Evening journal., 1915-01-30
THIS Wife FIGHTS
DIVORCE Decree
Mrs. Moore Says She Agreed
TO Separation But BalkS
on Final Parting
DIDN'T CLOTHE WIFE,
MOTHER -IN-LAW SAYS

In Superior Court today John T..
Moore applied for a divorce from his
wife. Anna NJ Moore. chargng dcscr
tion. Moore said he was married on
June IS. 1910. and the separation oc.
CURED Oclobcr %, 1911. willie they
were living in West Philadelphia. lio
was IN the employ of tho P,nnsyl
vania Railroad Company az the time
and was sent borc. but his wife dll
not come With him
Ho said he roomcd on Wcs, Ninc-
teonth street lie said ne had invited
his wife here 10 sec If she would br
satisfied and she camo here frequent
H. In October. 1911. Moore snid hts
wife told him II am through with
YOU. viii not live in This d. dump
Moore said his wife threw her we'd
ding ring al him. Later his wife SO
cured a position and she refused TO-
come to Wilmington.
In cross-examinution Moore tcsti-
fed that he had frequently visited his
! wife at the home of her parents. No.
I G51 North Thirty-soventh street Phil
| a6elphia, and now is living at No.
| Sol East Girard avenue.
He denied that his wife came here
To stay He said he had taken her
back twice on the same day VIC
Lad no recollection of intorcepting hDI
in Philadelphia Upon the occasions
Of his wifc's visits here Moore said
he had no particular place as home
TO OffO his wife When placed per-
manently In this city later. he said
! he did not oiIer her a home.
Moore admitted that he had con-
/ suited a Philadelphia attorney and
verbal agreement had boon made
between himself and wife as TO "a
separation and payment Of weekly
sums. He said he had paid his wife
$40
Mrs. Margaret Davidson testified she
keeps few boardcrs and that Moore
had been boardCr pi her house.
She said she had seen Mrs Moore al
the house and on one occasion heard
her say 10 her husband: "You don Z
have to support me and | won't live
with YOU
Leon swccting. who boarded at Cha
Davidson house. said hc saw Mrs. Moore
pull oil her ring and throw II ai hc
husband.
airs Carolyn Nidencr said sine mad
conversation with Mrs Moore iu Whicl
she said. 81 am through With him an'
will not live in that Il dump. n l
a mud hole" Witness said they ha'
several other conversation, after l9ll.
Mrs ANNA J.. Moore, the respondent
Testified that she had alway- lived Will
her parents. She said hcr hu.bau'
never advised her that he had hom,
She came here iu 1911 TO stay. and h
took her home. The wife said she wen
10 his boarding house that year but h
said hc could not afford io keep her
She told ol the agreement 10 scparat
and OF Moore paying her at the rat
of So week. ln December. 1918. Mrs
Moore said her husband paid her 50
and after that made other payments
She denied that She ever refused TO lh
here. She said she was willing 60 liy
with Moore il Dee oncrs her propc
home.
She said her husband never pro
vided her with anything and her par
ents had TO buy her clothing ant
shoes
Mrs Matte A. Walker. mother o.
Mrs Moore. testified that Moore haS
brought his clothes TO her house t'
be washed. She said she knew
Moore had returned his wife 10 Phila
delphia three times in one day Sh'
said Moore told her he could not pa.
board for his wife here The moth
er-in-law said Moore never bough
his wife stitch of clothes.
Mrs. Walker said "A young man
| Fleming. who had been mentioned il
the case. had married the youngo
daughter Of Mrs. Moore.
The court reserved its decision
The respondent was represente
p by +. B. Stoeckley, of the Philadel
- phia bar. and c. l.. Ward