The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-19

Those. If there are any. who have
been attracted to court this week by an
expectation of hearing some racy testi
mony in the scheduled divorce trials
had their FIJI yesterday when the Traug-
err case was put on before Judge Ed
wards.
George II. Trauger is suing for n
divorce from his wife, Vera Trauger,
on the ground of unfaithfulness. DR.. J.
Il. Bentley, one of North Scranton's
leading citizens, Is named as CORE
spondent.
The Traugers were married June Z.
1883, in Mill City, and after two years
residence there came to live on East
Market street, this city. In 1891. ac-
cording to the testimony Of the hus-
band, his wife was i'll and called in DR..
Bentley to treat her. After her recovery
the doctors visits continued and though
the husband protested to his wife that
the doctor should not be received she
continued to receive him.
On the night of February 90, 1901, ac-
cording to Trauger's story, his wife
broke down and confessed to him that
for ten years she had been criminally
intimate with Dr. Bentley, he visiting
at his office.
PEELED his wife to get ready and drove
her to her brothers home in Mill City.
where he left her. That same day he
instituted proceedings for divorce. She
filed an answer to the suit making de-
nial of his charges and persisting that
she was innocent.
ASKED FORGIVENESS.
Mr.. Trauger produced letters written
to him by his wife, after she was left
at her brothers house. in which she ad-
mitted having done wrong and asked
him to forgive her and take her back
On cross examination, an unsuccess-
full attempt was made by the defense
to have him admit that he intended to
marry Mrs. Wint, who boarded with
them before they separated.
Mrs. Nellie Shook, who lived opposite
the Traugers in the summer of 1896.
testified that she went across the street
one day to see Mrs. Trauger and found
DR.. Bentley and Mrs. Trauger in a
room upstairs. She saw a hat down.
stairs, which she recognized as that of
| Dr. Bentley, and thinking Mrs. Trauger
was i'll, ran upstairs. The door of Mrs.
| Trauger's room was ajar and, from the
| stairway, she could see within. She did
not go all the way up. Later she saw
| DR.. Bentley leave the house.
Mrs Anna Hammond, with whom Mr..
| Trauger at one time boarded, after sep
| arating from his wife, testified that
| Mrs. Trauger came to see her husband
one day, and when he asked her about
the Mrs. Shook story, she said: "She
never saw anything Of the kind unless
she sneaked into the house." This
closed the testimony for the day.
| The husband is represented by Attor-
neys c. w. Dawson, Everett Warren
and Joseph O'Brien. Mrs. Trauger's at
| torneys are John F. Scragg, Clarence
Balentine and Mr.. Sickler.
NoN-sUIT GRANTED.
Judge Edwards granted a non-suit
yesterday morning in the case of d. H.
IIdesohn against the United States EN-
press company.
iIdelsohn was suing to recover $40, the
value of goods shipped by him, but
never delivered by the company. For
mer Judge Knapp and Attorney c. P
| O'Malley successfully contended. on be-
half of the defendant company that the
consisnee and not the consignor should
have brought the suit
In the case of Martin Dolphin against
the Borough of Dunmore a verdict OF
$l50 in favor of Dolphin was returned
yesterday morning, and in the case OF
Joseph Walker and his wife against e
| Chapman and others the verdict was
| Sl1S.10 for the plaintiff.
Nerdicts by agreement were taken for
the plaintiffs in these cases: +. E.
Everett against Keystone Brewing
company, SO; Traders National Bank
against Mary A. Sweeney and Others
$S99.4O.
| When court adjourned the suit of
Mary Foster against John Reese, to re-
cover ten months rent, was on trial
| Reese left the house because. he al
leges, Mrs. Foster did not fix the house
as she agreed to in the lease. She wants
to hold him for the part of period COW
cred by the lease during which the
house was rented.