Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-28
FIVE DIvORCES FOR DEsERTION
Four Wives and One Husband Fled the Married SateTher Life Partners Left Behind Are Given Decrees in Su- perior Court-Suis Were Uncontested.

At the short calendar session of the superior court here on Friday morn ing dtvorceS were granted in i've out of the six cases on the unconteseed list and all were on the grounds of deser- tion The sixth case. which was Thomas c. Kenyon vs. Mary E. Ken yon, went off. In four of. the five cases disposed of it was husbands who were the applicants for divorce.
 Lef> After Nine Years.
 Thomas R Dawley, Jr., of Griswold secured divorce from Rosalle Janez, whom he married on Jan. 20 1891, and R1ao he charged, deserted him on the 1st of January nine years later. He was also given the custody Of four children aged 20. 19. 16 and Is. In the original complaint there was also an allegation of cruelty since January, 1910.
 MT. Dawley said he has been in the government service in Washington and has been a correspondent for Harper's publications and has done writing in foreign countries. The couple were married in British Honduras and then went to live in Guatemala, where MT. DawIey was a stock raiser. MT. DaW- ley then moved to Pachaug, in Gris- woh. where MT. Dawley taught school and ran a farm. About this time child was born. Later MT. Dawley vent away to do newspaper work. While away Mrs. Dawley did not care for the children In 1905 MT. Dawley was called home, as his wife deserted her family. Then NIT. Dawley took four of his children to Washington and left his wife with the baby, who was about years old. The woman was 1eft money and provisions. Soon after Mir Dawiey went away Mrs. Dawley left home with the baby Later MT. Dawfey came to Pachaug and he found the baby at the home of a neighbor, %,4k ho r01yYS cGf if Later inc wife took the child away and after wards 1t was left In a house alone and played with matches and got burned No death. Once MT. Dawley came home from Cuba and deeded his wife D house in Brooklyn, and later she sold
 MT. Dawley said he is educating his children in Washington and is very proud of two of his daughters the eldest children
 William E. Holmes. who has been a school committeeman in Pachaug, said the Dawley children were sent to &chool dirty. Mrs. Dawley was a poor &ousekeeper and seemed to care for nothing but reading books.
 Albert Dawley, a second cousin of the petitioner, who lives in Griswold, told of Mrs. Dawiey leaving her fam
 E. He said the petitioner is good
 t1zen and very bright man.
 Married Life Was Short.
 Clinton D. Broadwe1 of New London made the charge that his wife. who was Emma Belle Dean, and whom he married on April 6, 1908, deserted him in August of the same year. He was given 6 decree.
 Mir and Mrs. Broadwell went to live in New London after their marriage. Later the wife and husband had an argument about the wife staying out late at night and Mrs. Broadwell went away and did not return. The hus- band said he did not try to get his wife back, as he thought she is not a fit woman. He had seen his wife drunk and saw her go into place of poor reputation. The husband is chauf- feur in New London.
 John H. Broadwell of New London, father of the petitioner. testified for his son.
 S Alfred Harvey and James Monahan also testified.