The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-08
Woman Alleges That She Did Not Recover
From Injury For Three Months.
HUSBAND THREW BIBLE INTO FIRE.
Later He Refused 10 Support Her, so She Was
Compelled 10 Sue For Divorces Many Other
fslllOns Heard by Judge Rogers.


phine M. Benoit and her husband. Ar
chibald Benoit.so the former told Judge
Rogers, today, who is hearing uncon-
tested petitions for divorce. Yesterday
a woman told the same justice that the
rift within the lutte became noticeable
when she declined to accept the doc
trine of the Christian Scientists. Mrs.
Benoits home is at present i'm Woon-
socket and her husband keeps "a pool
room I'm Worcester, Mass. She said she
acquired taste for the Bible and her
reading of the great repository OF truth
and eloquence seemed TO eXasperate
her husband. He. she said, did not
stop at words OF remonstrance, but
once, when he caught her reading the
book so badly injured her nose that 1t
took three months to restore IL TO its
customary symetry.
Mr.. Benoit then took the book his
wife declared and threw il into theNfire.
After this he did nothing for her sup
port and Mrs. Benoit sought relief from
her bonds on the grounds of extreme
cruelty and non support.
When the war cry rang through the
land last year Mrs. Lille G. Worthn-
ton sent her husband, William NJ
Worthngton. as near to the front as
he could get he enlisting in the First
and Mrs. Worthington were married
they lived at the home of the latter's
mother for five weeks and Mrs. Worth
ington says her husband paid neither her
board or his own during that time. she
said I'm a deposition that ten days af-
ter their marriage her husband choked
her and her neck was sore for several
days The choking business was re-
peated frequently until Worthington
enlisted. According to his wife he was
dishonorably discharged from the army,
and while with the regiment he sent
her $40 but she had to send most OF IL
back for him TO pay his way home. The
choking was resumed on his return
home. but on the 29th of November he
left her and she has not since seen him.
Mrs. Worthington's mother testified
Worthington used a razor in an attempt
TO cut his wife's throat. The divorce
was asked for on the grounds of nom
support and extreme cruelty. Page *
Page were the petitioners attorneys.
OF a young North End mechanic his
wife told a hard story which was cor
roborated. She said he could make good
wages if he let drink alone but that he
did not and used her cruelty. 1t was the
young mans habit to be drunk about
all the time. One summer he took a
three months vacation from liquor and
did we'll but he resumed his old hab-
its and took the furniture after he had
been, with his family elected from "A
tenement, and concealed ii from his
wife.
Grace f. Morgan VS.. George F. Nor
gan. Extreme cruelty and non support.
Granted III. c. Curtis for petitioner.
Esther Rigley VS.. George NJ. Rigley.
Adultery. Granted. w. /. Ballou for pc
titioner.
Maria Walker VS.. William Walker.
Non support and desertion. Granted. G.
T.. Salisbury for petitioner
Alice NJ. Davis VS.. Elmer f. Davis.
Non support. Granted. Joseph Osfield
Jr.. for petitioner.
Maggie A. Sumner VS.. John r. Sum-
ner. Non support. Granted. Wood &
Fitch for petitioner.
Elizabeth A. krautZ VS.. Herman L.
Krautz. Non support. Granted. T. w
Robinson for petitioner.
Willis Wheeler VS.. Matte NJ. Wheeler.
Adultery. Granted. c. j. Orms for petit
toner.
Flora A. Pascoe vs. Michael j. Pascoe.
Non support. Granted. II. w. Green
ough for petitioner.
Frederick r. Mark VS.. Cora Mara
Adultery. Granted. j. Osfield, Jr.. for !
petitioner.
Carrie c. Lovett VS.. Austin f. Lovett.
Non support. Granted. Page & Page |
for petitioner.
The following divorces were granted l
by Judge Rogers late yesterday after |
noon
Eugene Desmarais s. Philbert Des- |
marais. Non-support living apart for l
more than ten years. Heard and dis |
missed.
Annie NJ. McCourt VS.. Charles Nc /
Court. Non-support Granted. Page /
a Page for petitioner.
Emma Estes VS.. Frank A. Estes. ,
Granted. Page q Page |
for petitioner.
Mary T.. Anderson VS.. William An
derson. Non support. Granted. Page |
a. Page for petitioner.
Mary T.. ogden vs.. George A. Ogden.
Non-support. Heard. Page q Page for
petitioner.
Victoria Olney vs. Giles w Olney.
Non-support. Granted. Page a. Page
for petitioner. Alimony Of 50 u week
allowed.
Marcelini simmons VS.. Henry Il. Sim
mons. Desertion, nOn-support and adj
ultery. Granted. Page & Page for pc
ttiOner.
Ida X. Tilton vs.. Abel VI. Titon. De-
sertion and adultery. Granted. Page
& Page for petitioner.
William &. Warren vs. Bertha NJ |
Desertion. Heard. Page &
a. s.aH.