The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-13
ONLY ONE STAYS.
Six Wives Forgive Their Rec
reant Husbands.
Divorce Cases Are Dismissed by
Judge Dana.
FREEDOM OF ANOTHER
Mrs. Shute PrOsecutes Her
Case Successfully.
Mother COrrOb0rates Her
Charges of Cruelty.
FREEDOM OF ANOTHER

seven suits for divorce, all of them
! filed by women against their husbands.
were on the district court calendar for
trial today and Judge Dana was on the
bench prepared to dispose of them.
As the cases were called there were no
responses except for one of them so
| the judge dismissed the six other suits
for want of prosecution.
| The suit ready for trial was the one
! brought by Mrs Laura Shute, against
her husband, William v. Shute, to
whom she was married on October 80.
1900. Shute did not contest the di-
Vorce. Mrs. Shute. testified that she
now lived at No 631 jackson street
and that her husband had never prop
erly supported her; that he had called
her vile names and frequently struck
her. She said that he deserted her in
March of last year. She said that she
had been compelled to work in order
to support herself almost ever since
she was married and added: ct never
did have to work until was married. -
Mrs. Shute's mother Sarah Welling-
ton. took the witness stand and con-
firmed her daughters story of the
treatment that had been accorded her
by Shute.
Judge Dana granted the divorce.
The six other suits on the calendar
which were dismissed by the judge be-
cause no one was on hand to either
prosecute them or oppose them follow.
Mrs. Bessie Nesbitt filed q suit for
divorce from her husband James Mes
bitt on December 20, 1906. They were
married at Kingfisher, Ok, in 1902
and she wanted a. divorce because her
husband had deserted her on Jan
uary Is, 1908. They had one child,
Willie May Nesbitt
Mrs. Cora Allen Bradley filed a suit
for a divorce from her husband, Fred
E. Bradley. on October 16, 1906 They
IN TII1x
had one son, Theodore Allen Bradley,
years old. Mrs. Bradley wanted Il iii
vorce because her husband had failed
to support her for four years and had
frequently been guilty of striking her.
Mrs. Effie NJ. Collier wanted a di-
vorce from her husband. George r.
Collier, on December Is, 1906. when her
suit was filed. They were married at
five children, Flora Is, William ID, Rus
sell IL, Blanch and Georie May s.
Mrs. Collier wanted a divorce because
her husband treated her cruelty and
had called her vice names.
Mrs. Grace Puryear filed suit for a
divorce from her husband, Harvey
Puryear, on December 7, 1906. They
were married on June 3d. 1906, and Mrs.
Puryear wanted a divorce after six
months of married life because he-
husband had treated her cruelty and
had insufficiently provided for her.
Mrs. Daisy Lowry filed a suit Cor di
vorce from her husband, John w.
Lowry, in October, 1906. They were
married on October H. 1908. and had
one child, Roy Lowry. who was II
months old when his mother sued for
divorce. Mrs Lowry alleged cruelty
and nOnsuppOrt.
Mrs. Edna H. Vaughan wanted a
divorce from her husband, Thomas Z.
on September 5. 1906. when
she filed a suit for one. She and her
husband were married in January, 1875, |
in Missouri. She wanted these marital
bonds of long standing severed because |
on several occasions within a year be- |
fore she brought the suit her husband |
had Threatened to kill her. They had |
five children, one of whom Clarence e |
Vaughan, is a minor IL years old.
There are eleven divorce cases on the |
district court calendar for tomorrow |
and it is likely that many of them Will |
be dismissed for lack of prosecution.