Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-06-17

STORY OF
MARRIAGE
BABY BIG EYED AND INNOCENT
TODDLEs UP TO JUDGE GAIL
L0WAY WHILE MOTHER
TELLS STORY IN ONE OF THE
THREE DIVORCES GRANTED
TODAY.

With a pretty golden haired baby
boy in her arms Mrs. Nellie Smith
mounted the witness stand last even
ing in the circuit court to testify in
the divorce proceedings brought
against her husband, A. G. Smith.
Mrs. Smith is attractive and young
-25 years of age-and in her COM
plant cahrged the husband with de.
sertion, non-support and the convic-
ton of felony. AS the mother re-
lated her story to the court--a story
of pain, and want and disgrace-the
child slipped down from her lap and
seating himself at her feet, gazed
out in innocent wonderment at his
surroundings. Becoming restless,
the baby feet toddled up tho steps
leading to the judges platform.
Reaching out his hands to greet the
child Judge Galloway assisted him
up the last step and standing there
with his hands in those of the court
listening to the mothers story, he
little realized that the father had
left her nothing but a legacy of dis
grace and tears and heart aches;
standing there with his face illumin-
ated with happiness and the sun
lyight of love in his eyes, ho little
realized that the father had dis
graced the name he is to bear
through life-little realized that the
court in pronouncing judgement for.
ever severed all the sacred ties Of
father mother and child,
Left Her Destitute.
Mrs. Smith began her matrimonial
career in Colorado. That was in
1905. The father was Of a shiftless
and rowing disposition and from
Colorado they went to Spokane
Washington, and here he left the
wife at a rooming house among
strangers in destitute circumstances.
She heard of him next at Hood River
and there she Joined him, There
the baby came and again the father
deserted them and again the shad-
ow of the wolf fitted across the
door of the home. Thrown on the
world the mother started out to
maze livllhood for herself and the
baby and since that time she has
earned her own living.
The husband is now incarcerated
in the state prison, and in view of
this fact no corroborating evidence
was introduced, but she was award
ed divorce upon the conclusion of
her own testimony. She was repre-
sented by Attorney Frank Holmes
Loved Him But He Grew Tired.
Winter and spring were united IN
wedlock when Jessie Wagner, aged
is years, married John Mckinney,
aged So years. 81 loved him." she
said, "but he grew tired of me and
left; thought he would make me
good home, but l guess l was mis-
taken" She was corroborated by
her father and mother and according
to their testimony the husband new
er really provided the wife with
home, and she often found herself
in want and destitute circumstances.
There were two Children boy
aged three years and a girl aged
two years. She was granted de.
cree.
Aged But Wants Divorce.
After 28 years of married life, |
and after she had reared a family of
four-three of whom have reached |
their majority, Mrs. Sarah b. Cham
berlain appeared before Judge Gal
loway and asked that she be granted |
a divorce from her husband, Mahlon |
w. Chamberlain. She had not |
asked for a divorce before, she testi-
fed, because she did not want to
break up the family, but now that
three of the children had reached |