Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-02
MILL OF JUSTICE
CRINDS DIVORCES
o,,, Of Marital Misfits Reveals
stories Of Cruelty and
Desertion.
WIFE DIsFleUREO FOR LIFE
>ino Years of Marriage, Mabel
taehcr Had Fifty Cents From
Her Husband.

,e,r nine years OF married life Mrs.
v,,.l C. Iacxer. ~ years old, who once
.,sa property valued at $4,000, OBJ
...ssd divorce yesterday in Judge
,,.rs.s court from her husband Arnold
,ssser. who he'd her into poverty ana
fortune and beat her shsmefully.
r.ssnrIne her for life. Under the mem
10, stress hcapcd upon her at the hands
", ner husband. her health became i'm
..,ral and She IL now suffering rs re-
..t of his treatment Her property Is
n.numbcred with mortgages and she
"a tbe court that she did not believe
~, sho could save any OF il from the
,k Judge Morse gave her all the
,.,.ooal property they owned Jointly
"a awarded her $50 a month allmOny.
Nrs Lackcr inherited comfortable
s.ifno about ~ years ago She was
sriel in Chicago. H.. to Lacker, on
,,e,.h 1900 L8ckcr is a mining man
.rd about 10 years younger than she
Z ,ficr they were married they came
~, san Lake. where Mrs Laclters prop
BITS VAS located.
fanter made q number Of invest
nsn,s which proved unsuccessful and
most OF bis wifo's property was used up
En- ma way While they We're living
near Heber city on ranch. Lacker
bseau % treat her i'm a cruel manner.
us vas attempting to compel a calf 10
sdnk ONE morning, and when Mrs.
Iatser told him 10 be patient with the
mlral De attacked her. He knocked
bsr unconscious and then locked her In
he house. leaving that part OF tho
,mntrr she was discovered several
fn1rs later by neighbors From tho
bow She received she lost the sight Of
enc eye.
RE WANTED HER TO FORGIVE.
She sold her stock and went 10 Park
cts several months later. There she
met Lacker on the street He begged
ben 10 come and i've with him again,
s1d she dnally consented on his prom
i.e 10 DO better They separated sew
ersl times each time finding It inn
possible o. live together only for a
.hon period. He often beat her I'M
conscious and called her vile names.
he stole a check from her, she says,
sbout d, month ago. which she had in
dorsad and was going to cash as soon
as size could get to the bank In the
nine years of their married life she
saws that 80 cents is all that he ever
gave her
Mrs Agnes L. Cawley. whose hus-
band Francis L. Cawley. a gambler.
sent her home 10 her parents after they
lad lived together for year, was
granted a divorce on the ground of
aol-@ppoft They were married I'm
Salt Lake on March II. 1903. Her
nslen name, Agnes Appel. was re-
stored 10 her
0n the ground OF dcscrtion. Mrs.
EleH p BurnlnEham recured a divorce
ron MILFORD Birmingham. For the
last Is months Mrs. Birmingham has
supported herself by nursing. They
were married June 6, 1906. and have
pc chldreu Birmingham Is a teamster
and has LEFT the state.
May r. Smicklc was deserted by her
husband nine years ago and since that
time has not seen or heard OF him.
~ was out OF work when he left salt
Lake and went i'm search OF employ
mcnt Mrs Smicklc is inclined to be-
heve that he Is dead but being un-
able 90 hnd out. she secured a divorce
.
rcd on Oct p 1890 She has two chill
dren Of whom she was given the
custody
MAIDEN NAME RESTORED.
Mrs. Margaret ElN,na SANDAL was
gwen "a divorce granted the custody
ot her child, TWO years old. and re-
stored Go her maiden name. Margaret
L folgcr Her husband. John Eugene
SANDAL refused 10 support her and
She Has compelled To live with her
aruts. They were married In Farm
ngton on Dec 81. 1906
Mrs. Myrtle Seaton was given a de-
cree ul divorce from David Scaton ON
We ground of desertion. For the last
year She has been compelled TO work
restaurant ion order % support her
tt They were married In Peublo.
''lo, March H. 1905, She was restored
10 nei maiden name. Myrtle Winsol.
r. Z. Eldrdge was summoned before
ihe court 10 show why he should not
he punished for contempt of court for
loi PAYING his wife alimOny Eldridge
Ntcldied that he was under the doctors
care ANA only made $40 "A week II also
Wlelopci that his wife. Mrs. Igda T.
L"flcge was In Los Angeles on q
n'aaurc trip For this reason. Judge
Aof.e decided that Mrs. Eldrldge was
10y m need Of ANYTHING apparently n
COULD take pleasure trips. so nc
Dismissed tho order
lehlel Morton an old soldier. was
tp o'iore the court on an order Il
E temporary alimony 20 his wife
- fmma r. Morton. who rs suing
m Toy "a divorce. Instead Of owning
"hd valued at 5000 and having "A bani
account of 5000. AS his wife declared
petPlnned that Morton only has one
OF land worth $1,000 and no bank
The court ordered that he
s,e Nsr half az the garden crops. IA
.oNN and part Of the furniture III
l'uso ao that she could live separ.