The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-25
DIVORCE DAY IN COURT
Twenty-Five Separations De-
creed by Judge Hiles.
PLANTS OF MANY WIVES
TALES OF PATHOS, MIXED WITH
COMEDIES, RECITED.

morning to dispose of three months
accumulation of divorce cases. The
batch was large. about the same size
that is periodically run through the
mill of the equity court. Including the
contested cases set for trial today,
there are thirty-six in the list. TWEEN
ty-two cases, wherein the defendants
are in default for failure to answer the
complaints against them, were disposed
Of yesterday, all within the short space
of less than three hours.
In nearly every action called in re-
view before Judge Hiles yesterday the
plaintltfs are young wives and the
common cause alleged and proven was
desertion and abandonment of them
py their husbands and refusal to sup
port them. Three of the plaintiffs We're
men, Contrary to precedent. none o.
the divorce litigants repaired to the
marriage license desk in the county
clerks office after the CALLING chains
We're released by the court to try on
another matrimonial fit with a new
idea of a life partner
Now and then the evidence brought
60 the courts attention revealed scenes
of pathos mixed with the comedies of
Ire. One of these was in the case OF
Mary M. Silcock VS.. Gardner V. Sflcoek.
Abandonment and refusal to longer
support plaintiff was the cause of ac-
ton alleged, and in support of her
claim Mrs Silcock testified that her
husband was cowboy in North Oa-
kOta and earned $50 a month When
her aged ia her took the stand To cor
roborate her testimony the judge asked
MIN II the defendant Is an able bodied
strong man. Yes, awful" was the
response.
Not Ready for Contempt.
Attorney Cannon made an effort to
have the contested case of Edith 3
Best VS.. Albert Best, jr., called up on
an order TO show cause why defendant
should not be punished for Contempt
for his failure to pay temporary ali
n1ony, but Attorney Hamilton object
ed Before resetting the case for hear
ing on Oct. p, Mr.. Cannon asked when
the opposite could be ready for trial.
Attorney Hamilton said that he did not
know when 1t would be convenient for
his client 10 be punished for contempt
of court.
Incidental to telling Attorney Chris
Jensen that he could have his decree as
prayed for in the case of Winnie IIoCk-
ing VS.. w; r. Hooking. Judge Efiles re-
MINDED the lawyer that there were
DOUBTS about enforcing the decree be-
yond the Jurisdiction of this court in
a case like Mrs. bookings where he
deIendant was served with a summons
by publication in newspaper
Samuel A Clark, a local pugilist, was
the only man seeking a divorce yester-
day who took the witness stand to tes-
tlfy that his wife, Lulu Clark had
quit him cold" for cause unknown To
hlm- To the judges question of Mrs.
Clarke's present abode the pIainTiff
said that she WIS now in this civ bur
that 1T would do her no good 10 tell
where she is living. The query was not
pressed further.
Agnes l. Shepard took the witness
chalr when 1t came her turn to say
that her husband had deserted her
She told the court that she had mar
RED him as George H. Shepard, but
that his real name was Charles G.
Shepard, his plea for having an alias
pelng that he found it convenient for
legal and business reasons
Pathetic Tales Told.
Then came some of the pathetic Incl
dents. Louise V. Sherman testified
that her husband, William H. Sher-
man, had deserted her at Deeth New
where he was a train dispatcher for the
Southern Pacific, two years ago, after
a Ire or happiness that dated back to
1890 in Michigan. She said that her
husband was now in Ogden and had
only sent her $50 since the act of de-
sertion. Mrs. Sherman got her decree.
Han tempted TO hide her pretty.
modest face, into which the tears were
beginning to drop. Emma z. Lines told
the court how her husband, Harry s
Lines, had left her and her little babv
since dead, and gone to Seattle. Ieay,
ing her destitute
Jane Howard secured a divorce from
John Howard. Her testimony was TO
the erect that she had married him in
1913, but for the last fourteen years she
had been forced to earn her own living
Defendant, she declared. had been in
Idaho for many years past Jennie
Parkin, an adopted daughter of pIaint-
III, could not remember when Howard
deserted mamma" it was so long ago.
Better Uses for His Money.
With her lips set in determination
and giving her evidence with empha-
sis, Maybel NeisS convinced the court
that she should have a legal separa-
ton from her husband Albert Neiss
a salesman in Main street shoe store
To the evident establishment of Judge
Hiles the plaintiff told how defendant
mad neglected to support her for the
past two years. She swOre that de-
fendant usually ate his meals at res
taurants, and when he brought any
food home his brother would accom-
pany him and the two would eat and
leave nothing for Mrs. Neiss.
In reply to the judges question, the
plaintiff said that her husbands rea-
son for not supporting her was that he
had better uses for his money She
added that he was always pleading
poverty The plaintiffs mother from
Missouri told the court that when her
daughter was sick in Ogden the young
husband neglected her and failed TO
send or pay for any medicines al dur
ing the four months she was bed-rid-
den. The mOther-in-law added that
Neiss did not even clothe his young
spouse
Sarah G. Timms swore that she mar
ried John ]. Timms on June of this
year and the day after he deserted her
After hearing the evidence of deser-
ton and non-support, Judge Hiles
granted DEGREES OF divorce in the cases
of Alice Presher VS.. Charles W. Presh-
er, and Christine Arnold VS.. James I.
Arnold.
On the grounds of desertion and failure
to support. DEGREES were granted to plain
tiffs in the following defaulr cases on
a referee: Winnie Hooking VS. W. r
Hooking. Margaret Webb VS. William ].
Webb. Jennie A Smith VS. Stockton
Smith. Clara l.. Elliott VS.. Peter Elliott
Carrie Hickman vs. John z. Hickman
Anna Jensen VS. Carl C Jensen Emma
Frederickson VS.. Jens FrederfckSOn
Gonna Smitha VS. Thomas Smitha Ell
nOrah J. MccamDben VS.. George Nc
Campbell and Jennie LindQuist VS. Lars
Lindquist.
Desertion only was shown as the cause
OF action. on referees report in the ases
of George A Patterson vs.. Sadie ] ri
Patterson and Thomas J. COnnarv VS. Ida
L COnnary. and DEGREES of separa ton
were granted accordingly.
These cases were referred TO T,en71t7-
Clerk Blair 70 testimony and REPORTS M
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