The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-25
LITIGAHTS WEEP
IN FRENCH CASE
Mrs. French Hysterical When
Husband Breaks Down on
Witness Stand.
HE'S WILLING TO MAKE UP
REQUEST FOR TEMPORARY ALI.
MoNY is CUT IN TWO.

Mary W. French, who is suing Frank
ID. French for divorce charging non-slp-
port and infidelity. yesterday endeavored
to secure 500 month alimony pending
the trial of the case. Judge Morse award
ed her $50 a month and $50 attorneys
fees. O' =
The efforts of the husband and wife
to agree and the evident sorrow of both
caused by their failure made the scene
an unusual one.
Mrs. French arrived at the courthouse
before her husband. and. with her sis
Ter sat IN the corridor outside of the
courtroom.
Shortly afterwards French appeared
with his attorney. Benner y. Smith, and
when he passed his wife in the hall she
broke down and cried.
While on the stand and testifying in
her own behalf, Mrs. French cried sew
eral times; French when called to tes-
tify later in regard to his ability to nav
the alimony demanded said he was Will
ing to take his wife back. He also broke
down.
The husbands failure to control his
emotions completely unnerved the wife
and she became so hysterical that it
was necessary to take her from the room
she ala not return and remained in the
corridor until after the hearing.
Mrs. French is tall. slender woman
of striking appearance. She was dressed
in neat black tailored suit and a white
waist and wore large hat adorned with
feathers in profusion. 1t was of the large
circular variety.
French IS medium-sized man and WAS
plainly dressed. He is the president and
manager of the Utah Billposting COM
pany and is well known here.
Details Married Life.
Mrs. French was the first to take the
stand She really took it, too and swept
into it with the air of a queen on dress
parade She first told of her married
life since 1898 and detailed how in Oc-
toner, 800, French had come here with
the view of starting in business He re-
turned to their old home a Ridgway
Colo, during the Christmas holidays and
then came back to Salt Lake. where he
remained until February. 1906, when he
came TO Salt Lake, and has remained here
ever since. Mrs. French asserted that
since that time she has received only SIS
from her husband.
While on the stand Mrs. French seemed
i'll at ease. and especially during the
cross-eXaminatOn by Benner Y. Smith
She was unable to remember dates. and
on one occasioni said:
20 gracious. / can't remember that
sort of stuff"
Are YOU willing to come here now and
live with your husband?' asked Mr..
Smith.
No. 1 am not" came the rather fall
tering answer.
She said that since February, 1906. she
had for the most part resided with her
brother, Amos Walters, at Ridgway.
Colo, near Denver. She has also lived
in California with relatives and is now
stopping at the knutsford with her sis
ter
She alleged that she was supported by
her brother while she lived at Ridg-
way.
Mr. Smith, however. secured an ad-
mission from her that she had run vari-
Gus bills, one for $50 at Denver store.
and charged them to her husband. This
was since he left Denver and the bill
mentioned was contracted in less than
sixty days.