The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-10

wes a carnival % divorce eases IL
'...,srzsy court yesterday Two new
- - sled. ore q which was that o.
-. coorsse vs. Kerry CooFnbe. Ac-
- - - the complaint. they were mar
49, - s1cnonlsh November II. 1894. and
=. az ei ID. Donovan coombe. Is
sr.ss al. A little more than a year aga
80 charges that her husband ahan-
- ssr sac ASKS for 8 divorce. tine
- a. the suit and the custody OF the
500. -. -.
wssrsaz -. JOAN v watson They wers
- - A. lsoneordia. Kan. November Il
- .r6 have swo children: Richard.
- . asd sarah. aged IL The wife al
- r,v@lty on her husbands part. and
s.~.s MIR WITH having "a -sie. vicious
- - 's'nroyarnabie temper" She says that
- frequently abused her and czaisi
= arsv names and sworn at her and
.~..sfened 10 strike her. SO that sh~ was
!. ss,,~fart fear % bodily harm from
= she also charges him with s..Iura
: s,s,a,crf. Ind says that ne wiisf1ily d.
go ber lat April.
Ss,s case was put on trial yesterday.
AZ Il Jaass Jacobs court. where default
=. sufsre-1 against Mr.. Watson. II was
49, srs ssferred 10 the equity department.
.se,s Judge Moore not only granted the
.sssssags prayer fer divorce. bat gave bar
= rssstofy % both children and orderei
Is hasbana 20 pay 500 alimony.
@As case Of Mary Is. Britain vs. George
d Fsritaiu cai.4e up on an order 10 mo
$50 wis suit money should not he paid.
~ the hearing was Continued for one
..s< The Robbins case, which was also
: t9r yesterday. went over until today.
saaSs Jacobs granted four divorces in
So sacceg-ion. Ills FIRST decree affected
- Bailey and William r. Bailey. who
- tirea Of married life after four years
experiences. The story Of Mrs. Bailey 5
wuzxs. a. told IN her complaint, has al
,saay bssn published. The divorce was
ss.assa on the grounds Of cruelty and fall
sgs 10 support.
hardly had the decision IN this case left
IL s.dgesg lips when he was beset By a
esgson Of attorneys. each wishing TO have
Ease called. At length the Jeremias
case vas nsntioned-
ne xili hear the lamentations OF Jsre-
saah." said Judge Jacobs. scriptursIly,
ena Cora y. Jeremias and Ernest Jere-
raas who had come out from Lincoln,
xsh 10 this city. were before the court
n lave tHsi UctIFSAtt
Jasre Jacobs granted the wife a divorce
d the ground Of abandonment.
Ellen Jane FailoB was next called 20
t.e situsss stand. and recited the history
& her husbands shortcomings pretty
nuea as they have already been told In
bw eomplaint. his drunkenness and gem
gal worthlessness. Judge Jacobs be-
Aeyea her. and gave her divorce and all
- available properly. including some
s.sy real estate. for which her own money
ssd chiefly paid.
Il Ire next case II was the husband that
US suing the wife. William Keene want
Il divorce from Aida ]. Keene. They
vess married IN this city November is.
~ and have two children. Willie. aged
4 and Leland. aged D. For thirteen years
iFsy .l!Eed together. Than. according 10
NJ Keene's testimony. supported By that
q friend, thu wife decided that she
would leave him 10 live with her mother.
ssd he has never been able 10 persuade
Asf 10 return TO him.
Another case Was called. but owing TO
Ihs defendants absence II went over for
) wesk. after the plaintiff and her prin-
elpsi witness had testified. IL was the
f4ss o. Sarah Greenwood vs.. George
Greenwood. Mrs. Greenwood told how
hef husband had ill-treated her. and
FAnk Chew. who once pulled the two
apart when The husband had laid hold of
t8 wife ard was threatening TO Kill her.
$50 told OF what he had seen and heard.