Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-12
SIX WIVES HAPPY
AND ALSO. |. { J |. SINGLE
Matrimonial Misfits Given Free
dom by Due I egal
Process.
TO REOPEN AN OLD CASE.
Mrs. agnes Crowther. Once Mrs sl,ep.
pard. Wants addition to Ali
mony Allotment.

7 Judge Morseis division OF the district
court yesterday made six wives happy
h by means ofsdivorce. The first to regain
her freedom from bonds that CALLED,
was Mrs. Kate Fulltner. whose husband
was a stone mason by trade ana a
musician by habit. According to the
wall of the unllappily welded Mrs.
Fnlllner. her liege lord also had the
ahabit of coming home more or less in
4 toxcated, and In his desire to acduaint
her with many things which occurred
4 to him atEthese times. walked her up
! and sworc at her because she was
i sleepy.
4 Seena May Kramer was granted .
! decree from Herman August Kramer
| on the, ground OF cruelty, having once
4 before attempted TO regain her freedom
| and been denied a decree because the
court at that time thought the appi-
| cation was the result of q passing
| quarrel.
Jennie \. Bess was granted q decree
from George L. Bess on a variety OF
| grounds. running from cruelty to ha-
| hitnal drunkenness. The couple was
| married here in June. 1898 The pnin
tiff was granted the custody of the TWO
minor children and s. a month alimony.
Frances NJ. Gusthall was awarded il
decree from David II. Gusthall on
showing that he had failed to provide.
although able to do so. The couple
was married in Denver in June 1901.
FARM1NGToN FAILURE
Because Joseph Pitts failed to pro
vide for her, Rosetta Pitts was granted
q decree and the right to the use OF
her maiden name of Roffenbecle. The
couple was married IN Pennington
last year
nall IN lir,I fn...
Fwedlock with Ernest B. Danner at
Meadville. Pa, in 1885, was granted a
divorce from her spouse because OF
the showing that she had been COM
PEELED to make her own living during |
the past seven years
"a Harry Austin asked for u decree from |
Jennie Austin ON grounds OF dese.tion |
alleging that she had refused 10 come !
here to live with him. lie produced .
witness in the person of Mrs. G. j.
lTrumble, who stated that he had I
shown her a letter at one time, from
his wife, in which the latter had stated
she would not come here to reside AS
the plaintiff had already stated that
he had not heard from his wife since
coming here the court continued the
case for week for further investi-
Cation.
In the matter OF the petition for a
decree Of divorce by Charles Gilmor, a
iIurtner5 continuance OF the case was
had after a hearing In which more
or less of the sensational. was devel-
oped by counter charges was heard.
Gilmore is said by his Wife to be the
|possessor OF property and money to tho 4
value of $4,000, which he denied is
anything like that value, and answers
that she Is possessed OF lands and
stock OF great value and that from
these things she has an income OF s12,
900 annually.
Il Mrs. Agnes L. Crowther, who was di-
vorced from George H Shepherd eight
years ago. and has since married, has
commenced an action to have the old
divorce case reopened to the extent of
further claim for alimony,
to the amount of SIS month Cor the
of aminor daughter. the result +
of her former marriage. Also, is asked
in this connection the restoration to
her of $500 alleged to have been expend-
ed during the time since the decree
was granted, in tho support of the
daughter.