Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-16
DIVORCE MILL It Had a Busy Week s
 Work. FIVE MORE DIVORCES
Granted To-day by Judge Shumway in the Superior Court-Hen- derson and Light Cases
 Not Decided.

The special term of the superior court closed today at Il o'clock, Judge Shumway granting emancipation from matrimony to five couples. The cases of Ida NJ. against Frederick NJ. Ben ham and John Schott, IT, against Es- tella Schott were tried together, as th.. basis of one suit was the foundation or the other The Schotts were marrlei on February 5, 1894, and on October ', 1905, they parted. The BenhaHf' were married October 4, 1898, and they parted the same day as the Schotts did.
 It was by the purest accident that the denouement in the cases was brought about. One day Schott was going into his house and he saw a boy at the door with letter flor the lady down stairs He did not know her name and Schott took the letter from him and then followed the boy to where Benham was waiting, for 1t was from Benham the letter came. He saw him in a saloon on Cole street, hls horse hitched outside. Schott merely identified Benham and went his way. The letter was addressed Dear Mln- nie." by which name Schott used to call his wife. and was signed Jack. | It told of the trouble Jack" was hay ing in trying to make things run l smoothly. This put Schott on the track of things and he kept a watch out. He did not mention the letter ip- cident to his wife, but he brought suIt for damages against Benham, and Ben ham settled up. The Schotts then parted and Schott told his wife in the presence of Constable Booth, who did | detective work in the case, that she was unfaithful to him and did not de serve q decent home, Her answer was | that she did not care, was glad or Il fin fact, and the only thing she regret ted was that the man she cared about had left town. By this time Benham had cleared out.
 When breaking up housekeeping Schott found letter under carpet It was addressed Darling Estella, | and was most effusive in sentiment | This was also signed Jack
 Mrs Benham was sworn and recog nized the hand writing as her nus bands. She also said that she ac cused him of going around with MT.
 Schott and he admitted 1t.
 Judson $. Cowan and nIs wife Dora | who live on Scott's road '0ut east,
 testified to having frequently seer
 Benham and Mrs Schott together sometimes in their own teams. bu' they always drove home together witt the woman's team tied to the rear oi Benham's.
 In her own case Mrs Benham testi
 fled that she has one child, girl of II. Schott brought the note to hel that he had found with the boy, and
 few days later she left her husband
 She had left him in the previous
 spring. but on his promise to do better she returned. At that time her bus hands business was in bad shape ant
 her father took a mortgage for S6,Oc'
 on if. When Schott brought SUI
 against Benham she handed over th'
 entire stock to Schott to save her hus
 band from jail, he had such horrol
 of if. Dr c. W. & Frost testified tha
 he treated Benham last spring ana
 summer for the drink habit. Both pe
 titions were granted.
 On the grounds of cruelty, Mrs Eliza
 beth Graves. colored. was granted
 divorce from George W. Graves. On'
 day in August Graves accused his VII of being at the circus and because sh
 denied 1t he banged her in terrlbi
 manner. He merely. said MT Graves. smilingly. got his fists at m and did me up" brink was the cause of the difficul
 ties in the family of Jennie and WI
 liam H. Wilson. These people wer
 married on March i5. 1894. and o
 January |. 1897. Wilson left town. IA swrote from New York to his wife fo
 his clothes and told her that she migf , as well consider him through with he
 for he had gone from her forever. Sh
 has not heard from him since. Lllia ' Uali of New Britain and the plaintiff , daughter Jennie. aged ia. testified. Tn - petition was granted.
 MrS Emma Kunkel is now 20 an . twelve years ago. when she was onl IL she became the wife of Fran , KunkeI in the office of the county ia ! i'm New Haven. Kunkel was awaifin trial in the superior court on chars
 of rape but on his marrying the plaii tin the case was dropped Mrs kul kel is a waitress in the Cables Prospect street and has two ehildrel one of them. the girl aged 10. was ' court. but was moi called upon tO test [ fv. Mrs kunkel stated that soon aft' | she was married she felt like apPlyiH . for a divorce because of the treaimeE } hy bsr husband
 I- Frank Phelps. foreman spinner f' I- inc Plume & Atwood Co. testified thu | KunkeI used tO % on sprees q mont S at a time. He was almost ooustantl
 under the influence nf drink This ? . fItion was aIso granted. and court a'