Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-20
JUDGE BENNETT GRANTED
 TWO DIVORCE PETITIONS
Cousin Broke Up One. Home-Drink
 the Cause of Trouble in Another.

Two divorces were granted in the superior court here on Friday morning by Judge William L. Bennett Both were on the uncontested list
 William Ft rsberg of New London vas granted divorce on the grounds Of adultery from Henrietta Davis Fors4 beIg, formerly of New London, whom Ee married on Oct. l, 1906. It was mitted at Geroa, H., between July 1, 1914, and Oct. 30. 1914, with Victor hedlund, alias Francis Hammond. The petitioner was given the custody of two children. girl aged and boy aged 8.
 Notice of the pendency of the case was given to the defendant by three letters, one addressed to 3f3 or 317 West Elm street, Sycamore H., where the defendant is known as Mrs. Gra- ham; another in care of her mother, Mrs. Ella ravis, at the same place, and third in care of her father, James A. Davis, at Durant's Neck, North ( arofina. The two sent to the Illinois address were returned not claimed by She addressee.
 There were eight long dispositions in the Forsberg case. but only two were read. The others were looked over by the court.
 From the two that were read it was shown that Mrs. Forsberg went to Genoa, Illinois, and worked in a hotel and had a three year old child with her. Three days after Mrs. Forsberg came there man arrived and Mrs Forsberg told the hotel people that he was the father of her child. A month after the couple had been rooming to- gethcr at the hotel, they were arrested and put in jail. the officer stating that they were not man and wife. The man in the case was Victor Heg- lund, alias Francis Hammond. He was cousin of Mrs. Forsberg The dAnnCiffnv4 Cf at fhot hA l. had deserted his own wife and child.
 MT. Forsberg, the petitioner, testi- fled that he was married in New Lon- don by Rev. J. F. Brown to Henrietta Charlotte Davis. The couple lived in South Carolina and also in Waterford. After he had taken her to her old home in the south she wrote him that she would not come to New London. He sent her checks which were cashed in Texas and he heard from his wife in Genoa, IL, and went there and found his wife with the man known as Hammond. He had them arrested The husband testified that he wanted to get possession of his son but he doeS not know where he is. though he was once at the home of his grandmother in South Carolina.
 On the grounds of assertion. Mrs. Imogene Cook Hubbard of New London secured divorce from LeRoy R. Hub bard, now of parts unknown. She was dISO gwen Ine TlghI 10 resume the name of Imcgene l.. Cook
 They were married on June 2S, 1909, ard her husband left her in November of the same year. Mrs. Hubbard, who keeps a boarding house in New London testified that | they were married in that city and that her husband was railroad brakeman. After her marriage to him | she found out that he drank to excess | and she would not give him money for drink. She said that she has not been able to locate her husbaJSl. l Eva M. Church of New London tes- tified to her knowledge of the intem- prate hapits of MT. Hubbard. She lent him $5 the day he want away and she has not been able to get trace of | him since.
 Kate Blake of New London testified
 to the good character of Mrs. Hub- | bard.
 The divorce case of Manuel Con- calves vs. Amelia Gonsalves was post | poned.