Waterbury Democrat., 1902-11-07
WORK OF THE DIVORCE Mill
Five Couples Separated To- Day
by Judge Shumway.

Mrs Loud Gets Her Divorce After Four
Attempts-Mrs Lamoreux, Whose
Husband is Now in the State Prison,
Was Granted Divorce Other Cases
| Set for Trial Next Week
| Divorces constituted the greater
part Of the business done at short cal
endar in the superior court this fore
noon. Judge .ShunWay presided.
1 Mrs Matilda Loud, nee Ogle, made her
i fourth attempt to obtain divorce on
tile grounds of desertion. This time
she was successful, the evidence that
was lacking last week being fur
| nished This related to the defend
1 ants having lived the statutory peri
1 od III the state a decree was grant
ed and also petitioners maiden name
restored
Mrs Lena Schlipp asked for di-
4 yorce on the grounds Of desertion and
| intemperance. The papers III the case
| showed the parties were married in
4 this city Oh May %, 1894, and that Oh
March %, 1899, the defendant desert
ed his wife. One child. Fred, aged
six years. was born to them. De-
! fendant is a butcher. His habits of
/ lntcmpcrance were such that he fire.
quently lost bis employment. Sober
ne was a very good man, but intoxicat-
ed he was unbearable. One evening
after returning home he took his boy
IN his arms and told him he was go
i ing away. Mrs Schlipp thought he
was joking, but found he was not. She
has not seen him since. but she has
heard he was with Ringing Bros cir
Gus. Anna Schmitt. first cousin Of
the defendant, knew it was on March
20. 1899, that defendant left his wife
because that was his birthday A de
cree was granted, also the custody of
/ the child.
Desertion was the ground upon
which Lillian /. Buzzell asked for di-
vorce from William BuzzelI Mrs Buz-
zell testified that she lives at 10 East
Farm street, was married on April %,
1896. and in January, 1901, her hus-
band left her. They were married in
Orange, Mass. They lived for some
time in Brockton, where the alleged act
! took place. The cause of desertion
was woman named Nav Bun. .er.
| Buzzell IS now supposed to be en-
| ployed by the Douglas Shoe Co in
Broekton. The night before the sep
aration took place the petitioner saw
defendant with the Bunker woman on
the street and frequently after the de-
sert1on she saw them riding together
Buzzell had arranged for his depar-
ture. His trunk was packed and the
i furniture dealers who had furnished
| their house on the time-payment sys-
TEN had been Informed Of the intend
| ing breakup, for day or so after de-
| fendant had left the furniture was re-
moved by the furniture dealers. This
/ testimony was corroborated by the Pc
titioner's father and mother. A de-
cree was granted. Attorney Car
mody presented the above three cases.
| Regina Lamoureux, wife Of Peter,
at present confined in the state prison
for assaulting his mother-in-law with
Intent to murder her, was the next pc
tito heard. Her case was based
ON ,..teIty and intemperance She
asked for the custody Of her four chill
dren, three Of whom are in the Gil
bert home in Winsted and the young
est is with the mother The parties
We're married April II, 1893 Mrs
Lamoureux teatiied her husband did
not support her and frequently he beat
her. Finally she was obliged to leave
him and she returned to her mother.
She got work at Blake & Johnson's
| factory and her husband used to meet
her on her way home and threaten her
with all manner of violence. Mrs Cora
| Brown corroborated the above. At
| torney Root, counsel for the petitioner,
| then introduced the DEFENDANTS court
record, showing that about year ago
he was sentenced to twelve years i'll
the state prison for attempting to MUIR
der his mother-in-law and that the cost
of his trial was S612, which he must
work out in prison. She was also
4 granted divorce and the custody of
| the children.
Maryanna IT. Blodgett was also rep
resented by Attorney Root in her pc
/! tition against Charles H. Blodgett.
Habitual intemperance was the basis
| of this suit Mrs Blodgett said she
| lives in Watervilie and is employed
| by the American Pin Co. She said
| her husband was almost constantly
drunk and could not keep his employ
ment. She left him because life with
him was unbearable. He never prop
| er1y supported her. but his mother
helped them considerably. Albert III.
sl1dn6, MIS- 11OreuCG ScuOic anu VIII
liam NJ. Taylor not only corroborated
| the above testimony but emphasized
It. Lane seemed to know BlOdgett
very well. A divorce was granted.
making the fifth for the morning and
| the petitioner restored to her maiden
name.
The two cases of Edward and Rob
ert McGrath against the Equitable AS
surance society were set down for
hearing next Tuesday. On next
| Thursday, after the election case of
Flanagan versus Hynes is disposed of,
the case of Mary J. Ryan versus the
city will be taken up, to be followed
by the case Of Thomas FL. Hayes
versus N. r. Bronson
Seymour G. Gleason's motion that
| his divorce case. which was disposed
Of favoraby to him last June, be re-
opened and he be given leave to with
draw it in order that be may enter an
other suit to conform to the law, was
allowed The case of John Varreirs
versus Alonzo w. Bronson was trans
ferred from the New Haven court
| docket to the docket of the local court
/ vxvifho71+ onp0cition THE Harm OPS