The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-10

If yesterdays record is kept up for
any time the population of st. PAU
will be in fair way to realize the de-
lights of life of celibate blessedness..
The divorce court broke the bonds Oh
matrimony for four couples before
noon, while up to the hour OF closing
his office the clerk of the court had not
issued a single marriage license. To
complete the tale of marital woe, a
new suit for divorce was instituted In
the district court.
Soldier Deserts Wife.
Judge Otis presided over the divorce
mill. The first case heard was the ac-
ton of Mrs. Pauline Wigginton against
Charles D. Wigginton. The plalnt1H told
the court that she had married when
sixteen years old at Salt Lake, Titan.
Her husband was a soldier in the SIX
teenth United States infantry, then
stationed at Fort Douglas, near BY
She had experienced the usual Vlc1ssl-
tudes of the life of a soldiers wife,
moving about from Salt Lake to Spo-
kane, from there to st. Paul, thence to
Indiana, and then back to- st. Paul
again. Three years ago, after his dlS-
charge from the army, her husband had
lived with her for short time While
in this city and then had disappeared.
Judge Otis granted Mrs. W1gglntons
bonds and gave her the custody of her
one child, a daughter.
Told Wife Hard Luck Stories
Mrs. May Lillian Rollins was the
second plaintiff to take the stand. Her
husband, Ralph Casselton Rollins, had
abandoned her two years after their
marriage. in 1895, at Minneapolis. Be-
fore his desertion, she declared, she
had been obliged to support herself by
working as a Stenographer. When she
appealed to him for money she had re-
ceived nothing but stories of hard luck.
Both parties are twenty-eight years
old The defendant now lives in Min
neapolis, where he is employed by the
Northern Pacific railway. The plain
tiff obtained her decree.
Sequel to Runaway Match.
Then came the tale of runaway
match, with it's sequel of misery. James
Winters and pretty Maggie Brings, on
March IA, 1898, were clandestinely mar
ried at Hudson, Wis. The girls par
ents were opposed to the match, and
the young husband soon repented his
alliance with hostile family. Just
before he left his wife, in April, 1898,
about six weeks after the wedding, ne
was heard to say: Il will not have
anything more to do with Maggie be-
are bent on making trouble between
US"
On such grounds the husband aban-
doned his wife and the court decided
that Mrs Winters was entitled to her
liberty and the restoration Of her maid
en- name.
Endured Him Six Years.
Six years of welded life were more
than enough for Sarah D. Barlow, who
married Fuller Mitchell in this city in
March, 1892. She found herself united
to an habitual drunkard and was COM
PEELED to engage in mental houseWork
for her neighbors in order to support
herself and her two children. The huS-
band seldom contributed anything to
the support of his family. When she
was i'll and asked him for money with
which to buy food and medicine ne TOLD
her to "get out of the house"
She had been compelled to go to the
city hospital. This was more than Two
years ago, and Mrs. Mitchell said that
since she left the hospital her husband
had done nothing for her. He had not
been near her in the two years, and
when she had met him on the street he
had pretended not to know her.
The story of the ill-used wife was
enough for the judge, and saying that
he did not wish to hear any testimony
in corroborat1on or her evidence ne
ordered a decree to be prepared.
Saws His Wife Is Hard Drinker.
While Hymen was meeting these
mishaps at the hands of deserted wives
another attack was begun on the mar
riage god in the office Of Clerk Rogers.
Adrian Van der Hoeven filed COM
plant in his suit for divorce from ms
wife. Florence. The marriage took
place at st. Paul in 1898 and the cou-
pie have lived together continuously
since then, except when, as the COM
plant charges, Mrs. Van der Hoeven
has left home to indulge her fondness
for Intoxicating liquors. The husband
charges that his wife has been given
to drink at all times since their mar
rage and that during the last year she
has been almost constantly under it's
influence. The defendant was served
with the complaint at Minneapolis,
where she is now living apart from her
husband.