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after she heard of her husbands death,
and IL years after she had last seen her
husband she married one William ii.
Place. MIR. Mathewson returned from
the South, where he had married In 1855,
and brought the woman he had married
and his children by the Southern lady,
with him.
According to Mrs Mathewsop' story
in court today ID was Jan, 1891. that Mr..
Mathswson came TO the homo of Mrs.
Place as the petitioner was then known,
ami when she went 10 the door he asked
IL this was Mrs. Place ana she replied yes.
Judge Rogers asked the pet,tionor If she
recognized her husband and after laugh
ing SPELL, which his honor very gontly re-
proved she replied,k Il did, but pretended
rot to. y
Mr. Mathewson asked her IL she did
not know him and she shook her head but
finally it seemed best To recognize him and
then he asked ber TO get divorce. She
replied that that seemed unnecessary after
he told her of his second marriage as she
would not trouble him II he did not
trouble her. This was after the petitioner
had requested Nc Mathewson to call
when Mr.. Place was ut home The upshot
of the Interview was that Mr.. Mathewson
was referred TO Mrs Mathewson's law
yers.
A few days after this interview Mrs.
Mathewson consulted her attorney and in
pursuance Of his advice she discontin-
ued living with Mr.. Place as his wife,
though she resided with him as his house
keeper until August, 1892. Times were
hard with MIR. Place in the month last
named and he broke up hou ousekeeping and
since that time Mrs. Mathewson has not
seen or heard from him.
In the year 1898 Mrs. Mathewson filed n
petition for divorce. asking for divorce
from bed and board and separate main
M haf tofn hn rf
denied, holding as IL stated her wrongful
living with Place after she knew her hus-
hand was living prevented her from oh
tanning n divorce for he might had his
conduct been always correct. have OBJ
tained a divorce from her because the
lifetime of the other party TO the first
marriage Is by our statute absolutely
void.
IL. G. Curtis Is the present attornev of
Mrs. Mathewson and her husband does
not contest this case as he did tho first
one and it is claimed he has married a
third wife in another state
The claim now is that Mathewson has
failed to support his wife since January
/. 1885, and that he has boen guilty of
gross misbehavior in getting married
again and the point involved is whether
In view of the decision of the court pre-
viously made divorce can now he
Mrs. Mathewson has been since the de-
cision ever ready to fulfil all the obliga-
tions of the marriage contract
Mrs. Mathewson testified today that the
last time she saw her husband was in
1895 when she went to sign a deed and she
had told him that If he did not want her
20 live with him he could put q good
sized sum of money in n lawyers hands
and she would rot trouble him again.
Other divorces heard were as follows:
Peter Lombard VS.. Emelie Lom bard !;
continued drunkenness; granted. Il. +.
Warner for petitioner
Emma j. Knight VS.. Noah d. Knight;
non support; granted; f. L. Warner for
petitioner
Sally +. NJ W. Sandlerg VS.. Frank L.
Saudierg. non support; granted. w. Il.
w. HalIett for petitioner.
ll0i5. Christian .Iessen VS.. Robertha G.
lessen; extreme cruelty; heard. J.W.
Mathewson for petitioner.
Margaret Denoore vs.John Den core mon
support; granted. q. X. Macleod for
petitioner.
Sarah NJ Barber VS.. George W. Barber;
desertior, non support; granted. h. Il.
Warner for petitioner.
Grace q. Gardner VS. Waldo NJ. G. ardner
Continued nonsupport. Granted.
Thomas ii. Ryan VS. Elizabeth f.
Ryan. Continued drunkenness Granted.
j. +. Banigan for petitioner.
t. Dean Coward VS.. NJ. Elizabeth
Coward Desertiou and extreme cruelty
Granted. Il. W. Robinson for petitioner
Jane Kingwcll vs.. William KingwelI
Nonsupport. Granted. j. j. McGill
for petitioner.
Catherine O'Toole VS.. Christopher
O'Toole. Desertion and nonsupport
Heard. j. j. McGill tor petitioner.
Julia G. Wallace VS.. George +. Wallace
Continued drunkenness. Heard. Page
Il Owen for petitioner