The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
THEIR TROUBLES IN COURT.
SEVERAL COUPLES WHO THINK
MARRIAGE 4 FAILURE.

Number of Divorce Suits Filed for
the June Term of the COurt-sOme
Find Marriage a Failure After Six
Months Trial and others After
Quarter of Century-NInn's Inhu-
manity to woman the Chief Cause
TO the Papers Presented to the
Courts.
Yesterday was return day of the Supe-
rior Court for the ensuing June term, and
a number OF suits were flied. Among
them We're several divorce suits, divorce
cases being among the principal items of
business Of the Superior Court just now
Katie Thomas sues for divorce fron
Frank L. Thomas. Some account of the
troubles OF this unfortunate young cou-
pie was published in the Morning News
recently They were married Nov. II. 1898.
in South Carolina. while young Thomas
was still a member of the Second Georgia
Regiment. The bride-she has only been
married six months to-day-charges that
her husband began treating her in a bru-
tai and inhuman manner shortly after
their marriage, and that he persistently
continued this i'll treatment. She charges
that he swore at her and called her the
West names imaginable, that only one
week after the marriage he came home
drunk at night and beat her unmerciful-
~ ana that these beatings were repeated
on several occasions during November and
december. On Jan. 10, she states, he shot
d. her three times and forced her to leave
MN. She asks that her maiden name of
hatle Monahan be restored.
maggie Wittcamp asks for a divorce
from Joseph Wittcamp They were mar
lied IN december. 1895. and she charges
MN with being an habitual drunkard
Caroline Whitaker asks for divorce
from John Nestal Whitaker The plaintiff
states that she and Whitaker intermarried
May II, 1874, and that there are eight chill
dren as the result of this union, seven of
whom are now living, four of whom are
living with the plaintiff and dependent
upon her for support. She states that the
last seven years of her married lift
nave been rendered very unhappy,
owing 10 the constant abuse and cruel
treatment inflicted upon her by the de-
PENDANT, and owing to the neglect, Of her
husband to discharge the duties and obli-
cations resting upon him to support his
family. For the last four years, She
states, she has been forced 10 conduct
boarding house for the support of herself
and minor children and that for the last
two years defendant has deserted and
lived apart from her and has on repeated
occasions grossly insulted her by accus-
ing her of infdelity and making other false
and unfounded charges against her. She
prays chat her maiden name of Caroline
Waller may be restored to her and that
she may be awarded he custody of her
minor children.
Dora Roberts entered suit against her
mother-in-faw, Hester Haines, for her
equity interest in a lot on which the moth
er-in-law is now living at Burroughs and
Cuyler streets. The plaintiff states that
when she and Francis Roberts were mar
ried, she gave TO her husband her savings
amounting TO $3.50 which he used in pur-
chasing the lot in which she now claims an
equity. Instead of taking he tide in both
their names, as she understood he would
do, her husband perddiously, she claims
had the title placed in his own name and
some time later conveyed the lot 10 HIM
self as trustee for mis- mother, Hester
Haines, and her grandchild, his daughter,
Hester Roberts. More recently he and his
daughter conveyed the tile in fee simple
to the mother and grandmother A suit
for divorce was entered against the plain
tiff by Roberts at the last term of The
court and after having departed for Flor
ida he notified her to leave the house. IL
was not iii then, She states that she dis
covered that she had no tide in the prop
erty. She now sues TO recover her equity.
There are a number of other divorce
suits, which have been previously filed, to
be heard at The next term of the court.