Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-02
MARRIAGE BONDS SEVERED
Dvorces for Five Petitioners Granted in Superior Court Desertions the Grounds in An-Wives and Husbands Both Among Those Asking Legal Decrees.

Five divoroes, all on the grounds of assertion, and all on the uncon- tested list, were granted Friday morn ing before Judge Milton A. Shumwas ] in the superior court here. One di- vorce case on the list. Pendleton vs Pendleton, was postponed.
 Left Without Explaining.
 Bertha M Hall, was given a divorce from Edward V. Hall of the same place and also the right to resume her maiden name of Crfvoiserat. They were married on October 3, 1902, and she charged that he deserted her on the eighteenth of April six years later They have no children.
 The petitioner was put on the stand by Attorney Hickey and said her hus- band had not supported her in any way, but that he left the house on the day mentioned in the complaint and never returned. Her husband is a brakeman.
 Two sisters of the plaintiff testified. Mrs. Hermina Rolf said she dined with the couple on the day the separation occurred and that there was no trouble but that Mir. Hall said when he left the house that he might be home to supper. Miss Anna Belle Crevoisert testified to the time when Mr. Hall left New London.
 Married Life Was Brief.
 Eugene Gibson of Norwich secured a divorce from Helen Campbell Gibson, now of parts unknown. but to whom notice of the suit was sent through her sister. Mrs. Thomas Hunter of Greenefield, Mass. MT. and CTS. Gib- son were married on November IS, 1902, and he claimed that his wife deserted him about three months later
 Mrs. Gibson was the widow of Jo- seph H. Park at the time MT. Gibson married her and she lived on Franklin street, and she had one child by her former marriage. MT. Gibson claimed because of a cousin of his wife who was apparently boss of the house. He left the house in ten weeks, but his wife would not go with him and they have not lived together since.
 Two women relatives of MT. Gibson were called to the stand by Attorney H. H. Pettis. They testified that they called upon Mrs. Gibson end tried to get her to live with her husband, but she refused. She found much fault with MT. Gibson's two boys. who were children of his former marriage.
 First Selectman A. w. Lillibridge testified for the plaintiff, saying that he is of good character.
 Deserted After Twenty -six Years.
 Henry A. Norton of this city se- cured divorce from Elizabth R. Parker Norton to whom he was mar ried on September 12, 18S3 It was his complaint that he had been de- serted since August 3, 1909. Anoth- CT count in the complaint was not pressed.
 Attorney John H. Barnes was coun- sel for MT. Norton. In addition to the petitioner, two Norwich citizens testi- fed as to the assertion charged.
 Supposes Husband Lost at Sea.
 Mary Wells Tyler of East Lyme who was married on December 26, 1901, to Edward B. Tyler. formerly of New London but now of parts unknown, was given a divorce from him on the rep that on February 6, 1906, he departed on trip from Providence to New York and had never been seen or heard from since to her knowl- edge.
 It was brought out in the testimony that this was the date of the loss of the steamer Larchmont in Block Island sound with 150 people and Mrs. Tyler has always believed her husband was lost on that boat.
 When she took the stand at the re- quest of her attorney. Clayton B. Smith, she said that her husband had promised to meet her in New London when he came back from New York. He had once served a jail sentence in