Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-01
FIVE DIVORCES;
CUPID SORROWS
LOVE SPRITE SEES HIS WORK
UND0NE IN COURTS
Woman Declares That She Followed
Her Husband Across the Cont.
nent only to Be Mistreated
by Him Here

Five divorces were granted in the
courts Of Judges Allen and TraslS
Yesterday afternoon and last evening,
perched cross legged on the topmost
spire of the court house sat little Dan
cupid, disheartened and detected over
the severe blow dealt his proceedings
by the courts below him.
Five cases" sighed Cupid as he
slowly broke his arrows and this is only
Tuesday. 1T seems a shame that peo-
pie who have been married from
periods OF five to thirty years can't
abide each others company until they
part from this earth" finished the little
sprite as he started toward the mar
riage license desk TO inspect his work
of the day and get in out of the rain.
The first case Of divorce was petit
toned IN Judge Aliens court by
Blanche Percy against her husband,
Claude X. Percy. With her hands
calloused from hard work and her
slight figure dropping pitifully the de-
fendant told her story TO the court.
Several years ago 1 married Claude
Percy in Toledo, o. He was n black
smith and a good one and we lived
happily for some time" said Mrs.
Percy. MY husband then became in
fatuated with another woman, and al
though | begged him to return TO me
he refused and left for Los Angeles.
Some time later, as / could not secure
work for myself followed him. Across
the entire continent I came after him,
only to be met with harsh language and
a stern refusal from my husband
Other witnesses testified that Percy
is a blacksmith at Claremont and that
he makes about IS a day at his trade.
1t is alleged that Percy told the de-
fendant's lawyer that he would not
live with his wife because he did not
like her. The divorce was granted.
my wife suddenly turned against me
and would have nothing to do with
me- was the plea made by Charles
X Edwards before Judge Allen in ask
ing that a divorce from his wife be
granted him on the ground of desertion
and cruelty.
Edwards was married in Michigan in
1875.
Edwards says his life has been a tor
ture and that his wife constantly quar-
relied with him. He also asserted that
four years ago his health became so
bad that his physician ordered him to
go to Southern California. When the
proposition was made TO Mrs. Ed
wards she refused to have anything TO
do with the golden west and two years
was spent by the husband in an en-
deavor to secure her consent to go
with him.
"At last" said Edwards. my wife
and l quarreled and she told me to
go away from her that she never
wanted to see me again. She told me
my children would get along better
without my attentions and so accom-
panied by my eldest daughter I came
west have not heard from my wife
but have learned that she Is living in
plenty with rich relatives The petit
ton for divorce was granted.
The third petition for divorce came
UP before Judge Conrey and caused
Cupid a miniature stroke of heart
failure.
MY wife did not like the style of ar
chitecture of the home which I had
built for her and did not want to live
~ ~ so che daaa,+ al MO apd ,-at,,rnad
tc her former home" was the plea
entered by DIR. Marion w. Webb in
asking a divorce from Ella ]. Webb,
his wife, in Judge Conrey's court.
Webb married in 1899 in Washington
and removed to Los Angeles a short
1908 and returned north and since that
time nothing has been heard of her by
her husband. The divorce was granted
j. ]. Parker was granted a divorce
by Judge Trask from his wife, Kitty
A. Parker, on a charge of desertion.
Parker testified that after a married
life of only a short duration his wife
went to the City of Mexico and did not
return to him.
Cruelty" was the plea upon which
Mrs. Mary F. Dunn OF Compton based
her petition for divorce from her hus-
band, Charles A. Dunn, in Judge
Trask's court yesterday. Mrs. Dunn
alleged that her husband swore at her
and after calling her vile names re-
peatedly struck her. The petition was
granted.
Alleges Assault
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