The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-20
FOUR WIVES ARE
GRANTED DEGREES
One Lone Husband Also Freed From
Distasteful Matrimonial Ties.

Salt Lake March 2O.-Fonr wives
and one husband were freed from 1!s-
tasteful mates In the third district
court Friday Three of the unhappy
women We're given their freedom IN
Judge Morses regular Friday after
noon divorce matinee. Non.support
was the burden of their plants.
Christine Lang said she had 20 sup
port herself and her husband. Walter
j Lang, too. They were married
here July 10, 1907, and the only CON
tribution Lang made towards her sup
port was SIS, shortly after they were
married, This he subsequently boz
Towed back, with $500 more. Mrs.
| ang testified Lang Is cook and
can earn. If he wants TO, from SIS TO
$50 a month as such, Mrs. Lang ur.
ther testified The divorce was grant
ed. Lang is now in California IL Is
said. There are no children.
Mrs. Henrietta NJ. Craig. whose di~
voIce suit against William J. Cra.G
recently was stricken from the calcn-
dar, helped Mrs. Lang get her divorce
With corroborating testimony
Lee l.. Bondurant took quiet leave
of Grace l.. Bondurant, whom he mar
ried here March 30, 1905, In July or
last year, Mrs. Bondurant testified,
and although she has had no definite
Information as to Bondurants where
abouts, she has since heard that he is
a railway ticket agent In Spokane.
Mrs. Ida L. Richardson, Mrs. Bondur-
ants mother, said that Bondurant came
to her house TO kiss his wife and
baby goodbye when he left, but dld
not say where he was going
Mrs. Bondurant was granted a d..
yorce, the custody of the daughter
Helen, years old, and restored t.
her maiden name OF Richardson.
Clara +. Stevens Petty was granted
divorce from her carpenter husband,
Albert c. Petty, on the ground OF non.
support. the custody OF the daughter
Lottie, 8 years old, and $3.50 a month
alimony until the child is 10 years Old
and SIS month after that. They We're
married here June %, 1905, but separ-
ated about December 10, 1906, less
than a year afterwards.
Nora Rogers left Laban d. Rogers,
TO whom she was married at Boulder
Colo, August 81, 1897, because he
wouldn't work for her and bis living.
Rogers can earn $50 a month easily
If he will only work she testified,
but he drinks and CANDLES, Mrs. RoS-
crs is now employed in the dressmak-
ing department of Walkers store to
support herself. The divorce was
granted and the mother awarded the
custody of the 9ycar-old son, Cornell
iuS.
At the morning session Judge Morse
granted Agnes Wilcox d divorce from
NJ. w, Wilcox on the grounds OF non
support and desertion, and gave her
the custody of the minor child, Agnes.
II years old They were married at
Palmyra, n. Y, December 5. 1881, and
came here and lived until February
OF 1908. when Wilcox deserted her, ac-
cording TO the testimony. Since then
Mrs. Wilcox has been dependent upon
relatives largely for her support
IT Judge Armstrong; division Fri
day morning Claud C. Bridgford show
cd that the rum demon was largely
responsible for the breaking up OF MS
family, and was granted a divorce
from Luella NJ. BrldEford, who from
the date of their marI'iage-May "a,
1901-drank to the extent that she WIS
classed as habitual drInkard, co.,
cring a period of six years A few
months ago she deserted Bridgtord,
IL was shown.
When the orders 10 show cause
were called in Judge Morse's division
in the afternoon. Edna Eldrcdge, VINO
IS suing z. +. Eldredge ior separate
maintenance, tried TO show that Ed
rcdgc was the owner OF a secondhand
clothing business that brought HIM
5000 a month, but In this she was uu-
successful Mrs. Eldredge got an or
der for $25 a month temporary ALI
mony in lieu OF the S65 month she
asked for. Eldredge testified that he
had recently sold the secondhand bus
IDcss 10 a brother from Nebraska. and
descended from proprietor to a clerk
in his brothers employ at a salary OF
something like S100 month.
Martin Grimm was ordered to pay
Mary G. Grimm $40 a month alimony,
pending the determination OF Mrs.