The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-02
Evidence in the Case Was Noisy and Made Listen.
 CTS Blush.
Casson Woman Tells of Do- ings in Seaside Cafe
 Which She Saw.
Mrs. Manville Obtains De- cree for Desertion Re ceives Custody of Chil- dren = Mrs. Brotherton Was Thrice Deserted Be fore She Sought Separa- ton.

Henry l.. Frecon, a manufacturer o'
 RR1elton, was granted a divorce from Ida F. Frecon, in the Superior court
 edvH side this morning. by Judge How zaxd J. Curtis on grounds defined in sf11eS etatutes Florence c. Brothefton vvas given a decree and Anna Morton Msnvtlle was separated from William 1fanviEe.
 The Erecon case was based on evil sasnce 50 noisy that it made hardened 1iaksners blush
 Erecon was given the custody of his fwc children The Frecons were mar tded fn shelton, sept. 27, 1902 The aIIegod o6fensee were committed June 6. 1908, at the Seaside Cafe in State street. Tho principal witnesses for fhe p3aint1ff were Detective Louis J. Wabt and his wife of New Haven. Mr. Webb testified that he and his wife had been hired to get evidence fhey saw Mrs. F,recon, her sister Pris- etlla. and May Casson, of Shelton, en- ter fhe Amazon Cafe.
 They watched the place and saw chem come out later with two young mem, John Halstead. alias Jack Hal afead. end one Brown, alias Buster Brown Following the quintette, they saw them enter the Seaside Cafe Mrs. , sNY800 8xAp a. yOuIlS5 ulc1Il Ii<1AiCo AOWCAA also entered the hotel and took a room. 4he QyHintette hired two rooms and I1deed . rough house while they were there After the quintette left the r-efe WsAlJh examfned the rooms He found the bed clothes ddsarranged and . number of towels soiled.
 Hay CAsUon, one of the party. also teex&ieG ehe said that they went to $hs s45s sn e n psznt @ an Snsssso ven s 1nss occupied ono room, while Mrs Ere confs aaetee, the other young man and hernelf occupied the other room. After nom vhich was occupied by her sister. The sister went into the other room Mr4 Frecon was not clothed She ouexestef to the Casson girl that she leAve the room which the witness dno-
 Anna Morton. formerly of Southbury, Conn, but now of Stamford. married Wflliam Manville of the same town Got. %. 1894. He deserted her March z4. 1905. They have had seven children. one of which. a boy of six years is living. On the morning of March 14, 1908 he went ducking and has not been p0rted herself by keeping boarders. 9he has lived on Beardsley street, this eafy for eight months Mrs. Frank Sooiey, also of Southbury. left town en the same day as Manville: which ak that time aroused comment under big headlines in the newspapers Mrs. Seeley has not been heard of since. 1ud9e Curtis granted the divorce on 1he ground of desertion and gave the mother the custody of the child.
 BIorence c. Brotherton. of Portches- Ger. was granted a divorce from John q brotherton. Norwalk, for desert on, and was also given the custody of two children, aged 13 and Il years. The court ordered Brotherton to contribute 0 week for the support of each child fHi each Is 17 years of age, and to give . bond Of $500 in each case. The Brefhertons were married in Norwallx, March ., 1896. After the marriage they CT. after which they went to house keeping. Brotherton deserted his wife fhroe times. the first, about seven years aao when he went to Yonkers, N. Y. Hie Wike induced him to come back. After a six months stay he aga'n de- parted. this time to Great Harrington. Aass., his wife again going after him. July 8, 1904, he went away for the last tfrne. going to the home of his mother During all this time he flirted with other girls. his wife often seeing him. Two years ago Mrs. Brotherton moved to Portchester, where she has since supported herself by keeping boarders She sued for non-supDort and the court commanded Brotherton to pay her s per week which he did for a time. Capt. Thomas Hunt. of the Nor walk police testified that Brotherton chased around with other women, and was considered a very strange man. as was seen about the streets at any hour of the night. Brotherton. at the time q Der day. At present he is a boss | mason with a number of men under | him
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