Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-08
John Livingston Turns Out Pock-
cts in Court Ere He is
Purged of Contempt.
ALIMoNY HARD TO COLLECT
Charles Holbcrg, for Instance, Changes
His Address In Order TO Escape
Paying Arrears

John Livingston, a bartender. rihed
his pockets at the regular divorce mutI-
nee Friday afternoon and paid his wife.
Mrs. Edith Livingston. $40. all the
money he had, before Judge Charles w,
Morse would dismiss the order charg-
Ing him with being in contempt OF
court. During his examination Living
ston gave a dozen excuses why he had
not paid his wife the allmony. $15 a
month. ordered by the court He was In
arrears two months and declared that
he was unable to catch up In the first
place he WAS sick for several weeks.
then he stepped on a piece OF glass and
was laid up with a bad foot for several
weeks. besides that he is subject to
faintlng spells and in poor health.
Livingston has two daughters. ono
IA and the other II years old. His wife
secured the order for temporary nli-
mony last July for the support of the
children She declared that she was
in destitute circumstances and had to
have some money. Livingston finally
admitted that he had SO on cross-ex-
animation and upon the payment OF it
to his wife. Judge Morse discharged
him
SEARCH FOR HOLBERG.
Charles A. Holberg was brought be-
fore the court after a search of three
days on an order charging him with
being In contempt of court His wife.
Mrs. Louie Holberg, spent a day and
part of the night searching for Holbcrg
before she found him and the service
was made by a deputy sheriff He was
accused of evading the service by
changing his rooming place and In
structlng his employer to give out no IN
formation as to his whereabouts. Hol-
berg is in arrears SIC with his tempor-
airy alimony and owes his wife's at
torney $25 fees. BY his accounts Hol-
berg showed that he had paid his wife
the greater portion of the wages he had
earned since last August when the or
der was made allowing her $40 a month
allmony. Upon the promise that he
would pay IS, which he has coming TO
him of this weeks wages. to her today,
he was discharged.
WRONG MR., COOPER.
w II Cooper. whose wife. Mrs. Sadie
E Cooper, had double in Salt Lake
by the same name and they both are
employed at the Martin Coal & Fuel
company An order was made sum-
moning him before the court Friday but
the deputy sheriff served the wrong Mr..
Cooper and he did not appear The
order was charged citing him before
the court at IL O'Clock this morning to
show cause why he should not pay his
wife temporary alimony for the sup
port of their five children, pending IN
action for divorce.
BELLIGERENT MIR. PLACE.
Mrs. Margaret f. Place, whose hus-
band, Clifton H Place, fired shot DIT
her the day he left Salt Lake, obtained
a decree OF divorce from him OH the
charge OF cruelty They agreed to sep
aratc on Sept. 20. 1909 The next day
while she was removing the furniture
from the house, Place returned. He
fred a shot at her at close range and
the bullet passed through her dress
Place disappeared and she had a war
rant sworn out for his arrest charging
him with attempted murder. They
were married in Ogden, March II, 1903.
and have no children.
DESERTED BY WIFE.
Harry L. Kemp was given decree
of divorce from Maud Kemp. who de-
serted him Ave years ago. They were
married In Oakland. California. on May
], 1900 Within a short time after they
moved to Salt Lake. Mrs. Kemp re-
turned to Oakland and Kemp has tried
several times to get her to come back
but she refused to do It,
HE WAS A BAD ACTOR.
Mrs Nellie p. Spencer obtained a de-
cree of divorce. the custody of her
child, 500 a month alimony, and $50 at
torney's fee from Walter Y. Spencer.
an actor, who deserted her four years
ago. They were married here on May
20. 1908 Spencer disappeared about
three years after they were married
without any reason and she has only
heard indirectly from him few times
since then,
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