Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-10
FRENzIED RUSH OF
MARITAL MISFITS
Unhappy Married Parties Swoop
Down on Divorce Court
In DroVes.
ANTICIPATION OF NEW LAW

>ine candidates Appear Before Judge
NIorse-Pathctic Recitals Of
Abused Wives.
7, a frenzied rush 60 obtain their
,-.e5om before the interlocutory al
,.r-e law takes effect seven women
and one man were granted DEGREES
yesterday by Judge Morse at the regu-
Dad, matinee. when the ninth candi-
f,te Mrs Frances Scoheld. a young
and pretty woman, was denied hear
..,. because the time to file answer Co
Bsr suit had not expired. she sighed
and with a saucy and impatient look
t.n the stand. Her case viii be- heard
Text Friday. Then there We're two
..saes 20 show cause why the defend
ants should not be punished for con
tarpt of court which ended the calen-
''' HAMILTON WAS BRUTAL
Mrs Annie r. Hamilton. who accus-
"A her husband, W. n. Hamilton of
,,ueItv. began TO reCite the dates on
which ne had beaten her. After nam
ing half "a dozen occasions she gave mp
and exclaimed ven. nc hDdl INC 500
.ften that / can not remember amy
more dates. In fact IL was a very COM
mon occurrence
They were married ia Salt Lake ON
Aug g. 1906 on the following
November ne began 10 abuse her
Her mother Mrs. Henriette smith
rorroborated her testimony There
were no children as an issue Of the
marriage and she was restored 10 her
maiden name.
LEETHAN, CALLOUS.
Mrs Emma Leetham was granted "a
divorce on the ground of desertiun
nom Ernest Leetham. a miner. They
were married Sept rs. 1903. and there
are two children, Ethel. a years old,
and Beatrice, 3 years old, as an issue
of the marriage For two years, Mrs.
T,eetham has supported herself and
children c. A. Caffell corruborated
her testimony. She was allowed Sl5
q month alimony and $50 attorneys
DANzIE ABUSIVE.
on the charge Of cruelty and abusive
language. Mrs. Florence Danzie was
granted a divorce from James r.
Danzie. q fireman. They were mar
ried on Feb. 10, 1904. and have one
child Leon. years old. Since Jan.
Is 1908. she testified that she had been
compelled 20 provide for herself and
daughter. She was given SIS a month
sIimony to support the child
WINSTON WIFE BEATER
While her husband. Edward Wins
ION, a negro, was serving a term IN
the city Jail on the charge Of Wife
beating. Mrs Dorothy r. winston OBJ
tanned a decree of divorce They
were married i'm Pocatello. Idaho, on
T.IfE nd
moved to salt Lake. According 10
her testimony which was corroborated
hv two Witnesses. her husband has
heat her several times. Her maiden
name. Dorothy Dozier was restored 20
CONDIE, DRUNKARD.
Mrs. Viola Condie obtained her de-
cree from George Condie on the grounds
that he was "a drunkard. For the last
three years, she said, he had squan-
dered all he earned for liquor They
were married I'm Salt Lake Jan. 6, 1905.
Her maiden name, Viola Huntington,
was restored 10 her.
MAXEY DESERTED.
James Maxey. the only man who APP
Piled for "a decree, secured his divorce
from Mrs. Pearl Maxey on the grounds
~ deserton. They We're married in
Nangum county okla. on March p,
1908 After living four months with
him she returned 20 her parents and
refused 20 live with him again. de-
position OF his father, George MaXey,
who stiu lives in Oklahoma, was read
TO the court to corroborate his state
ments.
LAZY LLOYD.
Mrs. Maud Elvira Benson Lloyd tes-
lifted that her husband, william Nor
zan Lloyd was too lazy TO work ana
that for the last two years she had been
compelled 10 support herself and child.
years old Lloyd had also been cruel
to her on different occasions. She was
awarded a decree Of divorce and $l2
month alimouy
auckland, LEVANTER.
Mrs. Lula Buckiand was deserted by
her husband. Silas Buckllud, % team
stcr, about two years ago and since
that time she has supported herself and
child, Oliver, 9 years old. Her sister,
Efhe Brown. took the stand and COR
roborated her story and the court
granted her a divorce and $40 alimony.
They were married IN salt Lake on
Aug -, 1903.
SEALS DELINQUENT.
Benjamin Seals, O negro boot black.
was ordered 10 pay his wife Sl2 a
month alimony after a lengthy inyesti-
cation into his financial affairs 10
developed that besides receiving Is
cents a week for sweeping out barber
shop in which no worked. he earned
about $40 a month shining shoes and
has a pension OF s24 month. His wife,
Mrs Bessie Seals, as the proprletrcss OF
q rooming house and Seals declares
that she rs better fixed financially than
lo ls
While they lived together Doc declared
that She compelled him tp pay ST
Ncek for his room aud eat ono reese
ttuunt on account OF his NifDs re-
cent illness which she CIaim- resulted
from "a beating which De- administered
iu her, he WAS compelled 40 IIN h'r
This amount Bon her suit for separate
maintenance
HOBBOWS ALIMONN.
Daniel McMWiam. who BE- member
m the real estate Hm uf Adams
AinMinmm borrowed $50 yesterday tn
la} up HE back alimony ana saved
himself from being punished for CON
tempt of court lie declared that dun
ing the last two months boz has been
unable 10 make "a sale and as result
HAS slept In his office and eaten az a.