Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-20
WANTS
DIVORCE DECREE
SEPTUAGENARIAN W00ED BY
MAIL
Aged wife Concludes Being a Widow
Is Preferable, Packs Trunk and
Goes Back Esst--other
Matrimonial Mlshts

That Cupid's darts fall shallow In
tho aged breast was proven yesterday
when y. 3. Whitney. pioneer resident
Of Los Angeles county and former tax
collector. now nearing his seventeen
birthday, petitioned Judge York of de-
partment three of the superior court
for an interlocutory decree Of divorce
from his bride Of a few years. Mrs.
Ella Dean Whitney.
Only part Of the real evidence of the
case was taken yesterday, when Whit
ney and his daushter-ln-law testified
to the facts in the case, and then at
the suggestion of an attorney repre-
senting the defendant woman, Judge
York continued the case for two weeks
untH a deposition could be secured from
Mrs. Whitney who is now at her for
mer home In Illinois.
The remarkable feature Of the Whit
ney case which marks it as different
from other divorce cases In which old
men figure, is that the wife is not much
younger than the husband, while both
have had long experience in the matri-
monial line.
Answered an "Ad"
The wedding of the old couple oc-
Cured in Los Angeles five years after
Mrs. Whitney a widow accom- panied
ny HSI uduBulSI, I1au ITdN1TSGo
the continent in answer to a ma atrimo-
NAL Advertisement to marry whitney.
According to the Testimony, after the
wedding the couple went to housekeep-
ing on North Griffin avenue, near
Sichel.~ Shortly after that they rented
a big boarding house and started in
business, with the husbands daughter
in-law and the wifes daughter taking
care of the house, for the wife had been
taken ill.
Two years ago. according to the evil
dence. Mrs. Whitney packed her trunk,
and telling her husband that she was
tired of married life and would rather
be widow again, started for her for
mer home in the east where she has
since been.
The case will be taken up again No
vember in department three.
Arnaz and Wife Part
On a petition for temporary alimony
Mrs. Beatrice Arnaz, who is suing her
husband for divorce on the ground of
appeared in department seven of the
superior court before Judge James.
The divorce proceedings in the ArnazI
case comes as surprise to the many
friends of the young couple James
Arnaz, the husband, is a member of one
Of the oldest and best known Spanish
families of the southwest, while the
young wife's family is also well known.
They were married In Los Angeles
April 81, 1901 and she left him about
a year ago, after she alleged that he
refused to support her.
Arnaz has filed a cross compla int and
will fight for the custody of the child
His only remark regarding the non
support clause yesterday was made to
the clerk of the court, whom he told
that he had allowed $4,000 to his wife
during their four years of married life
and that he did not intend to supply
any more money for her extravaganza
The court ruled that the husband sup,
ply SO week pending the hearing Of
the case and the parties to the suit
left the court room.
Four Desertions
DeSertion formed the ground for four
divorces granted yesterday in the vari-
Gus departments of the superior court
These DEGREES were allowed in the fol-
lowing petitions: Maud n. Ratell
against Claude Ratell. Sarah A. Har-
rer against Sam Harrer, Susie e. Tan
dy against Henry V. Tandy and Sarah
Jordan against Joseuh j. Jordan.
Suit for maintenance was filed yes
terday in the superior court by Mrs.
Bartley against George NJ
Bartley The couple were ma rried atl
FL Modena, Cal, on Christmas day,
1904. On September 2S of last yearl
they separated and since December 49,
1905, Mrs. Hartley alleges her husband
has not been supporting her. The
plaintiff alleges she is IN i'll health
while her husband is making a good
She asks $50 month lnainte-
nance.