The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-04
WIVES LOST BY
FIVE ERRING MEN
Tales of Cruelty and Non-Sup-
port Bring DEGREES for Sew
eraI Women.
NO NEW GOWN FOR A YEAR
PLAINTIFF WAS NOT ALLOWED
TO REPLENIsH WARDROBE.

Tales Of erring, unkind and even brutal
husbands were told to Judge c. w. Morse
yesterday afternoon at the regular week
ly divorce matinee. Six DEGREES were
granted and several other cases heard.
The court room was crowded with would
be Divorces or witnesses, and there We're
more attorneys on hand than for several
months before 1t was d great day for de
fault divorces and actions to show cause
Tor nOn-payment of alimOny. The session
lasted from o'clock until nearly >,
Ella ). Rounds completed her testimony
alleging n0n-suppOrt against William 5.
Rounds. She said he did not provide
clothes for her for a year before he left
her Mrs. Rounds said her husband told
her one night that his wages had been
cut 10 $50 a month and that she had bet
ter go back to visit her relatives for q
few months. She said that instead of her
husbands salary being Cut, il was in
creased. The decree was granted.
Humor and pathos We're commingled in
the case of May HentZ against Earl w.
Hentz Mrs. Hentz cried softly while
testifying how Earl had married her here
on May 10. 1903. and had then deserted
her on May q, refusing to live with her
longer or support her. Her little s.
mOnths-Old boy, William Walter Hentz.
was nOisily expressing his disgust at legal
methods when big Peter Johnson. court
bailiff- numbered up to the mother and
took the child away. The baby had been
could not well hear the answers.
Boy Likes Officer.
The little fellow Immediately became
quiet. Johnson kept the child until the
mother had finished testifying, and the
little fellow did not care much about go
ing back to his mother Mrs. Hentz re-
ceived a decree, custody of the child and
$40 month. Her maiden name of Mae
Carr was restored.
Nettie Herman, wearing deep mourn
ing, said that her husband Harry +. Her
man, had beaten her and had treated her
cruelty IN Other ways since their mar
riage here on November IS, 1904 There is
one child, ( years old. of which the
mother was granted custody
Mary UCmau received a divorce from
John Ucman, whom she married in Lead
vile, Colo, on May Is, 1902. They have
three children, two of whom are i'm st.
AIMS Orphanage here, kept by the father,
and the other is with Mrs Ucman i'm
Bingham, Mrs. UCman was given GUS
tOdy of the baby and the other two viii
be left in the OrphanaSe, to be cared for
by the father.
DesertiOn was charged and proven BY
Harry s. BrOWnlee against his wife Hat
tie, whom he married here on December
"a, 1901 BrOWnlee told the court of the
desertiOn of his wife six years ago. He
received decree.
Harry A. Brown worked only six
months during the four years of his mar
Tied life, according to his wife. Lydia A.
Brown. who was granted a divorce. They
We're married in Salt Lake on March %,
1896, and have on child. She said he had
given her nothing during the last year
or more and that she had received sup
port from the county. friends and rela-
tives. She said her husband is i'm the
city, but would not support her She re-
CeiVeQ a decree and custody of the child