Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-10-05

Office OF the County Court in said County her
petition to said County Court at its next term
to be held at Middlebury in said County on
the first Tuesday in December, A. d. 1906,
against Harry II. Clark formerly OF said Han
COCK but now OF parts unknown, when petl-
ton is In the words and figures following,
viz:
Emma Clark Addison County Court,
Harry Il. Clark. December Term. 1905.
Petition For Divorce.
To the Hon. County Court next to be holden
at Middlebury within and for the County of
Addison on the first Tuesday in December,
1905.
The Petition OF Emma Clark OF Hancock in
said County OF Addison. respectfully repre-
united in marriage with the respondent,
Harry II. CLARK, then OF said Hancock but
now OF parts unknown, at Montpelier in the
81, 1898, by Rev. Andrew Gillies. minister OF
the gospel then and there engaged in preach
ing the gospel and duly authorized by law 10
perform such marriage ceremony; that your
petitioner was SO married under and by her
maiden name OF Emma LaFrance; that our
petitioner was born and has always resided
in said State OF Vermont; that after said
marriage the parties resided in said County
Of Addison, living together as husband and
when they moved to Rochester in the County
of Windsor in said state. and there so lived
together until the respondent deserted the
petitioner, which he did on the 4th day OF
reside in said Rochester until the i9th day OF
March, 1906, when she took up her residence
in said Hancock and has there ever since
resided and still resides.
And the petitioner AYERS that ever since
said ma rage she has at all times well and
| faithfully fulfilled and carried out toward
an with the respondent her said marriage
| C, ntract, and has ever been to him true and
faithful wife; but that the respondent has
not kept toward the petitioner his marriage
| cont ract, out has broken the same in this.
| that being OF sufficient pecuniary and phi, ST.
| cal ability to provide suitable maintenance
for the petitioner. without cause, grossly,
wanionly and cruelty refused and neglected
so to do.
And the petitioner shows that she has
worked for wages ever since said marriage,
and that the respondent has worked only a
part OF the time, though always able ply 81
| before leaving the petitioner he was wholly
| idle. although well and able to get employ
ment for pay; that he was at times dissolute
and drunken and spent money foolishly that
| on the 4th day OF May, 1865, the respondent
| left the petitioner at their home in said
Rochester and went to California, claiming
| that he could earn more money there, and
that he would send his wages TO the petition
er; that she received n few letters from him
from Fortuna, California, the last in Decem
Der. 1906 but he never has sent her any
money or other thing OF value; that when he
went away he took all the money with him
| that they had in the house, being two hun
| dred and ninety dollars OF their savings,
most OF which had been earned by the petl
TONER; that late in 1905 the respondent wrote
her pitiful letter to the effect that he had
been robbed of about $4,000, and was wholly
destitute. and begging for money, whereupon
she sent him nifty dollars which she had
saved from her earnings after he left, which
he acknowledged, but about the same time
ceased to answer w. letters or to write to
her, and probably left Fortuna. The petit.
toner has learned nothing OF or from the
respondent since December last. During all
this time she has supported herself by work
of said marriage. The petitioner has no
knowledge or information as to the present
whereabouts OF the respondent.
The petitioner further shows that at the
time OF SAID marriage she had OF her own
savings three hundred dollars, to which the
respondent added small sum and the same
was deposited in the name of the respondent
in the BElington Savings Bank, where II has
since reclaimed, and to which the savings of
both parties. but mostly OF the petitioner,
have since been added, so that the book.
which is No. 1892 showed on January /, 1903.
the amount of the deposit to be $s75.O5, which
stands in the name OF the respondent but Is
really for the most part the money OF the
petitioner, who has custody OF the book.
Neither. o: the parties has other property. so
far as known to the petitioner, and she is
wholly dependent upon her earnings Tor her
support and the expenses OF this suit; and
she apprehends that unless restrained by
order of this Court the respondent may draw
said money in defiance Of her rights, and so
as to deprive her OF any just alimony. as the
respondent has no other property so far as
Wherefore the petitioner prays that said
bonds OF matrimony between the parties
grant to her Dill OF divorce. Also that the
respondent may be forbidden by this Court
to draw the whole or any part of said deposit
in the burlington Savings Bank until further
order OF this Court, to the end that said fund
may be held to await a fiua order in this
cause. Also that the petitioner may be
decreed such sum as alimony AS 10 the Cour
shall seem just, and that she be permitted to
resume her maiden name. She also asks thet
an order OF notice to the r"-r Ndent by pub
iication may be issuCd .i.' -.Trl OF This
court. and that said Burlin ton sa' ings Bank,
of Burlington IN the County OF Chittenden.
may be notified of the restraining order by
service OF a copy of this petition and such
order on 1t, as the Court may direct.
Dated at said Hancock this goth day Of
September, 1906.
EMMA CLARK.
State OF Vermont. Addison County, IS. Sub.
scribed ana sworn to ut " iddlebury in said
County this LIST day Of October, A. ID. 1876,
before me,
CHARLES i. BUTTON,
Justice OF the Peace.
State OF Vermont
Rutland County, SO.
To the Burlington Savings Bank OF Bur
lington In the county OF Chittenden. and t.