The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-03
ANNUAL INCOME
FAR TOO SMALL
Court Agrees With Wife That
She Cannot Live on $40
a Year.
GIVEN LIEN ON THEATRE
MRS. CLAWS HAS SURETY FOR
HER MAINTENANCE.

An annual income of SO convinced
Mrs. Mary L. Jensen that the dream OF
loves bliss sometimes lacks realities.
Judge Morse, too, felt that this income
was scarcely sufficient and increased it
by granting Mrs. Jensen a divorce from
William f. Jensen and S15 a month ALI
mOny.
Mrs Jensen is a pretty little woman
and very young. She was married in
1906, she said, to William Z. Jensen.
There is one child, a boy Of eighteen
months. After the first year of married
life Jensen has contributed little to
her support, she said. During the last
year, she testified. he had given her
only SO, and that not until he was
forced to do so by County Attorney Job
2. Lyon.
On three occasions, Mrs. Jensen said.
her husband had told her to go home
to her mother, and had given her street
car fare with which to do So Twice,
she said, she saw him on the street with
other women. Jensen is a teamster. and
earns from $3.50 TO So a day. On hear
ing the evidence, Judge Morse granted
the divorce and the custody Of the minor
child to Mrs. Jensen, and ordered that
nNtl1DAA pay r-o a AAAtltLAA clrlAAOLlNa
Does Not Ask Alimony.
Mrs. Martha Hopkins told Judge
Morse that she was not asking for all
mOny He would never pay it If I did
get it, she said. Mrs. Hopkins and
Thomas F. Hopkins were married in
1892. During the last eight years he
has provided nothing for her support
or that of three small children, she said.
She has supported her children by her
own efforts. The divorce was granted.
Mrs. Estelle J. Hemphill was one Of
the youngest and prettiest OF NE di-
vOTcees. She charged Robert H. Hemp
hill with nOn-sUppOrt They were mar
Tied in Great Bend Kan, in 1906. For
a year they lived happily. Since that
time, she says, he has not contributed
to her support. She has supported her
self by helping her mother and by work
ing as servant in private families At
present she is employed In a family at
Bingham Junction. Hemphill is en-
ployed In the railroad yards at Milford.
Mrs Mary c. Mattson was granted a
divorce from Joseph r. MattsOn on the
testimony Of DR.. w. H. Calder, superin-
tendent Of the state mental hospital
DR.. Calder said that Mattson was incur
ably insane and that he would be con-
fined in the asylum for the remainder
Of his life. Mrs MattsOn was given
the custody Of the four children and the
property at 1919 West First South street
The MattsOns were married I'm 1898. Tn
1902 MattsOn was committed to the asy-
lum. Since that time Mrs. MattsOn has
provided for herself and children.
Lien to Guarantee AIimony.
A lien on Canyon hall, the Bingham
opera house, was secured by Mrs. Ber-
tina Clays to guarantee the payment Of
$40 month previously granted by the
court as the outcome Of a suit insti-
tuted by Mrs. Clays against her hus-
band, NJ V. Clays for separate MAIN
tenance. CIsys. who owns the opera
house Is at present in Nevada.
Efforts of Mrs. Lottie Z, Buckley to
secure a divorce from John +. Buckley
called to mind some of the incidents
of the Bridewell-Newman investigation.
The case was continued. because it was
not shown that the divorce complaint.
which charges nOn-suppOrt. had been
properly served. In explaining the diff
ficUlties of the service, George Buckle,
attorney for Mrs. Buckley. said that
Buckley worked first at one mining
camp and then at another under differ
ent names. Efforts Of his wife and his
creditors to find him apparently were
the cause of frequent and rapid changes
Of aliases. Buckley is charged by his
wife with non-support, desertlon and
drunkenness.
Judge Morse yesterday ordered that
Thomas Livingstone, a bartender, pay
to his wife SIS a month temporary ALI
mOny, during the progress of the di-
yOrce case now pending.