The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02
Decree Granted on the Same
Day That the Complaint
Is Filed.
GRIST IN JUDGE M0RSE'S
MATINEE DIVORCE MILL
Otto Grow Much Married. Sup.
porting Two Wives, One
Being Divorced.

Lucy Jane Wagstaff. penitential and
rather good looking, got quick action
on her complaint for divorce against
Fred G. Wagstafr in the divorce
matinee before Judge Morse of the
District Court Friday afternoon. II
TOOK but few minutes for the court
TO put asunder the couple that God was
supposed TO have had a hand in Joining
plant was filed late in the morning;
early in the afternoon the decree OF
divorce was granted
W3gstaf was n bad actor. according
to Mrs, Wagstaff' s and her brothers
testimony. Not content with taking
her by the throat on October Is. last,
and choking her until she could not
move her head for week at a time
he amused himself at differet times,
when he was intoxicated, by breaking
up the dishes and furniture in her
presence. frequently he used vile Ian
guage to her, and in the hearing Of
friends, relatives and neighbors accused
her OF infideliiy and of going out with
other men without his consent. His
action rendered her life miserable and
shc cannot live in safety with him any
longer. she said. Her husband, she
claimed, is an able bodied man with M
earning capacity Of about 800 a month
and some property consisting of work
wagon and two horses.
Besides the divorce she was granted
the custody of the four children, the
eldest aged nine years and the youngest
two, and awarded alimony TO the
amount Of $50 month.
Among other things he chased her
from the house once with a dagger and
threatened TO decapitate her, she said
Much Married Man.
The case of Deseret Grow, with pink
cheeks. hazel eyes, black hair and an
abashed manner, against Otto S. Grow
for failure TO comply with the order Of
the court, when the two were divorced
months ago, that he pay her alimony of
$40 month developed that Otto sub
sequently remarked and has besides his
divorced wife another spouse and
child about FIVE months old. Since July
1906, Otto has failed to "comc
through with the $40 month
Descret says,
Otto, who used to work for the Butler
Brewing company, appeared and testi
fed that he was injured July 3, 1906
IN strectcar accident, car striking
a, wagon IN which he was seated and
throwing him from the vehicle He
suffered n compound facture of the
bones of the right leg, besides other
severe injuries, he said and had to
walk on crutches and cane for
months, Action. that he instituted
against the street railway company for
damages is still pending, he asserted,
and for living expenses he has borrow
ed from the Butler Brewing company in
the neighborhood of 1915 since then,
with the understanding with the COM
pany that he repay the amount with
services.
The court continued the case for an.
other week for further investigation,
remarking that it appeared as if the
defendant S obligation Is to his first
wife to pay the alimony. commenting at
the same time on his ability to borrow
money
Continued for Testimony.
Jean f. Burdell. with blond hair and
a horid complexion. recited in n husky
voice her woes. She and Thomas +.
Burdell were married in February, 1905.
Her dream of bliss was rudelY broken
five months later by her husband desert
ing her. she said. He failed entirely to
provide, she asserted Once, indeed,
fabulous sum of S2.9S-marked down,
maybe He still owes for grocery
bills. she stated. Frequently he would
not let her go to bed and kicked her
around as if she were a football. He
is waiter, she testified, with an earn
ing capacity of from $40 TO Slo week.
The court continued the case for fur.
ther testimony.
Ada West s Silas contributed nothing
to her support within the last year,
she claimed, and she Is living with her
sister The marriage was celebrated
February 30, 1905. She asked for the
custody of their child and $50 month
alimony. The request was granted
According to the testimony the husband
earns about ST5 Il month
1t was the old story of failure ia
provide in the case of Edna Lamb vii
liams against Jesse f, She hooked uF
with Jesse at Challis. Ida, June so
1908. They came here in February Of
this year to live. Jesse took a liking
to the climate of Indian Territory and
put the intervening distance between
them She saws he owns 100 acres OF
land valued at $1,000 and besides
divorce asked for the custody of theiI
child. Willis. aged three years. and $50
month alimony, all of which the court
agreed 10,
Mary f. Fahy asks for divorce
from Lawrence Fahy, whom she married
at Savannah. Indian Territory. June 90
1880 claiming that he deserted her and
has not provided the necessaries OF
life for more than n year past, They
have four children, ench over II year,
OF age