The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-25
Court Also FrOwns on Pc
tition for Separate
Maintenance
WILSON AND LANG
TROUBLES SETTLED
Mr.. Wilson Granted Divorce, Mrs Will
sons Petition Withdrawn and Two
Damage Suits Between Wilson and
Lang Discontinued.

Ralph NJ. Peltier's petition for an
Barber, a well-known nurse, and Mrs.
Peltier's petition for separate mainte-
nance We're dismissed by the Windham
county court this forenoon. These eases
were tried together and took up prac-
tically all of last week, the firm of Bar
ber, Barber & Miller representing Mr.
Peltier and the firm of Chase & Hughes
representing Mrs. Peltier Both parties
live in Brattleboro.
The courts decree was typewritten and
filled about six pages After reviewing
the evidence it stated that there was so
much in the conduct of the parties that
did not SAVIOR of morality and virtue
that the court did not feel like exercising
its discretionary power.
This forenoon the divorce case of Lou
ise. A. tPhillipsl Dubuque of Brattleboro
against Earl c. Dubuque was tried, At
torney E. W. Gibson appearing for the
petitioner. The case was uncontested
and divorce was granted on the ground
of desertion. Dubuque's home is in Hol-
yoke, Mass. He is alleged to have de-
serted his wife in 1918. His name was
published in The Reformer as one of the
survivors of the Tuscania steamboat
disaster, which was Mrs. Dubuque's
means of locating him. and thereupon
she brought a petition for divorce
| The divorce case, uncontested. oi
| Howard A. Thayer of Brattleboro, re.
| turned soldier. against Mildred Thayel
was tried this morning, Attorney f. w
Gibson appearing for the petitioner. In
tolerable severity was the ground al
legged. No decision was announced.
| The court has granted divorce tC
Mary w. Peet of Brattleboro from Louis
| Peet of Easthampton, Mass, for deser
| tion. Attorney Frank E. Barber ap
peared for the petitioner A divorce fol
| intolerable severity has been granted
Emma Smith of Chester from Waldo
Smith of Windham. Attorney w. A
Graham appeared for the petitioner.
| Two divorce cases and two civil dam
age cases, all in one family, were ad
! lusted yesterday afternoon by agree
ment, except that in one divorce suit i
was necessary to have a hearing to es
tablish grounds for divorce. Arthur II
Wilson of this place was granted di
vorce from Pauline Lang Wilson for in
tolerable severity and Mrs. Wilson with
drew her counter petition. Mr.. Wilson
withdrew all charges of misconduc
against his wife. Mr. Wilson and hi
wife's father, Charles Lang of Brattle
boro, got into an alteration short tim
ago over Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson's trouble
and Lang sued Wilson for $1,000 for" al
legged assault Wilson brought counte
!, suit against Lang for the same amour
on the same grounds. These suits wer
settled and discontinued yesterday.
Lang recently was acquitted by
|, jury in state case charging him wit
carrying revolver with the intent t
injure Wilson.
The parties in the divorce petitions re
, fused yesterday to abide by an agree
ment reached by their attorneys as [
division of property and when tha
fact was stated by counsel just as coul
was about to start Judge Stanley c. Wi
son informed the parties that the publ
, had an interest in the troubles and tina
court would take a hand in adjustin
them if the parties did not do so. I'll
result was that in 10 minutes they ha
e agreed.
/ Attorneys w. r. Daley and y.
Clawson represented Mr.. Wilson, ar
the firm of Barber, Barber & Miller, Mr.
LWilson and Mr.. Lang.
: 1t is expected that court will reaC
! adjournment tonight or tomorrow.