Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-25
THREE DIVORCE BILLS GRANTED
Tales of Woe Told Judge Reed in the Superior Court
 Short Calendar Rusiness-Term will End Next Week

or the sixteen cases on the short calendar list in the superior court here Friday, five were postponed and one went off the list. Four. divorces were heard and three were granted.
 Earl B. Scott was allowed to change his name to Earl B. Tuckerman. He Is P years old. His mother married N. F. Tuckerman after his fathers death and he is better known as Tuck ernlan than Scott.
 There was a long argument in the matter of Segar's application for a writ of prohibition. the respondents being Martin and others. The judge took the papers,
 A motion for the appointment of a of the town of Montville vs. the Alpha Mills Co, Inc. and the judge took the papers.
 Attorneys Allyn L. Brown and Mi- chael kenea1y argued a motion pre- sented by the plaintiff for the setting aside of the non-suit in the case of Kruck. admx., vs. the Connecticut Co. This was Attorney Browns initial ar gument on a motion.
 Judgment according to the agree ment on file was granted in the case of Bailey vs. Murphy. A bond of $75 in two weeks or by January z was ordered in the case of Lucy Main vs. Maurice E. Main.
 Divorce Cases.
 In the divorce case of Gena w. Fer guson vs. Henry w. Ferguson, which was partly heard a short time ago, additional evidence was given and the judge took the papers,
 On the grounds of intolerab1e cruel ty Rose D. Marx was given a divorce from August W. Marx. She told os the way her husband beat and abused her for a number of years and that she had been obliged to do dressmak-' ing in order to support herself. When ever her husband gave her any mon- ey he soon afterwards wanted about three times as much back. He began to abuse her the September after they were married and kept 1t up until he left home for the last time, having lived together nine years and halc. She had called in people when her husband was abusing her and on other times people had spoken to her hus- band about the way he was using her.
 She denied to Judge Reed that she went with other men. She denied the charges made by her husband when he tried to get a divorce, claiming that she went with a Norwich man and drove him out of the house. She did tell him that he would have to leave her house if he didn't stop abusing her.
 J. H. Palmer of New Britain, an congressman. told of being in business here four years ago, and was called to the Marx house, where the couple had had trouble. Mrs. Marx said her hiis- band had threatened to kill her. anu showed a gun, revolver and razors with which he was to do 1t. He gave the weapons to the police. He never knew the people.
 Mrs. Grace A. Tague and Minnie L. Edminston testified that Mrs. Marx is a perfect lady and had been abused by her husband. She Is industrious and works hard. Mrs. Julia McCregor also testified for the plaintiff.
 Mrs. Kelley Gets Bill.
 On the grounds of habitual intem- perance Jennie Kelley was given a divorce from Everett c. Kelley. She testified that they were married fifteen and a half years ago and that her hus- band always drank. He drank every time he got money and several times a week would come home intoxicated. For only three months did he ever stop. In three years he gave her fifty dollars and would sell his clothes to get Iiduor. Sometimes he was abus- i've and others not. She found it nec- essary to take in washings and iron ings to support herself and him and got tired of it. doing eighteen wash ings a week at times. They have