The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-03
HUSBANDS SHED !
TEARS IN com
They Weep While TeIliD,
vOrce Judge of 0Aensqs1 /,
Their Wives.
SENIOR FAMILY ROW
HAS PROSAIC RNDn
Wife Gets Uncontesfed Di,,,
on the Grounds of Desertis, !,
and Non-Support.

Morse yesterday afternoon wbU,
scribing the indignities heanad
them by their wives. In each -.
husbands accused their w,va,
serting them; one was snro
wife had left him for anothN,
while the other admitted that !.
licved such TO be the case, bu. sdr
that he had no evidence of i
John Book. an elderly man v
first of the two husbands 10 te,,Wa
told Judge Morse how he had m;.
Louise Snyder. woman much r.-
than himself, at Brigham Citv (,
Four years later, he declared II.
had deserted him, taking u,;,s ~
their TWO babies, He declared tS,,
ran away with a teamster in Ii, /
ploy.
81 We hunted those babies T.,
wears and half said Mr B.l &
broken German, while his body y
with sobs and he yainIy tried 10 ~
mis- tears A circular containing n
tograph Of the children, wn.s
caused 10 be circulated in all tbs :
cipal cities of the country, was =
duced in evidence.
Thomas Wand, stepfather Of N
Book, went on the stand and 80.
grated his son-in-law' g story ab6si II
wife''s desertion, although bs 81
nothing about the elopement :
another man. The divorce was g,..j
Mother Deserts Young Babe
August Gattaker. a laborer ii
home IS at East Mill Creek, wa d
other husband 10 cry on the staoi h
told how his wife, Maria Ciat,aksr n
deserted him in October. 1905, js,rl
a nine-weeks old baby behind
6 Did your wife ever complai, |,
your treatment of herr" asked n
man s attorney.
No, was the reply, "eycsp, 4,
she was always urging me to mov. 3,
town TO live -
Gattaker, in tears, described hi. n
interview with his wife, in whir. p
told him she was going 10 leay. y
and let his mother take care n y
child. The husband and father ds,t7
his baby, a rosy-cheeked, happy bs
his knee while he sat in the WI
chair and told his story. His uasI
a benevolent-looking, elderly We.I
corroborated his evidence and 4.
vorce was granted
Senior Divorce Granted.
Mrs. Josephine Senior was grantsf
divorce from Fred j. Senior. A II
known Salt Lake real estate MAJ
the grounds of desertion and no.z
port. This case, in which both hc.bd
and wife have filed sensational ct,gi
against each other. had most briel nI
prosaic ending. Senior did not sp3
to contest. and the testimony octya|
only about Ave minutes.
Some weeks ago Mrs, Senior brO.i}
suit for divorce on the ground Of q
sertion. Her husband retaliaid \
fling counter charge of cruelty q
conduct. Then Mrs. S:1
,ame back with an amended compi1I
in which she accused her husbsA A
committing adultery with two o.
divorced wives. n
Before the case was brought to n
yesterday. however. an agreement 3
been reached. whereby Mrs. Seniof7
% secure the divorce on The pA
grounds of desertion and non-supyS|
Her sister was the only other wi,,s|
md Capt. F.. A. Wedgewood, her sa3
ley, asked each of them only q
'ormal questions.
Other Divorces Granted. Il
Judge Morse granted other diyaa
Is follows: II
Lille NJ. johnson rs. Harry L. ls.I
on, desertion, plaintiff granted cus's
# child.
Mathilda Weer IS. Charles WssE
ertlon and failure 10 support; paHa
-iven custody Of .wo children.
Blanche Boden VS.. Clarence BA's
hreats to kill and general cruelty
j. r. Nuckles vs.. Lillian NucklG
ertlon.
Judge Morse took under advised
he divorce case of Johanna Jens:,
oren p. Jensen. The wife made s.
ase of desertloD, buJ the court was
atistied that the service Of the III
laint was in strict compliance WE
Ivy and DELAYED his decision.
Mrs. Margaret White. a bandss
-ell.dressed, bur rather fearful, ySl
-oman, appeared before Judge VI
s pIaintif' in a suit which soc
thursday TO compel her HUSBAND, W..
I'm J, White. well.groomed vi.
'aveling man. 10 pay her slQ0 -
Or her support. The husband was
nj on an order 10 show cause "!
lould not pay her the support "7f
,rily. il
1t developed that the couple =
tied last October. and at tnat =,
gned a written agreement WEI
lie husband was 10 pay her
onth. These payments were mau,s'
1peared, until February, when the
and ceased paying them becauES
ife was renting rooms at NO. -
,ts, where she lives. and was S.
e to his complaint, making
lough for her support. .;,,4
After considerable legal spanISss.
as agreed that the husband ia
ntinue his monthly payment, o. n
ring the pendency of his wife II
on for permanent and separate y
rt. The case will take IT'S tsts,I
urse and come up for trlal III Wv
ar course of time.
Husband Not in Contempt II,
William H. Stockdale was
dge Morse on a charge of conf
court in failing to pay TO ns
reed wife. Amelia r. Stocking
icher in the Sumner school, .;nI,
,nth alimonv for the support ur;,lI ,
lid. Stockdale succeeded IN cop%
: Judge Morse that he had peer ~ :
employment since Dec. D. lnM|t
en he made the last payment VII
my, and was exonersted lI'' II
lrge of contempt. It