The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-08
COURT ISSUES
AL|M|ONY ORDER
Statements by Counsel in
Divorce and Alienation
Cases.
TESTIMONY AS TO
LIBERTY BONDS
Judge Butler Directs Mr.. Wilson to Pay
His Wife Sc a Week Pending Dispo-
sition of Divorce Petition and $50
Toward Prosecuting the Case.

4OWdIQ EIOStCutluS liic SdScs
Judging from statements of counsel
at a hearing on the question of tempo
rary alimony, some interesting develop
mcnts are likely to occur at the trial
of the divorce petition of Mrs. Pauline
(Lang) Wilson against Arthur H. VII.
son, and Mr.. Wilson s alienation Of
affections suit for $4,000 against Mario
Pasealini and Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Lang, Mrs. Wilson S parents.
The hearing was held before Judge
VI. Butler of Rutland in the municipal
eeart room yesterday afternoon al
though this is a county court ease Not
much testimony was taken, because
Judge Butler stated that it was not nee
essary to 20 into the merits of the Two
suits, the question before him being
merely as to whether Mrs. Wilson was
hi such circumstances that she needed
aHmony pending the disposition OF the
divorce ease, Mr.. Wilson being bound
to see that she was supported
1t was shown that she ought to have
alimony. and counsel for Mr.. Wilson
stated that the latter was perfectly
willing TO pay whatever was right, but
he thought the circumstances did not
call for a large amount. The court di-
reeted that Mr.. Wilson pay her Sc a
week. beginning Saturday, March Is,
and that he pay $50 court money, to
be used in prosecuting the case
Attornev Frank +. Barber for Mrs
Wilson made the opening statement
showing that Mrs Wilson was living
| with her parents and was without
means of support. and stated that Mrs
Wilson had Kept books for her husband
in his garage business and knew some
thing about his income, which counsel
said was from S2,509 to s2,s0e a year
In behalf of Mr.. Wilson Attorney
Harrie b. Chase stated some of the
lallegcd facts leading up to the divorce
petition. which was filed after the alie
hnation suit was brought. He said Mrs
Wilson left her husband Feb. IL and
went to live with her parents, before
Eeither suit was brought. Mr.. Wilson. he
said. had thrown down stairs on,
|voung man who persisted in coming ts
Mr.. Wilson S home He told of TIL,
repeated visits of another young man
referring to Pascalni, and of Mr.. vii
son ordering Pascalini to keep away. al
So said that on one occasion Mr.. vii
sen found the young man in q closet.
Attorney Chase said that he and Mr.
Wilson went TO the home of Mr.. ane
Mrs Lang and asked Mrs. Wilson Il
return TO live with her husband, bui
! that she refused, and within 10 minutes
after they left this same young maj
showed up there. Since then the off
Icers have been unable to locate him t,
lserve papers on him in alienation o.
| affections suit. He said he had reason
, to believe that Mrs Wilson had fw,
! bank books and a Liberty bond be
longing to Mr.. Wilson, but that Mr.
: Wilson made no claim as to the Liber
ltv bond as he intended to give that t
I'his wife anyway.
Replying to these statements, Attor
ney Barber said counsel entertaine,
widely divergent views as to the facts
and he said that the trouble wa
brought on by Mr.. Wilson, due in par
to his coming home intoxicated. II
said he would like to have Mrs. Wilson
testify as to the bank books and Liber
| ty bond.
Judge Butler said she might be swori
and testify, but he limited the inqttir
strictly to the bank books and Lihei
| tv bond. Mrs. Wilson said there wer
i two $50 bonds and a receipt for an
G other, besides two bank books contain
4 ing alances of only few dollars, i
t the office when she left, but she di
b lnot take them and knew nothing 0
Y their whereabouts, but at one of tn
e banks she learned that Mr.. Wilson ha
six Liberty bonds in that bank. Whe
S Iasked why she stated in her divorc
t Epetition that her husband owned 81
d lLiberty bonds when there were but tw
G and the receipt for another at the offic
o she replied that She based her stat'
o ment in the divorce petition wholly o
information she received at the hank
The defense at this point admitte
that Mrs. Wilson probably was tellin
the truth, and as neither side wishe
l. to carry the examination further Judg
Butler made the order of SO wee
aod eS0 sSalit money as Statpa.