Evening journal., 1914-03-03
COURT BREAKS
.NUPTIAL KNOTS.
MiSmated Couples Tell Of
Marital Woes and Are
Divorced
ANNULMENT SUIT
DECISION WITHHELD


In Superior Court Court yesterday at.
ternoon Judge Boyce was on the bench.
The case of John a. Clark Vs.. Mary
+. Clary was called first. }. Frank Bali,
representing the plaintiff. The charge
was statutory. Clerk testified that he
had married the defendant on April %,
1904. and separated from her on Febru-
ary 8. 1912. He has three children. The
court granted a decree nisi.
The case of Harry l.. Hammerer vs.
Carrie Hammerer was next called in
which Mr.. Ball again represented the
plaintiff.
Hammercr testified that he had mar.
ried the defendant in 1908 and she had
left him ON April "a, 1909. Sarah j.
Hammerer, mother of the plaintiff, cor
,roborated his testimony. The decree
was granted.
The case OF Lucia Zariello, represented
iby William Il. Lyman, vs.. Pietro "a
riello, on the grounds of desertion, was
next called.
The plaintiff testified that she mar
ried Pietro Zariello in Italy in january.
/ 1901. and lived with him for eleven
months At the end of that time he
deserted her and came to America. She
( has not lived with him since, although
she soon afterward came to this coun-
try also. Sho has not communicated
with him since he left her.
She has worked to support herself
J since he deserted her, and he has
Z contributed In no way to her support
/ Carmine Di Mare testified that he has
4 known the plaintiff for seven years.
Z He met the defendant in New York
four years ago, and he (the defend
\ anti told him he would not return
to his wife. A decree nisi was grant
ed. Alberta II. G. Parker obtained
a decree for Joseph G. Parker, Jr.,
on the grounds of desertion and
drunkenness. Howell s. England
/ represented the plaintiff The couple
were married six years.
The next case called WAS unusual
in that instead of being case OF
divorce il was one for annulment of
marriage. Il was the case OF Ethel
NJ. Jester VS.. Samuel j. Jester. al
leg.ng extreme cruelty. The plaintiff
was only IA years Of age when mar
ried. The Rev. Vaughan s. Collins
testified that he married the testers
on April 2, 1911, at the Middletown
\ parsonage.
Mrs. Jester testified that she IS not
Is years of age. She was IL years
old when, she married the plaintiff
The husband was 80 years OF age
Aftcr the marriage. the young wom.
an alleged, her husband treated hei
! with such cruelty that IN October
. 1911, the year they were married, she
left him and walked to her mothers
home in Wilmington. She was al
night on the trip She mas not livet
with her husband since. Mrs. Mary
j. Ferris, mother Of Mrs. Jester anC
!, Ella Pryor, corrorborated her testi
mony. A child was born 10 Mrs. Jes
ter on June is, 1912, when she was
, fifteen years of age. The child died.
, Judge Boyce withheld his decision
in the case.
Constance L. Wiley asked for a
decree from her husband, William L
Wiley, on the grounds of desertion.
Mrs. Wiley testified that she mar
ried the defendant on January 10
! 1910. the ceremony being performed
, by the Rev. Alexander Allison. She
said her husband deserted her on June
20, 1912, and she has not heard from
. him since. She has been supporting
T herself since he deserted her.
. Edwin H. Booth corroborated the
r plaintiff A decree nisi was granted
Robert Williams asked for a decreC
against Elizabeth B. Williams. Mr.
/. Williams stated that he married the
= defendant In Camden, y. J., in 1892
= and that she deserted him in January
} 1911. They lived I'm Philadelphia fol
2 several years before coming TO vii
1 mington. A decree nisi was granted
Katherine b. Malcom obtained ;
T decree from Charles Malcom on th'
:. grounds Of drunkenness. Charles W
? Bush represented the plaintiff.
/. Mrs. Malcom testified that she mar
>. ried the defendant on June 30, 1914
= and that they lived at Chadd's Ford
I. Her husband started drinking il
k excess and for the past two year.
J, has been intoxicated almost every
. day.
Clarence w. McCaulley obtained {
divorce from his wife. Carrie Nc
Caulley, on the grounds of desertion
{ William T. Lyman represented tn
2 plaintiff.
Mary +. Cannon obtained a decree
g from Raymond Cannon on the ground
G of desertion. The plaintiff was repre-
,. scented by Philip L. Garrett Mrs
G. Cannon testified that her husband has
n left her on December II, 1911
The Grand Jury returned the fol
lowing true bills of Indictment: Fo
: highway robbery. Lloyd Caulk an'
z Irwin Brown; larceny. William
\ Frantz. Weadislaw schime, Ernes
4 Wharton. John Collins. Stephei
q Krabowski, Harry Merritt, Dori'
Salvatore. Joseph Nanatusd, Johi
NJ. Foraker and William Powell.