Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09

man, yesterday was granted an inter
locutory decree of divorce in the su-
perior court.
The couple were married in Boston in
1889, William w. Finch being at that
time a wealthy business man there.
Two children were born, and seven
years after the marriage he told his
wife he was about to make short
business trip to Philadelphia A month
later his marriage with young and
handsome woman. a social leader ana
prominent in church circles, was an
nounced. Nothing further was heard
of the mans movements until year
ago, and two years after Mrs. Finch's
arrival in Los Angeles.
He was then located in Grand Rap
ids, Mich, where he was engaged in
the lumber business, with offices in the
board of trade building in that city.
In reply to a letter written the hus-
band by Mrs. L. M. Ewell, an inti-
mate friend of Mrs. Finch, the man
expressed the deepest contrition for
his actions. MY conscience forever
! troubles me and am never at peace"
/ he wrote. "She is still my Blanche. I
do not believe in divorces; once mar
ried, always married"
He expressed a hope that he might
see his wife and children again and
offered them, through Mrs. Ewell, a
sumptuous home.
Mrs. Finch a few weeks later went
! to Grand Rapids, where she found her
husband still living with the woman
he had married in Philadelphia. He
| refused to take his first wife to his
home and placed her in a hotel, where
she remained with her children four
weeks, after which she returned to Los
Angeles.
Liquor Given as Cause
Drunkenness. followed by extreme
cruelty, were the reasons given by
Mrs. Minnie Williamson, to whom a
decree of divorce was granted yester-
day. The couple were married in 1906,
and eight months later the husband
began drinking. In this condition he
reached home one night, and when his
wife failed to open the door kicked In
the obstruction and threw an alarm
clock at her. He also objected to the
presence of his mother-in-law, and
playfully threw her food from the win
dow.
HE allowed nothing to interfere with
his progress through the house." said
the wife, land began q destructive
campaign of the furnishings with a
baby buggy, smashing it to bits. Then
piece by piece, he broke up the rest OF
the furniture until nothing was left
that did not show the imprint of his
destroying hands,"
Intemperance also brought about the
legal separation of Mabel Lalonde and
William Lalonde, a druggist. They
were married in Canada in 1900 and
lived happily together three years
After many explorations into the
realms of Bacchus the husband came
to Los Angeles, later urging his wife
to join him. his letter being accom-
panied by a statement from rescue
mission that the man had completely
reformed. Mrs Lalonde arrived in
Los Angeles only to have her dreams
Of happiness shattered when she was
met at the train by her husband in the
same condition in which he left home
"At one time" she said, "he broke
open the baby's bank and used the few
coins to buy liquor"
I "I want to be alone; 1 don't want a
wife," is the statement said to have
been made by Samuel Schneider to his
wife after they had been married fif-
teen years They were married in VII
emma, Austria, in 1887, and came tc
Los Angeles five years ago from Chi.
cago. The case was continued unit
Tuesday for further corroboration.
! Pending q suit for divorce John