The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-10-24
COURT REFUSES 4
MORMON DIVORCE
elder Who Would Put Away
Wife to Take Another 10
Disappointed.

Kansas City, Mo, Oct. M--Judgs
Guthrie, In the circuit court here, was
forced to override God and refuse a d.
vorce to Daniel Stuck, a Mormon elder.
who said he had had O revelation from
on high to divorce his wife, Pearlie
Stuck, and wed Pearl Brace. q comedy
Mormon girl 10 years old, and Is years
Sucks junior. The Mormons rely on
revelations from God for guidance In
spiritual as wen as material affairs and
Stuck, In his suit for divorce. said he
had been commanded in a revelation
to divorce his wife. ..
TT looks to me-" Judge Guthrie said,
that you revelation was inspired more
by your thoughts thar 1t was by
God" and he refused the divorce.
Started in Church. + 4
The father. and sister Of Pearl Brace
We're in court and told all about Sucks
revelation and h i~nfatuation of Pearl
for the elder. The affair started last
spring. after Stuck had organized q
Mormon church at Mt. Washington.
A a meeting m Sunday night last
April" Mrs. Theodore Gerber, sister of
Pearl Brace, said, Stuck announced
that he had had three or four divine
manifestations and among them
that Pearl 3 to marry some mans
another that he. had been commanded
to put away Mrs. Stuck, who. within
W years, would marry q man much
better suited to. her than her present
husband" Other witnesses testified ia
the am thing: Stuck did not say who
he a been commanded to marry after
he a put away his wife, but the gem
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 e.. a.
Wireless Messages Crossed.
After these revelations. William
and others began to discredit
Stucks divine guidance. 2 81 pa
I've had three or four manifestations
myself" Jones' testified. Il know that
Sucks were not true." w. .
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 live.
Two weeks later Stuck and his wife
separated and he brought suit for di-
vorce. One witness testified that Stuck
gave up his place in bed and slept on
the floor so that Miss Brace would have
a comfortable place to sleep.
After Stuck n his wife separated,
Stuck testified, ne gave Miss Brace
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
ington, testified that Pearl Brace told
her how 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 that
he had been commanded to put her
away. Finally, she became ~reconciled
to the separation and declared that 1t
was the Lords will.
After that, Stuck filed suit for. di-
Vorce. Meantime the stories about his
actions began to be noised around and
instead of the divorce going by default,
the divorce proctor subpoenaed a large
number of witnesses to fight the case.
These witnesses testified that Pearl
Brace had been brought up in religious
atmosphere n hat Stuck was the
only man she had known weh. Joseph
strated with the girl and showed her
in the scriptures that there was no
warrant for her actions. Then, he tes-
titled, she 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 hiding. waiting for O divorce
to be granted to Stuck IL the they
would be m rried.