The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-12
WISHES CHILDREN
TO MAKE CHOICE
Father Who Did Time Applies
for Their Custody in the
Divorce Court.
OTHER CASES ARE HEARD
THREE DESERTED WIVES AIR
THEIR GRIEVANCES.

Three deserted wives and one whose
husband had done time" were the stars
at Judge Morse's divorce matinee yeste.-
dax and all were successful IN rloGins
themselves of marital ties one husband
too. was relieved The proceedings "sIc
more largely attended than mas De5H tle
case since the new law went into opera
Hattie D. Higham showed that her hus-
band, Archibald S Higham, mas pven On On
victed of forgery in Weber county alIt
sentenced to three years imprisonment
in January 1908. but was released on pa
role in February last. Mrs Hlsnam
face was somewhat battered ana ques
tioning brought out the statement that
Higham had done it after she had Deeh
ont with a friend and had taken glass
or two of beer
Higham said that since his parole he
had earned about S435. all OF Whlch Went
TO his family. He asked that the chll-
dren be permitted to choose with whom
thev should go. The Highams were mar
ried at PaysOn in lSe2 ana nave zen
children. the oldest "A years and the
Youngest 8 years. One Of these, a daush-
ter. promptly elected to stay with the
mother and Judge Morse on granting tne
divorce ordered that the children De
brought before him on Friday next 90
make their choice. The question OF ai-
mOnv was also put over until then. The
custody of the children, too young 10
make a choice. was given to the motnei;
Ella Barton. q middle-aged woman, had
/ been deserted by her husband, eugene
Barton, in October last. when he told her
/ he would no longer live with her He
paid her fare to California where she
went for her health. but would contribute
nothing further though he earned s. a
/ day. They were married in February,
/ 1882 and married daughter was the cor
roborating witness. The decree was
Three Weeks.
Lizzie Nelson Atkinson's husband
| Philip. remained with her only for three
weeks after their marriage at salt Lake
ron April % 1868. He has not since sup
/ ported her She had. she said. been told
/ that he had been seen at Union anc
Bingham canyon lately and had said h.
/ could support her. but had taken nc
/ steps to do so. Judge Morse gave her tbs
decree asked and she may resume the
name of Nelson.
serted woman less than a year aftel
/ marriage They were Joined together il
/ Yuma. Ariz., on April II, 1905. and h
left her here on March 1, 1905 He u
understood to be in Canyon City. Colo
Little time was wasted in granting tn
divorce after the testimony was cOrrOb
Grated.
Conrad Whiting left his wife, Aurora
at a Salt Lake hotel while he went Il
Park City to look for work. When h
returned she was missing and he ha
never been able to get an answer to let
tiers he had since written her. This Wa
in April of last year, two years afte
their marriage There are no children
and Whiting got his decree.
Joseph COult. who owns forty acres o
farm land near Sandy with comfort
able income, was ordered to pay his wifi
who has been a county charge, $50
month temporary alimOny until her sui
is decided
Louise c. Ellison charges that Clyde II
Ellison has provided nothing for her an
their two children for four months. an
that he never properly cared for them
They were married at Pennington July
1904. She also charges that her husban
! frequently gets drunk and spends most q
his money in dissipation. The childre
are two and three years old. Mrs Fl
lisOn wants Temporary and permanent al
mony, attorney fees and the custody q
the children.
Gertrude Harwood Dougherty is askin
! the district court to free her from JOSEF
3. Dougherty TO the extent of sepsrat
: maintenance and allow her a suffiCier
amount for the care of their children, on
two years ana the other two months. Sl
, charges that he deserted her some month
ago. They were married at Salt Lake De
cember 8 1905.