The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-03-01
COURT, USED AS
DIVORCE MILL.
CRINDS OUT 8
Judge Snider Passes on
Many Cases in First
Day of Court.
IL OTHER DIVORCE
CASES TO BE HEARD
Father Collins suit Goes to
Jackson on A Change
of Venue.

Eight divorces were granted yester
day by Judge John A. Snider in tht
. Common Pleas Court. Of the divorce:
granted six were filed by women, while
in the other two the husbands appear
ed as the plaintiffs.
In nearly all cases the charges were
desertion and cruelty, while in some
the plaintiffs charged the defendants
with drunkenness and neglect Of their
family duties. None of the cases was
contested.
The divorce cases heard yesterday
were: Mrs. Clara Bruening. against
Arthur; Mrs. Laura Criss against Vol
ley Criss; Mrs. Zalma Doolin against
William Doolen; Mrs. Alice Hager
against Alfred Hager; Mrs. Hettie
Miller against James Miller; Mrs. Una
Payne against Morvin Payne; J. P.
Harr against Pearl Harry, and Roy
Willard against Ethel Willard
Mrs. Payne, who appeared alone
against her husband, was granted 4
divorce on the grounds of desertion
and cruelty. She had her maiden
name, Una Jones. restored. Mrs. Ha-
ger, who sued on the same grounds,
was also given her maiden name,
Alice Tucker. Neither couple had any
children.
Several other cases were heard and
passed upon by the Judge owing to the
failure of the defendants to appear in
court and to file an answer to the
charges made against them by the
plaintiffs.
Two cases against Pruit Bros, of
Dutchtown, filed by the Rothchild Hat
Co., Of st. Louis, and the Lamay
Manufacturing Co., decided against the
defendants, who did not appear in
court. The former firm was given a
Judgment of S15S and the second firm
Judgment of $SS against the Pruitt
Bros.
A case that is expected to attract at
tention will be tried during the COM
ing week. 1t is the breach Of promise
suit filed by Miss Leola Farrow
against Claude Juden whom she is
suing for $500 damages. Judge Sni-
der ruled yesterday that the plaintiff
would have to file the costs of the
court in the case before it could be
taken up for trial. The girl is being
defended by Orren Wilson.
The remaining II divorce cases will
be tried before March 5, before jury.
After this day other jury cases will
be heard in the Common Pleas Court. |
The following schedule has been ar
ranged by Judge Snider.
March 5, Clara Ellsworth against |
estate of D. w. Reynolds; c. ]. Reisen-
bichler against Mrs. Annie Kuss; Hen
ny Bosse against the Knights and La
dies of Security.
March 6. Francis NJ. Brown against |
Louis Hartle; J. Bauer e. Co. against
C. r. Queery; Alnlus Devore against !
l.. J. Zimmermann; Hugh Mitchell
through Verena Mitchell against Eu-
gene st. Avit.
March Z, Leola Farrow against
Claude Juden; Ray Holmes against
Roy Buckner; George Goza and Louis
Houck against Little River Drainage |
Co.; Frank Oliver against c. G. N.
Railroad; M. r. & B. T. Railroad
against L. c. Vale; Henry P. Schroed-
er against Samuel L. Taylor.
March s, James r. Brewer against
Jerre S. Gossom; Lee Hunter against |
Murray Phillips; Voorhees, Ccnlbs
against August Ohlson; Massachusetts
Bonding Co. against the Ripley Coun-
ty Bank; Annie Phillips against King
& Scott Milling Co. |
March 8, L. o. Groseclose against
T. ]. Beardslee, two cases; c. S. Smith
against Herman Loeffel.
March 10, Bruce and Fred Goodwin
against Thomas c. Eugas; Herman
Loeffel against r. E. Oliver, two cases,
and Hermit Distilling Co. against S.
NJ. TayolY.
March II being Sunday no cases