Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-18
ONLY ONE KNOT
UNITED BY MORSE
Took Only Three Minutes to Set
Wife Free From Husband
In Canada.
STORIES CLASH-CASE DROPS
Butte wife Accused OF Theft In salt
Lakc--Sccond Attempt for
Non-Support.

Short but interesting was the d.
vorce matinee before Judge c. W.
Morse Friday afternoon, for only ono
decree was granted; and therefore the
regular visitors were sorely disap-
pointed. Mrs. May Hent1 received a
decree OF divorce from her husband,
but as he Is in Canada the alimony
OF $ij month Is not apt To- he paid.
Mira Hentz smiled with satisfaction
when, three minutes after her case
was called. Judge Morse stcEnly said:
Decree for piaintln and si5 a. month
alimony with $50 attorneys fees"
The fair divorce sccke. said that
her husband, whose name II Earl W.
Hentz. deserted her one week before
her baby was born ana that he is now
editing Canadian paper ut salary
Of s75 a month.
A final decree ~ the case of Perry
Nj. Scott against Tina N scott was
entered on thc ground Of descrtion
NELSON CASE DISMISSED
There as only one other case on the
docket. that OF Beasio Nelson against
Edward Nelson. Plaintiff presented
lurid evidence OF how her husband had
deserted her In the cruclcst kind Of a
cruel manner; but alas. when the de-
Tense presented It's views, II was shown
that II was she who had done the de-
eerting. Judge Morse looked severely
over his speCtacles at the plaintff and
ordered the case dismissed. The black
looks accompanied the fan of the cur
tain on the whole proceeding; and his
lordship. the divorce dccder, adjourned
for a week
SAYS WIFE STOLE SILK
Frank NJ. Baker. formerly Of Salt
Lake. is sueing his wife Mabel r. Baker,
for divorce in Butte. Mont, on the
grounds that she IL an habitual thief
and that she has squandercd his earn
ings on fast young men of Butte and
Helena
Baker alleges IN his complaint that
his wife confessed stealing several silk
waists and skirts from IA prominent Salt
Lake dry goods store two months after
they were married In April. 1907. He
found the silks In one OF his trunks
and upon asking for explanations. his
wife broke down and confessed.
Upon her promising that she would
never steal again Baker forgaVe his
wife: but in less than "a month she had
taken 1915 OF his money and spent II
on beer parties and spins with the
boys OF Helena At last she was
again forgiven, but so disOrderly has
she become that Baker asks for an
absolute divorce.
He alleges that she constantly re-
ceives letters under an assumed name
from men in Helena with whom she
has promised to run away.
MRS. THATCHER TRIES AGAIN.
After once Diminishing her action for
divorce which had been pending since
January 1903, Ethel l.. Thatcher filed
new complaint In the district court
Friday seeking a divorce from Albert
j. Thatcher on the ground OF non sup
port. They were married in this city on
June 10. 1906 and II is alleged that
Thatcher has failed to support his wife
for the past two years. She asks that
he be restrained from drawing his
salary OF $40 due him from the Union
Pacific Railway company. and that
she be allowed t75 attorneys fees She
also asks to be given her maiden name.
Ethel l.. Grant.