The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-04-20
WAS GENEROUS
in HIS GIFTS
While His Wife Was Neglected
and Abused
LATTER GETS A DIVORCE
Lama B. Robinson Of Mortified Secured
It From Winifred Robinson On
the Ground Of
Adultery. sEE.4aa
LATTER GETS A DIVORCE


A tale Of abuse, neglect and marital
tnfaithfulness was told in Washington
county court last evening by Laura a.
Robinson Of Mortified who brought suit
for divorce from her husband, Winifred
Robinson, otter which it took the Judges
less than five minutes to grant the di-
vorce on the ground Of adultry. The
petition was not contested. Robinson
Is said to be now resident of sher-
brooke, Que
Deputy Sheriff Wedge found the hus-
band there after weeks search, liv-
ing in house ON Quebec street, and the
officer heard it said that Robinson was
staying with another woman, according
to his testimony on the stand when
called by the petitioner Other wit
nesses heard were Frank Morrell Of
Marsh4ield, brother-in- law of the Mrs.
Charles Buxton, named in the petition,
Harry Daniels Of East Montpelier, Mrs.
Nj. E. Warrington Of Northfield and DR..
4. JudSins, also OF Northfield, besides
the petitioner
n Mrs. Robinson testified that she had
been nlarricd to Robinson twenty years
and that he left her in March, 1906. The
petitioner rccited her story to the
Judges, stating, mang other things, that
while living in Massachusetts she nad
heard .stories about her husbands re-
lations with other women and that on
two occasions she had forced two women
to admit such relations
Mrs. W. II. Warrington Of Mortified,
wife of the former proprietor of the
Northfeld house, where Mrs. Robinson
was employed, testified as to the good
character of the petitioner and also
that Robinson was noticeably free in
his gifts Of flowers, confectionery, etc,
to the table girls and other employees at
the hotel
DR.. Judkins also testified as TO the
good reputation Of Mrs. Robinson. He
said that the Robinsons once lived in his
house at Northtield and that on one oc-
casion he got d job for Robinson at the
Ellis granite works after he had been
discharged for failure to attend TO work.
DIR, IudlSins said that on one occasion
be ran across the Buxton woman and
Robinson ii West Berlin, and that On
two occasions Robinson had borrowed
team of him TO drive to Marshned,
being gone several days on each oc.
casion.
The principal point Of Harry Dan
iels' testimony was that Robinson had
been hanging around his lumber camp,
where the Bnxtons we're living. while
Frank Morrell at whose house in
Marshfield the alleged improper re-
lations, upon which the suit for divorce
was based. were placed, in the petition,
testified that he had warned Robinson
that if he didn't leave town he would
prosecute him II nobody else would.
Deputy Wedge told ON the stand about
serving the papers in the suit on Rob.
inson at Sherbrooke.
After the testimony was all in, the
judges retired and within a few minutes
reported that a bill of divorce was
granted the petitioner
other Cases in Court.
A verdict was given yesterday to 4.
II. Emerson, the plaintiff in suit
against c. NJ. Ladd. to recover $25615
damages aud the costs of the suit. This
was the general assumpsit case. Fol
lowing the case Of Frank Martin Of
Barre town vs.. Adella Wtfttemore, a
trover case over five tons Of hay was
taken up, the trial being continued this
morning The jury was drawn as fol-
lows: w Fl Angel. Woodbury.; r. J.
Browne, WaitsfeId; d. Downing, Water
bury Richard Fiddock, Waterbury;
Aaron Goss, Moretown; Roger Hovey,
Worcester; A. r. Leonard, Middlesex;
W. RI. II. Mears, 8larshfeId; j. Bert
Wells, Plainfeld; G. r, G. Wheaton,
Barre town; O. r. Virgins, Middlesex;
w, D. Jones, Montpelier.