The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-23

Contested to the bitter end. A hear
ing was held before Judge Gaskill yes
terday afternoon at the close of the
regular session upon the matter of the
petition for the appointment of guar
dian of Mary Degnan, who has been
adjudged insane and committed to the
Worcester insane hospital at the lake.
The petition was filed in order that in
the divorce proceedings Mrs. Degnan
might have some legal representative.
The circumstances of the case have
been sad. When the question came up
before the court Sullivan & O'Connell,
counsel for Mrs. Degnan, suggested
that DR.. John w. Mexican be appoint
ed as guardian. No sooner was this
suggestion made than counsel for Peter
Degnan jumped TO their feet in OBJ
lection, stating to the court that some
one besides the family physician
should receive the appointment. Coun-
sci for Mrs. Degnan replied that this
was one of the best reasons why DR..
Mexican should be appointed as he
had been the family physician of Mrs.
Degnan for a long time. The court
said that he wanted to appoint some
one who was friend to the woman
to look after her interests in the di-
vorce case, and he then appointed DR..
Mexican. Marvin NJ. Taylor, H. Spen-
Ger Haskell appeared for Mr.. Degnan;
Sullivan & O'Connell for Mrs. Deg
nan.
The sensational suits brought by
Nellie M. Walker against Wilton H.
Desper, and Ferdinand L. Walker
against Wilton H.. Desper, and Wilton
H. Desper against Ferdinand L. Walk
er and Nellie NJ. Walker, involving
family feud, have finally been settled
out of court, and the revelations which
were anticipated in the venture of
trial of the case, win not come to
light. Judgment has been entered for
the defendants, without costs, the ad
damnum in the cases being $4,000. All
the parties are well known. The coun-
sci in the case were Henry i. Parker,
Jr., and Willis E. Sibley.
The cases of Solomon Head and Abb
bic M, Head against Hannah E.
Larned exrx., involving the settlement
of the estate of Zelpha Jacques of
Newport, Ne, have been settled out of
court. In the first case judgment was
entered for the plaintiff in the sum of
81, and in the second for 5000. William
B. Harding appeared FOR The plaintiffs;
Charles w. Saunders, Charles c. Mil
ton for the defendants.
Judgment for the plaintiff has been
entered in the case of Herbert Parker
receiver of the Bay State Life Insu-
rance Company, against Joseph A.
Cook of Southbridge, in an action of
contract with an I'D damnuni of $500
to recover on an insurance assessment
Charles w. Saunders appeared for the
plaintiff.
The trial list is unchanged for to-
day.
In the superior court, before Judge
Gasl1ill, yesterday, the case of Emily L.
Beaudry of Webster against the city of
Worcester was finished and the jury
found for the city.
The case was an action of tort to re-
cover for personal injuries received on
Southbridge street through the alleged
defective condition of the paving on the
tracks of the Worcester and Suburban
street railway, The suit was to deter
mine whether the city or the road We're
responsible for the alleged defect, and
it is understood that suit will be entered
against the Suburban road. John B.
Scott appeared for Mrs Beaudry; Ar
thur P. Rugg for the city.
The next case which occupied the re-
mainder of the day was that of Severe
L. Desauliers against Caroline Larivi-
ere, both of Worcester formerly of
Central Falls, r, l., the suit being an
action of replevin to recover possession
of household goods, the ad damnum be-
ing $500, The final arguments will be
made this morning at $50 o'clock, to
which time court adjourned. F. A..
Belisle for the plaintiff; Sullivan &
O'Connell for the defendant.
Mrs. Annie L. Chase of Lunenburg
through her counsel, Thayer & Rugg,
has filed libel for divorce in the supe-
rior court, and relates a long tale of
marital woe. Mr.. Chase is well known
carpenter in Lunenburg, and according
to the claims of his wife he has been
a decided Lothario. 1t was only a year
ago that Mr. Chase and a woman
named Mrs. Elliott were UP before the
court at the Fitehburg term, charged
with adultery, but the jury acquitted
them. However, since, according to
the allegations of Mrs. Chase her hus-
band has resumed his love for Mrs. Ell
lott in spite of his marriage sacra-
ment, and has run away with her to
chimes unknown. She has knowledge
that the pair were in Rhode Island, but
she has been unable to locate them
definitely, and has heard nothing from
the absent spouse. Mrs. Chase claims
desertion as the ground for the divorce.
The libel is returnable the first Monday
in February.