The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-20
BUSINESS is. Brisk /
III DIVORCE C0UR1|
Six Women and One Man Ard,
Restored TO Single 4
BIesSedness.
GROUNDS ARE DESERTI0N
AND 0N-SUPPGR1
Coupled With Drink and Cruel
ty i'll One or Two In-
stances.

Business was brisk in tho divorce lina
in Judge Morse > division of the distref
court Friday afternoon, Seven appl;.,
canis were relieved from CALLING matrils
Eionjal bonds and four other eases wrrc
heard on applications for temporary ali.
mony pending he final hearing of tba
cases, Only one Of the seven who re-.
ccivcd divorces was man. There was'
nothing spicy in the testimony in ann
Of the eases, most of them being foundli
cd on dCsCrIiou and failure tn suppor,II
Bessie Elephant did not like her mar.
ricd name very well, 50 she applied For
and was granted Il divorce from Igna4
tIus Elephant and WAS allowed TO rcsu,na,
her maiden name. Bessie Burl1nd. which
was more to her liking. She testified,
that she became Elephant 5 wife "A
Pennington July -. 1905. and that af;cr
I October / Of thc same year he absolutclv,
! Called 10 support her, although he wns
strong enough to earn 4 living if thcre
| IS anything in name,
Quics Action.
Nellie Il. Tower Snow filed her actiop
| for divorce Friday morning and In lid
| troubles and granted her y divorce frora
! kncclauds Snow, whose wife she becama
AT Youngstown, ~ Y. Nov 80. l9ul.
| bc dcscriing her more than u year aco,
| They have one child, the custody III
/ which was granted TO the mother Aid
monv WIS also awarded her in the sum
Of $50 a month for tho next five yeaFs
| and $50 Il month thereafter until the
child, who is now eight months of sge,
altaius lis majority.
/ The munifccnt salary Of SIS a mouth,
rs a soldier. was not sufficient for The
! Joint support Of Maud and George al
! Gillespie, so Gillespie kept II all himself,
according 10 Mrs. Gillespie s testimony.
Gillespie is stationed ai Ft Douglas and
IdUriue the past fifteen months he has
only given his wife Sl1. Mrs. GiIespie
| said Not only did he fail to support
| her. but he deserted her on August d,
/ 1908. since which time she has been liz;
! ing with her mother, Before he enlisted
| in tho army, she said, he was a boilcrf
maker and was capable OF earning about
81 a dav. They have one child and the
court granted Mrs, Gillespie a divoree
| the custody Of the child and So a month
lalimouy for its support. The marriaU
! took place April -, 1905.
Lone Man Deserted.
Harold O. Keller was tho lone man
! who was granted divorce lie tod
Judge Morse that ne made Hannah KcI'
! Ter his wife in this city October II, 1901
and that April is. 1908. she deserted,
! him. taking with her their Young child
| His Sister-in-law testified that Mrs ReE
| Ter told her that she would not live viii
her husband because she never bad
cared for him. Upon the showing msdC
| the decree was granted. The CUSTODY
.s l.,l, -. H. III
| temporarily aud the father agreed tf
| pay 81 a month for its support.
| Carrie \ Brown was granted a dt
vorce from Henry Brown on tft
grounds Of non support and drunken
ness Mrs. Brown testified that theY
were married in this city July l6, 1901
| and chat they have two children. She
| said that her husband was cook, had
! failed to support her for more than twt
years In that time she had been com
PEELED TO work as waitress. CLERK q
10 take in washing in order 10 suppoH
herself and children. Further than
that, she told the court that her lms
band spent most OF his money i'll drlnh
and that he came home drunk three q
! four times a week. She was aiS
awarded the custody Of the children
and $50 month almony.
Deason Poor Provider.
Mildred +. Dcason informed the
| court that she was married 10 a. u
Dcason AT Pennington Oct. l.. 1901
and that he left her Jan. Il last, to ~
TO Grand June tion TO work as fireman
ON the Denver & Rio Grandc railroad
Since that time. she declared, be haa
failed 10 provide for her, although m
has been earning about $3.50 n month
When he left she had just $l.5o in casn
and was consequently compelled
work for her living and to support tne'f
child.
Judge Morse granted her divorce snq
entered an order that her husband pa{
her alimony i'm the sum of SIS 2 monia
and an additional sum of so montn
for the support of the child.
Jennie Colman, an Austrian, wa
granted a divorce from John tolma1
on the grounds of desertion and non
support. They were married IN Aus
tria June %. 1899 and about slxteeq
months ago, she declared, Colman uq
serted her. aud since that time has %"
contributed anything towards her sup
port In addition 10 divorce. she va
allowed to resume her maiden nanl7
Jennie Prclesnill Her complalnt va
fled in court Friday afternoon, 1uss
few minutes before she secured ner "
Vorce N.
Hannah L. Stokes gave some stron
testimony against G. e. Stokes, wnon
she is suing for divorce, but the cas b
was continued for one week Tor iu
ther evidence She said that they VET
married in this city June 10, 1888; am
for the past four years her husnau
has failed TO support her and her m,nS
daughter TO the contrary, she az
she works as janitress IN one OF p,
Office buildings Of the city ana ~
supported him, while be spends "
money for liquor and abuses her wn3 U
he comes home drunk.
Death Ends Dittmer Case. y
Owing to the fact that Mrs VIII n
NINA G. Dttmcr committed su'o,~ WI
after she started her action lot ~
aratc maintenance against hdwdn ~
Dittmcr. The order TO show cause
the defendant should not pay tenL~ Dc
rarv almony was dismissed upon ''
ton of Dittmer s attorney: -
An agreement having been en.e' 9
into between the parties to the cassf
Lucy NJ. Mitchell against John o.;
chell, IN order was made requ,.M n
Mitchell to pay his wife. so %y tr;a
alimony, pending tne ,h III
cn,np length ~ II