The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-16
DIVORCE MILL
IN OPERATION
Three Unhappy Women Are
Quickly Separated From
Their Husbands.
MATH0NIHAH THOMAS
LOSES ATTORNEYS FEE
Good Looking Women Who Are
Anxious to Regain Single
BlesSedness.

The divorce mill was In operation On
Friday afternoon long enough TO nm.
taugle three unhappy women from thu
ties which still bound them to nus
bands who bad deserted them and TO
allow motion in another case, depriv
ing Attorney Mathonihah Thomas of al
attorney fee of 500.
In The latter matter the result will
be the rc-trial Of the George divorce
case. \ motion had been made By
Soren y. Christensen for a modified de-
cree, He claimed that the complaint
had been amended on the day oil wuich
the decree had been granted without
notice to the defendant or himself as
attorney. The case was the suit brought
for divorce by Nora E George from
her husband, Edward f. George, who is
in the employ of the Z. c. NJ. +. as
commercial traveller TIE suit WAS un.
defended and the decree granted March
5, 1907. According TO Attorney Chris
tensen an amended complaint was HIed
an attorneys Zee of 500. or this
neither himself nor defendan nj received
any notice.
In answering this Friday Mr. Thomas
presented 2 personal affidavit stating
that he had tried to effect an agree.
ment between the parties, but had new
or been able to find Soren " Christen-
sen, and that his theu business asso,
ciate had made search but had been un-
able TO find him though he had searched
various cigar stores, the police station
and real estate Offices with the hone of
locating him and that he had been
harassed and annoyed il the conduct
of the case by inability TO find Chris
! Jensen, He had seen the defendant
| hp h1I he
able to find Christensen and suggested
seeing Harrison q. Shepherd about TAX
! ing the case. He admitted the fling
Of the amended complaint, asking for
| $40 month alimony up TO May l last
and $50 a month thereafter and 500
attorneys fee, but claimed that he had
communicated 10 Christensen by telo-
phone tine fact and that he had
/ agreed 10 1t. Later the defend
! ant George had refused to pay
! the attorneys fee, but had said
to divers persons that he would not
! pay that Mormon attorney any fee
! at all, and that Mrs George would have
J He also had said be was willing to pay
for his boy but not for attorneys fees.
Judge Morse held that the affidavit
Of Mr.. Thomas was no answer and
granted the motion to modify the de-
cree This left the decree as standing
with the bare divorce and Mr Thomas
stated that he would take proceedings
10 vacate the decree. which he had him
self obtained, and reopen the whols
! matter. The defendant George was
| present in court during the hearing.
None of the cases tried was of spe~
cial interest. Three little women
stepped up, swore that their husbands
had failed TO support them and received
Il nlr
of these was Sarah Jenkins, buxom,
good looking girl, who testified that
her husband Walter r. Jenkins. whom
she married at Pennington, March 10,
| 1905, had not contributed TO her sup
port FOR two years back, though he
( was a business man and abundantlv
able 70 do So Her maiden name was
! Sarah Macginnis and they have no chill
dren Her evidence was corrohorated
by Deighbor and the divorce granted.
Hulda Holder, VINO lives at 921 South
Eighth West. swore that George A. Hod
! der had left her two years ago without
cause and though he had given some
little things 70 their child he had con
tributed nothing to their support and
had steadily refused TO do so This was
corroborated by her mother, Mary Car
| stensen, who said that he had done lit.
tie or notbing for his family since the
marriage FIVE years ago. divorce was
granted with the custody OF the minor
! child.
Minnie Smith received a divorce from
Andre A. Smith and the custody of
the two little girls which were the re-
suit of the union Mrs. Smith. q de-
I cidedlv prepossessing little woman, tes-
tificd that the marriage took place ~
Sail Lake, April -, 1898. She 10
now living at 66S East Third South and
working as a stenographer 10 earn a
/ living for herself and the children. The
last She had heard Of her husband was
| that he WAS employed in stationery
store at Denver but had since left
there She did not know his present
whereabouts. He had not contributed
TO her support for a long time. Her
sister, Ahbic Jones, supported her evi.
dence. saving her sister had received
/ help from their father and was com~
PEELED TO work herself. The divorce