Weekly journal-miner., 1913-05-28
REGAINED HEALTH
 BUT LOST HIS WIFE
(From Wednesdays Dsily.)

After Richard Liner, of Jerome
 had told the story of his marita
 woes in detail yesterday in the Su ] perior Court, he was given a decree
 of divorce from his wife Mary Lin
 CT. The plaintiff resides in Jerome and the defendant has never come
 west, remaining in Chicago.
 Liner on the witness stand made an excellent witness for himself, and pictured his coming into Arizona and without his peter half. He was a health seeker, in short, and beck oned by the broadcast reputation of the Salinas he stepped into Phoe- nix one morning, and felt half cured from the sentimental side of the pro- position as 1t was waited away back in the windy city by some unctuous booster of that Arizona climate. A few weeks residence, however, prov ed that the depressing humidity of the alfalfa realm in the good old summer time" would not effect the lead pipe cinch on restoring a shat tered frame to its once vigorous self that had been skillfully dished out to lure the afflicted, and to get in touch with some easy money, as it were.
 One afternoon there blew in from the desert one of those corkscrew twisters that licked up all the sands of the universe, and after it receded Liner followed in its wake, exclaim- ing me for the mountains, amidst which there is a fine little city call ed Prescott, all even mile in the air" So hither Liner came and went into camp. His health picked up" rapidly and wonderfully, and in a few weeks the elixir of the pine laden ozone made new man of him With that wild elation that seizes the soul after man had been "all in" physically and financially in seek ing the balm of Gilead, Liner went to work humping piano being an accomplished musician on many in struments. His health was fully re- stored, and he was doubly blessed by acoumulating quite snug sum of money. With all the ardor of his youthful days, when he wooed and won, the picture was portrayed to Mrs. Liner at the old home. Impor- tuning his beloved one to pack up and come on, she entered an em- phatic protest, stating that papa" was i'll and required all her time and attention. Desolutory sparring via the mail followed and finally Liner closed the gap by stating that he did not marry the old man, from which it was inferred that if the daughter was welcomed in Arizona, so would the father be-not. This ended the tit-for-tat long distance controversy.
 That Liner was well heeled with prominent supporters in his plea for a divorce, was illustrated when County Attorney O'Sullivan made a splendid back-up witness for the un- happy husband. He was followed by the clear cut testimony of Deputy Sheriff Blake Baker, while Justice of the Peace (. H. McLane took a swing to make the play good. Liner then offered to cinch the game by introducing P. J. Farley, clerk of the Superior Court, but this usually affable official refused to swear him. self to tell "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth" when he resumed his composure in his accustomed place in front of the presiding judge. The hymeneal cord was then snapped in two, and Liner made beeline for the depot, to catch the first train out for Jerome, where he is in business and is pros- pering.