The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-09
pIvoRCECoURTS VERY BUSY.
, mar MUTE HUSBAND FRIED FROM
= WIFE VINO rs NOT MUTE AT All.

ma. ~. outtsn 90 Pay BIs Little Scotch
yytfs $40 Month-A Lawyer Who rhinks
Our Courts are Reaching Western Levels.
The slen language constituted part OF tho
.vidsncs before Judge McAdam OF the Sune-
,ior Court yesterday. on which Moses Gooten-
h.re a deaf mute tailor. obtained an absolute
dIvoree from his wife. Stella. He had courted
bsr BY SIGNS before their marriage, seven
y.ar, ago and he declares that she has been
asserting for the past year that man who 10
dssf and mute makes her tired. He could not
make out what the evidence wae except his
own. which an interpeter translated to the
Court. but she could understand It all.
Mary Cohen testified that sue surprised Mrs.
coo,enberg in her fiat at 25j Henry street, last
July. with Henry BankoL
"its lle" shouted the defendant from the
back OF the room.
Judge McAdam called the defendant, and
making the two women face each other said
10 the witness:
DO you swear with the fear OF God in your
heart. that you saw this woman with another
man than hcr husband2"
81 swear did. said the witness.
what have you to say ?" asked the Judge OF
the defendant. and received for reply:
"Inever saw that woman before"
what a lie ~ cried the witness As the
Judge NJ ade them 60 and cit on opposite sides
ofthe room.
Jsnitress Kate Hamm told oivislts Of Bank Of
10 the Gootenberg fiat while the mute was at
work, and said that when Mrs. Gootenberg
left her husband with one child leaving her
other two children. she had declared she was
taking tho child OF Banko'. and leaving the
two children u Gootenberg. The jury found
little Mary +. Outten had a chance to testify
Yesterday in the Superior Court. before Judge
bugro in the action brought against hcr for
respiration BY the big Dutch furniture deal or.
Avandra Outten. who declared that she has
punished him and driven him out OF the house
although her husband had money to spend on
other Women For psSnWGe Ne. he MAS in The
used 10 gay he had made mistake in wedding
the defendant, AS he might have married Mrs:
hAduerey or Rgirl named Barbara, who had
well on. ,--,-,-.,--
witness. on my Scotch and my religion. He
used to say that the Scotch are mean enough
to hex the glass Of a butcher shop window"
he said that when he came home one night he
found his wife asleep in bed with large Bible
on her chest and a newspaper on each side OF
The case was then shut of. as It was agreed
that the plaintiff should have degree against
The motion Of Rosits Dolores Sloan for
sUs.o dse om Wsm IT, Sloan an actor in
"iIp2" has been denied by Judge Bischoff OF
the Court OF Common Pleas.
Gertrude Lavendol. whose brother, Trevanion
G. Cook, is the gymnastio instructor at the
Young Mems Christian Association. got an
absolute divorce from Justice Traux OF the
supreme Court yesterday from Irving G.
LAyendol, bankers clerk.
Justice Lawrence has given Charles III.
Broker an absolute divorce from his wife
Alevia whom he married In 1879 He went to
New Orleans about three years ago. leaving
her at 257 East 125th street He kept sending
her money. but 1t was shown that she was
living here with her husbands brother. Will
liam Broker.
Justice Ingraham gave Joseph studenbach.
an elevated road employee. an absolute divorce
from his wife Mary.
The order for the arrest Of Byron l. Douglas.
the actor. for falling to pay his wife Marion
counsel fee and alimony, has been set aside by
Judge Dugro.
Amelia Martin. who has boarding house at
27 West Forty eighth street. moved for coun-
terday. saying that he hus ba nd Philip, who IL
barber at such hotels as the Windsor, was able
to pay we'll, as he had large inco IN o from tips.
Ex-Judge Burdett c. Hyatt, who appeared
for the defendant. said he had never heard be-
fore that tips are proper subject for Court
to consider In fixing alimony. Mr.. Hyatt also
said:
ings this Court has been dragged down to the
level OF the courts OF Sioux Falls and certain
other similar Western cities"
Judge Dugro made no comment on the re-
mark. and reserved decision on the motion.