The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-12
SAYS HER HUSBAND
TRIED TO BURN HER
This Is Charge Made Against
Charles Smithson by Bet
ter-Half.
THIS STORY IS TOLD II
COMPLAINT FOR DIVORCE
Nellie PetersOn'S Second Mar
riagc to Edwin Peterson
Also a Failure.

Anna Smithsou charges Charles
Smithsor. saloon keeper Of Milford,
Beaver county, with attempting 10
burn her alive in complaint for sep
arate maintenance filed in the third
district court Tuesday,
Mrs. Smilhson says that Smithsou
on March !. this year. ovcrpowcrcd
and wrapped her IN n blanket and then
tried TO set fire 10 tho blanket, but
failing III this he then cboled and
struck hcr in the mouth with his closed
hand, cutting her lips and laccrating
aud bruising her throat and neck.
Then many times prior thereto
he called her vile names and ordered
her 10 pack her trunk aud leave, Mrs.
SmIthson SAYS. Snuthsou has I'm nm
goyeruahlc temper and when intoNi-
Gated becomes u dangerous man, she
alleges. Several times since their mar
riage he has become drunk and threat.
cucd to kin hor, putting her in such
fear Of her life that she finally. on
or about March |. this year. was com.
safety, Mrs. Smiihsou makes the al
legation that if she Ind not left him
Shc would have been killed or badly
wounded by him ere now. She Is
afraid TO return 10 him. she says.
Smithsou is engaged IN the saloon
business at Milford, Mrs. Smithson
saws. and owns saloon fixtures worth
$1,000, saloon stock worth $1,000 and
has an annual income Of something like
$4,000. He also owns mining claims of
the probable value of $4,000 and has
cash on deposit in tho State bank of
Beaver county and the First National
hYnl- of J.uNsnr N the
of $1,000 besides owning other personal
property valued at $4,000, Mrs. Smith
son sets ont, and pending the hearing
of her suit she wants him restrained
from disposlng of any of his property.
She also demands suit money and upon
the final termination Of the case a di-
vision of the property as permanent
alImouy.
The couple were married at Los An
gclcs November %, l9Gs.
Mrs. Peterson Sorry Again.
That Nellie Peterson s second mat
rimoniai venture with Edwin Peterson
is not a success is cEinccd by her
second complaint for divorce filed
Tuesday. The couple first married
about four years ago. but Peterson
WAS Il poor prOvider and some time ago
Mrs. Peterson Obtained a divorce from
him on these grounds. On February
%, this year. Mrs. Peterson s second
complaint Tccites, they were remarked
bud Peterson deserted her in less than
two weeks, leaving her without = home
or means of support Since she has
been compelled to earn her own living
and depend upon relatives. Peterson
has an earning capacity Of - day, it
Is set out
Mrs, Peterson asks with the divorce
the custody OF the thrce-ycar-old son,
Laven the issue of the prior marriage.
500 attorney fees and $25 month ali
mony.
Alleging non-supDort covering the
last six months. Estclle Berman
brought suit for divorce from Carl
Brrman and demands her maiden name
back, but fails 10 set out in her com
plant what her maiden namc was The
couple were married here July 1G. 1908.
and although Berman has an earning
capacity of $l25 a month, Mrs. Ber-
man says she has been compelled 10 de-
pend upon the charity of her mother
for her existence part Of the time.
Thcre are no children.