Putnam patriot., 1911-12-15
Superior Court

 morning asked Judge Gager of the i superior court for writ of mandamus i against the county commissioners, i Messrs Hall, Barber and Corttis. IL was granted. The writ is the result of the issuing of two liquor licenses in l Danielson. When the commissioners granted these two licenses there had i been remonstrances against the appli- cation for licenses. It is alleged that the commissioners took no heed of the remonstranees and issued the licenses.
 The remonstrants took steps to go to the superior court. The clerk of the commissioners had all copies ready for the remenstrants and when Arthur c. Bill appearing for the remonstrants 1 called for them and rendered the legal 1 fees the commissioners refused to give up the copies. Now the writ of man. damus calls on the commissioners to turn those copies over as requested or show cause why they should not. The matter will come up before Judge Ga ger Saturday December g, in Willi- mantle.
 | DIVORCED FROM UNFAIrHFUh WIFE
 Frank J. Bates of Thompson was granted divorce from his wife, Ida Bates on statutory grounds.
 Bates had in his possession telephone tickets representing over S25 which he had paid for calls his wife had contrac- ted for after she left him. Aside from | that he had a letter written to one "Jackn Sears named as correspondent. Then he had bills for whiskey which he said his wife drank.
 They both lived in Thompson but were married in New York, Novem- Der 29, 1894. Three boys were born 10 | them.
 Indirectly about two years ago he learned that his wife on her return home from visit at the home of her sister in Fitchburg had stopped in Webster with young man. They had spent night together at hotel.
 He became suspicious of her. One night he saw her go into the Putnam postoffiee. He followed and learned that she had private box there and received mail in her maiden name. l Then later he got letter from the post office which his wife had just mailed. 1 It was addressed to Jack Sears. He opened the letter and read it's contents. The letter was shown to the judge but its contents not made public.
 He spoke to her once about Sears and she told him that she was only fooling with him as he was only a young fel- low. Later though he saw his wife meet Sears in front of Putnam hotel. 1 They talked for few minutes and then his wife went into the hotel with Sears. Bates said that he did not see his wife until several days after that. Then he received a telephone message that she was at the home of her sister and was sick. He went there and found that she was drunk.
 Bates told about visits she made to l Worcester, and how she met Sears there. All during this time he took her diamond ring out of three pawn shops where she had left the ring for money loaned She had also pawned her watch.
 About four months ago she went away and had never returned. The boys testified that their mother was not living at home and they all knew about Jack Sears. One of the boys was with her one day when she telephoned to "Jackn D to meet her on the Common in Worcester "Jack" met the boy and his mother as agreed and gave the boy p cents to go and buy some candy. The lad said he did and "Jack" went away with his mother.
 Another son told of hearing his mo- ther telephone to Sears and telling him that she was tied down but would meet him just as soon as she could get out of the house. The mother did not know that the lad was in the room and when she saw that he had heard her at the phone she made him promise not to tell his father. Later when his father asked his mother who she had been talking with over the phone she said it was her brother. The decree was given on the ground alleged and Bates was given the custody of his three boys.