Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-21
COURTS GRANT EIGHT DIVORCES;
CUPID is VERY SORROWFUL
Little Rosy Cherub Has Bad Quarter Hour Until
He Stumbles Into Marriage License De-
partment, Where He Cheers Up

| titled and cried out of sympathy for
her mother.
Mrs. Hill was married to E. r. Hill
at Brokenbow, Neb., in 1886. Her hus-
band was a conductor for the Santa
F'e line and the family moved to Phoe
nix. There the family troubles began
III earnest and many were the argu-
ments between husband and wife. FL
nally Hill announced his intention Of
going away. His wife sent for tickets
to Los Angeles and the Santa Fe COM
pany gave them to her. In the mean
while Hill had left his home, but still
remained in Phoenix.
According to the evidence given by
the daughter, her father refused to
speak to her when he met her on the
street.
On the day Mrs. Hill was to leave
for Los Angeles, according to her story
Hill called on her and asked her If she
thought she could support herself and
make a good living for the children
She answered in the affirmative and
came to Los Angeles, where she Is now
conducting boarding house on South
| Main street.
The decree was granted and $50 a
month alimony allowed the woman.
Divorced From Actor
A bright, pretty little woman who
| had married a vaudeville actor was the
next applicant, and Judge Oster grant
ed her the desired decree. The woman
was Mrs. Adelaide Frank, housekeeper
at the Waldron hotel, and her husband,
whom she accused of having deserted
her, was Bert l.. Frank. They were
married In Morrisonville, ILL.,, in 1893
and moved west a few years later.
According to the statements of wit
nesses. Mrs. Frank did everything in
her power to make her husband happy.
But it was no use," said the witnesses.
Her husband drank with a thirst like
Bacchus and never seemed to have a
thought for his wife"
He deserted her and went to his rela-
tives in Tacoma and now the woman
is working and trying hard to keep her
11-year-old boy in school and give him
a good education.
A. W. Graham's peculiar habit of
tearing his wife's clothes to pieces
caused the woman to ask decree
from Judge Bordwell yesterday.
| The couple were married In Michi-
gan in 1898. According to the evidence
of the woman, her husband would be-
come violently angry and tear her
clothes from her.
She was granted the divorce.
Says He Had a Rival
Another man in the house." was
Valentine Hoffs tale of woe, He was
the only male PLAINTIFF of the day, and
he looked as though he was not fond
of his job when he was called upon to
testify against his wife, Mrs. Cora
Hoff.
Desertion was the charge alleged and
| Hoff. who is an engineer in the employ
of the Santa. Fe, explained that his
! wife refused to accompany him to Ba-
! kersfield more than a year ago.
"She gave no reason for refusing to
| go with me except that she had found
some one better to live with, / gave
her plenty of time and then l left.
When I returned she was gone She
kept intimate company with locomo-
tive fireman, l have since learned, and
it may have been she fell in love with
him. said Hoff.
The divorce was granted by Judge
| Oster.
The petitions of Hebert against He
bert and Jackson against Jackson were
granted and the case of Smith against
Smith was continued because OF an
| error In the filing of the publication