Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-07-12
THREE DIVORCES
Superior Court Finished Up
Business Quickly and
Adjourned.

was no hearing on the celebrated case
Of the appeal Of the mayor and the
board Of aldermeS- of the city of Wa
terbury VS. the Connecticut Railway
and Lighting Co in regard to the ex-
tension Of the trolley tracks under
meath the trestle at OakvilIe. The at
torneys for the interested parties
agreed to submit briefs an the case.
The motion for the entry OF iudg-
ment for the defendant on tha ground
that the plaintiff refuses to plead fur-
Their to the statute OF limitations was
granted In the case of John r. Fitz-
Co. =
The application to cite in George A.
1sDeil as q party defendant in the
case case OF Charies G. Lewis ct al, execu-
tors' vs. John e. Carey was granted.
In the case of Elizabeth Keilty of
WarertoWn,s who is suing the Water
bury Bill Posting Co for damages for
injuries received in being knocked
down by one OF its horses, an exten-
sion or time for one week was given
the plaintiff to file reply to the de-
fendant's motion for non-suit.
The motion for an extension of time
was granted dn the case Of George r..
r. r. Co.
The report Of Constable e. r. Per-
kins, receiver for the Domestic Pie
Baking Co, was accepted by Judge
Shumway.
The contested divorce case OF Clara
r. Strickland VS. Ernest HI. Strickland
on the ground of cruelty was assigned
Ior tr1al to-day, but owing to new de-
Velopment IN the case the suit was
Withdrawn from the docket by Attor-
ney Cole, counsel for the plaintiff. Yes
terday Judge Cole added to the com
plant for a divorce new count of
adultery. Attorney +. J. O,Neill. who
will fight the case for Strickland. stated
to the court that he had not nad suf-
lnclent time to consider this second
count OF adultery. Attorney Cole inn
mediateiy withdrew the suit, but viii
institute another one in which he win
ask Tor divorce for his client on the
grounds Of adultery and cruelty. It
will be tried at the fall term This
promises to be a rather interesting
case and will be hard fought Roth
parties are well known, Mrs Strick
land Is the daughter OF Mr. and Mrs n
ID. Livingston of Cherry street. Strick-
land has already been divorced once.
Mrs Helena G.. Pierpont was granted
divorce from James Pierpont on the
ground Of desertion. This case was
not contested Mrs Pierpont testifiad
that she was married September 90
1900. Her husband lived with her 51b
months and then left her. He has
% 1eL - u
time the court ordered him to pay her
20 week for her support. she has
worked in Se0vill's ever since her nus
band left her. Miss AIecia Derwin. a
teacher in the Barnard school, Mrs
Joseph b. Surdann of Oakville and
Mrs Anna Kelly, the plaintiffs mother.
testified against the defendant. The
plaintiff was granted a divorce and al
lowed to resume her maiden. name.
Helena.J. Kelly.
charlotte I'll. Flannigan was granted
a divorce from Nelson III. Flanniqan
and allowed to resume her / maiden
name, Charlotte Fl. Blot. Mrs FIanni-
gan stated she was married in 1894
and lived with her husband for eight
years. In 1902 they came from Ale
gheny, where they had been living for
several years. to this city to visit Mrs
Flannigan's mother. Her husband re-
turned to Allegheny, but, promised to
return and bring his wife home This
he failed to do. He hasn't seen her
since, nor has he paid her any money.
In reply to letter his wife wrote he
sent back q reply whicn was exhibited
in court to-day. After addressing his
wife as "My dear. dear, dearest wife,"
he says that he was glad she wasn't
coming to Allegheny. as she would
spoil his fun, for lady friend whom
she knew was coming to see him. He
tells her to mind her own business,
"old fool" and says that he never
cared n rap for her for she was a
wooden head" Mrs Flannigan testi-
fed that he choked her one night,
knocked her against the stairs another
time; a third time he met her at the
end of the trolley line, knocked her
down and pushed her about. He drank
heavily ana was often drunk. John
Korngiebel testified about, Flannigan
being in hotels with other women.
Philip Korngiebel and Mrs Harriet
Blot, the applicants mother. also testi-
fed against Flanagan. The divorce
was granted on the ground of adultery.
The uncontested divorce case OF
Clarence OdeIl VS. Hattie Oden was
given another hearing to-day. This
case was tried several weeks ago but
the defendant was not granted a de-
cree because his wire had not been
properly notified of the suit being in
stituted. Since then the proper 'notifi-
cation has been given. Mr. Odell testi-
fed that he went to the town in New
York. state where his wife was living
and found that she was no longer his
partner in life. but was the spouse of
a Mr. Robinson He was granted di
vorce on the counts of, adultery and do
sertion.
Owing to the non-appearance of the
defendants counsel, the suit of John
r. Mccarthy, the hackman. against the
Connecticut Railway and Lighting 90
was not tried, although Attorney Bau-
by, counsel for Mccarthy, was ready
to go on with the case.
This finished all of the business and
court adjourned until September, after
heino In session an hour and half