Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-02-08
MARITAL TROUBLES
AIRED IN COURT
Judge Greene Grants Five Dr.
vorces at Short Calendar
Session
Wives Freed From Husbands and
Husbands From Wives

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idson Ream had been granted de-
cree from her husband, Louis NJ
Ream, by Judge Greene in the su-
perior court. Monday morning, four
other couples were legally separated
by the decree of the court after ex-
parte hearings.
Bert F Moore of Willimantic al
legged that his wife Annie became dis
satisfied with married life after she
had lived with him for seven years be
cause she couldn't come and go as she
pleased They were married in Man
chester, April 10th, 1906, and had
two children, boy and girl. On
May, 1913, he came home from work
and found that his wife had left. He
found her with the children at her
mothers house. but she refused to
return home. He aked her to come
back to him six monthes later, but
she told him she never would come
back. He said he heard she liked to
go around with other men.
Other witnesses testified that hus-
band and wife had not lived together
for three years, and the decree was
granted for desertion and the hus-
band was given the custody of the
minor daughter. who was living with
him at his mothers home. The son
remains with the mother.
Ella NJ. Palmer, forty years resi-
dent of Danielson, apparently about
90 years old. was freed from her
husband, Edwin, because he left her
eleven years age and went to Albany,
Colorado, to look out for some mining
interests and never came back or sent
any money for his wife's support
The couple were married at the
congregational parsonage in Daniel
son, Oct. q, 1880, and it was elev
en- years ago last September that the
husband, now seventy years old,
started for the west. The last his
wife heard of him was in 1906. When
he went away he left her with only
swo dollars in the world, and she had
supported herself caring for the sick.
Emile Anna Ghapot, petite
French girl, told of her hard life with
her husband Alphonse, whom she
married in France when she was but
sixteen years old. She said that her
husbandn came to call one night and
proposed marriage to her, but she
told him she was too young. There
upon he assaulted her, and when she
threatened to tell the police he SAID
he would marry her.
The day of the wedding the trouble
began. Her mother-in-law made her
husband hand over all of his wages.
She said her husband was brick
mason and earned S14 month When
later his mother wanted to come and
live with them, she thought that Sl4
A month was pretty small income to
support three people, and there vas
more trouble Her husband, she said,
drank. and didn't hold any position
long. and the only way he got job
was that she hustled around and got
it for him. He threatened to throw
pitcher of milk at her and had
threatened to kill her.
They decided to come to America
and her husband promised he would
do better in the great land of the
free. but the promise didn't amount
20 anything. They came to Whitman
tic. where she had an aunt living, and
both got jobs in the factories One
morning when she was sick he made
her 90 to work and he stayed ia bed
until noon. He was Jealous of her
ard every morning would lock her m
her room. She became frightened,
and finally decided to leave him.
Mrs. Chapot then went to New
York and became maid and com
panion. but now she is a dressmaker
and gets $20 to $22 a week, and
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she works into the evening. She
sends her money to her mother over
in France to care for the child. The
child was born a year after marriage
and when t he time of christening
arrived the husband picked out wo-
man for god-mother. She saw her
husband hugging the godmether-to-be
and refused to let her stand sponsor
for the baby It was a tale of hard
ship and trouble for her from begin
ming to end, and the decree of separ-
alton was granted for intolerable cru
city
The fifth and last case was heard
after the noon recess, when James 6.
Moran of Willimantie was given de-
cree from his wife Leona on statu-
tory grounds.