The San Francisco call., 1904-06-02
JUDGE BREAKS
FORCED UNION
Finds Second Marriage of
Louisa and Herschel Good
richReSult ofThreat toKill
TIERNEY Is SET FREE
Darby-Griffith Has a Wife
Too Many and the Ameri-
can One Asks Annulment

The second marriage of Herschel
Goodrich and Louise Becker Goodrich
was broken yesterday by Judge Trout
IN the Superior Court after the young
and pretty wife had told his Honor q
strange tale Of her husbands use OF
force 10 compel her TO remarry him.
The persons were divorced after a
brief marital experience in October
1901 The wife was the plaintiff in that
action and established cruelty as the
ground Of the decree. On July s. 1902
as Mrs Goodrich testified yesterday
Goodrich met her on the street and
threatened TO shoot her If she refused
20 remarry him. He had shot at her
once when they were living together
before. Yielding out Of terror. she al
lowed him TO take her to Suisun. in
Solano County. where they were mar
ried by a Justice Of the Peace. They
returned at once 10 this city. and Mrs.
Goodrich declared that she left the
man at the ferry went TO her home
and had not seen him since. Eight
. days after the forced marriage she
sailed for Japan. where employment
had been offered her and where she
remained for a year and a half Her
second marriage had meanwhile been
- kept secret even from her mother.
Mrs. Goodrich.s testimony was cor
.roborated in some OF its details by her
neighbor. Mrs. Sadie Z. Archibald, who
- told the court how her friend had fed
10 her for protection from Goodrich at
the time Of the former shooting affair.
This shooting was a matter of common
knowledge and Goodrich had. been
Jailed for it. The witness had seen the
defendant. drunk and parading the
streets in his underclothes. and she had
heard his threats against the: life OF
lis wife. She 1t was TO whom Mrs.
Goodrich had first disclosed the fact. of
e. her remarriage. and she had employed
an attorney to hunt up the record OF
that ceremony and to bring the actien
for its annulment.
The defendant did not oppose the
SUIT. and Judge Trout said that as
soon as formal proof Of the marriage
. record at Suisun was fled he would
enter the decree Of annulfnent
UNKNOWN WOMAN IN THE CASE.
Another youhg and attractive wife
obtained freedom from CALLING matri-
.monial bonds yesterday. when Judge
Sloss: granted 3 decree divorcihg Flor
Gnce l. Van .Wormer from Roy Van
Wormer on her. proofs that he had
cruelty. abused her and failed to provide
for the wants of herself and their >
-year-old son: The plaintiff testified that
her Husband had shown her love letters
% from another woman, to her unknown,
and. had taunted her with his love for
this person. In granting a decree the
court ordered that the defendant pay
his. wife sea per month and that she
should have the custody Of the boy.
Judge Kerrgan yesterday defeated
the efforts of:both a husband and a wife
10 obtain divorce from. each other.
Marie Elizabeth Fisher sued 10 break
the bonds Of her marriage to. James
Fisher whom she married in this city
A. on December %. 1891. She alleged cru
city of an extreme character. The de-
fendant filed a counter complaint,
making q similar charge against hrs
wife After, several days deliberatiOn
on the conflicting evidence Judge Ker-
rigan decided to refuse each Of the par
ties the divorce desired
Judge Murasky granted W. H. Harris
2 divorce~from Eta May Harris on the
ground Of infdelity.
. Judge TROUT divorced. Richard Nc
Cabe from Ethel McCsbe because of
her desertfoh.
Judge Hebbard denied Lena Fehle-
melchsr's duplication for divorce from
August Fehlemelcher, but granted the
husbands cross-suit for release from
the. marriage; that occurred in this city
in May. 1898. The plaintiff alleged cru
elty-in various forms, including. threats
Of her husband 70 shoot her. The court
found these charges unsupported by the
evidence, and the defendant proved
that his wife had deserted him without
cause.
ANNULs THE TIERNETs' UNION.
The last chapter in the short but ex-
citing marital adventures Of Matthew
/. -Tierney was written. yesterday by
Judge Hebbard- II is in the form Of an
afnulment. Of .TieCney's marriage with
Frances T. Brown, which occurred at
Sacramento less than a fortnight ago.
Tierney and his friend, William L.
Pratt, testined that the former was un-
der. the Influence Of drugs and liquor
when he allowed himself to be cap
rured by the charming defendant and
led to the altar. The court. finding that
Tierney was incapable Of contracting at
the time, set the marriage aside.
The infehcitfes- Of Mary Josephine
Corwin and Harry Emerson Corwin
. were aired ip Judge oraham's court
where both the Yife's slit for divorce
On the ground Of desertion and the
-hnsband's cross-complaint charging in
fidelity were before his Honor. A de-
cree was entered that Mrs. Corwin take
the divorce, but that the 5-year-old
daughter Of the union remain in the
custody Of the husbands parents, Mr..
and Mrs. G. G. Goodwin Of .Fruitvale,
where the mother is to see the child at
reasonable times.
Suits for divorce were begun yester-
day as follows. Marcus 3. Dye against
Mary r. Dye for desertion. Minnie J..
Brown against j. Olcott Brown for fail
.ure 10 provide, Annabelle Van Allen