The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-06
Five Granted by Judge Morse
and One by Judge Arm
strong.
ONLY ONE LONE HUSBAND
SEEKER AFTER RELIEF
Some Sensational Testimony Is
Heard During the
Proceedings.

| to show cause were also heard py
Judge Morse.
| Gertrude Carter was the first aPpli-
! cant for relief from marriage bonds.
| She testified MIat she married William
/ II. Carter at Pennington on July II
/ of this year and that Immediately he
commenced to treat her in a cruel man
ncr He called her vile names. accused
| her of intidclity aud told her that he
wished he had never married her. Fur
! tbcr than that, he declared that II she
| did not get a divorce he would. Judg'
! ing from her testimony thor three
months and n half Of married life was
far from being pleasant. so the court
awarded her q divorce and alImonN IN
the sum of 5000 and permitted her 10
resume her mGidcn name, Gertrude
| Reese.
Lizzie NJ. Thone was also ycry badly
treated by her husband. Frank \.
| Thonc. whom she married in Los An,
| gclcs on September 81, 1907. She told
the coulH that he Frequently came home
drunk and abused her, On one occa-
sion he struck her with his fist, black
! ing her eyes and knocking her down.
| Her brother corroboratcd her testimony
and she was granted divorce
Deserted after being married for the
brief period of two months. was the
| story of Paul l.. Marigcr. who was
! granted divorce from Jennie NJ. Mari.
| ger. whom he married III this city on
July 81. 1908. Marigcr Informed The
court that his wife lcit him on Scptcm-
Der 20, 1905. and tina, she was now hV-
! ing in this city with 4 man named stu
beck. and that she had taken trip
to Dcnvcr with The man. Marigcr fled
! his complaint on Friday morning and
was granted divorce in the afternoon.
Desertion Again Charged.
Julia NJ Webb was granted divorce
from Il. s. Webb on the ground OF
deser,Ion. They were married in Salt
| Lake on February Is, 1890, and have
one child fftccn years Of age. Her
| husband deserted her on May !, 1905.
| She was awarded the custody Of the
! child
Failure to support, desertion and ma
bi'ual drunkenness were the grounds
upon which Elizabeth Woodhave was
| granted divorce from Daniel Wood.
have. They were married in Denver
on February 10, 1893. and Mrs. Wood
have stated that her husband deserted
her two wears ago and has failed 10
support her ever since. During the
time they were living together she dc
clared that her husband drank 70 eX-
cess and did not provide her with a
! proper living. They have three chill
I
! ed 10 Mrs. Woodhavc.
Cecil c, Hogan was granted a di-
vorce 10y Judge Armstrong from Will
| ham \. Hogan, on the ground of
cruelty. They were married in this
city on August u, 1907. Mrs Hogan S
maiden name, Cecil G. Cowdip, was re-
| stored 10 her,
Josephine Alexander, who filed suit
for divorce from Roy f. Alexander on
Friday, was AN applicant for n decree
before Judge Morse, but AS the cyi-
dencc showed that the parties had only
| been married three months, during
which time she charged that hcr hus-
| band failed to support her, the court
was of the opinion that the time was
a little too short and accordingly took
the matter of granting a divorce under
adviscmcnt and will give the attorney
| for Mrs. Alexander an opportunity TO
| present authorities in support of his
contention that failure to support. for
a period of three months is sufficient
ground for divorce. Mrs. Alexander
said that they were married on August
g. last, and that she returned to her
home with the understanding that as
soon as Alexander could provide home
for her they would live together. AL.
though he has been able to provide II
home, she declared that he had refused
to do so, and had told her that he
would not support her.
Shy on Coin.
During their brief married life she
said that be had not given her one
cent, but on the contrary she had paid
out money in settlement of his doctor
bill She also stated that he gambIed
his money away and that she would not
live with him at all after the way he
had treated her and refused 10 support
her.
After the hearing ION the order to
show cause IN the divorce case of Ma
INC NJ. Dustin against Bert Il. Dus-
tin, Judge Morse ordered Dustin TO
pay his wife Sl2 per week, temporary
allmony, the first payment Ia he made
today Mrs, Dustin said that her hus-
band Is carpenter and earns 81 30 per
day, but Notwithstanding that fact. he
had failed to support her and had left
her Penniless, as consequence of
which she would lose what little house
hold goods she had unless she could
make payment on them today.
Georgia Fmdlcy Baker appeared in
court IN support OF her position asking
that the decree OF divorce granted her
from w, j. Fiudley be modified so as
to award her thc custody of their minor
child. At tbe time of the divorce the
child was awarded 10 the father with
','h''u'f hlluouSH Sic WIS granted
the divorce on the ground of cruelty.
Within month after the divorce, she
married T, j. Baker, and she now
wants tho custody of the child. She
said that her divorced husband took
the child away the day after The di-
vorce was granted and that it is now
with relatives in Lawton, Mich. In
explanation Of why she consented for
FindlcY to have the child, she told
Judge Morse that she was not able to
provide for it, but she ONLY consented
with the understanding thst she could
have 1t back when She was in n posi-.
tlon, TO support it. Her present hus.
band told the court that he was willing
to support the child if II were aivcn
to hls wife. Judge Morse ruled that
there was no showing made by Mrs.
Baker that the child did not have a
good homo with Findlcy's relatives,
and he refused TO modify the decree
He continued the matter until Decem.
Der j, so as to allow Mrs. Baker TO in.
troduce any further testimony she
might secure III regard TO the treat.
ment the child is now receiving and
whether or not it has fit home.
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