Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-07
The DIVORCE Mill
Plenty Of Work For Judge Reed
In The Superior Court
To-Day.

fore the divorce mill stopped work
ing in Judge Reeds court. The first
case presented was that of Mcintyre
Lilly of Naugatuck against Margaret
Lilly of Belfast, Ireland, based cn the
grounds of intemperance and infidel-
ity. Lilly lives in Naugatuck. He
came to this country In 1900, leaving
his wife and two children behind.
After he was here a year, strange
stories of his wife's conduct reached
him which can be better told in the
words of his daughter Alice, aged 16,
Il typical Irish little beauty, with the
most charming accent.
She said that after her father came
to this country her mother began to
cut up with fellow named McCon-
nell She took to drinking and fire.
quently Alice used to see her Oh the
streets in state of intoXication and
Alice always tried to get by her un-
noticed. Finally her conduct became
so bad that he relations with McCon-
nell so public, that her name was a
byeword on the lips of the people.
In 1902 Lilly went to Ireland to bring
out his boy, who is younger than
Alice and circumstances were such
that he was compelled to remain for
three years.
Judge Reed was under the impress
sion that Lilly had lost his residence
here on his return to Ireland, but it
was shown that he kept his clothes
and his trunk in his sisters house in
Naugatuck. Frequently during her
testimony Alice's blue eyes filled with
tears and once or twice she burst out
crying On the grounds of intenIper-
ance decree was allowed with the
custody of the two children.
Cruelty was the basis of an action
in which Mrs Kate f. Porchernon
sought divorce from John l.. Porch
ernon. Attorney Kennedy presented
this case The plaintiff lives In Wa
terbury, on Piedmont street, with her
mother, and is employed by the Wa
terbury Clock company. She has three
children. and was married in April.
1901 Her husband seemed to have
the artistic temperament and fiddle.
OF the existence of the latter there
was no doubt, and he seemed 70 care
more for this than for his children.
Once or twice he struck his wife in
the face, once with his hand, and
once with his razor strop. He was
cruel in his language as well and he
had no consideration for her feelings
in the presence of others. He always
had had the last word. Just after the
court has allowed this petition Mrs
Porchernon discovered her husband in
the court room. She informed Attor-
ney Kennedy of this and he told the
court about it, but the court said
there was no necessity in calling upon
the defendant. This petition was al
lowed on the grounds of cruelty.
Robert l.. Tuttle and Nellie l..
Martin were married In January,
1896. Tuttle rents his fathers farm
in Woodbury.. Four children were
born to him. In May, 1904, his wife
left him for no reason that he knew
of except that she did not like her
children and hated work. She had
been talking three years of quitting
before she went finally. William II.
Graham Of Woodbury.. who was
dressed in a suit of bright green,
said he saw the defendant when she
lived lin four hard looking rooms"
on South eLonard street. She told
him she had married again. This
petition was granted on the grounds
of desertion and Tuttle was allowed
the custody of his three children.
Attorney Guilfoile presented the
last petition. The plaintiff was Mrs
Altana Warner and the defendant
Arthur l.. Warner. Mrs Warner said
her age is 81 and that two children
were born to her; one is dead. She
lives with her uncle. Joseph Schoe-
maker, ~ Walnut street. After their
marriage. which took place in An
sonia, where she kept house for her
husband. they went to live in Wood
bury. Her husband after a year or
two showed great Indifference to her.
He used to stay ont late nights and
some nights altogether. leaving her
alone with her baby in the house
George Fruno, farm hand. was i'm
pertinent TO her on one occasion, and
when she resented IL. her husband
threw her down. dragged her
through two rooms. threw her on a
bed, and locked her in. There was
no house within a mile OF them. but
this did not seem to affect the con-
duet Of the husband. PLAINTIFFS
child. a boy. is with her husbands
sister in Woodbury.. She would not
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