Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-06-29
COURT DELAYS COST
DIVORCE DEFENDANT.
$780,; CASH TO WIFE
MARK HANLEY, A PROMINENT
YOUNG UTiCAN, FORCED TO
PAY SUING HELPMATE FUNDS
FOR "SUiT MONEY" BY JUDGE
EIDREpGE.


made costly i'm the Circuit Court this
morning when Mark Hanley. a pros
porous young Utica farmer, was or
dered by Judge Eldredge to either
pay his wife, Mrs Anna Hanley. a
Ryburn hospital student nurse, $l00
suit money" or to stand trial on her
complaint for a legal separation. The
defendant paid the assessment,
The decision of the court in this
case was prompted by the prolonged
delays that have been met with since
two years ago, when Mrs. Hanley. who
Is now completing her training in a
Chicago hospital, instituted proceed
ings in the La Sale county tribunal
to have her alliance with young Han.
ley broken off by decretal order of
the circuit judge.
Ever since that time the complain.
ant has been unable to get hearing
because of continuances granted the
defendant. The case was set for trial
this morning. Hanley has promised a
| contest and as venire of jurymen
was on hand to hear the evidence,
Judge Eldredge was not disposed to
grant any further stays at the expense
of the complainant.
Attorney r. N Haskins. represent
ing Mrs. Hanley. protested against
more delay on the grounds that his
client was now compelled to come
from Chicago to bear witness agains
her defendant husband and that sht
was making only S. a month as stu
dent in the hospital where she is il
training, thereby putting an unneces
sary burden upon her shoulders. Th
mother. he said. was forced to ad
vance moneys to the daughter in or
der that she could be here to al
tend the trial.
Attorney George Glenn. represent
ing Browne & Wiley, counsel for tn
defendant. presented two affidavit
both of which contained recognizabl
grounds for a continuance-one tina
Mr. Wiley is i'll at his home under tn
care of physicians, and the other tina
Mr.. Browne is member of the lie,
islature and now is in Springfield o
state business Because of his az
quaintanceship with both parties |
, the suit, Mr. Glenn informed the coul
that he had refused to have anythn
to do with the case from its inceptio
down to the present.
Mr., Haskins made motion in vie,
n of his plea, that If there is to be al
+ other continuance. that the defen'
ant be made to pay his wife the on
{ hundred dollars Immediately wit
which she can tide herself over unit
. the suit is tried Judge Eldredg
-, gave the defendant two OF
h tions-one was that he pay the $1t
!. and the other that he stand trial f
q was given until 1870 o'clock to reac
a decision and decided in favor of Il
=. Judge
IS Hanley Is now paying his wife 5
!. month almony, on which she su
a ports herself. Her two children ol
s of whom has been patient in Rybu
hospital for a long period are no
with the grandmother in Utica.
Two Get DEGREES.
Two DEGREES were allowed by judi
Eldredge this morning. one going
Margaret Leyes and the other
, Frieda Lindenmeyer. both of Peru.
Mrs Leyes, with daughter as o
!, of the witnesses was divorced frc
Herman S. on grounds of drunkt
ness, The Leyes separated eight
|, - nine years ago The husband Is NJ
a North Dakota farmer The daul
," TO get drunk The wife corroborat
this testimony. Ieyes did not ma
=" a contest The Leyes were MARI
:" back in 1890. A lump sum settleme
:, OF $l000 was made in the wlfes fav
=, Mrs. Lindenmeyer blamed
~ trouble onto too much mother.insla
=, tho no attempt was made to bla
'' Mrs Lindenmeyer, Sr., for intert
ence with the conduct of her hor
She said her husband. Henry, sp,
more time with his mother than he
=. with her-and then there was
n ligious difference. She was given
custody of the two children. Lind
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