Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-22

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After so years, of married life. Mrs.
Melissa Johnston. aged and intitni, D..
G., Johnston, gray and bent with years,
received the divided interest yesterday
in their propcrtS-tl1e accumulation of
All these wears Of toll and hardship
and will live the remainder of their
lives apart. With hope buried and
life almost burden Mrs Johnston
will go to her sister in the cast to.
seek attention and comfort. With no!
more interests here. Johnston will
hitch ZIP his covered wagon, as In his
younger days, and seek now land to;
make another start. This dramatic
ending of q married life which came
to na,ight occurred i'm Judge M orse's!
court at the conclusion of The regular
divorce matinee.
When the fee for I llcs sale of their
d tiVe-acre farm in Mill creek:
was deducted, the clerk of the court,
reported tina there was 81, las on hand.
Mrs Johnston was awarded half Of.
the amount and $50 for back alinlony
which amounted to 1929 and Johnston
was given the remainder 81 0D9. Judge
Morse ordered Johnston to pay his
former Wife SIS a month alimony.
son GIVES TESTIMONY
Before the division of. the property
was made, Mrs. Johnston's3 attorney.
sbartered for Il lump sum of alimony.s
Seven years! was held out as the prob
able extent OF her life and $500 was
asked for, iii the testimony which fol-
their only child, declared that his
father had refused to pay alimonS. He
declared that on one occasion his
father said that he would leave the
state and sec his wife In d poorllousc5
before he would give her cent of
alimony.
Y When Johnston took the stand, lie
accused his son of attempting to se-s
cure his mothers share of the money;
and after sending her east spending
the remainder for his own use u nder5
cross-exan,ination they each denied
the accusations of the other.
The decree in the case was entered
last February on the grounds Of nom
support and cruelty. The property
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and the final disposal of the case WAS
made yesterday. ~ s
DID NOT LIKE THE IRISH.
Mrs. Flora G. Barrett, among other
things, found fault with her husband.
John w. Barrett because he was an.
Irishma1i. Then she refused to go out
to places of i1ilisemel1t3with him and
was always disconnected. Barrett had,
Mrs. NJ. Il. Hanson, the proprietress
of a roofninghouse, take the stand and
testify thatlMrs Barrett wranglel so
much that she disturbed the other.
dodgers and complaints We're maid
about her actions.
This evidence. however. was not suf-
fcient to constitute grounds of{cruelty
according to Judge Morse and he took
the case under adNiseInent on the
charge of deseition. Mrs. Barrett left
her husband last September and is
now in Columbus, o.. She went on
u trip to Denver, Colo, to visit friends
but never returned. They We're mar
ried in Ottowa, o., on Aug. II 1906.
MOULD scREMlA1sE WIFE.
Although Mrs Anna Smithson, a
young and handsome woman. found
the bank book of her husband,
Charles Smithson, a saloon keeper III
Milford. she did not have time to
count it UP before she was caught.
For this reason she was unable to tell
Judge Morse yesterday how much
money her husband had in the bank
when she asked for temporary alinnony.
pending the hearing IF the case.
Smithson was not present and the case
went over until next Friday for fur
Their hearing. They were married i'll
Los Angeles in November, 1905 After
they had lived together about three
As..,.~ \, sat, IL
wrapped her in blanket and threat
encd to crenate her.
DECREE FOR SOPHIA MELLENi
Sophia Mellen was granted an inter-
llocutory decree of divorce yesterday
and restored to her former name of
! johnson. Her son, Il. j. Johnson, the
Tissue of a former marriage. corrobor-
ated her story OF non-support and
to Harry l.. Mellen In Minneapolis on
| Feb %, 1902. Two years later Mellen
| deserted her and she came back to
| Salt Lake where her son lives
CHARGES NoN-suPPoRT.
Lillian j. Kunkel filed suit yesterday
| afternoon ii, the Third district court
/ asking for a divorce from Edward w
/ lS,lnkel on the ground of desertion
| They were married in Salt. Lake on
| Jan. ., 1895, and have four children. Fol
| the past two years. 5kunkel has refus-
| ed to live with her and during thai
| time has failed to support her or the
4 children She asks for the custody o.
4 the children and suitable alinony t.
support them.
i HANNE,Y AWARDED JUDGMENT.
i Richard Hanney received q verdic
/ for $3.50 against Albert Fisher, thu
| brewer, yesterday afternoon in Judg'
4 Eitchie's court for personal injuries
4 sustained by being run down by al
4 automobile. The Jury was ont abou
an hour before the members agreed
4 upon a verdict. OF this amount Fish
i er WAS assessed $500 as exempiar,
damage and $3.50 for injuring Han
! ney.
4 The accident occurred at Secont