The Washington times., 1909-03-08
Mrs. A. w. Harrison Had to
Leave - He Charged
With Desertion.
SHE IS GRANTED
LIMITED DIVORCE
Justice Barnard Makes Ruling
Against Patent Attorney In
Long-Drawn-Out Suit.

That by forcing MS wife, Marietta
Harrison, TO leave home by insisting
that she apologize to him in writing and
upon her knees for trivial things,
Arthur W. Harrison. a patent attorney.
was guilty OF constructively deserting
her is tEe opinion expressed by Justice
Barnard today in the suit for divorce
brought on cross-hill by the wife.
In few days the Justice will sign
decree granting the wife a limited di-
vorce and alinooy to the amount of $40
a month. As this Is Harrison's second
experience in the divorce court, his for
mer wife having been granted a decree
and awarded alimony IN the sum OF SO
per month, he wiz now have to pay in
a monthly amount OF $115.
Filed Cross-BiIl.
The marital troubles of the Harrisons
were first brought into court July 2,
1907. when he aled suit for limited di-
vorce, charging cruelty, and alleging
that his wife had pulled his hair, slap
ped his face, and subjected him TO
kindred mistreatTnent.
The denial OF these charges by Mrs.
Harrison was followed by q cross-biIl
Ia which she asked for legal separa-
ton on counter charges OF desertion and
cruelty. The husband thereupon with
drew his original bill Of complaint. and
the case went to trial on the cross
charges, Mrs Harrison being allowed
temporary alimony o. s35 month.
That Harrison is eccentric and irrf-
table in disposition and Indifferent to
her happiness are among the allegations
made BY her. She charges among other
things that upon one occasion he became
highly indignant because sne failed 70
open a door for him.
She says that > required her 10 make
apologies b. ySsting anA-s shat, =oftsn
when she would do this he would ac-
cept them and threaten T. punish her
by not speaking TO her for a specified
length OF time. She declares further
that he brought his oldest daughter, BY
his former wife, to live with them and
that when she and the daughter failed
10 get along her husband Informed her
! that II il came to a choice between wife
and daughter, that she, the wife, would
have to go
Harmony Impossible.
"My impression or the case" said
Justice Barnard in rendering his opin-
ion, has convinced me that IL would be
/ impossible for these persons TO live to-
I gether in any sort OF harmony. The diff
| ference in their ages, the manner IN
! which they have gotten along together
during the time that they have lived as
man and wife. the exaction and fntoler-
! ance OF the husband about trivial
| things, the apparently arbitrary. man
ner in which he dealt with his wife.
/ his unfortunate lack Of tact the evil
! dent desire on his part to have the rela-
( tiOns terminated by q separation. and
, In the most economical manner he can
1 bring about. and the evident want OF
1 affection and regard for her, all force
! me 10 the conclusion that the relief
! prayed for by tha complainant in the
cross-bill should be granted.
| Il am inclined to the opinion that
| the facts in law create a case of deser-
ton on his part, II not cruelty, such
as would justify a decree Of separation
] from bed and board"