
satisfactorily arranged.
There were two lrOunds upon which
tbs petition tor divorce was basOd-otu-
city and failure 10 support.
Mrs, Herman isa very ladylike per-
son, apparently about - years Oi age.
She stated upon the wilntss.stAni that
bhc was married 10 the defendant at
Hcber City Hovod years ngO and they
resided together until September, 1892
Asked by counsel II Herman had ili.
used hor, she replied In tho Affirmative
morning OF the day she left him, sne
said, he stfu 4 her on the arm and tried
10 lock her up In the pantry over n
trivial matter. A month or 20 pre-
vlous to thia On Auguttl he had hit
her 10 hard that she was In pain Tor an
hour afterwards. He had always been
very disagteeable anu unpleasant to-
wards hof. cross and iaulthndiug. On
several occasions when In anger he
had also used harsh language. lie did
not often work, though as n carpenter
no could then have earned ffgm 50 TO
SO 80 DAY, anu the bills for the last
year during which they lived together
were not paid yet. Herman owned a
farm at Bountiiul at the time Of their
marriage. This was mOrtgaged for
81 900, and he sold IL for 81.
600. She herself had about
$1,000 worth Of property when sho
married Herman, including 100 acres
oflaud. Before leaving the stand tue
pstitloneT recalled the fact that after
she loit herhuiband no oano TO where
she was then residing, on east Fourth
South street, and struck her blow on
the head and face, the mark OF whlch
remained GiOr over week.
MH. Herman II now earning n livelt.
hood for herself and six.year-old son
by working Tor local candy firm.
Mrs. John Duncan, OF Hober City,
gave eofrUborntive testimony. She 10
Mrs. Hermann ntepmother aud stated
that when Herman struck his wife
the last time petitioner sent for her.
Her face was then cut anu bruised ~ a
result VI tho blow. Her arm was also
bIuised. On "numberltss" occasions,
to her knowledge, Herman hal abused
his vito. His general treatment OF his
wife had been uumauly aud no had
morlgaged and embarrassed her prop
city In order to support her. What
little support she had received, indeed,
had come from her own msflgaged
property. He himself had not Kept
her,
Judge Powers said It hsd been
arranged that Mu. Hsrman should
have the custody Of the child, the de-
fendant TO have accois to itAi.all reason
able limts, that each parry should pay
half thu oUHls Of these ptoceedlngtiaad
certain household articles, Including q
bedroom suite, be- deoreed 10 the de-
fenIRnt
Judgo Merritt granted the decree oil
divorce upon the conditions stipulated,
the same TO be drawn up and duly at
tested.
The Chief Justice sut ful few min
utes this afternoon, but did not heal
anything.
FROM provo.
Attorney Sam King, OF Provo, l. IA
theciIy today on legal business.
PROBATE.
Just one short order was entered In
tho probate court this morning.
NOTES.
intending competitors for the post OF
assistant official stenogIapher OF th'
Third district court are sharpening
their pencils anu getting their pens IA
good running order for Interchangeable
contest In tue supreme court room I'M
evening. The competition VIII begin
At 1880, with j. q. Sutherland ana 3
II. McDOwall anu Attorney James a
Williams Nh the examining oommittee
Thusa are the same gentlemen wit
conducted the previous eXnmluatioi
when Mt. MarrlOueRuE aud tins lAl'
Mr.. FalcOner were appointed ms chic
reporter ana assistant respectively.
The county court viii meet IN al
Ioutned ON tomorrow morning.
This has been a very small Jay 10
the lusllces' and u. =. CommilsionoTa
courts.
Deputy Marshal Alb. Dyer, the Gus
lodian by law OF Mrs. Sadie M. Mul
yansy, spent Christmas with that laul
q a.. al