Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-05
ONE DIVORCE.
Judge Thayer Also Con. tinued One..Smith Must
 Support Wife.

Two divorce cases were heard by One was granted and the other contin ued.
 The first one called was Rose s. Kopp against Charles F. Kopp. Mrs kopp petitioned on the grounds of habitual intemperance, and asked that her maiden name, Stoeffler, be restored to her. She was married in this city December II. 1901, and in November, 1903, she left her husband, being un. able to stand his neglect and his drink ing habits any longer. She testified that two weeks after marriage her husband developed sudden weakness for strong drink. At that time they lived on Grove street and almost every day her husband was drunk or under the influence of drink. He lost his work and he was indifferent about looking for another place. Since she left him he called to see her once and asked her to return to him. She re- fused. She Is employed by the New England Watch Co. She had known Kopp a long time before they began keeping company. He was sober and industrious then and she could not ac- count for the great change in him.
 Officers George N. Gabriel and James F. Walsh testified to having ar- rested Kopp and that in their. opinion he was drinking man. Once or twice he has been to jail for intemperance.
 Judge Thayer said he could not find Kopp to be habitually incorporate on the evidence presented and continued the case at the request of Attorney c. G. Root, plaintiffs counsel, who said he could easily produce the necessary evidence.
 Marie Thorpe Lang asked for sep aration from her husband. Gottleib Lang, on the grounds of desertion, and also the custody of her two children, Emeline and Howard, aged and years respectively. She is now house keeper for Charles Graham in Oakvflle. Desertion was the basis of this action. Mrs Lang said her husband was a bar Der. She was married in this city on November 90. 1896, and some time after went with her husband to Bay onne, N. J. They lived in various
 
 1901. going to that place from Nauga- tuck.
 Lang was sport, and. according to his wifes story. he. spent more money in pool rooms and race tracks than h . did on his wife and children When they went to Berlin Mrs Lane had S17. She gave this sum to her husband to buy some furniture. He paid S1 down on what he bought and kept the bal ance This Mrs Lang did not know until after they had broken up house keeping in December, 1901.
 One morning Lang said that there was neither fuel nor food in the house and the best thing his wife could do would be to go home to her folks i'll Litchfield or else freeze, for he was tired of buying coal and food for her. So home she went, and that was the last she saw of her husband. The youngest child was then but months old. Mrs Lang wrote her husbands folks in Switzerland and they replied that they knew nothing of his where abouts.
 The essential parts of this testimony was bDIht out ". hls IhaIs Es- IldN . ley, Mrs Carrie Clark, and the plain tiff's father, Lyman Thorpe, all, of Litchfield. A decree was granted.
 The divorce petition of Mary Daney, nee Dwyer, against Edward E. Daney, which is founded on alleged desertion was put over to next Friday in the SUI perlor court to-day. it not being ready for trial.
 In the libel suit of Mae DeWandelaer for S1O,O00 damages against c. I. Saw dey of the Sunday Telegram. bond of s15 was ordered to be filed in two weeks.
 By agreement of counsel. it was or dered that Burton C. Smith pay his wife. Minnie Austin Smith, & a week until his divorce suit against her is disposed of. Mrs Smith Is contesting the suit.
 Demurrers in the suit of the Manu. lecturers National bank against Rob ert c. Manyille, and George C. Minor against the above named bank, were argued and decision withhdtf.
 The heaT/y on demurrer in the suit of F. E. 0'Neill. trustee. agaInSl F. q. Kilduff ct ux went over to pext week.