Evening journal., 1918-01-07
DIVORCED FROM MAN
She THOUGHT DEAD

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Hearing of divorce cases was COM
menced before Judges Conrad and .
Heisc at the opening Of the January /
term Of Superior Court this morning. /
About thlrty-nve cases, several Of /
whlclrSrc TO he contested. wore marked /
for trial.
Two courtrooms wcrc used IN the /
hearings. Judge Conrad sitting In
Court Room No. J.. and Judge Holscl [
presiding IN No 2 Court Room.
Whllc II had been proposed that tho
court take recess 60 allow The NOM
bcrs Of The bar 10 llnlsh their work on
The qucslionnalres. such acllon.
should % be decided upon, will not
affect The holding OF court today. 10 Is
the object Of The court now TO dispense
with os many Of Tho divorce cases as
possible today.
Tho nrst case 10 be heard before
judge Hcisel wna that of Lucy r
Bailey vs.. George W. Bailey. Mrs
Bailey testified that sho married Mr..
Bailey at FELTON,. Del. IN 1890, but that
no deserted her IN 1902 She said she
DID not see him again until 1868.
Mrs. Bailey has since been married.
She said that IN 1900 n was generally
believed that her husband was Killed
while working on railroad. ncNe-
papers having carried accounts Of his
DEATH and no failed after that time
10 appear at his usual haunts Aftor
hearing This report, the plaintiff said,
she again married.
Mrs. Bailey said that last May she
.f.f u N...s
which caused her 10 make an investl-
gatlon. A leitor written him reached
him at Philadelphia, % was shown.
A decree nisi was granted her on the
grounds OF dcsertiOn.
Mabel r. Powell sought divorce
from Daniel A. Powell on the ground
OF desertlon. The plaintiff said that
her husband lcft her IN November,
1918. lie refused 30 support her even
during their marriage. she said. Mrs.
Powell was granted decree nisi and
given tho custody Of their 3-ycar-old
daughter
ON grounds OF habituol drunkenness.
Mrs. Elsie +. Nccsido. OF Nova, X,
sought decree from Edwin hccsidc
The court reserved decision.
Tho plaintiff said that Tor more than
two years her husband was habllually
intoxicated. and had hrulally treated
her. The couple were married In 1913.
Mrs. Hccside said that her husband
failed 90 properly support her.
sovcrof other Witnesses testified TO
Mr. Rccsldes reputation as q drunko.d-
70 WINS shown That Mr. Reeslde was
known as drunkord before his mar
rlagc.
Mary X. Bennett was granted a de-
cree nis from Sidney ~. Bennett by
Judge ilolsel on grounds Of deserilon.
The plaintiff. who lives ai Hockessln,
testified that she was married IN NO
yomber. 1919. and that her husband
deserted her The following April. She
was 80 years old at the time of her
marriage while her husband was is.
Mrs. Bennett was also given tho GUS
iody of her 3 year old child.
Percy Robinson EHsiburn was grant
cd q decree nsi from his wife. Mar
guerlte Curlett Easlhurn on statutory
grounds Tho couple were married on
7 september iG. 1916 and Vt was The fol-
lowing May That he put her ont of his
house
ON grounds OF dcscrtion Anna May
Starr was granted deere from Ed
ward a. Starr. The couple were married
I'm February 1912. and Mr. Starr de-
serted her IN February. 1871. the wife
said. She said that her husband barely
supported her while they were living
/ together and that since their separation
hc has contributed nothing toward her
support She was also given the Gus
tOdy Of her child
sadie h. Davis sought divorce from
William T.. Davis. The custody 81 their
two children. and i2 years old, and
an allowance for the chlldren's support.
+ Mrs Davis said that she was married
IN 1903. and lived with her husband
until November Of last year when she
left him because Of his severe treatment
Of her.
His treatment ~ me was inhuman.
the wife said and then related that on
Halloween her husband locked her and
her two children out Of their home.
The following m0rning they havng
been taken IN by "a neighbor. at night
her older son broke open tho cellar
door and finally Mr. Davis allowed them
upstairs but beat her. As n result Of
the beating she had TO go 10 bed Mrs
Davis said
on one occasion the wife said her
husband threw Kitchen utensils ai her
During their married life. Mr.. Davis
always treated her badly. which treat
ment. she said has made her nervous
wreck.
Mrs. Cora Mills related that she had
90 take in Mrs. Davis and two children
on Halloween after Mr. Davis refused
ia allow her in Mrs Davis had 10 90
10 bed because Of beating given her on
the following morning Mrs. Miils
avcrred
Mrs. sarah A. Webster mother OF
Mrs Davis. gave similar testimony.
A deere nisl on grounds Of extreme
cruelty. the custody " the children and
an allowance Tor the children's support
were granted.
Mr. Davis Is a train dispatcher.
Beatrice NJ. Day was granted de-
cree nis from William J. Day, and the
custody Of her three-y -ycar-old daughter
Mrs Day said that she was married
September 3. 1912. and that her hus-
band left her on November %, 1914
saying that "he didn't want home nor
a wife"
Dellena Somers was granted decree
nisi from Thomas H. Somers on tho
grounds Of desertion II was shown
that Mr.. Somcrs had said that he was
in love with another woman and not 10
be surprised II he LEFT his wife.
on grounds of desertlon. Ella B
Wright was granted a decree nisi from
Arthur q. Wright and given the Gus
tody Of her minor child Mr.. Wright
left her i'm February. 1911. the plainilu