Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-21

1t was the bluest day in the history
of little Dan" Cupid's life, yesterday,
when, with wings folded in sorrow and
his tiny quiver dropping by his side
he wandered from room to room Of the
county court house building and con-
templated with twinges of pain and
anxiety the men and women who clam
ored for DEGREES of divorce.
Eight DEGREES were issued yesterday
by the superior judges and one case
was taken under adviSement. Cupid
spent the entire day in a fit of deJec-
ton until he finally thought of his
deputies down in the marriage license
department, and the rosy cherub hur-
ried down to receive their report. Upon
being assured that the bad weather
had little effect upon the hearts of the
SOON n-to-be-married and that more than
twenty licenses had been issued, CUPID
frightened and went forth to his work.
The first petition of divorce to be
heard was that Of Mrs. Minnie Mann
men against Charles Mammen. They
were married in Greenville, ILL.,, four
years ago. Mammen was bridge
carpenter and is now working at his
trade at Vandalia, Ill. The story of
the woman's married life was pitiful
and she was granted a divorce after
her testimony had been taken.
Threatened to Kill Her
1--WE had trouble because of my hus-
bands temper" said Mrs. Mammen'
my husband threatened my life on
many occasions and L felt that l was
in constant peril. He had threatened
to shoot me many times and my fears
were nearly justified one night when
my brother took me to the theater
AZ returned with my brother as soon
as the play was over and we talked
for a few moments and then he LETT.
My husband was enraged and said L
would never go out with anyone again.
AS he said that he drew a revolver
and pointed 1t at me.
In the mean time my brother had
heard my husbands TRADE and he
stopped and looked through window.
When my brother saw my husband
with the revolver he ran around to
the back door and came into the house
and took the revolver away.
"I left my husband the next day but
he begged for me to return, and l
trusted him and went back to him.
lived with him eight months and
during that time he made repeated
threats to kill me, so that I finally
left and came to California.
Judge Trask in department four of
the superior court granted the divorce.
Mrs. Murphy Gets Decree
The next sorrow-laden woman was
Mrs. Hattie Murphy. She appeared
before Judge Curtis in department
eight of the superior court and re-
quested a divorce from Edwin Taylor
Murphy, residence unknown, but
thought to be Alaska.
They We're married at Jerome, Ariz..
April 10. 1898. Mrs. Murphy's husband
was a fine, large specimen of manhood
according to her version of the story
and he could strike a powerful blow.
HE crused me with all the bad Ian
guage he could think of" said the
woman, and she referred to her COM
plaint, where large oaths, small oaths,
compound ones and painted oaths of
the most unique character were set
forth as being the terms with which
Mrs. Murphy was addressed.
ION one occasion he was particularly
angry" continued the woman. HE
came home and he was in an awful rage
over some trivial matter. Without a
word OF warning he struck me in the
face with his fist. The blow knocked
me backward and I fell over a trunk
and struck my head on the floor. |
was in bed for week with the injury"
Mrs. Murphy's evidence was corrob-
grated by that of her sister, who
stated that Murphy treated his wife i'm
cruel manner and finally deserted
her.
The decree was granted.
Women Weep In Court
Mrs. A. b. Hill was the next appli-
cant. She told her story of woe to
Judge Oster in department OF the
superior court. The woman was so af-
fected by certain Incidents of her mar
ried life that when she attempted to
tell her troubles to the court she be-
came fearful Her daughter also tes-