Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-18
DoIefuI 0irge Succeeds Wedding
Chimes, With Judge Morse
As Adjudicator.
SAD TALE OF VIM. C. SERcUMB
VIE Declines to Come 20 Utah and
Live With Him aud lie Must
Pay AIimony

Although Airs Sadie sercumb has
never been 60 the state or Utah her
counter-eiaim against the suit for di.
Norco filed by hes husband. William G..
Sefcumb. was declared valid by Judge
Morse yesterday sud ahe was allowed
s. week alimony during the pandency
| oi tae action for the support of her
minor cniid aud Sso attorney fees. Mrs.
syrcumb Is ia R15na. Iowa, living with
ncf father and dispositions VIII be talk
en GO prove tho allegations alleged ln
! her counter claim when the suit comes
| e. tof iiat Inc counter claim was
| oi"ught under the decision of the SUI
/ IRENE court OF The state that gifo's
/ resiee1ce was where her husbands
! residence u.s.
/ @etcurD alleged in his complaint
I thHt MS Wife refused ID live with him
although he has made several attempts
/ 70 get het TO come TO Utah. He saws
tnat ne was driven away from their
nome in Iowa by his vife's father. who
TOOK ms daughter to live with him
II was "a runaway match lie was
~ ana she was IS when the ceremony
was performed within "A few weeks
/ aftei the marriage. Sercumb SAYS tina.
MS father-in law took his daughter
away from him. sercumb Is a cook BY
occupation and has suffered reverses
since he come west losing the money
lac had saved I'D and then becoming
AFFLICTED with rheumatism.
AFTER MUCH CIRCULATION
Mrs. Maud Richards secured d.
vorce from her husband. Arthur Rich
ards, yesterday after considerable trou-
Bile she filed suit about year ago
but the court ruled that he was not
a resident of the state. After her hus-
band left her and went 20 Pocateilu.
Idaho, she followed him there and
lived with him two weeks in an ef-
Tort 20 aGcct q reconciliation When
sne failed she returned and Instituted
suit for divorce. IL was held by tho
court that shr had established mat
rmonial domicile with her husband in
lGahO on account % her two weeks
visit there with him. She has waited
year TO establish her residence here
They were married on Jan II, 1896
Since her u stand deserted her she
did washing and hou sework for a liv-
ing she he's one child, Marian,
daughter of whom she was awarded
the custody
WAS 4 BAD ACTOR.
Lorelei L. Myers Jonassen was grant
ed divorce from her husband. oscar
+. Jonassen. VINO was an actor rhcy
were married In Ogden on May s, 1907
For year and a half. h has neg
lected 10 provide for her. she said
They have no childrea.
BOSTON MlsFIT.
Joseph smith whose wife. Ethel ;
Smith. ran way from him, obtained a
divorce yesterday. They were married
in Boston. Mass. on Dec 3. 1906 With
in a year after their marriage she de-
serted him and he knows nothing ~
her whereabouts They have no chill.
dren.
SCORES THE THIRD TINE.
After three attempts John W. Bar
ret. a railroad man. succeeded yes
terday in securing a divorce from
Flora 4. Barrett In this complaint
he charged her with desertion. He filed
his first complaint about year ago
on the charge OF cruelty. lie failed 10
make ont case and then hled an
amended complaint alleging that she
refused To live with MIN as his wife
The court held that this was insult
ncient. Barrett waited year and then
brought suit on the ground OF simple
desertion.
SHE NEVER CAME BACK
They were married in Ottawa. Ohio,
about six years ago. They lived IN
salt Lake for nearly three years Last
September Mrs Barrett wanted 10 20
to Denver to visit some friends BAR
rett secured her transportation. After
she reached there she sold their furni-
ture which was stored there and went
back to her home in Columbus. Ohio,
She ia now there and refuses to re-
turn to her husband