Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-18
DIVORCE CASES
Beard Before Judge BsDDeii in
 Superior Court Today.


 the Kenworthy Engineering Co, Piedmont street. told his wife Hem rietta that the next time she'd leave she could stay away he was refused decree of divorce by Judge Ben nett in the superior court today. Mrs Kenworthy. according to her husbands description is handsome Italian woman of 25. Her name was Magnami and Kenworthy knew her only eight or nine months when he married her in New York. After a while they came to Waterbury but she preferred New York and every once in while she would go away. kenworthy did not like this and he so told his wife. He informed her that 1t was not nice for married woman to go away alone time and again and return without any eX- planation to her husband. He said she did not seem to have any idea of the responsibility of a married woman. They were married on March "A, '02. They boarded at Mrs Halls on Prospect street and also at Mrs Jenkins's and kept house for a time on Highland avenue. It was while living there that Kenworthy told his wife that if she went away again she could stay away for no man would tolerate a woman who would go away for a week or so an uecllne to give him an explanation ol her whereabouts during her ab- Sence. All she told him was that she was in Atlantic City in the spring of 1905 and that she had a dandy time. It was in July of that year that they parted for the last time. Once he met her in New York since then near the Astor house and though she was in no bus mess that he knew of she was dressed better than he could afford to dress her. Another time she sent for him and the magnificence of her apartments astonished him. Yet she had no visible means of support. She told him that her friends were leather manufacturer with Jew ish name and another was a wine merchant.
 The first notice of the divorce sent her was returned but afterward kenworthy ascertained that she was living under the name of Ethel Kent and a letter so addressed reached her. Several letters from her to him were given in evidence, but not read. The court did not think that assertion was proved and de- clined to grant a decree. He sug- gested that the allegations might be phanppd n h n o1c in Ia1i t, for instance, and after another order of service was obtained the case could be tried to another judge, and Attorney Carmody, counsel for the petitioner, remarked he would act upon the suggestion.
 After week of married life Hat tie Newton Downs left her husband Charles B. Downs, locomotive fire man. running off, one may say with his friend and fellow employe, James Hines.
 The Downses were living on Fair view street at the time. They were married on January 8, 1905. and on January 10, week later, Mrs Downs left town. The petitioners mother stated that the night before her daughter-in-law left Hines called to see her and seemed surprised that she should have all her belongings in the house. He told her that her sister in New York was very sick and she said that was very strange as she had just received letter from her in which she said she was very well. They talked little more ,<,t hear them, and soon after Hines left. Next day at noon Hines was seen in the vicinity of the house and about 12:15 the bride of week left her home and husband and departed with Hines.
 William O. ScwartZ, railroad man, testified that he saw Hines and the defendant in Canaan and also in Hartford and he believed they were living at 13 Walnut street in that city now. John B. Paine, grocery clerk, gave further evidence and a decree was allowed on the grounds of desertion.
 The last case heard was that Of Mary Conrad against Thomas Con- rad. Mrs Conrad is a daughter Of a sheriff in New Haven and was living in Seymour when she became ac- ouainted with the defendant, who played the part of a cowboy in western melodrama. They were mar ried in St Patrick's cathedral. New York city, and few days after Con- rad told his wife to go back to Sey- mour and he would send her money to meet him in New Britain. Mrs Conrad followed her husbands di- rections, but he never sent her any money and in fact she did not see him again. A short time ago the melodrama was playing in New Ha- ven and an effort was made to serve the divorce papers upon Conrad, but it transpired that he was afraid to enter the limits of this state and re- mained behind in Buffalo, where the company had last played. For the past three years Mrs Conrad has been living in Seymour. Judge Ben