The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-03-01
MRS. DOYLE GIVEN
DIVORCE DECREE
ON COMPROMISE
Files Amended Petition,
Moderating Her
Charges. =.
TALENT DIVORCED
FOR NON-SUPPORT
Mrs. Prather, OF Advance, With
draws Suit.--Simpson Case
Set For Saturday.

Following compromise betwee'
the attorneys Mrs. Golda Doyle wa!
granted a divorce from her husband
Edward Mike Doyle, by Judge JOIN
Snider of the Common Pleas Court
Yesterday morning. The original pc
tition, in which Mrs. Doyle made sev-
ious charges against her huan:.a! vas
subsequently withdrawn and suhstltu
ted bv a second, in which only gener
al charges were used for the divorce
Under the compromise effected be
fore the withdrawal of the original
and the filing of the amended peti-
ton. Mrs. Doyle receives $3.50 ali
,nony in gross. and all the bills and
she contracted since the separation
from her husband last month are to
be paid by him. Her maiden name,
Golda Bedeli, was restored
Mrs. Doyle, who has been living
with her, friend, Mrs. Oscar Ruediger
since the separation from her hus-
band. will return to her home near
Dcs Moines, Iowa. She was formerly
an actress before her marriage and is
considered pretty.
After the amended, petition had been
submitted Mrs. Doyle TOOK the witness
stand and related the incidents Of q
fight between Mrs. Greene and herself
al a dance o. the married couples
club last December, during which she
alleged her husband struck at her.
The fight was the result Of a contro-
versv between the two women over
Miss Eva Finley, of this city who was
at the dance.
The other two witnesses for Mrs
Dovle were Mrs. David Patmore and
Mrs. Oscar Puediger. The defendant
contested the suit by filing a general
denial of his wife's charges. but fail
ed 10 appear in court. His attorney
Senator Thos. F. Lane, filed the de-
nial.
The matrimonial bonds. which tied
Jennings Talent and his wife, Ger
trude, since last spring, were also
severed by Judge Snider after hear
irg the testimony of the plaintiff. Mrs.
Talent charged her husband with de-
sertion and non-support. She testl-
fled he left her shortly after the mar
riage to go to ST. Louis and had since
failed to support her.
Mrs. Talent was Miss Gertrude
Swan befort her marriage. Her maid
en- name was restored. Talent is en-
ploved in his fathers barber shop on
Main street. He did not contest the
suit
The divorce petition filed by Mrs
Mamie Prather of Advance, against
her husband, Charles S. Prather, q
hardware merchant OF that town, was
dismissed when the attorney for Mrs.
Prather announced that the couple
had become reconciled.
Testimony in the Prather divorce
proceedings was heard during the last
term of the Common Pleas Court, but
Judge Snider deferred his decision ir
the case.
The Ripley County Bank was giver
Judgment for $2.279.5S against the
Massachusetts Bonding Co., with si'
per cent interest on the amount since
April. 1913. The bank sued the com
panv in connection with the building
of the high school in Doniphan, thu
county seat of Ripley County.
The divorce suit Of Mrs. Lotti
Simpson against her husband, Coy S
Simpson, is expected to be heate'
contest as to who shall be granted th'
decree. The case has been set in TIL
Common Pleas Court Saturday morn
ing at 9 o'clock. Mrs. Simpson charg
es her husband with associating wit
another woman and non-support.
Simpson in his cross-bill brings tn
same counter-charge against her nam
ing Luther Little correspondent in tn
petition. An order was made by tn
Judge yesterday whereby Mrs. Simp
son will receive SIS month durin
the time the suit is pending.