Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-07
b,5ne Morse Straightens Out a
Few Matrimonial Differences
At Divorce Matinee.
PREFERS LIFE OF A GAMBLER
nornclly Would Rather Tread the
Primrose Path at Haley Than
Live Win His wife Here.

few more Of Cupids errors were
.t-alehtened out yesterday afternoon
b, Judge Morse in the Friday weekend
Of The court week
fr tho case OF Lewis Arthur West
Che wife, Estclla r.. was already Jon
che mast tense before the court granted
emo decree ~ divorce. when on Oh
stand Lewis. in Identifying himself as
,bs pIainun In the suit admitted that
10 "Was the husband" Of the defend
srt 70 was shown by the plaintiff
,bst he had been married To- Estella ~.
,rcsf iu Salt Lake Nov. a. 1905 but
mat she had deserted him without
cause or prlvocatlon April 10, 1909, ANA
despita bis cntre8ties had refused O.
y,.lrr 90 him. The father II the young
nan supported the son. Affirming that
H. foo had several times sought To-
hing about "a reconciliation without
rIccess Judge Morse readily granted
thc divorce.
TALE OF GAMBLERS WIFE.
Although able-bodied and fitted 20
A. honest work. Mrs Iva Douuelly told
,bs court her husband preferred the
,-mr1so path and the green covered
table She said that her husband was
Confirmed gambler and made that
His occupation. The couple were mar
VA oct 25. 1905 and FOR three year,
lived az HALEY. Idaho. Even there his
s.uIrgs at gambling did not permit
me sporting husband 20 support his
,n every we'll" and she was forced
Z, return TO the shelter OF her fathers
tmc IN salt Lake. Since then Don
rslv had still remained IN Idaho f'l-
i,gine the gamblers life and refusing
:, contribute 20 his wife's support. Mrs
nonneuy was also granted her plea
Tor legal separation.
PETERSON WAS TOUCHY.
when one day in October 1905, Mrs
r1reblrg Peterson. showing wifely
interest asked her husband. Frank G.
peterson how his business was get
fling along and how soon their debts
vo1d De- paid. Frank took offense and
lon the house loo a hun He remained
away and since that date the wife has
ma seen him The marriage took place
aprI 3 1901. and until the fateful qucs-
t50. EXPRESSING the wife's interest In
,5s financial affairs Of the household
I'm hal gone we'll Mrs. Peterson was,
Too. granted her plea for divorce.
SLIGHT DIFFERENCE.
The eagcrness Of the former Mrs
t'stsna Josephine LIddell 20 force Ber-
rarI william Iiddell 90 promptly pay
fhe alimony granted her iu the former
decree Of divorce brought "a loss Of s.
"a month Iu some way although thu
court order showed that but an allow
pnca % s25 per month alimony had
been granted. the sum appeared as $50
since Feb Idddell who is con-
tractor had become delinquent to tn
extent OF close 10 S3S and he was
brought into court to show cause why
the delinquency existed. With the wife
sitting with note book and pencil In
hand. checking up amounts, Lddcll OK
planned how ne had received hut little
remuneration on his fcw contracts n
The past two or three months, and
through his attorney the discrepancy
between the court order and the al
legged amount ~ aimouy was brought
out Llddcll convinced the court OF
bis earnestuess IN obeying the court or
Der and promised that he would liqui-
date the default in the alimony within
The week
The recurrcnt case OF Alice Eleanor
ness vs. Robert Bess. which involves
two or three other cases. including
damage suits. was continued two
weeks FOR final hearing under stipula-
ton ~ the opposing sides.
Final DEGREES were granted I'm the
eases of Meta Edwards VS.. John NJ Ed
wards Susie Keefe VS.. John Keefe,
and Eva Buckley vs. J. NJ. Buckley