Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26
MISMATED COUPLES.
NINETEEN OF THEM WERE LEGAL
LY SEPARATED YESTERDAY.
UNCoNGENIAL BONDS Lo0SED.
ONE BRIDE DID NOT KNOW SHE HAD
BEEN MARRIED.
Narrowing Death of Boy From Hy-
drOphObia-SeVeraI Damage Suits
Were Filed Yesterday-An
Injunction Suit He
ing Heard.
UNcoNGENIAL BONDS LooSED

Judge Alden. of the district court, devot-
ed all of his time yesterday to hearing the
troubles of parties seeking divorces. Nine
teen mismated couples were relieved OF
their matrimonial obligations. While Judge
Alden was busily engaged upstairs unite
ing knots" Probate Judge Herr was
equally as busy downstairs tying new ones.
During the day seven couples were grant
ed marriage licenses, two couples being
united by the probate judge, against the
nineteen couples divorced. The cases tried
yesterday were all default cases, the con-
test cases being docketed for to-day.
The most interesting case heard was that
of Mary SpangIer against Edward c.
Spangler. The defendant did not appear
in court. According to her testimony she
was married and did not know it. The
plaintiff stated that on June of last year
she left her home in Leavenworth county
and went to Independence, Mo-, on an ex-
cursion. She was met in Kansas City, Mo-,
by the defendant, who accompanied her to
Independence. While walking about the
city she was escorted to the court house.
where the defendant, so it is claimed, Sc
cured a marriage license. A man who was
then stranger to her, but who 1t has since
been learned was a justice OF the peace
went with them to the court house. After
procuring the license the stranger admin
isteTed the sacred marriage ritual. The
school girl, not old enough to get married
If she had so desired, aid that she was
wholly unconscious of the nature OF the
proceeding.
when / learned that had been married
TO the defendant" testified Mrs. Spangler,
II was so shocked that became sick and
the thought of ii weighed SO heavily upon
my mind that it completely destroyed my
happiness and rendered my life a burden.
The day that they were married the plain
tift returned to her home in LeaYenwortn
lived
fendant After hearing her story Judge
Alden annulled the marriage and granted
the plaintiff the restoration of her maiden
name Margaret Ettinger.
Another interesting case was that OF
Horace Huron, the well known entertain
er against Alice G. Huron. The plaintih
failed to appear but the defendant came
all the way from Fort Wayne, Ind, IN
order to tell the court her side of the
story. Judge Huron, father of the plain
tiff, came from Topeka TO testify in be-
half of his daughter-in-law. MS. Huron
was given the decree and the custody, Of
their minor child.
granted: Elizabeth Roosa from Hiram X.
Rocsa: Carrie +. Myers from Bert Myers;
Cora Fouche from George L. Fouche;
Elliott w. Gordon from Mary j. Gordon;
Matte l.. MUIR from Charles NJ. MUIR;
George McMeaChin from Lulu McMeaehin;
II. +. Thompson from Sarah Thompson
decree and custody OF chllaren; George a
Page from Mary c. Page, decree and GUS
tody of children; Magdalena Houser from
Joseph G. Houser; Katie Halpin from
Thomas ]. Halpin, decree, custody Of chill
dren and possession of property; Lille q
Crotty from Beauregard Crotty, decree
and custody OF children; Walter Lawrence
from Gertrude Lawrance; y. w. Walker
from Matte NJ. Walker; Mary France:
Ford from Hayes Ford. decree and custody
of children; Mary NJ. BarnErover from
James A. Barngrover; Myrtle Slusher from
William Slusher: Mary Elizabeth Snydel
from Frederick T. Snyder, decree, CUSTODY
of children and possession of property. Th'
defendant was granted the privilege t'
visit the children.
Phillip Devine brought suit yesterday
aGainst Allie Devine for divorce. Accord
ing TO the plaintiffs petition the detendan
Is ANYTHING but ''Devine" He claims tina
Notwithstanding his kind and Loving treat
ment towards her she has wholly disre
garded her marriage vows and is guilty o
cruelty and desertion. They we're married
in jackson county, Mo-, on May %, 1891.