The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-20
DR. L. W. C0E wins.
DIVORCE ACTION
Former Grand Forks Man
Granted Separations Ask
ed For by His Wife.
WOMAN IS SCORED
IN THE DECISION
Declared That She Schemed
to Obtain Control of
His Property. .

XA1os He W. NOo was LuO d8s
gressor in the marital difficulties Of
she and her husband is the opinion
held by the Portland, Ore, judge
before whom the sensational divorce
trial involving former Grand Forks
residents was heard. The following
from the Portland Oregonian gives q
complete resume of the trial:
In a sweeping decision in which
Mrs. Coe was scathingly criticised for
what he termed her cunning device
to strip DIR. Coe Of all his property"
Judge McGinn Friday. December ~,
granted n decree of divorce to DR..
Henry Waldo Coe, although Mrs. Coe
had asked for the divorce and held
that all the Property involved in the
suits is his.
A government contract for the care
Of the Alaskan insane. estimated to
be worth approximately $4,000 Il
year. liz the property Of the sanitarium
company. Judge McGinn held, and the
home at Twentyfifth and Lovejoy
streets is held by Mrs. Cos only III
trust for DR.. Coe and the Coo family.
Liabilities Total $GS,S5O.
was decreed to DIR. Coe. who was the
defendant in the two cases heard at
the am time, Judge McGinn held
that, all Of the obligations outstanl-
ing are liabilities against DIR. Coe. in
aslnach as they were created either
by himself o. by Mrs. Coe during Dr.
Goes absence abroad. in an effort to
conserve his property. These obliga-
tions amount to about s6S,85O, ac-
tics held by DIR. and Mrs. Coo and the
liabilities against them. introduced as
evidence by Attorney Clark yesterday
morning.
The grounds of the divorce which
Was granted to DR.. Coe were cruel and
inhuman treatment, making life bur-
densome. The treatment accorded
DIR. Coe by his wife. Judge McGinn
held. had been the most cruel of the
cruel. and it was accorded him, the
jurist said, by a wife for whom he has
built IAN $4,000 mansion and to
whom, through their long married
whose every within had been gratified
by a man whose every project in life
had been built around his family.
Joseph Talks Two Hours.
When court convened, Attorney
George w. Joseph for Mrs. Coe, said
he would like to be heard and spoke
for more than two hours. When he
had finished Judge McGinn retired to
his chambers, but returned in a few
moments and began delivering his
opinion.
-. When he. began there, was not q
stir in h courtroom and not a sound
Mrs. Coe sat between her attorneys,
George Joseph and Bert Haney.
Across the table from her was DIR.
Coe. beside his attorney, A. e. Clark.
The three sons Of DIR. and Mrs. Coe
and DR.. futile, who was bitterly ar
raigned by Mr.. Joseph, sat in the jury
box nea to where DIR. Coe was seated.
Mrs. Coe is Unmoved. b.
During Judge McGinn's remarks
Mrs. Coe sat facing the judge, out
scarcely move during the time Judge
McCiinn was delivering the opinion.
She apparently was unmoved by the
effect Of the words Of the judge and
showed no emotion until after Judge
she arose from her chair to leave the
room. Alone, save for her secretary,
she passed hurriedly out Of the
DIR. Coe, however. was much affect
ed by the decision Of the court and
frequently wiped his eyes during the
rendering Of the decision. AS Don
as Judge McGinn had concluded the
three boys rushed to their fathers
side and shook his hands. and in a
moment many friends who had gath
cred in the room during the morning
came forward and grasped his hand.
1t was several minutes before he was
abls to leave the room and when he
left he still showed. signs Of the strain
and emotion under which he a
been.
Mrs. Coo Brings Both Suits.
Mrs. Coe. who was ruled against IN
every instance by Judge McGinn,
brought both the suits. In the first
an accounting of moneys received by
DR.. Coe since last May under a con-
tract which DR.. Coe, acting for the