Connecticut western news., 1916-12-28
THE TURNER SEPARATION
Albert M. Turner "Found his Ideal''-
 We'll Known m Canaan.

An interesting case, especially to Canaan people, has been in the probate court In Pittsfeld the past week, and was brought to an end on Saturday.
 The parties figuring in the case were MT. and Mrs. Albert M. Turner, who lived i1 Canaan several years, and "Yla Pierre,' formerly Miss Ila Free man, also 8 former resident of Canaan. The Pittsfield Eagle says of the case:
 After having been married for nearly IS years Albert M. Turner of North. field, Conn. Yale graduate and 8 member of the state park commission of Connecticut told his wife that he had spent four days at the home of a woman whom he considered his ideal and he offered to give $50 a month to his wife provided she would not annoy him, Mrs. Turner testified in the probate court. Mrs Turner, who is a resident of Sheffield, has started proceedings in an effort to show that she is justified in living apart from her husband and to gain separate support.
 According to the story of Mrs. Fur ner she and husband had lived togeth- CT happily until the fall of 1919. Her husband was away for several days and upon his return to their place in Shef. field told her that he had been with "Yla Pierre" and that he felt that at last he had "met his ideal.'' He promised to give his wife $50 month provided she would not interfere with him. They lived together, however, until the spring of this year.
 "Mrs. Turner said she was made i'll by the thought that her husband no longer loved her and she wept while telling her story to Judge E. T. Slocum. In fact she said that her husband acted entirely different toward her after he had made the alleged confession
 "Attorney M. B. Warner, represent ing the petitioner, read a copy of a letter alleged to have been written by Turner to his ideal In this letter Turner told the woman he had made known to his wife that he had been at her home for four days and considered her the ideal woman who had shown him a new way to live It was also stated that his wife would probably do the right thing because she was always heroic in great things.
 "Shortly after the trial of the case starteu to become interesting, Judge E. I. Slocum ordered that the hearing be private and told the press that the lawyers would later give out what they wanted to have said about the case. Mrs. Turner was still on the stand when the noon recess was taken at o'clock. Judge Slocum did not allow all the letters read but after few had been read he asked Lawyer Warner to turn them over to hlm for his con sideration.
 ''Mr. Turner was present at the hear. ing and was represented by Attorney Clinton J. Roraback of Canaan, the former Yale football center, so there was quite touch of the New Haven university to the proceedings. At. torneys Joyner 6 Joyner of Great Bar rington also appeared for MT. Turner. Attorney Warner was the only lawyer for Mrs. Turner.
 "Mr. and Mrs. Turner went to Shef- field in 1910 buying a small farm in that place. Her husband was some what of writer and was also an artist, Attorney Warner had some artistic drawings which, it is claimed were the work of Turner.
 MT. Turner graduated from Yale university about 25 years ago and was married to the petitioner in New Haven.
 "Dr. A. T. Wakefield of Sheffield was a witness for the petitioner this morn ing. He was asked as to Mrs. Turner's character and said that she was as good as anybody in Sheffield"
 The decision handed down in the pro. bate court by Judge Slocum is that Turner must pay his wife $50 down and $40 a month hereafter toward her support.
 Mrs. Turner charged in her petition cruel and abusive treatment and deser- tion. The decision of the court is to the effect that she is justified in living apart from her husband. She is at present living in Sheffield and Turner is in Connecticut.