Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-28
Nine Misfits in Matrimony Re-
ceive Consideration and Cure
AT Judge Morse's Hands.
HUSBANDS MOSTLY IN FAULT
Several Instances of Marrying i'm Haste
And Repenting at Leisure
Pathetic Stories.

ming from gladstone freedom through
cool Indifference 20 the sobbing out
burst Of a broken heart was played
over in Judge c. w. Morse's division
Of the district court yesterday at the
usual weekly divorce matinee. There
was little humor 20 be found In any OF
the incidents that all meant the sew
erancc Of the bonds holding husband
and wife together. but in many cases
there was the evident satisfaction OF
relief from a burden. Here and
there was the wrench at the heart
strings and I'm other places the bit
terness Of perhaps. revenge.
HEARTLESS DESERTION
The case OF Isabella Anderson was
unusually pathetic even to the harden
ed habitue OF the divorce courtroom.
In an outburst Of uncomfortable grief
the story OF two years OF yearning
turned to abandoned hope was told.
The plaintiff had hardly answered the
usual formal number OF questions as
10 name and "You are the wife OF John
w. Anderson when she broke down.
Her story was simple-she had married
John Anderson on Sept. 6, 1907, and on
Feb. g. 1905. five months later he went
away one day. Since then she has been
left alone with her little baby. never
receiving a letter or word from her
faithless husband. She was granted
her decree OF divorce.
WIFE WOULDN'T FOLLOW.
Il was the soldiers wife who turned
deserter in the case OF George r.
Troutner a member Of the Fifteenth
Infantry stationed at Fort Douglas.
Corporal TrOutner was married 10
Gertrude c. Troutner on May 1, 1906
al Kansas city. When on oct. 6, 1908.
he was ordered from Fort Logan. Colo
TO join his regiment here. his wife had
told him TO go ahead that she would
follow. Afterwards he had sent her
money TO come To salt Lake. but she
and answered that she was going to
stay where she was, and kept the
money He. too, was given a divorce.
WIFE ONLY A YEAR.
Another Of the old stories OF a Farm
lngton marriage was related by Mary
r. Jensen. She had gone to Utah's
Gretna Green on a May day In 1909.
The romance ended abruptly. however
when In a month or two kisses gave
way 10 blows. and loving whsperings
70 oaths and abuse. The court showed
his sympathy by awarding her $50
month alimOny. even though the err
rant husband Is but as his wife term
ed him. "a common laborer."
IMPOSED ON HIS FATHER IN-LAW
Pearl Goodwin was married TO Rich
ard Goodwin May rs, 1907. and al
though he Is competent TO earn from
$3.50 to 81 d day he let OF rather
forced his father-in-lay to support the
wife and child FOR the past two years.
The young wife. barely past 49, will
be permitted to resume her maiden
name Of Pearl Lloyd.
DUSTIN WAS CRUEL
Mamie n. Dustin related a story OF
extreme cruelty ON the part OF Bert
X. Dustin, To whom she was married
Feb. 3. 1907 She told Of numerous In
stances where her husband had struck
and bruised her She was granted her
divorce and awarded $50 a month all
mony, and will resume her maiden
name Of Mamie n. Donovan
LEFT HUSBAND AND GOOD HOME.
Although Fri W. Butler had provided
good home for Joyce Butler. she evil
IDENTIFY did not appreciate 1t and aban-
doned her husband a couple OF years
after they We're married at Caldwell.
Idaho August. 1908. The father OF Mr.
Butler bore out his statements, and
the decree was granted
NON-sUPPORT FREES TWO
Ethel Lawless was granted a divorce
from John Lawless on the grounds of
non-suppOrt and Josephine krouse was
freed from the bond which united her
with a. ". krouse, a bond, broken
first, however. by the husbands de-
sertion and failure 10 provide for his
wife.
Lodged i'm Jail once because Of his
marital difficulties. and in fact con-
fined In jail az the very moment his
wife was securing a divorce Edwin
Peterson again stood within the shadow
Of the bars when he appeared In court
10 explain why he had not compiled
with the courts order providing for
the wife and minor child. As a means
OF forcing her husband TO support her
self and child Mrs. Peterson first had
him arrested for failure TO provide.
While he was In Jail waiting trial, she
secured a divorce from him and was
awarded alimony, and he was released
under the charge. Since then. how
ever there have been no payments.
Yesterday the case came up on an or
der TO show cause, pat Ia the meantime
Peterson had filed an application O.
have the case re-opened and filed n
s-complaint. showing that at the
time OF the divorce trial he was not
able TO be present because OF his con-
nnement In Jail. When the court learn
ed. however Of the delinquency In the
pavmcnt Of the ordered amounts, the
only thing that saved Peterson from
another Jail sentence for contempt Of
court was that the court took into con-
sideratiOn the fact tuat II inc ueIeud-
ant was confined In Jail he would not
be able 10 earn money with which 10
support the wife and child. lie was
given the opportunity to 20 out and
work. and satisfy the court that his
Intentions were sincere before he can
seek further relief
KEPT CROOKING HER ELBOW.
Mrs Susanna Jeffs secured her wish
for a divorce, but hardly In the way
she anticipated Ephraim Jeffs was
granted the decree and Mrs. Jeffs will
miss the armony. In a cross com
plant the defendant charged his wife
with having celebrated the honeymoon
in a bibulous manner, and that Size had
kept up the celebration.
MUST PAY AND STAY AWAY.
John NJ. GILBERT must not only keep
away from his wifo's boarding house,
but he must pay her $50 a month dur
ing the tendency OF the suit for III
vorce which she has brought, and he
also must advance S25 to pay his wifo's
attorneys In bringing the suit that VIII
leave him a single man II the wife
wins
GOVERNMENT LANDS.