Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-06
SAUNDERS GETS THE DIVORCE
RIoomaeId Banker Secures Decree
Of separations IN District Court
woman Ab-ent st Time.

sherman Saunders. the Bloomfield banker.
was given a decree Of divorce from Alice
NJ Saunders 81 b.@ Monday afternoon 10y
Judge Truup. The decree was granted on
Mr. Saunders cross-T,etition la the suit
begun BY his wife Mrs. Saunders was not
present during The taking 81 testimony,
but was represented by her attorney. T. J.
Mahoney who assented TO the decree as
il had been prepared by Gurley q Wood
rough who represented Mr.. Saunders-
There is no provision Tor alimony in the
decree. though n IL said an agreement
drawn up out Of eosrt provides her with
an allowance Of about $50 a month
Mr.. Saunders was the principal witness
examined and he detailed the causes Of
their marital unhsppiness. He said his
wife had been reared very strictly by her
parents and had not been allowed many
I liberties After their marriage. in 1893
1 he had provided her with q liberal allow
4 ance and the restrictions she had been
UNDER were relaxed. He believed this lad
turned her head and caused her 20 do
3 things which made the people or Bloom
4 field talk about her. When be remon-
stratcd with her and told her about the
gossip she was causing. he said she
would answer Let the old hens talk 80
He said she was in the habit Of staying
out very late at nirht and when he pressed
her Tor an explanation she would fy into
] hysterics He frankly tote Judge Troup IL
would he impossible for him 10 live with
/ his wife again lie entered = general de-
( NAL to the charges made in his wife's petit
( ton.
Only one other witness was examined,
MI Mescr7-e Of Creighton. who testified
] H.. f.I NJ rrr n tf.af
Of years and knew he did not use intoxi-
eating liquors to excess. as charged No
witnesses were examined for Mrs. saun-
ders.
The settlement Of the case was some
thing of d surprise TO those who have fol-
lowed the developments in il. Serious
charges were made on both SIDES, but ii
was the understanding that all OF these
should be Withdrawn except the genera
charge Of cruelty made by Mr.. Saunders
The decree Of Judge Troup does not men.
ton any specific acts Of cruelty on eithei
side
Judge Troup also granted a decree OF
divorce 10 Nellie Hagen. who sought Iega
separation from John Hagen on III,
ground OF cruelty. She was awarded thu
custody Of the two children, Mildred and
Evylin and he is required 70 pay her s
a week alimony and SIS attorney fee.
Judge Sears granted divorce to Sadi'
Seeholts, who charged Frank Seeholts Will
abandonment for over two years.
Ella Bolding has filed a petition FOR Al
vorce from James NJ. Bolding, 20 whom -,
was married in Council Bluffs in November
1870. She charges him with cruelty. non
support and desertion and asks for tn
custody Of their one child.
Ella S. Hale makes several specifi
charges OF cruelty in her petition for a di
vurce from Albert Y. Hale. She assert
that he locked her in the cellar all nigh
one night and that he allowed his brother
who is mentally weak, TO beat-her. Sh
also says he made her work so hard he
health gave way UNDER the strain. The
were married in Norton. Kan, June (. lss.
and have one child, which she wants place,
in her care