Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-11
News of the Courts
JACK AND JILL QUARREL
ABOUT THE EPAIL;DIVORCED
Ross Cunningham Finally Secures
Decree from Rebecca in
Hutton'S Court

Because he and his wife did not
agree when they carried a pail of
water up a hill, like Jack and Jill
of the nursery ryhme, Ross Cunning
ham sued Rebecca Cunningham for
divorce in Judge Hutton's court yes
terday and secured an interlocutory
decree.
The plaintiff stated that he had lived
for years with her at SaWtelle, ana
had moved from there to OXnard ana
later to Piru. One day, he sald' ne
had gone with Rebecca to the We'll
and helped her to carry q pail OF
water IN a hill to their home. Play
fully. he let his side Of the pail go
down, as though he had dropped II.
He said she cursed him. She said she
would kill him if he did it again, he
declared.
"Well, now," asked Judge Hutton
sdon't YOU think she was merely max
ing a bluff, like you did, in playIuI
manner?"
mo" said the plaintin; Il hardly
think So"
AWAY FOUR MONTHS
He said she left him with two chill
dren and went to Los Angeles, where
she had a good time for about four
months.
'She would rather be any place but
at home, it seemed" he said.
The plaintiff declared that his wife
had finally gone to place called
Fredericks station, a mile or two from
his present home, and was living with
a man there. Other witnesses cor
roborated his story and he was grant
ed a divorce.
Harry C. Freed asked a divorce from
Jessie M. Freed on the ground OF
desertion. He said his wife had Sc
cured money from him to go to Illinois
to visit a sick brother, but that he
had received copies of a newspaper
which stated that his wife was visiting
old friends as a married woman, but
that the Husbands name was not
Freed The article told of the woman
and her husband paying the visit,
when the real husband was in Los
Angeles.
SHOWS LETTERS
He exhibited letters which gave
further testimony of a damaging char
acter against his wife, but they also
showed that she had wanted to come
back to him. Judge Hutton refused
him a divorce for desertion, but grant
ed him leave to amend the complaint
so that he could apply for the divorce
on other grounds.
Anna I CARPENTER. a "hello" girl
for the Sunset Telephone company, ap-
piled for a divorce from Addison c.
Carpenter, alleging that her husband
had deserted her more than two years
ago, and that the only communication
she had received from him was for
her to send him some money. She said
she paid his way to Seattle, and he
was to send for her, but he did not.
The plaintiff introduced witnesses
who declared Carpenter informed them
he had made a mistake in marrying
the plaintiff. The latter said she had
letters from him at her home, and
Judge Hutton continued the case until
these were produced, so that he might
Judge the husbands point Of view from
the contents.
ANOTHER DECREE
Laura Laughlin was awarded an in
terlocutory decree of divorce from
Frank Laughlin on the ground of
desertion and non-support.
Susan NJ. Fults was also granted
decree, freeing her from Jacob A.
Fults. She charged him with cruelty
in beating her and ordering her from
the house.
Allmon r. Tobey was awarded an
interlocutory decree of divorce from
Irona o. Tobey on the ground of deser-
ton. They had been married thirty
years, he said, and after she had
"bamboozled" him into deciding her