The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-07

! The divorce case OF Daisy D. Sharkey
/ against William II. Sharkey occupied the
1 greater portion Of yesterday in Judge
! Bartch'S division of the Third district
/ court In the forenoon it came up on
motion for alimony and costs and after
! protracted hearing it was ordered that
/ the defendant pay his wife s15 a month
j alimony, $3.50 witness fees, $25 attorneys
! fees and SIS suit money.
/ In the afternoon the hearing Of the
i-petition for divorce was taken up. Judge
| Powers appeared for the plaintiff and
! Attorney Barlow Ferguson for the de-
! PENDANT.
! Mrs. sIrarI<ey Tells the story.
/ Mrs. Sharkey was the first witness ex-
! amined By Judge Powers and testified
! that she ana the defendant were married
! in this city on October .. 1888. She was
! now % years Of age. There is living one
! child aged II months, issue OF the mar
riage. Three children are dead.
She said that Mr.. ShaTkey was addicted
! TO excessive drinking, stayed out late at
nights and often came home intoxicated,
/ swore al her, called her vile names, told
/ her if she didn't like MS ways she could
get out and that he could get another
J woman that would suit his purpose better
/ than plaintiff. When she was sick he
+ neglected her and she had to send for
! her parents to take care of her. lie often
! left her alone all night when she vas
/ sick. For more than Two years he had
! failed to furnish her with the common
! DecesSarieS of life and she had to depend
! on her mother and stepfather for sup
i port. Had it not been for them, she said,
she would frequently have had to go
/ cold and hungry. She earned q little
money herself by doing fancy work. Her
/ husband was a lather and earned good
/ wages. When their child was sick her
/ Stepfather bought medicine for it. in
fact her husband had contributed nothing
I to her support since 1892. ON several oc-
/ caSionS when she was sick he ordered
/ her out of the house, she said, and final
/ ~ she went to her parents. He asked her
/ to come back and promised 10 mend his
/ conduct and she went, but he soon was
! as bad as ever and she had 10 leave
/ again.
/ Mrs. Sharkey then related how her hus-
band and man named Hogan had by
/ threats frightened her into signing deed
! in favor of Hogan TO their home which
/ he told ner would be sold and the pro
! ceedS placed in the bank for The benefit
/ of the child, but instead of that Hogan
! decided it to Defendants mother
Fred Swanson and Mrs. Swanson. step
roborated Mrs. Sharkey's testimony III
all important particulars. Other wit
/ nesSes also gave evidence tending TO show
that SharlSey was anything but good
I husband.
The Defendant TestiGes.
The defendant took the stand in his own
| defense and said that ali went smoothly
between himself and his wife until
/ Mrs. Sharkey's mother and father began
interfering in his family affairs. He said
! he had been a liberal provider until his
wife left him Al the instance of her
! mother. He took drink occasionally,
! but denied that he YVES in the habit of
! getting intoxicated ana abusing his wife
or calling her bad names.
/ Referring to the deed to the home, he
said Mrs. Sharlsey had signed it of her
own free will. She contemplated divorce
/ proceedings and when she left him he
/ allowed her to take their furniture and
it was agreed that he should have the
home, at least the equity in it for it was
mortgaged.
He was persuaded that he could live
/ happily with his wife if her mother and
/ stepfather would keep away.
At this point court adjourned till , 2.
m. on Monday.