The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-11
Mary Torlotting Tells Judge
Douglas She. Would Rather
Work Than Go to School.
IN CUSTODY OF HER FATHER.
Minor Plaintiff in Divorce Suit
Tells of Rusc He Perpe-
trated to Get Mar
riage License.

Circuit Judge Douglas yesterday failed
to persuade Mary Pearl Torlotting. Il
years old. employed in shoe factory. t
accept the offer of her father. A1lchae
| Tor!ottins, to send her to convent schoo
| FOR three years.
Torlotting obtained a divorce from his
| wife, Nina TcrlottinE. about year ago
me custody of the girl was awarded tc
| him, but he allowed her to remain with
her mother. The father decided recently
| to send his daughter to the Sacred Hear;
convent at Arcadia, Mo-, for three years
Inc girl refused to leave her mother, and
IoriotilnS applied to Judge Douglas for
an order requiring her to do as he desired
Judge Douglas declined to make the or
der saying that the girl was old enough
10 choose for herself. He advised her
however. to accept her fathers offer, and
explained the advantages to be derived.
She said she preferred to remain at work
IN the factory and live with her mother.
Judge Douglas allowed the matter to re-
main open. in the hope that she may
change her mind
TAKEN UNDER AMUSEMENT.
circuit Judge Wood yesterday took I'M
aer advisement the divorce suit of John
). Kuhn. whose wife, Amanda. is suing his
parents for damages for alleged alienation
OF his affections.
The couple eloped and We're married two
years ago, but lived together only a
month. She AYERS that he was induced by
ms parents to leave her.
he stated yesterday that he was under
age when he married. At the suggestion
of the defendant. he said, he placed a piece
OF paper on Which was written ..2l'' in his
Hnoe ana sWore in getting the marriage
him. ~ ~
Amelia Ackermann, who obtained q d.
E pan, toid Judge Hough that her husband,
na a,; suggested, after their marriage.
buy horse and wagon and that he would
collect clothes to be laundered and deliver
them. and that she do the washing. She
MAD her living by laundry work before
her marriage and had saved some money.
He was married before and had thirteen
children, she stated. Sne said she had
known him only four weeks before they
Judge Hough asked Mrs. Ackermann
what her husband did for living. She
SAID he was a carpenter, but did not do
much but drink
HUSBAND SMOKED CIGARETTES.
Bertha Herman. to whom Judge Hough
granted divorce. said her husband: Ar
thur, was an inveterate cigarette smoker.
While on their wedding trip. in one night.
he smoked 100 cigarettes, she said They
We're married September }, 1901. She said
he left her October 10 following.
Judge !lough granted divorce to Louis
II Blanke, who alleged that his wife,
Lena. said she had ceased to love him and
desired to be the wife of another man,
with whom she became INFATUATED.
Blanhe and his wife separated last May.
They were married September 8, 1899
Judge Hough continued the divorce suit
OF Susie Woods Adams to allow her an
of obtaining corroboratine
testimony. She said she learned after her
that her husbands right name
was Daniel {. Nerdenburg. He gave his
name as Daniel Clifford Adams when she
was married to him in Ohio. August g.
1901. she averred. He deserted her June
". 1902. He has since assumed the name
or Peterson, she stated.
Judge Hough granted a divorce to Rox-
ena c. Walton from William A. Walton
and custody OF child to Emily A. Never |
from Hugo W. Meyer; to May Wilson |
from John A. Wilson; to Ollie Ayers from
Nathan Ayers, and to Henrietta Jones |
from John w. Jones.
Judge Wood granted Anna E. Kraft a |
divorce from William A. Kraft
Lolita Short filed suit for divorce alleg- |
ing that her husband. Walter deserted her |
in January, 1902. They were married De- |
cember 20. 1901. She asks for the restora- |
lion of her maiden name, Mosher.