The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-17
CALLS HUSBAND
COMMON SCOLO
ionie Nelson Says She Has
Been BrutaIIy Abused Since
Her Marriage.
OFTEN THREATENED LIFE
,o OTHER WIVES ASK FOR
DIVORCE.
OFTEN THREATENED LIFE

,-..r-,n in asking tine district
LII te divorce her from Joseph 3, Mel
r-nn she married March l5, ~ ~,
r. 5s- Lake. makes chdi 80 a. ,.IS ai'i
h rE s-am1 him as q common sSoiu 80
WHO. 81. saws Lnat ever since thelf
RoL55- ID. t0 May Is, 1898, me repeat
MAJ farrfraIIg, continuously, cfueIl('
eol. .------..r=.r and lunumanely scolded:
co's .tTfaUied and Jeered ut her'
SCORE ....---aG her % her friends and
HE e .i-..-... .f wing t. him and steal
ne ..--t gD with this for long time.
guy .rr moi stand his conduct on March
s- ions urau she says Dy lltt u5 q -. =.
So de- rr-d her 20 a stable az %
--. Street. and attempted 10 tie her mp
f9l'' s--rr. cord and whip her, az the
WV, t.r-. accusing her of unchastlty.
AS Bad as Ever.
u.raf- her on May q and went toi Den
where be stayed until July ] OF
nieIA ON his return, she says, he
wv, bad as ever and again kept up
"' rtirurg5 performance OF Scoring
Zinc al railing and ridlcullnk her.
ne f-aI she left him on July last
ana viii not reJ4fn 20 MN as sn' leais
.-g+ he VIII do her bodily harm.
l--II rs-srrrr as July 3 last, afte" thev
"a 1ErfraF. he spent the greater part
10 The night abusing her, and 'scolded,
rg4 and rI5.eU.ed' her, threatening 20
I--t anal k.I her with a pistol For
-- +Fe=- reasons she says that IL would
h. improper and unsafe 10 live with MN
o ~ saws that he is easily able to pay
-sr q G1d permanent almony, temporary
ermarv of S-5 month and so attoI-
-er-s fees He owns. she asserts, sl.BJJ
Ca, zor.s Savings Bank & Trus- company;
.g1 notes of 1I @. Price, one Of Sl59.59
and another foT SiG3, claim against Mel
s5n Marley for 500, and furniture worth
ts6. real estate and blacksmith shop at
S,r-ktor F1oele county, worth $3.50 and
t-6 worth of property at NernaL IN
iirfah county. She says, too, that he
has kept her piano. sewing machine and
.tb-r urouartV. and she asks a restrain
he order to prevent him from disposins
Of any o.. these. as he threatens to do
Cruelty Is Alleged.
fitting mate for Nelson is W. +.
smith If what his wife SAYS is true.
Tzra KraIsa Smith says that ne was
gr1tr of bodily violence toward her on
numerous 0cca sions since their marriage
i1 Salt Lake. Sept u. 1906 She says that
1r IuIv last be threw her wifi great
force against the bed and threatened to
tU her, ON July IS last he slapped her
and knocked her head against the wall.
he followed this up with lot OF abuse,
in which he commanded her to take her
clothes and 60 TO her mothers" that he
was loaded for end would kill her If she
remained" Sine went She SAYS that his
abuse has teen continuous and vicious.
There is a little girl, Gladys. whose Gus
tody the mother asks, with SO a month
aImlly and $50 attorneys fees.
Deserted at Altar"
Deserted at the altar" covers the case
Of Lucille PLAYER tits who was married
20 Arthur Pitts on Feb. Is last. She says
iH hep complaint filed yesterday. that
she is willing To be a dutifui wife to MIN.
bui that he left her on the day of their
marriage and has since refused to sup
po- her OF maintain a home fer her, nor
las he ever lived with her She wants
fees with the decree OF divorce