The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-17
"LOvE NE LITTLE,
LOVE Me- LUNG p"
Re,Marriase Conditional
on Affection
NEW THEORY ADVANCED BY
HONESDALE LAWYER IN MAS
TER'S REPORT.
PROVIDED, however,

said respondent is not per-
mitted under this divorce to
marry any other man that she
does not love-"
Such was the original condition
r. M. Stocker, Esq, attached to his
report, as master, recommending the
divorce of Walter e. Lee, libellant,
versus Almeda Lee, respondent,
which he presented to the Court,
Tuesday afternoon.
Judge Searle did not see it that
way though, and drew his pen
through that part of the decree,
granting the several parties "liber-
ty to marry again in like manner as
if they had never been married" but
doing so on the legal grounds of de-
Sertion.
The facts in the case, as brought
out at the hearing November o,
1911, before r. NJ. Stocker, Esq,
master, are briefly as follows
1t appears that Walter e. Lee was
married to Almeda Churchill, a wild
ow with one child, at Sidney, N. Y,
as man and wife until May, 1908,
on a farm two miles from Sidney.
Walter e. Lee testified at the
hearing that he was married to AL
media Churchill, a widow with one
child, June 81, 1906, by w. H.
Pearce, Justice, at Sidney, Della
ware county, n. Y. 1--WE lived to-
gether as man and wife" he said,
until May, 1908. Then she left me
and she has been away ever since at
Sidney, n. Y. We started keeping
house after marriage and We had
sufficient furniture. | had farm,
and furnished what was comfortable.
| originally came from Wayne coun-
ty and after she left me | sold my
farm and l returned to my brother S
home in Preston. My farm was
fairly well-stocked when she left.
was in the field working when she
left, and took her things that she
had bought, consisting of bedroom
suit a couch and few dishes. She
got a neighbor and removed to the
town of Sidney. The farm was about
two miles out.
90 ! saw her a couple of days af-
terwards at Sidney, and she said she
was not coming back again, that she
would not live with me, that she
never had any love for me and would
not live with me. We had no chill
dren. | never gave her any reason
to leave me. ! asked her if she was
coming back and she said she never
would. She didn't like farm life. ="
VIM. H. Pearce, testified as fol-
lows: 81 am acquainted with Walter
q. Lee and his wife. | knew him
several years before marriage. l
sold him the farm and l married
them as Justice of the Peace. l
was at their home several times af-
nj cd &c n
was furnished better than the aver
age farmer and l saw them frequent
ly aftey they were married He
treated her kindly and considerate
and she has told me so many time.
He supplied her with food and
clothing as long as they lived to-
gether. The farm had 80 acres and
a very fair house in good neigh
borhood l know she left Mr.. Lee
and she came into my office and ask
ed me if / had any rooms in Music
Hall block to let. This was in May,
1908. | told her she had better go
back. She said she had left her
husband; that she had her goods at
Sidney now. | did not let her have
rooms, but she got rooms on Cart
wright Avenue, Sidney, and lived
there a few months. l saw her a
number of times and asked her to go
back. She says don't love Walter
e. Lee, and that is the reason l left
him and / shall never live with him
again After about two or three
weeks she rented rooms in Music
Hall block and worked in the silk
mill, where she works now. She has
now bought a house and lot on
Chestnut street. She is about 55
years old. Mr.. Lee was nice man
and she said he was very kind but
she did not love him. They have
not lived together since they separ-
ated. Mrs. Lee told me she knew
her husband had commenced suit
against her in divorce and that she
was glad of it and had hired a law
yer"
Walter Lee has made his home
with a brother, William c. Lee, in
Preston township, since December,