The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-27
EVA BECK NOW
 A SINGLE WOMAN Boy She Married Nine Years Ago Secures
 Divorce. George H. Rice Left Home to Go With a Theatrical Company-Mrs. Jennings Went from Husband and Parents Without a Word.

Two divorce cases on the short cal
 endar were taken off. yesterday. in the
 Civil Superior court. Four others were
 granted.
 Thomas F. Reardon. formerly of this
 city. but now a travelling salesman of
 Springfield. was freed from Evelyn W
 Reardon. better known as Eva Beck
 of this city. Reardon married May 2O
 1900. when he was but 20 years old and
 the bride three years his senior. At
 the time of the marriage the plaintiff
 worked in a shop in this city, bat work
 becoming slack he went to Springfield
 where he obtained employment. While in Springfield he read in the papers
 that his wife was one of those who
 were found in low resort raided by the police. After that he had nothing to do with her. The court granted the
 decree without hesitation.
 Yesterday marked the third dlvorce granted to an employee of the Union Typewriter Company within a month. Two weeks ago Charles Wer-
 win was freed from his wife, Alice, and at the end of January, Jasper Bar wick was given a decree. Yesterday Mary Keeler Rice was granted a de- cree of separation from George H. Rice of parts unknown. The plaintiff, who has charge of the stock room of the assembly department of the Type writer Co.,. testified that she was mar r1ed Nov. p. 1901. in this city and that she lived with her husband until Jan. 1. 1904. when he left. She has learned that he went with the Mildred Holland Theatrical Co. He visited her several times after Jan. 1. 1904. but the last time he put in appearance was on Labor Day. 1904. After that she heard that he was passing himself off as a single man. and wrote to him about it. His letter in reply was read in the court. It said that as she knew what he was doing. he had nothing to say about 1t. The letter was dated Feb l6 1905. She was given the custody of their five year old daughter.
 Mortimer G. Jennings of this city was freed from Loretta V. Jennings on the were married Nov. ]. 1902. and the de- sertion occurred Feb. A, 1905. After the marriage the couple boarded on Deacon street, and then to board with the parents of the wife, on Hamilton street. One night the wife did not come to supper. She was to go to dance that night. Since then the plain- tiff has not seen his wife. William R. Smith. father of the defendant, testi- fled to the night in question on which his daughter left for parts unknown He said that his daughter had often spoken about going on the stage He has received postals from her post marked New York and Chicago, but with no address. It took the husband and parents of Mrs. Jennings 8 long time to come to the realization of the going away of Mrs. Jennings, it was SO sudden and without any cause.
 Jennie M. Johnson of Wilton, mar ried Kriston Johnson. ships carpen- Ter. in New York city in July. 1893. The husband was hard thinker and often beat his better half. She had aim arrested several times. The last time, the court threatened to send him ,o the island for six months She left her husband and came to Wilton with Ter child and has been earning her lying there since. She has seen her husband since and has asked him to come back. providing he would give up drinking and beating her. He never sorgave her for having him arrested and would not live with her. The plaintiff was given a decree on the ground of deSertion.