The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-11
HER MARRIAGE
LATE IN LIFE
IS A FAILURE

Twenty.one years Of married
bliss with one husband. and two
mouths OF marital hardships with
another. whom she married on 10
DAYS acquaintance, was the story
told ON the witness stand In the al
voree court this morning by Addio
W. Johnson. the wife Of William T,
Johnson. who Is now Ia Portland
jail
Il was on the verge Of nervous
prostration over the death OF my
first husband. said Mrs Johnson
on the witness stand this morning.
in explanation OF her second hur-
ricd marriage. and u seemed 10 me
that life was not worth living
Then | met Johnson. and he
made a proposal OF marriage. and
accepted and married him Jan
uary 10. 1905. after knowing him
iust ~ days,
He was very cruel to me from
the first. and he drank 20 excess
all during our brief welded life, D.
she continued,
Husband Is In Jail.
johnson is now In Portland JAN
on q charge OF assault Il was
stated that he entered the room
OF friend Of Mrs Johnson one
morning about ? o'clock and ad-
mlnlstered a beating that confined
the friend TO her bed for several
days.
A decree OF divorce was granted
BY Judge Mitchell Gillian
One OF the three men who ap.
piled for a decree this morning
was John r Sheehau, a saloonkeep-
er. He testified that he was mar.
ried December rs. 1899. IN Seattle.
and that his wife ran Off with an.
other man while they were in Bur.
iington. Wash. on April IS. 1908.
after three years Of married life.
He said she vas living ia Maple
Falls. Wash. Keeping a hotel. and
had steadfastly refused to come
and live with him. Judge Gillian
thought this a sufficient reason for
granting a decree, and one was
granted
Because her husband publicly
accused her Of infidelity before
large number OF friends and room
ers. Mrs Minnie Farnham applied
this morning for a divorce from
Myron FarnhRm And when Judge
Gillian was satisfied that the
charge was unfounded he granted
decree.
The testimony showed that they
were married In St Louis on Jan
uaFy ~. 1905
Herman q. Law was granted a
decree from Minnie Law. on the
ground Of deserti0n They we're
married in Springfield. MINI. In
1899
Amanda Thomas was divorced
from Charles Thomas for deser.
ton and non-support They we're
married in Seattle on August 10,
1868.
lett on a Sick Bed.
Flora Hartman obtained al.
( vorce from oliver Hartman on the
ground OF desertion. She said he
left her December "a. 1907, while
she was on a sick bed. They were
married November ~. 1905.
Lissetta W SewaIl vas awarded
decree from Howard " Sewall.
because OF cruelty They we're
married May 20. 1898
Ollivette Tucker applied for and
received a divorce from Henry X.
Tucker. on the ground OF deser.
ton. The testimony showed that
they were married Ia 1908. and
that he deserted her June II. 1908
Samuel Feitelson. a Ballard car.
penter. Was divorced from Sarah
Feitelson. on a charge Of deser.
ton. Boston. Mass. was the
place, and December 26. 1906. the
date OF their wedding.
The only decree TO be denied was
that Of Marie r. O'Brien against
James O'Brien. which charged non.
support Mrs. O'Brien had only
lived in Seattle since last March
and the statute says a years resi-
dence In the state previous 10 ask
ing for the decree Is necessary
Desertion was charged
For the gentleman. buy a Safety
Razor.