Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-06

Tn the superior court here on Fri day morning three of the six cases on the uncontested divorce list were tried and divorces were granted in two of them by Judgc William L. Bennett. Tn the other case the divorce sought was denied as the judge ruled that deser- tion had not been proven.
 Petition Dismissed. William P. Lillie of Franklin, who was married in Lebanon on Jan. IS, 1866, brought suit for divorce from Nellie Robinson Lille of Lebanon on | the grounds of desertion. since March Is, 1909, but the desertion was not proved and the case was dismissed MT. Lillie testified that after, their l marriage they lived on a farm in Franklin. He had six children and his wife, who was widow when ne married her had two. one IA years old and the other older. He said that his wife got dissatisfied and told him she was going to leave him and he said all right. Four years ago she went to live with one of her children in Hartford and later she asked to come back, but MT. Lillie did not see any use for the change as she had tried married life with him and it, had failed.
 The next witness, Mrs. Lillian M. Browning, said that Mir. Lillie had lIFG0 III A0I 1cAtA4y dI t1ICbdLAO1f AOA
 number of years and worked on her husbands farm. As far as she knew he treated his wife well.
 Abial T. Browning for whom the
 petitioner worked for a number of
 years said he believed Mr. and Mrs.
 Lillie got along in peace together.
 Amy 4. Lillie testified that her fath-
 CT had treated her stepmother as a
 husband should and she saw no req
 son why Mrs. Lillie should have left
 home when she did.
 Judge Bennett decided to dismiss
 the case as he said Mrs. Lillie had asked to return to her home but had
 been denied this right. Judge John
 H. Barnes was attorney for the, peti-
 tioner and said that this statement
 was new to him as he had not heard
 it until the hearing.
 For Desertion
 On the grounds of assertion, Florence
 A. Stowe Kirschbaum of Preston was
 giver a divorce from William c.
 1Sirschbaum, now of parts unknown. She was married to him on May 2, 1912, ard deserted the same day. She
 was given the custody of their 8 year old sor.
 The petition of Mrs. Kirschbaum was not reached until the afternoon session of court. She was called to the stand by her attorneys, Brown & Perkins, and she testified that she is now nurse at the Norwich State hoS- pital and that her home address is with her grandmother in North Ston- ington. Her marriage took place, she said. in St. Peters rectory in Brook lyn, N. Y, but she never lived with her husband, as they parted after the wedding. He did not provide her a home as he had promised to do, but just before a baby was born to them | in Preston he, came there to see her and tried to borrow money from his wife He had dinner and went away, but did not get any money. She tes- tified that she did not know of any
 regular occupation he had for gaining living, but he had followed the races. The last she heard from him was at Windsor, Vt. from where he wrote to her, but said he was to remain there only a few days.
 That she had once seen Kirschbaum
 at her home in North Stonington was the testimony of Mrs. Adelaide Stowe,
 grandmother of the petitioner.
 Arthur B. Stowe of North Stoning
 ton, an uncle of the petitioner, testified that he know the petitioner did not
 live with her husband, but that he
 saw Kirschbaum once for an hour
 when he called at the Stowe farm at North Stonington.
 Mrs. James Murphy, who is em- ployed at the state -hospital with. Mrs.
 Kirschbaum. testified that she knows that the petitioner has not been living