The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-23
MRS. CROOK
DIVORCED FROM
HER HUSBAND
Libel and Answer Are Filed Almost SimuItane-
,ousIy and Divorce Is Granted in Record
Breaking Time.

The divorce record was again broken
yesterday. The libel for divorce of
Marion c. Crook against Lawrence R.
Crook, his answer and acknowledgment
of service and waiver OF notice were
fled, the case was heard and the decree
granted yesterday afternoon all in a
few minutes and all before the papers
could be got to the clerks office to
be entered on the filing book as fled.
Cruelty is the ground ON which the
divorce was asked, and the custody of
the one child of the marriage was given
to the mother. There was no defense,
and the libelee was not present, though
he was represented by A. L. C. Atkin-
son. The libelant was represented by
E. NJ Watson. The only testimony
heard was that of the libelant and her
brother-in-law, DIR. j. III. Raymond.
One of the most startling statements
in the libel is, that on some day in
June, 1907, the libelee in fit of
causeless anger and jealousy attempted
to end his life id the presence of libel
ant by shooting himself with revolver
which he held in his hand. 1t is known
that January l last the libelee was
shot through the lung by a revolver
which he held in his hand, but it was
claimed at the time that it was purely
NKr1-
ferred to in the libel is another shoot
ing suffered by the libelee, or is merely
an error of statement through careless
ness or otherwise, is not known. If it
refers to the same shooting it is inter-
esting because of its variance from
the statements made at the time. AT
the time of the shooting in January
Mrs. Crook said to the police: 81 den t
see what you want to come into this
matter for at all. 1t was no suicide or
anything of, the kind. Mr.. Crook was
cleaning a small revolver and thought
there was only one cartridge in it. He
fred the one shot off and thought that
the pistol was empty and started to
clean it. In breaking it open to take
it to pieces he touched the trigger and
the weapon exploded. hitting him IN
the left side
The next day Mrs. Crook made en-
phatic denials of the rumors which had
to do with suicide and infelieity, de-
claring the shooting was an accident.
The libel alleges that the couple were
married in 1904 and that they have not
lived together since April 26, 1908.
This was very few days before Mrs.
Crooks appearance as Bettina in the
opera of THE Mascot at the Hawai-
ian Opera House.
The allegations of cruelty are thus
set forth in the libel:
That for more than two years last
lsgast libelee has treated libelant in an
Extremely cruel manner and has
caused her great mental suffering and
humiliation: that he has during SAID
time on several occasions causelessiy
and without foundation accused her
of improper and compromising conduct
with other men and has also made
this charge to others of and concern
ing libelant.
That he has an several occasions
threatened to shoot and kill himself,
and on, to wit, the - day of June.
1907. in a fit of causeless anger and
jealousy he did attempt to end his life
in the presence of libelant by then
and there shooting himself with a re-
volver which he then held in his hand
and with which he threatened to COM
NIT suicide. That many times there
after he threatened. in the presence
of libelant to terminate his existence.
and by reason of his said treatment
and actions kept ibelant in a con-