Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-03-22
THE DIVORCE DOCKET
Now Having an Airing in County
Court.
Case OF Rutman VS.. Rutman Brings Out
Some Testimony OF an Unusual
Character Verdict for Plaintiff
In Terrill VS.. White.

Judge TAFT reopened court Tuesday
morning at ~ o'clock and several cases of
which disposition had not been made were
called Up for entry When this was done
the parties interested IN the divorce suit
of Joseph T.. Feters vs.. Matte Peters Of
this city were sent for and a hearing held
in the case.
With reference to the case of Edward
&C.. TomIkins receiver VS.. Mary A. Cooks
estate 1t was stated that similar actions
were pending IN the Washington County
Court. The cases all stand upon a Dues
tion of demurrer, which was stated to tire
court by W. l.. Burnap, who appears for
the estate.
The cierk of the court was ordered to
notify Attorney Button, who appears in
some cases for the Rutland Canadian rail-
road. in which there are appeals from the
awards of land damages that the now
commissioners to hear the matters in
volved would be appointed in few days.
The case of Rose A. Seaver VS.. Harlan
Il. Seaver, petition for support. was call
ed and II. Il. Brown announced that
Brown and Macoinber withdrew from the
matter some time ago and had so notified
their client. 1t was stated that .he divorce
case of Jessie s. Carpenter vs.. Allie f..
Carpenter Of Starksboro would probably
not he heard owing to the condition Of
the roads which prevented the parties
from coming to this city.
/ ihe two cases of the Burlington and
linosburgh railroad company ~. Il A.
W.,,,t. i..t,,i., " ..' 80 ., ~. w., =,
:, - , - ~ - -, 1 ~
n,iseIo,.o,s ,rho, go a,,n,I ,,a,,, the
awards of the land damage commission.
Attorney Burnap. who had aCt.d as au-
Jnn,os Lc,Ia,. a., aotion 20, ar,.n,,,,,
,ynu asLad h, ia ,o,,r, 70 ,.,,c, his ro,nrt
which lad hern nIn1 r. accommodated
that iudop,.ut ha ,fvon rho ,l.in,iff Tor
SO 50 ana his entry WAS made
The h,aIi,p i'm the d,vorc. cose Of Pc
tcrs vs.. l..,rs which was begun in the
morning. was continued I'm the afternoon
and completed In the afternoon Mrs Pc
ters. who had been subpoeuaed. took the
stand and said she left her husband he
cause they could not live happiiy together
and that he had tried unsucccssfully Ia
induce her to return. No entry was made
in the case.
The sessions Of County Court were re-
sumed yesterday morning at 10 O'Clock
ana several cases We're entered continued
discontinued or otherwise disposed of and
the term brought just so much nearer &c
It's close. \ hearing was held in the di.
Norce petition of Minnie NJ Rutman vs.
Charles $. Rutman, the petitioner being
resident of this city. The testimony
! given by the petitioner in support Of hei
n
even for cases Of that character, and til,
case easily takes precedence in interes
, among the other divorce cases which hav,
been heard. The petitioner was a WEI
dressed young woman of good appearance,
ana was not at all averse to telling tn,
details of her varied experiences as tn
wife of the pettionee. Her story wa
substantially as follows:
When about Is years of age and Twins
with her parents upon a farm in Bedford
Canada she answered an advertisement
Tor gifIs TO work IN the shirt factory a
Y ST. Adams. Receiving favorable reply
she started out to earn her own living
: At st. Adams she boarded AT house kcp
q by Mrs, Moore, who has since left tn
5 city. Huffman boarded at the same pla
and sat at The same table with her, Sh
e arrived in ST. Adams on the 9Th day q
5 the month and on the 18th became the vii
+ of Rutman. The marriage came abOu
d through Rutntan's having lame arm an
: one Sunday asking her to write some let
t ters for him. She consented and afte
dinner he brought some writing matera
to her room but the time passed so quick
~ as he told her Of the orange grove
or California and his adventures in tn
West that when supper time came no let
tiers had been written. The next day Ru,
man met her on the street and informe
her that MIS-. Moore and the other board
'I3 were 80 dSltdleu over ms having Nls
tied her the day before at her room tina
he thought the only thing he, as a ger
tleman could do was TO marry her. Sh
consented and the ceremony was perform
ed. The following day the bridegroom
was arrested for having misreprescnted
watch which he sold and they move
! twice in as many days, first because
/ The boarding house scandal and then froi
the place to which they went on accour
of his arrest. This moving was kept Il
= pretty regularly for some years
In the course of time they went TO liz
at West Rutland and he deserted he
Meanwhile they had moved about consi,
erably, she spending much time at hon,
and with her sister, until enc day. viii
at her fathers house, she received te
egram from Rutman, dated at Bufial
saying that he was very Ill and askln
her 10 come to him at once She had i
money and did not go until a second tel,
gram from the woman where he boarde
came. saying that Rutman was dying al
asking her to come to him, when h,
father gave her SIS and she took the FIR
train to Buffalo, only to find that he ha
recovered so RAPIDLY that he met her
!. the station.
one of the statements made to susta
q tho ground of intolerable severity was II
fact ,hot putrnon cpc. throw a team