The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-17
TAKES COURTS HINT
AND GETS DIVORCE
Door Is Slammed in Wfe's Face, and Judge
Grants Her Plea for Separation
From POet-Ieacher
POet-Teacher.
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Winchester. Va, October l6.-Mrs.
Nora Virginia orndorr. wife of E.
Summers Orndorff, the teacher-post OF
the courts recent opinion in her ap-
plication for divorce, and lost no time
In presenting an amended bill a few
days ago. The court decided recently
that neither was entitled to d.
vorce. but that If Mrs. orndorff re-
turned to her husband and was de.
MED admittance she may then apply
for relief. She went to the house and
had the door shut in her face and
with a bang, too, that could be heard
all over the mountainside. She came
to Winchester at once, saw her lawyer.
and they framed up another bill, which
resulted in her getting a limited d.
Vorce yesterday. In addition to Slam
ming the door shut in his, wife's face,
Orndorf has been required to pay her
$3.50 alimony, relinquish possession OF
all her personal property and pay all
the costs OF the suit.
An interesting case in which a non
resident sought TO evade the payment
of taxes has Just been decided by Cir
cult Judge T. w. Harrison. OF Win
Chester, in the Shenandoah County
Circuit Court, at Woodstock, in which
Mrs. Frances French was the defend
ant. In 1907. Q. L. Schoonover died in
Cleartield county, Pa, leaving a large
estate, portion of which was be-
queathed to Mrs French. Considera-
Bile publication was made of her in
heritance, and the commis sioner OF the
revenue at Woodstock attempted to list
Whatever personal property she had,
but was informed that what had been
that Mrs. French did not expect to
make Woodstock her place of resi-.
dence. The Finance Committee of the
Town Council got statement from
the Schoonover executor to the effect
that he hNi. paid. Mrs, French $4,000
in January, .49eS.' AS Mrs French still
refused to give, In any assessment and
wrote the commissioner from Wa sh-
ington. claiming residence there
since November, 1909 the commission
er finally assessed her with $4,000 for
each OF the years 1908, 1909 and 1910.
A motion for a correction of the as
sessment on the ground that she was
a nonresident and that, although rep
the securities We're really worthless.
was made by Mrs. French's counsel
Judge Harrison held that while a resi-
dence in Washington was proven prior
to the assessment for 1910, it was not
proven as to the preceding years, and
that the evidence clearly proved that
the value Of the securities held by
Mrs. French was relieved of the as
sessment for 1910, but that for the
years OF 1908 and 1909 was allowed to
stand. Judgment was accordingly given
Many of the delegates elected by the
Confederate veterans camps in this
section of the State are leaving for
Norfolk TO attend the annual meet
ing of the Grand Camp of Virginia
and others will leave this city in the
morning.
Frank and l. Delaney and c, A.
Brineman, Of Roanoke who left that
city at dayhreak the other morning
declared they would be in Hagers-
town, Nd, in time for supper the
same day, but none believed them
until a message came that the trip