Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19

Cruel.
 Five divorces were granted by Judge M. A. Shumway in the superior court short calendar session here on Friday, all being on the uncontested list
 Arthur J. Pixley of Norwich was given divorce from Jennie Elizabeth Dunham Pixley, also of Norwich, who he charged with adultery ct Stoning- ton with John c. Joruan between January Ist and February Ls1s13. The coup was married on the 18th of De- ceEnber, 1911. Gs
 The Pixley suit presented the un- usual circumstance that the woman was the defendant named in two dt- vorce actions brought by two different men. and both were on the calendar at the same time. The second was brought by John c. Jordans to whom the woman was married in Stonington by Stontngton clergyman while she was still the wife of Pixley. The clergyman was in court and testified to the fact of the marriage for Jordan. but said he did not know the woman was married to another man at the time.
 MT. Pix1ey told of his wife deserting him and he found her in a fast house | in New London. Later she. joined the | Salvation Army. His wife left a note for him when she deserted him in | this city.
 William E. Redwood. of White Rock, R. L, testified that Mrs. Pixley had lived at his house and once she told him that she had married a man ! named Jordan and that MT. Pixley had ! divorced her. Attorney T. M. Shields was counsel for the petitioner. Harold l.. Ashbey. of Noank who married Annie MeGrath on the 10th of of May. 1910. was granted a divorce | from her. He charged that she de- serted him on the day of their mar riage. They have a daughter 1-2 years old.
 The petitioner said he had married with good inte tions. but he could never agree with his wife as to where | they should live. and his wife had l never asked for support for herself or | her child. Sheriff Casey and c. M. | Chester were other witnesses called to the stand by Attorney Rathbun, coun- sel for the petitioner.
 | Mabel B. Jocoy of Stonington whose I maiden name was Taylor, obtained a l divorce from Louis c. Jocoy of Ston- ington on the grounds of intolerable | crEeity She was also given the per- | mission to resume her maiden name | The marriage of the couple took place | on February 5, 191D. The wife charg- i ed that her husband began to be cruel l to her about May of the same year. | ings that she received at the hands of l her husband soon after their mar riage. Once they were put out of the boarding place because of the way he beat her.
 Martha Lamphere of Stonington and Charles, Button were other witnesses to the brutality of the husband. Att torney MeKenna was counsel for Mrs Jocoy.
 |. Intolerable cruelty was also the complaint made by Martha J. Durket of New London, who secured a di. vorce from Curtis R. Durkee of New London, whom she married on October 2, 1907. Her husbands cruelty began she alleged from that time. An ale, I gation of adultery was not pressed.
 Infatuation for a girl, Mrs. Durke< | testified, was the cause of their tIou-
 bles, and her husband, who was 2
 trolley employe, told her that was the
 trouble and that he would have to dC
 right by the girl to save himself iron
 prison. The wife testified to his crue
 and Eva Brown were also witnesses tC | testify to the cruel treatment. The,
 told of the way Durkee choked hi wife, and once he threw something a,
 her so that lamp lamp set the house
 on fire.
 Desertion since October %. 1907
 which was the day they were married | was the grounds upon which Mabe
 L. Knowles of Stonington was give1
 a divorce from Lewis Es Newton formerly of Westerly, but now of part
 unknown. She was also given tn,
 custody of their . year old son. Attorney McKenna called upon Mrs
 Newton as the first witness. She
 once had her husband arrested fol
 non-support. They never lived to-
 gether. He once sent her s15 in three
 payments, but for four years she had
 received nothing from him and she
 does not know where he is now.
 Sheriff Casey. who was present al the wedding of the couple, testified
 that the husband was brought iron Rhode Island for the ceremony. Hs } has never seen the man since.
 The divorce cases of John C. Jordan
 vs. Jennie Elizabeth Pixley and o
 Carrie A. Smith vs. Amos Smith wen off.