The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-10-24
COURT REFUSES A
MORMON DIVORCE
Elder Who Would Put Away
Wife to Take Another IS
Disappointed.

Kansas City. Mo, Oct. M.-Judys
Guthrie, in the circuit c~ourtshere, was
forced to overrule God and refuse q dl-
vorce to Daniel Stuck, a Mormon elder.
who said he had had a revelation from
or high to divorce his wife, Pearlie
Stuck. and wed Pearl Brace. q comedy
Mormon girl 10 years old, and IS years
Stuck's Junior. The Mormons rely on
revelations from God for guidance In
spiritual as well as material affairs n
Stuck, In his suit for divorce. said he
had been commanded in a revelation
to divorce his wife.
ut looks to me- Judge Guthrie said,
the our revelation was inspired more
by your own thoughts than Il was by
God" and he refused the divorce.
Started IN Church.
The father and sister OF Pearl + be
We're In court and told all about Stdc.sss
revelation and the i~nfatuation OF Pearl
for the elder. The affair started last
spring. after Stuck a organized q
Mormon church at Mt. Washington.
A a meeting Sunday night last
April" Mrs. Theodore Gerber. sister of
Pearl Brace, said, Stuck announced
that he had a three or fouf divine
manifestations and 10 them one
that Pearl was to marry some man;
another tina he had been commanded
to u away Mrs. Stuck, who. within
two years, would marry q ma much
better suited to her than her present
husband" Other witnesses testified to
the same thing. Stuck did not say who
he had been commanded to marry after
he had put away his wife. but the N
eral conclusion was that 1t was Pearl
Brace. After the meeting ended, Stuck
asked to see Pearl privately. they said.
but on the advice of friends she re-
fused to meet him alone.
Wireless Messages Crossed.
After these revelations. William
Jones and others began to discredit
Sucks Irvine guidance.
I've had three or four manifestations
myself" Jones testified. Il know that
| Sucks were not true"
Miss Brace was living at that time
\ with her sister. Several times Stuck
called on the girl there and finally per-
suaded her to come to his home to i've.
Two weeks later Stuck and his wife
separated and he brought suit for d.
vorce. One witness testified thai Stuck
gave up his place in bed and slept on
the floor SO that Miss Brace would have
q comfortable place to sleep.
After Stuck and his wife separated,
money and sent her to Peabody, Kan.
He refused to tell the girls family
where she was. Later, her father found
out where she was and went after her,
but she refused to return.
Rugged and Kissed Her.
Mrs. Laura Stobaugh, OF Mt, Wash
fngton, testified that Pearl Brace told
her nov Stuck had Rugged and kissed
her in his home, while Mrs. Stuck was
in the kitchen. She told Mrs. Stobaugh
that Stuck begged and cried before she
granted his osculatory request. Mrs.
Stuck, Pearl said, cried and walked the
floor when her husband told her thai
he had been commanded to put her
away. Finally, she became r%econciled
to the separation and declared that 1t
was the Lords will.
After that, Stuck filed suit for Ill
vorce. Meantime the stories about his
actions began to be noised around and
instead of the divorce going by default.
the divorce proctor s~ubpoenaed a large
number of witnesses to fight the case.
These witnesses testified that Pearl
Brace a been brought up in religious
atmosphere and that Stuck was the
only man she had known well. Joseph
Stobaugh testified that he had remon-
strated with the girl and showed her
in the scriptures that there was no
warrant for her actions. Then, he tes-
titled, h admitted she was doing
wrong. Stuck denied he had planned
to marry Miss Brace, but other wit
nesses testified that he did. Miss Brace
was not In court, and her relatives do
not know where she is. They suppose
that she is hidine. waiting for a divorce
to be granted to Stuck and Their they
would he married.