Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-20
THE DIVORCE MILL
Worked Overtime Tt-1ay iD
 Granting Petitions.

The divorce mill was started up in the superior court to-day before Judge Curtiss by Attorney F. P, l Guilfoile with the case of Clara Car rao against Ernest Carrao. The plaintiff with her five year old daugh. ter took the stand and MT Guilfoile stated that it was impossible to get personal service of the writ upon the defendant as he had left for parts un- known and is now living in South Da- kota where he has petitioned for divorce. Judge Curtiss said that in view of the mans whereabouts being known now he ought to be notified of this action, so an additional order of notice was allowed and the case continued.
 Attorney Monagan then stepped up with the petition of Mrs Mary A.. O'Donnell Payne against Myron L. Payne. This case was based on al legged intolerable cruelty. The Paynes 1 lived in an apartment house on West Main street. They did not get along very well and in 1900 Payne threat ened his wife with death unless she would kill her child. Several times he had made those threats and the child died at it's birth. A year or two later while Mrs Payne was enjoying i perfect health she was in daily re- ceipt of these threats. One day her husband forced her to partake of a drink and twenty minutes later she was very sick and had she not eject ed the liquid she might have suffered serious consequences. She was used to threats of slow poison and death in insiduous forms. Payne's atten- tions to young woman living in the house with her folks were very marked and his wife demonstrated to him about this. Things went along until last March at which time Payne was employed in the shipping de- partment of the Waterbury Brass company's shops. One Saturday night he seemed very nervous. He finally | said he would go for a glass of beer and he went out. He was not absent long and his wife remarked about it. He said he did not go out and that he did not like to see fellow talking with woman down at the door. Mrs Kate Meredith, Mrs Payne's sister. was visiting them and after she had gone home, Payne knocked his wife down in bed, struck her several times on the head with hammer. He said he would kill her and he struck her again and again. Mrs Payne ran to the door and fell down stairs. The Dixon family that lived down stairs took her in and bathed her bleeding n and she was taken to the hospital. There. she told her husband she would not sue for a divorce. After her release from the hospital she had him arrested for assault and he was i bound over to the superior court. The case was settled. He is in New York now Mrs Payne's witnesses were her sister, Mrs Kate Meredith, Drs Graves and Cooley. She was granted di- vorce. .ff
 Attorney Bauby representing Mich ael Pietraroia against Carolina Pie traroia was next. This case was con- 1 tinued from last week owing to i'm sufficient evidence. The allegation | was infidelity and the necessary evi- dence was given by two men who claimed to have seen the defendant with the correspondent Antonio Sa- batino in Hartford. A decree was allowed.
 The case of Bertha Martel against Charles C. Martel was presented by Attorney Kennedy. Naugatuck was the scene of action in this case. Mar | tel was a musician and to all appear ances he lived happily with his wife until one day last May he said to her.
 "Pm tired of house keeping, you go home to your folks" and he left the house. Mrs Martel always work ed and supported her husband as we'll as herself, and he did not object to it. Rumor had him very busy nights with what his wife called lady friends" Mrs Martel's story was borne out by her father, Mrs Lena Keeley, and Mrs Frances Way She was granted a divorce.
 The last case presented was that of Raymond k. Dingwell against Harriet NJ. Dingwell. Attorney Minor was counsel in this case Dingwell said he is employed by the trolley company and that John Dorse of Wa i tertown was the man in the case. The DluSWeil 5 MeIe lINluS iu meTlueH III January, 1906, and Dingwell was away from home for some days. On his return he found a note from his wife in the house telling him not to worry for her. A week or two later he received a letter telling him she was boarding at John Lindsay's in Watertown. To Watertown Ding we'll went two weeks later and saw his wife. She asked him for money and he gave her s7 week for four weeks. though she had told him she had no intention of living with him ever again. He next heard she was living with Dorse and he stopped giv- ing her money. Then he sued for di- vorce. He was granted a decree.