Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-04-07
Fab Divorce
sse III Gil cult Court

,ssein Gil cuit Court
The trial Of the action Ii the case
brot BY John Fahnestock against
wife. Ruth M. Fahnestock for divorce,
was on in circuit court Monday After
the taking Of evidence the hearing rf
the arguments was postponed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fahnestock had been
married only about one year and have
been separated since last September
Mrs, Fahnestock resides in Minneapot
lis while her husband retaius his resi-
dence in Watertown.
Mr. Fahnestock seeks o divorce,
claiming chat his wife was extrayars
giant and ahat she occasionally partook
Of liquor. and furthermore that she
not cook meals for him after the time
I.she returned from the hospital in
Minneapolis, where she submitted .oS
an operation for an abdominal trounie.
A deposition was Intro oduced In evi.
ldence from one Of the nurses in the
minneapolis hospital where Mrs. .Fahne.
Istock was confined stating that on
| the visit of the husband to that insti-
tuton he was inclined to be irritaois3
toward his wife, and that she In her
weak condition was made worse X, -
visit. 55
j The defendant introduced a letter
written by her to Mr.. Fahnestock that
/ stated that her condition was fmnroy7
led and that on the following day she
Expected to go to the DykTnan hotel
which her physician thot would not
]. m aterially retard her progress toward
health. She also statsd that she ex'
1 pected to be accompanied by her nurse
4 who would remain with her a couple
of days.
4 The last part Of the missive severely
4 criticised the way the husbands COY.
8Irespondence tended to criticise her.
i a document was introduced by the
,plainT!n which purported to be an IN
]strument by which settlement was
made in the Hanten law office which
contained the signature OF the defen.
dant and a witness.
The settlement was for $500 s,sl
Judgment for 3ffe.
The case Of H. M. Stanwood against
4 q. q, Lallier, both of Troy, s. D, re
n suited In judgment for SIG for the
u lplaintiff. The action was brot tso re
(, cover for goods sold, and for labor
II Al, Sherin appeared for the plaintiff
and Case & shurtleff for the defeni
lent.
Same Decision Both Courts.
4 In the case of F. L. Smith agains
i Eva Williams Whiting which was triet
lin circuit court Monday morning
verdici was rendered for the defer,
z dant. The action was brot to recoye
! on a plumbing bill. 1t was appeales
{ from the municipal court where th
I same verdict was rendered as in TIL
circuit court. : s
Jury Disagreed.
!, The jury in the case of Way agains
: Davis to recover $500 for commission
was ous all Wednesday night and wa
j discharged Thursday as it was eviden
\ that they could not reach an agree
. ment. 3
/ Only a light calendar burdened tn,
!, calendar Of the April term of munic
ipal court. The first case tsy attrac
attention was that Of Lizzie Living
stone, who was arrested on complain
Of Daisy Amy, charging her with per
s3jury Mrs. Livingstone was release,
I. in $500 bonds pending the hearing Ii
] municipal court Wednesday,
| She is charged with giving falls,
testimony in the case of Livingston,
d against Wiersbeck, the first trial at th,
present term Of circuit court.