The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-30
BIG PIG GOES TO
WIFE, SAYS COURT
Morton Wants Larger Hog, but
POrker Is Awarded to
Spouse.
SEVEN DEGREES GRANTED
WOES OF MARRIED PERSONS
SUBJECT OF TESTIMONY.

Another list of Cupids mistakes was
aired yesterday at the weekly divorce
matinee. when Judge c. w. Morse
granted seven divorces.
Virgil A. Wood, on July Is. 1908, mar
rled Caroline Wood at Silverton, Colo,
and they came to Salt Lake. August
Is she went to Denver for medical
treatment and never came back. Wood
says he heard from her in Montana,
that she was with an old sweetheart
Then she went TO Prescott Ariz., with
the same old friend. Wood got a
divorce.
Caroline Tremayne married Henry c.
Tremayne here on April 3, 1905. She
AYERS non-suppOrt. NJ s. Tremayne got
$50 month alimOny and custody of
the two children with her decree.
Eta Sloan, supervisor of the boys
department at the state Industrial
school. told Of her marriage to William
r. Sloan of COrinne, Box Elder county,
on September p, 1892, and of his de-
sertiOn in Oakland, Cal, June p, 1906.
She received a decree and custody of
her two children.
Evanne NJ. Buckley was asked why
her husband refused to support her.
He said / had sweetheart" she
said.
Did you have any?" she was asked.
Not that l know Of" said Evaline,
and then went on TO tell how her nus
band, Andrew J. Buckley. told her that
he loaned his money to friends to spend
for liquor at the place where he was
tending bar. The end came, she said
when she purposely broke a bottle of
good whisky The husband left. She
was awarded a decree, custody of her
child. two years old, and $50 a month
alimOny.
Isabelle Schurtz of LAG West Fifth
South street said her husband had
failed to provide for her since March,
1906. but Mrs. Eliza A. Worthing, who
has known Mrs. Schurtz for twenty
seven years, said Mrs. Schurtz had been
supporting herself for the last fifteen
or twenty years. Mrs. SchurtZ mar
ried Peter Schurtz at Hllsdale, Utah,
October ?, 1879. The husband is now
granted, and the marriage of thirty
years ago dnnulled.
Berlin X. Wallace was given a di-
voree from William II. Wallace. whom
she married here on October 8, 1886
She received $50 a month alimOny,
though Wallace said he didn't see how
he could pay it.
Cecilia hristiansen was married on
April 10. 1898. to Ernest g. Christensen
In Salt Lake. He is a machinist. Her
son and sister supported her. Judge
Morse granted the divorce.
Daniel H. Morton was again hailed
into court on an order to show why
he should not be punished for not
dividing evenly with his wife. Emma.
on the property at Murray. 1t was
the one humorous bit of evidence
though serious enough for the princi-
pals-during the divorce matinee. The
court allowed Morton to keep a sash
door. He got one of the two pigs
three chickens and a stone hammer
all of which the wife was after. There
were two little pigs not accounted for
at the last session when Morton was
in. When it came TO dividing these.
Judge Morse asked Daniel which he
would give to his wife.
She can have the smaller one" said
Daniel, generously
In view Of that suggestion" said
Judge Morse, 81 will award the larger
pig to Mrs. Morton. You may keep the
smaller one, Mr.. Morton"