Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-05
WOMEN WITH WO
GWEN FREEDOM
Thai, plants Heard by Judge
Morse Yesterday at d.
yorce Matinee.
BEAT HIS WIFE ON CHRISTMAS
M Co,crdalc Tells story OF CRU
ely Which Wins Her the
Mercy of the Court.

-t,t,tfye cry Of the woman,
s,d tired under the yoke OF the
W. - bond. was the dominant note
i'l- ,,potonc hum Of the divorce
,u Yesterday In each case II
s "a. wife seeking relief from the
..,,r bond and in each case the Err
-,t husband was absent.
.-o or three cases the mother OF
s. found as much relief as the
IN the divorce. since it precluded
". ,arsgsItv of supporting the hus-
- and In mos. OF the cases heard
"a 5.g.de8 the .thrcad Of cruelty and
-s,.iycress ran through the cloth Of
ho Hfe story .,,.
Anna ST. Coverdale was quickly
..,nted "a legal separation from Robert
!. ,,.,.,r-iale when Il was shown that
t.s latest Christmas present To her hs.d
- tbe black and blue marks made
ga- by "a cIenched fist. The story
t.r married life was one Of cruelty
-5..b her mother added the details
.g. Covordale had imprisoned his
.-... in a cellar after beating her with
.,~9r tongue As II unsatisflod. ac-
ZINC to the evidence, the husband
a.5If the home OF his mother-in-l law,
800 bis wife had been driven, three
,.sess ago and vented his spleen by
smashing in their windows.
soon TIRED OF HER.
According 20 Anna C.. Jones, IL took
,... tban "a month for her husband,
u1yid b. Jones. 20 grow tired of her
srI 8aepite the fact that upon the mar
5000 March C.. 1909. Jones with his
Ma went 90 live with the mother or
..s i1ttsr. his excuse after deserving
,pa VIE was. lit is too expensive TO keep
! ...fa" According 60 the testimony the
,.ourr couple. the wife now barely past
I, we're married March 6, 1909. AL
tb,ueh a home was furnished by the
,arsrts of the bride. the husband was
dissatisfied before the month was over.
Aner he packed his suit case and de-
rsrted on April Fools day the young
wife gtII sought him. but on the two
OCCASIONS they met the husband passed
ty without de,gninc to notice his wife.
The request for divorce was granted.
DIsLIKED WORK.
Although Frank Samuels, according
q, testimony. was an expert In several
lines IF work especially in the opera
ton of moving picture machines and
tending barr when he married he
lost nIs taste for work Hazel Samuels.
The uckess wife, secured her freedom
after 10 had been shown that almost
the day after the marriage. In Sep
TENDER. 1901, Frank wouldn't work.
According 70 the plaintiffs story the
husband was satisfied with the check
received monthly from HIS father-in-
hv and with the wages obtained
through his wife's work. Under the
e..siau of the court Frank Samuels
uT have 90 work for himself now.
DESERTED WITH CHILDREN.
Mary A. Jack was granted a divorce
from Joseph Mack. and awarded the
custody 0f the two sons. 5 and 3 years
DID, 0u the showing Of the husbands
failure 90 support the family They
were married in March, 1901. and the
husbands desertion occurred in March,
lsg,
FIVE DAYS IN JAIL.
Charles A. Holberg's indifference to
on order of the court resulted yester-
day DO his being sent 20 the county jail
for 1--WE days. Holbcrg recently was
ordered 90 pay weekly alimony 10 his
divorced Wife, and was called 10 ap-
pear loo the court yesterday on an or
der 20 show cause why he had failed
20 pay the weekly amount When the
case was called Holherg did not appear