Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-13
wife stays in Germany.


The divorce suit of Henry J. Rath-
hackers of Mystic against Wiihelmina
NJ. Rathmackers, now of Crefeld on
Kline. Germany, was presented by
Attorney Hinekley. They were mar
ried on May 4, 1895 in Germany. Dr.
desertion.
The first witness called on was Miss
Maria A. c. Rathmackers of Mystic,
he 1S year old daughter of the petit
toner She testified that her parents
went back to Germany utter some res
tdence here and that In September,
1911, her father returned to this coun-
try. She stayed with her mother. In
October. 1911. her father sent her
mother $500 and asked her to join him
in Mystic The mother kept the money
but refused to return.
The witness testified that she knew
her mother was living with another
man in Germany and that child was
born to them in 1914. !, The. daughter
returned to this country in 1914 She
identified the signature of her mother
on the return OF notice sent by mail
to Germany.
Henry j. Rathmackers of Mystic for
whom his daughter, Maria, interpreted
he went after his wife in Germany and
asked her to come back and that he
sent her $500. She kept the money,
but declined TO come back. He said
they were married in Germany on
May 4, 1895.
Judge Bennett granted the divorce
on the grounds of desertion and also
gave custody of the daughter, though
he remarked she was old enough to
choose her own guardian.
Soldier Loved Other Women.
The last case on the list to be taken
up was that of Vivian. Carter MosI,
of New London, against D. Y. Mosby,
who was sergeant in the army at
Fort Trumbull.
They were married on June 5, 1905,
in New London, and he left his wife
on Oct 20, 1907, the night he got his
discharge from the army, she said
Where he is now she does not know,
though in the divorce petition his ad-
dress is given as Uniontown. KY
There are two daughters. one and
one years old.
Mrs. Mosby kas asked by her coun-
sci, Attorney Smith, if she had her
marriage certificate. She said she had
and produced a soiled piece of paper
which she said was it and that she
in the yard where the husband had
thrown it when he left.
Asked why IL was that her husband
left her, the petitioner said it was to
go west to marry another woman. She
had letter from him in Kansas which
told her of this she said and she read
the letter in court. 1t had been torn
by one of her little girls a short time
ago, she said, and she put the pieces
together on the rail by the side of the
judges desk in order to read it.
She explained, too, that before she
and her husband. were married he was
going with the daughter of a wealthy
railroad magnate named Gano in Mon
treal, but that the father of the girl
would not let her marry soldier The
girl kept writing to Mosby even after
he was married to this petitioner and
when her husband left her Mrs. Mosby
felt sure he would go to seesthe Non
treal girl Accordingly, she. wrote to
that Mosby was married to her and
had deserted her, leaving her with
one child and about to become the
mother of another. 80: .,
Mrs. Mosby said that she get beau
tiful letter from Mr.. Gano from Which
| she learned that Mosby did 60 to More
treal, but was not allowed to see the
girl. ~ < =
When he wrote to her from Kansas
he asked her to write again to the
Montreal millionaire and tell him that
she was not Mosby's wife. He also
said in the letter that he had thought
she was a woman, but now she was a
brute. He asked her to send him a
silver cigarette case and the picture
of Helen Burtch. who Mrs. Mosby said
ry. Several years later she was in
communication with her husbands
mother in the west and the mother
gave the Information that she hadn't
heard from her son in years. At times
Mrs. Mosby knew of letters coming to
her husband from women and she fire.
quently demonstrated with him about
them
Mrs. Eta Hall, matron at the Union
railroad station at New London. tes-
titled to her acquaintance for a num-
Der of years with Mrs. Mosby and she
knew of no reason why the husband
should have left.
Anthony Silva Of New London tes-
titled to knowing about Mostly and
Mrs. Mosby living in New London and
to a quarrel they had when Mrs Mosby
saw her husband coming away from
calling on woman across the street
He said that he started Mosby in bus
mess at one time. but Mosby got into
debt to him. Mrs. Mosby had worked
and paid off the debt since her hus-
band deserted her.
Judge Bennett granted the divorce
on the ground of desertfon.