Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-06-28
WANTS A
 DIVORCE
Case Before Judge
 Shumway.
Wilders Air Their Differ. ences in Court To-Day Mrs. Wilder's Testimony Contradicted FIatIy That of the Han She Refuses to Live With.

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 The contested divorce suit of rred~ er1ck O. vs Sarah Wilder was beo-nts before Judge shumway in the superior court to-day at noon. Desertfnn fs fhn basis of the action. The parties we7s. married on May 80, 1897, ana on Jans, ary 10, 1898, the alleged act of Assertion IS said to have occurred. PIainfsfyn < case was conducted by ex-Senator Kep< nedy. Plaintiff said he is now am ployed by the Waterbury Clock co ana has been for nine years. For ; sbo,.t. tune after marriage the WIlde7r lived m the eastern part of the city ana then plalnt1m desired to live on Brow mi street and defendant refused to live 'W1ln him. Since then they have not met Meanwhile plaintiff had been oiIf or town a good deal. Defendanf never gave him any reason for refusing to ilve with him only that he would not i've with her people, whom he did not. care to associate with. Defendant was married before and procured divorca rom her first husband. Plaintiff nsedI to visit at her peoples home before slia got the divorce and he denied psyinm the lawyers who got it. for her. Nr hB would allow her folks to live with him she would go back to him, not 6ecause he refused to support her four children. The city court ordered him to pay hezs s week and he paid her this sunni for some months, or until he left town. He was away four years, during which, time he sent her nothing. and since hia return, about a year ago, he has sup ported her about eight weeks. Several
 lmes since their SepaTat4on he asked her to return to him and she ref1soil. Tn a previous petition Eor divorce h6 alleged desertfOn and fntemperance. and In defendants previous case he was a witness for her. She was then a Mrs Holmes. Plaintiff denied takinr his clothing from defendants peoDIe's house by degrees whom thev lived there, or that he took her clothes He round It necessary to get the protection Of constable when he undertook fo remove the furniture from her peoples house to Brown street, for defendant confronted him with a piece of wood in her hand and called him names
 Charles L Miller Of 5S Walnut street, John Conway, 62 Aver street. and Mrs Addie Fizsimons, rlain1iff's mother, TSP East Main street. testified for him.
 The defense put on Lavan Harrison 235 North HIm street, and Constabls Pryor. The former testiaed that Mrs Wilder worked for him and the latterI to the renewal of the furniture. Dv4 erything pl4grtif claimed was removed even pint of milk
 Mrs Wilder was then sworn. She said 1t was agreed before marria1a plaintiff should provide for her mother and her own four children, yet a few weeks after marriage he refused to buY a pair of shoes for one of Che children. He repeatedly refused to provide fou "Holmes's kids" as he called Che eIlils dren, and demanded of her that she l1lls. dergo a criminal operation because he had enough on his hands. She refused to do this. She denied he had procured rooms to go to housekeeping, ahd she would have gone with him neverthes less when he left her peoples house. if he would take the children also But thds he refused to do She said she would not live with him now becausa he denied their last child
 After leaving her he took lrp with an. other woman ana frequently she sawg them drive past her peoples house, Then she had him arrested for non- support.
 Two months before defendants first husband Holmes, left her, Ssler began visiting her house. About a week or so after she got her divorce she was married to Wilder. He was very Kind to the children before marriage and the eldest girl plano, but h0 changed directly after.
 Mrs Wilder had not good word to say for her moohertn-lRw eucept that she admired the baby which Wxlden denied
 "Efe's got no reasons for Q divorce He only wants to get married again.
 She was asked if she was sure of that and she said she was, because people who saw him ~going with an other woman told her. "He got so sassy" said she. 'before he left me that he used to ask if his girl left letter for him. One of his girls lives on Dublin street The one he was going with before he left me was ln the Salvation army"
 Mrs Wilder thought he ought to give her s5 q. week. "He is not drinking man." she said, 'Sbut ned drAnK aA ne couA get for nothing.
 He never gave her penny. Her sis ta.. yaigf their rent and her mother sup ported the children.
 Nellie HTlI, 54 Orange street sister op Mrs Wilder. was the next witness Her testimony was 8 corroboration Of the last witness.
 Unless there is business ready for 4o-y1orrow court will not sit hera aoain until July a2. Akto4nGy O,Neill tried to get the Lathrop case set down for hearing then, but in the absence of Judge Burpea, counsel for the defense.