The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-04
Samuel Pitts Says He Will Rot
in Prison Before He Will
Liquidate.
MYSTERIOUS LETTERS IN
HERMAN DIVORCE ACTION
Judge Morse Presents Cores
pondence Whose Authorship
Is SternIy Denied.


Morse in the district court. Friday att
crnoon. 10 show cause why he should
not pay his wife $40 simony, part or
which is IN arrears Pitts attempted 10
evade the issue and employed tone and
term which were displcasing to the
court.
',The defendant will be placed in The
county iail.' said Judge Morse, until
he is purged OF contempt.
And I'll rot there before 7 pay it,, =
cmphatically declared Pitts. and he was
taken away TO begin the process of de
composition which he Indicated was his
preference.
Who Wrote the Letters
Mvsterious lcttcrS-thirtccu of them
figured conspicuously in the divorce
hearing of Frederick Herman against
Kate Herman. The plaintiff on the
stand swore that hc and his wife were
married in Cleveland, o.. in July, i9ol:
that his wife deserted hIm IN July OF
1908: that he does not know where she
is. lie said his wife WAS addicted TO
drink and was often intoxicated.
He declared, in answer to questions
put bv Judge Morse, that he bad not
written 10 his wife, nor had he received
any letters from her. Judge Morse then
prndnced thirteen letters which he
caused to he marked as exhibits aud
submitted them To Herman. Herman
said he did not write tho letters. uclLn
or did he know who the author or them
was In each instance lie answered Inc
questions 10 tins effect.
Herman said he had worked some
time "a bartender at the Wilson hotel
''Was there another bartender at the
Wilson hotel whose name was FRED
Herman and whose wife lived i'll Clcvc-
land?' asked the court.
''Not that | know Of. replied Her
man.
IN Cleveland he bad lived some time III
Toledo, then in Chicago. lie and hls
wife came TO Salt Lake abont TWO years
ago. She remained here about year.
then she went away and remained an
sent about seven months. When she
came back she STAYED in Salt Lake IN
iii the time of the deserhou' Herman
said,
's'rhe reporter will make u transcript
of this evidence for the use or the
county attorney ordered the court.
''Thc ease will he continued indch-
nitcly.'
Promises to Let Liquor Alone.
An extremely sad case Of domestic
woes and one which presented an c8'
cecdingly difficult probl en- for solution
TO The court and 10 the attorney ior
The plaintiff. James lngcbretseu, was
that of Anna l.. Stokes against Colin
Stokes. The wife testified that for
many wears her husband had not pro.
vidcd for his family, and that she
carned money by ianitor work Her
husband, she said, had called ber names
and was addicted to liquor
4 daughter. thirteen wears Of age,
said she had heard her father call her
mother names. but that he had never
abused her. aud bad never abused her
motbcr other than bv word of mouth.
Stokes was granted permission hy
the court 10 present his side OF the case.
Stokes had lost q leg. He said his con-
dtiou was such that he was unable to
do heavy manual labor, as his leg re-
fused 10 heal, and he was otherwise IN
poor health.
~ do what 7 can said Stokes,
.'aud I helped my wife last summer 10
he best of my ability III her Janitor
work -
christensen Hicks corroboratcd
Stobcs's evidence about his injured leg
aud his assistance TO his wife.
Mrs Stokes said her husband drew
tho money for the work he performed
when he took her place as ianitor. and
thai he spent nearly all OF 1T for
Hduor.
It furthermore was brought out that
fbe Stokes live in a house that was
bought on the installmont plan, aud
that IT is only with extreme difficulty
that the payments are met.
Will Never Drink Again.
stokes admitted that he drank liquor
occasionally. But / am no drunk
ard he declared POSITIVELY land !
never was AS for abusing my family,
them j wouldp Z do such a thing.
- want 10 do what ! can 10 help
nv family but that is not much. ]
know | give You my solemn promise.
vour honor. that | Will never darlcn
the door Of "a saloon again, and that
! will never drink another drop OF
liquor
On this pledge the court, with the
consent of Mr. Inglebretsen, ordered the
case continued in it's present status
until the second Friday in January.
'EBv that time said the court. ''we
shall see how well Mr.. Stokes keeps
his promise. and we shall see if any
further action is necessary
Stokes lives 81 the same house where
Mrs Stokes and the family live. and
takes lis breakfast and supper there,
but Mrs. Stokes said he left in the
morning and did not return until even
ing, so ho ate his midday meal else
where.
Some Cases of Descrtion.
.1ay Hentz .wag granted divorce
from Exrl ~ uentz oil the grouud OF
assertion. They were married Nay 10
Of this year, and desertlon occurred
Nav, u. She said her husband re.
manned out nights in the brief period
when they lived together. He has not
provided for her Ten dollars month
alIplony was all that Mrs Hentz
thought she could got. and this, with
the restoration of her maiden name of
May Carnes and 4 decree of divorce.
was ordered by the court.
Nettie Herman proved desertion and
cruelty agsinst Harry F.. Herman. whom
she married on November q. 1904. and
by whom she was deserted on March 80
Of this year She testified that her
husband struck her and called her
names and falsely accused her OF nm.
chastity She got her divorce and the
custody of q daughter, Dorothy, years
OF age
Mary Ucman married John Ucman
in Colorado on March IN. 1902 he has
no; provided for her for two wears
I'ncr. 1ra tbr,, ,I,Irar 4: aud .