Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-21
GLOOMY TALES
OF MARITAL WO
Judge Morse Grants Five Di-
vOrceS at Regular Session
Friday Afternoon.
BESS CASE COMES UP AGAIN
Alleged That Perjured Evidence on
Part Of Plaintiff Figured In
The Testimony.

Divorce day in Judge Morse's court
yesterday had It's usual tales OF non
support. abandonment. affection turned
chill and the recurrent stories Of cruel
~. With its unfailing regularity the
Bess divorce case appeared again and
continued for another date
Bess. lighting to stave OF the final
decree OF divorce which his wife seeks,
Is also a defendant IN one damage suit
and plaintiff in another Of that char
acter. Yesterday the hearing was on
the final decree. and Bess with his
attorneys was present with a showing
of Is afidavits and the allegation that
the evidence upon which Mrs. Alice
Bess obtained her iuterlocutory decree
was largely periured testimony As
the hearing on the final decree with the
show OF opposition by the defendant
husband who seeks TO defeat the COM
plete legal separation win occupy a
day Of the courts time the case was
continued until June IS. In the mean
time the defendant is ordered to pay
an additional sum Of $50 to his wife
for attorney fees.
BRUNING BOLTED.
Five divorces were granted by Judge
Morse yesterday. Mrs. Marie Bru-
ming. with her little 5-year-old girl
playing at her feet as she told her
story. won the sympathy OF the court
room as she related her husbands de-
sertion. She had married Henry Bru-
ming eight years ago, and the daughter
was but a toddling tot when one day
Bruning told his wife that he was go
ing out 60 get a new job He has never
returned and the wife has been COM
PEELED 10 work to support herself and
the child
TOO MUCH NAGGING.
Frederick samueson. aged S. years,
had been forcibly convinced that In
his 40-year-old helpmate he had found
a termagant Not only had she been
voluble In her use Of opprobrious terms
but had frequently struck him. He
was granted his request for divorce.
HE WAS TOO OLD.
Charles Hines was granted divorce
from Nellie Hines on his cross COM
plant filed in the action brought by
the wife. II was proven TO the court.
and In fact substantiated by the wife
herself. that she had frequently OK
pressed her regret that she had ever
married Hines and had asserted that
ne was too old for her. Hines was
granted the custody Of "a child by his
second marriage
PLAINTIFF Is GENEROUS.
Martin S. Lindsay. a cripple, gave a
new phase 90 divorce court doings BY
asking IN his request for a divorce from
Elvira Lindsay that the court include
In the order alimOny Of S25 a month
and giving the wife the use of the
property and home owned by Mr.. Lind
say. In 1906. according 10 the story
told. Mrs. Lindsay had ordered the
plaintiff 20 leave the house "and never
return" az the same time calling him
"a liar and a coward" The court
awarded the decree.
THOMAS HAD AN EXCUSE.
Benjamin r. Thomas was hailed be-
lore Judge Morse TO explain why he
lad not oheyed the courts order In
laying alimony to Elizabeth Thomas.
Thomas had a glib excuse and escaped
by promising TO heed the
,rder In future and pay the required |
70 each month.
Final DEGREES were granted In the |
.aso Of Ellen r. Birmingham against |
NilfOrd Birmingham