The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-05
DESERTED WIVES
MAKE COMPLAINTS
Judge Armstrong Listens to
Tales of Abandonment
and Cruelty.
FIVE DEGREES GRANTED
Frona Hinton Charges That Her Hus-
band Clicked and Threatened
to Shoot Her.

The oft-told tales Of wife-desertion,
apaHoohment and cruelty within the
i-osle We're repeated in five cases heard
DeL9Ie Judge George 81. Armstrong yes
lefday at the regular weekly divorce
matinee. In these five cas- es the wives
were granted interiOcutOry DEGREES.
s Una Hlnlon was grantd a divorce
=. oili Sohn IA Hinton, whose favOrite
pasllule, according 20 the testimony,
Aad Deen that OF choking his wife
me unions were married at Oregon
LItE, oregon, in 1893. Not long after
the marriage Hinton, the wife said had
become quefulous, and in his ilI-natured
moods would grip her at the throat
ana mouth, threatening to choke. her.
Inen at times he would flourish a re-
NulFer and always with the threat that
ne would XIII her, IL is alleged.
The elimination Of the domestic af-
Aalrs or the HtntOns occurred q little
over month ago, when the defendant,
according TO the testimony of the nIafu-
III, accused the latter of taking "some
lnlngs from his pockets" The plain
tlrr IN relating the incident TO the
court said that she had been in bed
when her husband made this charge,
and she was startled on being aWak-
ened 10 see the husband pointing d re-
vOlver at her.
After she had covered under the fear
OF the threatening revolver for sew
eral minutes, and when she had col
lected ner thoughts she told her hus-
band that the things were downstairs.
When he left the room, she threw her
eiothlng out OF a window. and then
lodging out of the house. secured the
clothing and sought the refuge of
hotel
Double DISCRETION.
Charles Hugh COltrin deserted both
his wife and the United States army
according 10 the story told by Matilda
= Coltrin. IN securing her divorce yes
terday- The couple were married in
salt Lake, December 3. 1907. A few
months afterwards. COltrin came home
one night telling his wife that he was
gong 10 Denver TO work. He went
away, and after a few months. during
which the wife worried because of not
nearing from him, he returned home
with the confession that when he had
left her he had Joined the regular army
and because of some trouble had de-
serted For a time COltrin had re
manned in hiding about the home, fore
ing his wife TO do homework in order
10 provide for the home. and then, on
June 10. 1909. he deserted the wife.
Jennie Carkeek was granted her Pc
utlOn FOR divorce from James Car
keek yesterday. The Carkeek case
came up for hearing a week ago, but
was continued because Of the incOm-
potency Of the witness to testify as TO
/ the residence Of the plaintiff in salt
Lake county for the past year. Yes
terday. Mrs Emma CARMEL, the mother
OF the plalntlII was called, and pro-
yided the necessary proof of residence
to substantiate the complaint.
decree was granted Laura Low
Their, who was deserted by her husband
at Parkersburg, W Va, July IS. 1904.
The couple We're married at Marietta,
Ohio, April p, 1883.
DesertiOn and nOn-suppOrt were also
the basis of the decree granted May H
Gray against William J. Gray, jr. From
the wedding day, in October, 1907, the
plaintiff had been compelled TO work
as servant 10 assist in the support
I Of her husband, until he completely
abandoned her. in July, 1908, it is
charged
A final decree was entered in the case
0f Geneve Miles against George c.
Miles.