Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-19
THREE DIVORCEs GRANTED TO-DAY.
Six Cases Were BroughtOns of the Prisoners Nearly Escaped Yesterday Court Adjourned
 Until Tuesday.

her, when the daughter made an over ture of peace. Their two children live with the defendant. Gertrude Spell man, sister of plaintiff, and Benjamin hershaw corroborated the testimony. Dectston was withheld.
 The case of Ursuli A Ivines VI Charles R. Iv1nes followed, Desertion was the basis of this action and the custody of a minor child, Frances, years, was asked. Mrs Ivines is Av. ing in Beacon Falls and the defendant in Port Jefferson. L. I. They were married on June 20, 1897, and on Apral 2a 1900. in Norwalky fvines disap. Deared.
 At press holw yestarday tha cri1n- anaA jury dn the sEpaeAor cos1at we're considering the evidence in the case aeatnst William Fem charged with picking Edwin LouckS' pocket of $1O. They retired at about S:A6 and ten minutes Eater returned la verdict od guilty, and Fenn was sentenced, uns der the law regarding indeternAnate sentences, to the state prison for not less than one and not more than two years.
 Assistant States Attorney Kellogs has decided to nolle the case against Joseph White, charged with man, slaughter White is a bartender in a saloon in the Brooklyn district. One evening early in the winter a Lthu' aIdan got into a brawl in the saloon in question and, 1t was said, White struck him, knocking him down, and put him out Of the saloon. A few An&.n in a vacant building not fan from the saloon. He was uncon' scio1s and had a bad wound in his head. He was taken to the hospital, where he died few days later. II has since been said that the man god into a row after leaving the saloon and received the wound which is said to have caused his death.
 The case against Frances Windsor and Irving Regal for adultery was continued as one of the accused has not appeared dn court. The case against Dennis Baggett, charged with seduction, will also be noiled, and dis position of the case against James Whatty for conspiracy and assault has not yet been determined upon. The othss cases will be tTded.
 The case on trial when court ad- journed last evening was that of Thomas Ryan, aged r years. Ryan halls from Massachusetts and came very near creating great sensation in the court room during short re- cess in the afternoon. Scarcely had the judge left the bench when Ryan. who is 8 neat appearing young fel- low conpla gently left the dock, slip ping out under the eyes of half do9en sheriffs, ana had reached the entrance to the room when Court Messenger Platt stopped ham. Ryan, in response to the messengers Ques- tfon. said Sheriff Dunham had called him outside The messengers sus- picions having been aroused, he in- quired of the sheriff If he had called the young man and the sheriff s answer was the immediate return of Ryan to the dock between two officers, The affair was scarcely mo- ticad. .-hy.aanybody Ryan charged with burglary on two counts, with breaking into the stores of George T. Sanger and Arthur E. Curt1ss near the town hall in Naugatuck, and steal ing $2 from the first, and $8 from the last named. He was defended by At torney Kelley. Sanger and Curtiss 11AVA4& IO0SA LIS11 1Ik&GE1 0ldAOhC was sworn and then quite a stirring tale was rectted.
 The officer, who appears to be very clever policeman, noticed the accused and another young man lingering on tho streets of Naugatuck on the night of December 8. He knew they were strangers and that was sufficient in his estimation to warrant his keeping has" eyes on them. He first saw them standing outside Freeman's saloon, near the bridge. whereupon he walked to the other side of the bridge and looked back. 1ne young men had dis appeared. This confirmed the off, cerAs suspicious that something was going to turn up that night and he started on quiet hunt for the strangers. Not trace of them did he sec until about 4 o'clock in the morn ing, He was then crossing the rail road tracks when he saw young man running north on the tracks. He went after him and had gone only very short distance when he saw on his left the accused jumping over fence in the rear of the store above named. Accused would not stand when calfed upon, whexeupon the officer fired a shot in the air for effect. Still he WOU4Q not STdnQ ana tQ9 OTnCSF sRAu he would Ire again and for results this time. Then accused stood. He was passed over to the custody of A. C.. Fuller, the telegraphsr at the Eauga- tuck depot, and man named Bfrchall, and the officer resumed the chase after the other man. He lost him after 8 two hours pun, and then he teaephoned his description to the Waterbury po- lice.
 After giving up the chase the officer returned to the spot where he saw the accused first, and traced footsteps in the snow leading from Church street, between the town hall and the Nauga- tuck Savings bank, over fences and gates and wafls to a shed where the accused and his friend had passed the night, and then to the rear windows of the stores which they broke into, and back again over more fences, walls and gates to the final fence over which he saw accused jump.
 When searched at the police station only jackknife was found upon the accused.
 Ryan's defense was story of hard luck. He said he is & printer and that R-. -a